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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
1
Sunday school at 10 o clock. Services next Sunday in German and American languages at 2 30 PM led by Rev F Albin Heinz. Superintendent S S W H Plager.
Mrs L M Cavett superintendent announces Sunday School at 10 AM at the Methodist Episcopal Church with details for attendees and families.
The Congregational Church led by Rev. Robert A Helms previews Sunday services and a Saturday meeting. Mrs Bert Gerard spoke under Woman's National Association for Political Action with Dr Grace Du Val present. May 14 marks Mother's Day. Local travel, governance, and farming notes include county commissioner meetings planned at Fairbury on May 3 and the Nebraska beer bill debate. A birth near Diller adds to community news.
Crop conditions are reported good in this part of Nebraska. Some children are making May day baskets. "Buy Dry" will be the next slogan.
Notice states dog tax for 1933 is due and licenses are issued by City Clerk C. E. Waggoner by order of the Village Board. A license was issued on the 15th inst in Belleville for the marriage of William A. Ahrends of Steele City and Miss Eulida E. Hughes of Fairbury.
H. K. Shutt and family and H. Z. Diller of Lincoln visited over the weekend with Diller relatives. The boys set fish lines in the river at Steele City. A judge fines a dollar for a minor offense, but the court questions guilt and tells them to leave.
Mr and Mrs S C Moser returned from visiting relatives in Pawnee City where Mr Moser consulted his old family physician about his health. Since returning he has confined himself at home but is mostly able to be up and around the house and friends in Diller wish him a speedy recovery.
The late rains have improved local crops. Gov. Bryan issues a President's Day proclamation for next Sunday. Four girls and fifty four boys will graduate from Fairbury schools on May 25. Mrs. C. L. Geer and Mrs. Vernon D. Hill visited in Fairbury Tuesday. A 94 pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Ramish on the 24th. Mr. and Mrs. Will Carico of Wymore visit the Carico family.
A pair of spectacles was lost Saturday night on the P W F highway just west of the Caldwell bridge across Indian creek. Finder should notify Charley Barber.
Garrett Roelfs and others hauled lumber from the Cornbelt Lumber Co yard to build a 20 by 36 foot poultry house to replace the one buried on a farm near Harbine. Roy McCune and family of Lincoln attended Easter dinner at the McCune home in Diller. their names were omitted from last week’s column by mistake.
Families of S J Friday and Earl Riddle from Diller attended a surprise dinner for Celestine Riddle at her Steele City home honoring her seventy fifth birthday on April 14. Dinner was prepared by guests arriving from church. Nell Megonigle presented an original poem as a keepsake.
A 25 cent jig saw puzzle is offered as a gift with every 1.50 dollar cash subscription to the Diller Record during May.
A clipped exchange mocks a drunken refrain after a featured star crash. The remark implies repeated intoxication and public scrutiny, with bystanders noting the pattern and deriding the behavior.
H. H. Greider and J. V. Novotny of the Shea neighborhood renewed their subscriptions to the Record this week along with others.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos and Mr and Mrs Frank Grabber with daughter Betty Bardean shared Sunday dinner at the home of Frank Amos and family in Ellis for a family reunion style visit.
Mr and Mrs Roy Trout along with Mrs Frances Palmberg and Wilbur Eick are set to arrive in Diller from Los Angeles on Monday to visit the homes of their parents and relatives including Mrs Elias Hadley and Mr and Mrs A A Eick.
The Diller band will make its first public appearance at the opera house tonight. The Diller businessmen have arranged the free concert and invite everyone to attend.
Mr. S. C. Moser the barber who has been ill is taken to Rochester Minnesota by Dr. C. C. Diehl for examination and treatment at the Mayo clinic.
Henry F. Scheve and George E. Sandmann filed federal bankruptcy petitions listing debts of $196,365 and $183,585 with assets of $62,306 and $25,073 respectively. Scheve owns 820 acres in Jefferson County valued at $40,800 encumbered. Sandmann owns 620 acres valued at $23,000 encumbered.
Edith and Maxine Patton of Diller play key roles in the 1933 Farmers Fair at the University of Nebraska Ag College in Lincoln on May 6. The six episode pageant Progress of the Prairie covers 1850 to today with Indian scenes pioneers and 1934 prophecy, requiring 500 students and many children. Exhibits include agriculture home economics a ball game dance horse show riding boxing wrestling and other entertainments.
The remark suggests that if Jews managed Germany they would cause persecution and implies Hitler would oppose it. The line uses a provocative hypothetical to frame anti Semitic power dynamics in Nazi Germany.
The reference notes a potential Senate ouster of Huey Long by the familiar boot and predicts Long will deliver a strong speech before leaving.
Mr and Mrs Will Robertson and Meredith spent Sunday at the home of her sister Mrs Cloyd Cully and family with other Diller relatives and friends.
A local prison administration weighs a separate dining plan for wealthier inmates avoiding common meals. The proposal faces ethical questions about fairness and inmate welfare while emphasizing resource allocation and public perception.
Jim Farley announces that good Republican postmasters will serve out their terms, ensuring stability in the postal system. The statement frames this as keeping postmasters secure until term completion, aligning with the notion of safety for the post office and its staff.
The J N N C club met with Mrs Keith Hays on April 19 for a regular meeting and contests won by Mrs Bowen. Mrs Hays served luncheon. Members plan to meet with Mrs Champ on May 3.
Old Jake Flesegle father of the Lamar Colp., noted as a bank bandit, died at his residence near Garden City Kansas. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the fragment.
Nebraska communities are asked to provide 2650 men for a national reforestation program. In Jefferson county the local net is 27 and Gage county reports. The plan assigns 18 to 25 year olds with dependents to five eight hour days over six months. They will receive pay of 80 dollars monthly, keep 5 dollars, and send 25 dollars to dependents. Registration day is Saturday April 29. The Jefferson county emergency conservation committee is chaired by W J Moss with W W Nider and E A Wunder.
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