Federation Aims to Provide Roundabouts With One Music
The National Federation of Music seeks to equip oe go rounds with a standard musical feature. Most are agreeable to the plan.
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National ‘Federation of Music
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1937
Page
4
German contractor to build Nile bridge for onions and cash
A German contractor agrees to construct a bridge over the Nile in Egypt in exchange for 175000 dollars in onions and 551610 dollars in cash. The deal highlights barter plus cash payment and involves cross border engineering work.
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Nile River
Egypt
Mrs Perry Weaver Postpones Gathering for Warm Weather
Mrs Perry Weaver planned a family gathering at her home last Sunday but postponed after removing the heating stove and noting cold weather. The event will be rescheduled for a warmer day when attendance can be more comfortable.
City Hall Receives WPA Toilets Installation
City officials announce the installation of new toilets at City Hall. The WPA provides the special branded buildings and fittings, marking a notable addition where none existed before.
Diller and Daykin Schools Handle Board Vacancies
The Daykin Herald reports the public school issue resolved by the board of education. Diller faces two vacancies as two reelected members did not sign the contract, delaying final action. Both households prefer reading the Record simultaneously to avoid controversy.
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Daykin Herald
Board of Education
Diller
Nebraska bill targets selling below cost by merchants
Nebraska legislature moves to bar merchants from selling goods below cost with a companion measure aimed at towns. Jefferson county's representative is among four sponsors. The piece condemns junk dumped in yards as a social shame.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Boys and knives lead to injuries and stubborn lessons
A story notes a boy with initials D W who asked for his father's sharp jack knife. After persuasion, the grandfather gave it to him and the boy cut his leg needing two silver clips. A similar wound on his uncle recalls an appendectomy. The piece ends with the boy likely still desiring a sharp knife.
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D. W
New York man claiming godship flees to Milford jail
A sensational figure in New York proclaimed himself a god and lived in a heaven. After law enforcement moved to serve papers, he fled to Milford Connecticut and hid in a cellar before capture and imprisonment. His wife contradicted the claim stating he is just a man.
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New York
Milford
Connecticut
Darkies
Saeed
Lights Planned for Capitol Tower in Nebraska
The article notes arrangements to floodlight Nebraska's capitol tower for a pretty night view and suggests Jefferson county should also illuminate the Fairbury Court House to improve its nighttime appearance.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Court House
Fairbury
Elderly minds need not decline says Dr. Lorge
Dr. Irving Lorge of Columbia University argues that aging does not dull the mind but that older people tend to become lazy. He notes that some individuals remain as they always were.
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Irving Lorge
Columbia University
Local School Seeks New Teachers as Applicants Flood In
A surge of twenty five qualified women sought teaching posts at Diller school during the past fortnight. Officials face the task of selecting suitable candidates to fill vacant positions and ensure capable instruction.
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Diller School
Workers chase jobs in distant dream, only to find old note
Two men from Pierre drove all night to seek work at the Homestake mine in Lead South Dakota. They learned no positions were available after rereading the item, discovering it was from the Twenty Years Ago Today column.
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Homestake
Lead
S. D
Pierre
Italy loan for newlyweds tied to births
Plymouth News reports a plan where Italy offers every young married couple 150 to begin housekeeping with ten percent of the loan forgiven for each child born. A family with ten children would clear the loan. without children in the first year repayment is required.
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Diller
Italy
Plymouth News
WPA Rest Room Signage Sparks Grumble at City Hall
Ed McCune, on the committee for installing WPA built rest rooms at the city hall, grimaced at the misprinted superscriptions reading Men’s and Ladyies. He borrowed a chisel and started carving corrected letters, questioning WPA workmanship.
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Ed. McCune
Cit Hall
WPA
Fairbury
Federal alcohol administrator warns against liquor advertising
Wilfred S. Alexander declares the radio must not serve as an advertising medium for distilled spirits or wines and bans liquor ads in Sunday newspapers including magazine sections. He questions why the industry would repeat past abuses that harmed its reputation.
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Wilfred S. Alexander
Philadelphia Gold Shipment to Fort Knox Reported
Reports claim 49 cars of gold moved to the government's depository at Fort Knox over eleven weeks. Some say all government gold will ultimately rest there, challenging the old one basket theory. A Nebraskan observer likens the announcements to a gardener daring others to pick ripe mellows.
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Philadelphia
Fort Nox
Fort Knox
Nebraska
Senior Junior Egg War Echoes From Diller
A reader recalls a past clash between high school seniors and juniors in Diller. The tale mentions a Ford car, an egg fight, and a garage used as a fort, noting foolish behavior sparked by youth and the era of automobiles.
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Graduat
Diller
Supreme Court retirement talk and policy shifts on social programs
Washington notes reveal possible retirements by two Supreme Court justices at term end. White House sources say Social Security old age insurance concerns guide policy toward court moves. Federal Reserve officials study government ownership of regional banks and a fluctuating gold price model. Chief Justice Hughes is credited with reshaping views on Wagner Act and state minimum wages. A US Mexico Canada Cuba radio talks conference reportedly yields Mexico concessions on border station activity.
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Supreme Court
White House
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
Modernist Preachers Exchange Pulpits With Rabbis
Defender notes a nationwide trend of modernist preachers swapping pulpits with Jewish rabbis. It argues both groups share disbelief in Jesus Christ’s deity and the atonement while denying the resurrection and second coming, and rejecting core Christian doctrines.
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Jesus Christ
Babson warnings on dangers facing the nation
Roger Babson cautions against three concrete dangers that could lead to dictatorship: radical monetary influence, foreign wars, and extraordinary labor troubles. He stresses any single danger could trigger a dictatorship.
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Roger Babson
Drunken vandal damages multiple park buildings
A man described as visibly drunk broke several windows in different city park buildings using a club. The incident drew attention to the foolish actions a drunk individual can cause, as reported by The Fairbury Journal last week.
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The
Fairbury Journal
World Herald Highlights Library Offer and Local News
World Herald advertises 29 volume literary set at 39c per volume with small handling charge. Dick Grace, WWII pilot and stunt flyer, suffered a broken nose after a Hollywood crash. Henry Arnold returns to Fairbury police under Mayor Floyd Catlin after a contentious appointment.
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Literary Age
World-Herald
The
World. Herald
Dick Grace
Hollywood
Henry Arnold
Fairbury
Floyd Catlin
Henry
Salted pickles shipment hid opium worth seventy five thousand
A Liverpool bound bill labeled salted pickles concealed opium valued at $75,000. A separate note remarks that an engaged girl is as useless as a man with the toothache.
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Liverpool
Wisconsin Mud Jingle About Sunday School Misadventure
A humorous rural vignette recalls Bill Henrichs and Gertarde Tristman failing to reach Sunday school in Nebraska due to mud. A neighbor with a Fordson pulls the car from the riverbank while the group digs, pushes, and rigs a plank to free the vehicle, ending with a quip about preferring mud to dusty weather.
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Gertarde Tristman
Bill Henrichs
Good Old
Nebraska
S.S
Bill
Notice To Creditors Hartigan & Skultery Estate of Julie Dymacek
Creditors of the Hartigan & Skultery estate of Julie Dymacek in Jefferson County Nebraska are notified that claims must be presented by August 9 1937 and debts paid by April 11 1938. County Judge E R Bee will hear claims on August 10 1937 at 9 o clock in the County Court room. Seal dated April 10 1937.
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Hartigan & Skultery
Julie -Dymacek
Jefferson County
Nebraska
County
Said County
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