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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1935
Page
8
News notes recall events from forty years ago, including General Grant’s Phaeton sold for 14 dollars, births and marriages, farm sales near Beatrice, and games between Diller and Odell with Odell winning 24 to 22.
In 1895 there were 805 school children in towns outside Fairbury, versus 735 in 1935. Fairbury’s population rose by 1596 since 1895, while other towns mostly declined except Plymouth. Newly recorded rural towns Bow er 30 Helvy 35 Harbine 48 now appear.
Postmaster F A Moon announces the contract for new east and south entrances at the Fairbury post office has been awarded to Henry L Grone of Decatur Illinois for 787 dollars. Work will take up to 75 days and include replacing revolving doors with vestibules and double doors.
Reports say the Platte River, once a raging torrent, is drying up this week as conditions shift and water levels fall. Local observers note rapid changes in flow and potential impacts on nearby farms and wildlife.
Church notes announce W A Snyder as superintendent and Sunday School at 10 A M with S S.
Rev. Robert E. Drew pastors the Diller Church with 10 A M Sunday School and an 11 o clock morning service. District Superintendent Dr E C Mc Dade preaches. A basket dinner at 12 30 precedes the 4th quarterly conference. Eye work reports and a union evening service follow.
A church note from St Pauls Ev Lutheran near Diller highlights sermons and Sunday school while recounting a Chicago death of a millionaire who trusted wealth. It urges Christian values beyond money, faith in God, and doing one’s best while leaving the rest to heaven.
A Jefferson county pasture tour will take place next Wednesday afternoon August 7 with Nebraska Agricultural College officials leading discussions at multiple farms. Stops include Ernest Kriesel near Gladstone Albert Zweifel near Fairbury Earl Snyder near Jansen Charles Turner near Fairbury and W F Cramb near Fairbury. The program features terraced pastures weed control comparative palatability of grasses and a weed identification contest with prizes from local clubs.
Harrow Gullows c Hutchinson list secondhand items for sale including household goods and assorted merchandise. Sale notes available at the listing with contact details and prices.
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