Diller Church Items and Sunday Schedule
Diller area churches list services. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran near Diller with Pastor H J Diekhoff holds Sunday School Bible class and divine services at 10 30. Methodist Episcopal Church led by Rev Wm R Velte with Supt Mrs L M Cavett Sunday August 17 session at 10 00 and morning service at 11 00. Sermon by Willis W Velte. Boys Scout meeting Saturday at 1 30. No Sunday night services.
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ST. Paul’s EV. Lutheran Near
Diller
H. J. Diekhoff
Wm. R. Velte
L. M. Cavett
S. S
Willis W. Velte
Boys Scout Meeting
Local Church Schedule Signals Sunday Services
W. E. Ludwick is pastor and W. A. Snyder leads the Sunday School Superintendent S. S. announces preaching at 11:00 A. M. with services for the day at 10 A. M. and 11 A. M. in the church.
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W. E. Ludwick
W. A. Snyder
S. S
4-H Picnic Plans at Camp Jefferson Friday
Local 4-H leader Beaman Smith outlines the county picnic at Camp Jefferson on August 15 including health talks by Jefferson County Medical Association staff, life saving demonstration by Art Richardson, and pool swimming after a morning of talks by local doctors and dentists. Families will bring baskets and stay for music at 1:30.
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Campefferson
Jefferson County Medical Association
Art Richardson
Newton W. Gaines
August: A Poetic Chronicle Of Summer’s Quiet End
August is described as a silent solemn month with 31 days marking profit and loss. It notes faded bird songs and flowers in bloom, the sardonyx birthstone, and births of Hoover Harrison Tennyson Holmes Tolstoy. It also cites forest life as a struggle for scarce sunlight and fertility, with strong trees prevailing.
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Hoover
Harrison
Tennyson, Holmes
Tolstoy
Robert Gee
Charles Lathrop
Unclear fragment hints at bets and measurements
Fragmentary text mentions a bet and a tall person, with vague references to peat and eating. No clear event, names, or organizations are readable to form a proper news item.
Higher Postage Pushes for Higher First Class Rates
The postmaster general proposes raising first class letter postage from two to two and a half cents to cut the postal deficit. He says air mail letters at five cents lose money and doubling air mail rates could cover much of the shortfall. He suggests charging for telegraph speed and ending free frank for Congress members to move toward a self sustaining post office.
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Post-Office Department
Uncle Sam
Congress
Oldest American Citizen Cited at 117 Years
The census bureau notes Maj. Barnes of Stamford Connecticut as the oldest man in the country at 117. He credits his longevity to a contented mind and a reasonably active body, saying he did nothing to excess.
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Census Bureau
Maj. Barnes
Stamford
Conn
Major
Zara Agha
Turkey
Photography Declared Legal Under Device By African Chemist
A brief note reports that photography without plates or films is declared legal under a device supplied by an African chemist. The article mentions images taken on a tee and produced by a porter, though details are sparse.
Prohibition Question Sparks Fence Straddling Contest
Some candidates engage in a fence straddling endurance event to test positions on the prohibition question. The odd stunt aims to draw attention to candidate stances amid rising enforcement debates.
Start Road Work Soon on Reynolds Glastone Gravel Project
County commissioners at the August session approved graveling the Reynolds Glastone project with Roy Steele to supply gravel at 40 cents a yard once he finishes the state job on Highway No. 15. No. 15 graveling has four miles done of nine and the Grain Growers Highway from Plymouth to Daykie is rapidly being graded.
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Reynolds-Glastone
Roy Steele
Daykie
Fairbury Journal
Nebraska's Best Fair Promised by State Fair Board
Nebraska State Fair management pledges the 1930 fair will be the greatest yet. The event runs eight days from August 29 with exhibits in place by opening day and a full program featuring auto races John Robinson's Circus Gordon's fireworks and band concerts. Sunday includes two speeches by Rev Billy Sunday and Labor Day is expected to draw the largest crowd.
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Nebraska
Board of Managers
John Robinson
Gordon
W. A
Billy
Gas pipeline network planned across county with three lines
The Fairbury Journal reports three gas pipes to traverse the county. A 24 inch line runs three miles in the southeast corner, another 24 inch line spans about 15 miles from south of Endicott to near Diller, and a 6 inch line from the first pipe to Fairbury runs about 16 miles via the Grand Island railroad. The 6 inch line crosses the second near C C Andrews pasture and reaches Fairbury at John Waddell farm. The 24 inch line to Fairbury belongs to a different company and runs from Texas to Chicago. Right of way is secured for the 6 inch line except two nonresident owners, work started this week, and gas is expected to reach Fairbury by September 1.
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Endicott
Diller
Fairbury
Grand Island Railroad
C. C. Andrews
John Waddell
Texas
Chicago
Fairbury Journal
Don’t Use Cream Cans Warned For Mail Box Posts
Farmers warned against using branded cream cans for mailbox posts slop or oil cans with an $80 fine per offense. The creamery company permitting the practice faces the same penalty regardless of rust or leaks.
Notice of Sale By Guardian in Diller Nebraska
Under a court license dated December 24 1929 R E Riley guardian of John F Lichty an incompetent person will sell Lots Thirteen and Fourteen in Block Three original town of Diller Nebraska at three o clock PM August 25 1930 for cash to maintain the ward. Sale open one hour. Liens passible. Denney and Denney attorneys for guardian.
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Fred W. Messmore
District Court
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Diller
John F. Lichty
R. E. Riley
Denney
Probate Notice in Susan Randall Estate
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County notices a petition by D G Randall to probate the July 29 1930 will of Susan Randall deceased and grant administration to O Mayborn as Executor. A hearing is set for August 21 1930 with publication in The Diller Record for three weeks prior.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Susan Randall
D. G. Randall
O Mayborn
Peti
Diller Record
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Beaman Smith
Jefferson
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Capitol
Lincoln Star
Prairie Searchlight Club
Gomer Jones
John Scheve
Ottoe Liebers
Dairy Flowers
Renz’s Girls Home
Mildred Roseman
Dalhart
Pat Shearn
Fair
PWF
Wahway
Jansen
P Farm
John Deere
John Re
Barrow
McCormick
Sterling
Monitor
Osborn Hay
Deering
Ruyle
Calkins
John R. Harms
First Nat’l Bank
Guardian
Jefferson County Abstract Office
Russell A. Davis
Fairbury, Nebr
Penney & Denney, Atty
Ty Judge
M. J. Powell
Frank A. Houston
Dr. McLeran
Waggoner Bros
Guneral
Gooda
Royle & Calkins
Beatrice, Nebr
Court St
Gage County
Edw
B. Ackerman
Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
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