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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
2
Terms of subscription list one year at 10 dollars in advance and six months in advance. The notice states the publication is entered at the post office at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mail as second class matter.
Red Cross announces its annual Roll Call on Armistice Day November 11. Millions are urged to renew allegiance to the relief agency, whose aid reaches victims of war disasters, hurricanes, floods, fires, and earthquakes. A dollar makes you a member.
President Hoover praises a comprehensive inland waterway system at Louisville. Proponents cite rising river traffic and freight savings, noting Mississippi tonnage has grown to over 4.62 million yearly. Advocates argue Lakes Gulf deep waterway would unlock regional commerce and yield national gains for agriculture and industry.
A brief year end reflection lists celebrated December milestones from 1620 Pilgrims arrival to 1865 abolition of slavery, noting dates such as the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 and Washingtons death in 1799, with reference to events spanning the 18th to 20th centuries.
A bundle of dates is listed including Dec 26 1776 Trenton Dec 28 1856 birth of President Wilson Dec 29 1845 Texas statehood and December 21 shortest day. The piece notes a Reynolds guest banquet with Fairbury Commercial club discussing gravel roads and county wide good roads organization to connect towns in Jefferson county and proper use of gas tax funds for road building rather than debt.
The Daniel Webster birthplace in Salisbury now restored as a New Hampshire historic shrine. State officials oversee preservation and accessibility with a repaired road, a grove bench table for picnics, and a small two room museum displaying Webster era artifacts.
The Naval observatory estimates 6000 to 7000 stars are bright enough to be seen with the naked eye on a moonless night. About half lie below the horizon and haze hides many near it, so at any location no more than roughly 2500 stars are visible. The Milky Way lights blend together, masking individual stars.
An oblique quip from The Churchman recalls a pastor’s remark to highwaymen seeking cash. He hints at having something to give if only energetic men would pass the plate, a tongue in cheek jab at church fundraising and moral hazard.
A Plymouth News editorial cites holes in Jefferson county roads where gravel stops at county lines. It argues for connecting Fairbury to Daykin Plymouth and Diller to the county seat, using gas tax funds to close gaps and create continuous routes between towns. The Record previously supported this plan.
Alan Birmingham appears in Mas querade in his Movietone debut as the first actor to perform a dual talkie role. The six foot tall, 160 pound actor is a longtime performer who started acting at fourteen and is noted for golf and dabbling in playwriting.
A World War era scene describes battlefields around Fraijie-Farms yielding metals as armies of about 45,000 men and thousands of women and girls hunt copper, lead, iron, and steel. Government ownership exists in theory, with contractors and workers gathering and buying wreckage. Last year one department found a million pounds of copper and lead, alongside iron and steel, from discarded ammunition and cartridges.
County Treasurer Kroll notes in a Plymouth News letter that gas tax funds have not been used to pay county bridge debts. He cites law and invites readers to inspect the books to verify how gas tax money is spent on road warrants and other obligations.
City Attorney Erwin Werner says Los Angeles cannot pay rewards for Hickman capture after council approved sending 10,000 to the county to settle interpleader actions. Claimants including Tom Gurdane and Buckleu Allen, captors of Hickman, are left with no payout as the issue heads to court.
Notice is given under a chattel mortgage from S. J. Thompson to Vaclav Novak assigned to Saline State Bank. The mortgage dated July 3 1928 secures 1777.25 with 572.48 still due. A public sale at Thompson's premises in Diller Jefferson County Neb on December 19 1929 at 1 PM will auction the listed farm machinery.
Saline State Bank of Wilber Nebraska announces cashier Novak is replaced by Jud Grimm attorney.
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