Diller Farmers Grain Company Elect
The Farmers Grain Company held its annual meeting last Saturday at the city hall with fair attendance. The board includes Ben Roelfs, James Hays, Frank Cully, George Sasse, and J Smith Diller. Officers remain: Roelfs president, Hays vice president, Diller secretary-treasurer. The board was instructed to rent the elevator for another year.
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Farmers Grain Company
Ben Roelfs
James Hays
Frank Cully
George Sasse
J Smith Diller
J. Smith Diller
Booklover's Club Alters Meeting Date and Host
The Booklover's Club shifts its January meeting from Friday afternoon January 27 to Tuesday afternoon January 31 at 2 o'clock. It will meet at Mrs. Scott Miller's home to review Hex Marks The Spot by Ann Hart, a tale set in Pennsylvania Dutch country.
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Scott Miller
Ann Hart
Beatrice Woman Mrs L R Mayborn Dies at Home
Mrs L R Mayborn died at her Beatrice home on Tuesday evening. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 o clock from the Christian church in Beatrice. She was the daughter in law of Mr and Mrs A Mayborn of this place.
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L. R. Mayborn
Beatrice
Christian Church
A.mayborn
Literary And Dance Planned At Diller Opera House
A literary program is set for Saturday night at the Diller opera house with five cents admission. A popular ten cent dance will follow immediately at the City Hall after the program in the opera house.
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Diller Opera House
City Hall
Opera House
Mrs Roessler Recovers After Stairway Accident
Mrs Ernst Roessler, seriously injured after stepping into an open cellar stairway, is reported to be getting along fairly well though not as well as before the accident.
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Ernst Roessler
Mrs Plager Visiting Humboldt Kin In Nebraska
Mrs John Plager is spending a few weeks at the home of her mother Mrs Kuper and other relatives in Humboldt Nebraska. Mrs Kuper will be one hundred years old on her next birthday in July.
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John Plager
Mrs. Kuper
Humboldt
Nebraska
Marysville Trip for Funeral in Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barber and Mrs. H. M. Holle with daughter Mavis and Norma Lee Allen traveled to Marysville Kansas last Sunday. Mrs. Holle went for a relative's death in the family.
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Dean Barber
H. M. Holle
Mavis
Norma Lee Allen
Marysville
Kansas
Holle
Mrs Eva Sailing Dies At Odell At Age Eighty
Mrs Eva Sailing widow of John Sailing died at her Odell home last Sunday aged eighty. She had lived in Odell for many years.
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Eva. Sailing
John Sailing
Odell
Taylor Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Dr and Mrs S Taylor of Fairbury observed their fiftieth anniversary on Monday January 16 according to Fairbury papers.
Fairbury to Host 1940 Nebraska Sheriffs Convention
Lincoln announced last Saturday that Fairbury will host the 1940 convention of the Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.
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Fairbury
Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Lincoln
Hastings College poised for busy semester growth
Diller and Steele City students will register at Hastings College by January 30 as Nebraska's largest liberal arts college readies for crowded activity. Geraldine Wiemers of Diller a sophomore in Chi Omega Psi trains as a nurse. Erdine Haddix from Steele City sings in the choir and will teach music. Lord Thrapp from Steele City plans to teach and is active in Gamma Gamma Gamma Y M C A gospel team and college players.
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Jefferson County
Nebraska
Diller
Steele City
Hastings College
Geraldine Wiemers
Chi Omega Psi Society
Erdine Haddix
Sigma Tau Sigma Society
Lord Thrapp
Gamma Gamma Gamma Society
Thrapp
Y.M.C A
Neal Diller Visits Family Over Weekend
Neal Diller traveled from Chicago last Saturday to spend a day with his father J. Smith Diller and relatives. The party visited a school mate, Dr Cecil Ellis, and then returned to Lincoln. Laurice Diller accompanied him to Chicago for a few weeks.
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Neal Diller
Chicago
J. Smith Diller
Neal
Lincoln
Diller
Chester
Cecil Ellis
Laurice Diller
Visalia Upgrades Saint Vision as Kendall Receives Post
Rev E M Kendall, Hanscom Park Methodist pastor in Omaha, is to take a new pastorate at a Visalia California church starting February 1. He previously led Fairbury and served as district superintendent at Kearney. Kendall is nephew of Mrs Jennie Osborne of Lincoln formerly of Diller.
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E. M. Kendall
Hanscom Park Methodist Church
Omaha
Visalia
California
Kendall
Fairbury
Kearney
Jennie Osborne
Lincoln
Diller
House Guests Visit From Olsen Family
Mr and Mrs Warren Olsen and their small son stayed with Superintendent and Mrs Lloyd Sinkey last Friday. The Olsons traveling by car and house car plan to go to southern California via Texas. Mr Olsen is a civil engineer.
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Warren Olsen
Lloyd Sinkey
Olsen
Mrs. Sinkey
Olsen’s
California
Texas
New store opening titled Medicinal stock and healing goods
Dr Viers describes the heavy stock as medicinal and healing in nature. An opening announcement for the new store appears on the last page of the issue.
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Viers
Four Inches of Snow Surprises Local Residents
Residents woke to four inches of wet snow on level ground Monday morning. The snowfall lay evenly and appears to yield about .30 inches of moisture that will drain into the ground.
Ballard-McDonnell Ladies Ready to Wear Closes in Fairbury
Ballard's Store in Fairbury announces closure. The Ballards plan to relocate to Los Angeles where Mr Ballard will take a position in a ladies ready to wear store.
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Fairbury
Ballards
Los Angeles
Ballard
Youth Moves to Protestant Orphans Home in Diller
Howard Whitley aged fourteen arrived in Diller last Sunday to begin living at the Protestant Orphans Home. He started school in the sixth grade Monday morning.
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Howard Whitley
Diller
Howard
Fairbury High Boys Roll Havelock In Last-Second Smash
Fairbury High School basketball team defeated Havelock 27 to 2 in a dramatic final 20 seconds of play. The game showcased Fairbury’s late surge and strong defense.
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Fairbury High School
Havelock
Radio Talks From U S Capitol Report to Nebraska
Congressman announces weekly radio broadcasts on KMMJ Clay Center to discuss weekly congressional happenings for Nebraska Fourth District. First program set for Sunday January 29 at 1 PM with updates on WPA deficit appropriation and House proceedings, including aims to curb waste and politics in WPA.
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Fourth Congressional District
KMMJ
Clay Center
Nebraska
Congress
Ernest D. Scott
United States Army
Scott
West Point Military Academy
House of Representatives
Committee On Appropriations
House
WPA
Congress trims relief amid winter budget debates.
The passage notes opposition blocking a full shut down of WPA funding and cutting Roosevelt’s request by a million dollars a day. It highlights concern over national debt, government waste, and relief abuses while offering informational publications on the Capitol and agriculture for readers seeking guidance.
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WPA
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Congress
Reinholdt Family Reaches Albany After Holiday Trip
Word reaches relatives that Mr and Mrs Henry Reinholdt and son Melvin left January 5 for the western coast to make a home. They arrived in Albany Oregon after traveling 2637 miles from Diller with a stop in Pasadena California to visit Mr Reinholdt s brother. It is not yet decided where they will locate but likely near Albany. Mrs Reinholdt is Katherine Lottman daughter of Onka and Mrs Lottman of Fairbury.
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Henry Reinholdt
Melvin
Albany
Oregon
Pasadena
California
Mr. Reinholdt
Diller
Ore
Reinholdt
Moser Returns Home After Visit to Kansas
S. C. Moser came back Friday from Southern Kansas where he left Mrs. Moser with her brother Bert Etchison at Oxford Kansas near Wichita. She is undergoing treatments in Wichita and no word has been received from her this week.
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S. C. Moser
Kansas
Mrs. Moser
Bert Etchison
Oxford
Osborn
Wichita
Bowen Returns From Weekend Visit to Peru
Gerald Bowen returned to Peru Monday morning after spending the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs M C Bowen.
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Gerald Bowen
Peru
Mrs
M. C. Bowen
Guest of Neighboring Town Clubs
Mrs. Scott Miller, 4th District President of the NFWC, has visited several nearby clubs. She spoke on state conservation and international relations during January visits to Odell, Fairbury, Endicott, and Endicott’s junior group, with local officials and club leaders attending. The Endicott Club voted to remain in the federation and membership has risen.
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Scott Miller
N.F.W.C
John Callan
Odell
Gage County Federation
Miller
Jansen Woman's Club
P. M. Friesen
Minnie Clausson
Christie Seaman
C. M. Calander
Fairbury Woman’s Club
Elks Lodge
Lila Jackson
Steele City
Clarence Galbraith
J. R. Thompson
State Health Department
Lincoln
Mortgage or Deed Dilemma from a Swedish Visitor
A Swedish man visits a lawyer to discuss land and mortgage ideas. He insists he wants a mortgage, recounting past purchases and deeds. The lawyer clarifies that a deed is what he needs, not a mortgage, as previous deeds were lost to others seeking mortgages.
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Sweed
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Booklover’s Club
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ballard’s
U. S. Capitol
Carl T. Curtis
M. C
National Capitol
Capitol Hill
Washington
Diner Opera House
H. B. Warner
Sally Blane
Daykin
Diller H-S Gym
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