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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1929
Page
5
The notice states advertising rates 6 cents per line for each insertion and that business locals are run until ordered out. It is entered at the Diller Nebraska post office for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
Supplement details several community activities in the Diller region. Visits by Colman Merrell and Mayborn accompany bankers meetings in Fairbury. Mrs Bell hosts Acacia mothers day banquet for Raleigh and Robert. A wedding for Ralph Frisbie and Marjorie Pursell is set for Bethany. Cooking and clothing clubs plan a county conference May 29 in Fairbury. Jefferson County clubs exceed 300 members with new additions. Diller High School forms a cooking club led by Marguerite Velte.
Mrs. Clara Myers and her daughter Grace Myers, who has been teaching in Falls City, expect to leave soon for an extended visit to Clara Myers's old home in Pennsylvania. Grace will attend a summer school term there.
The Odell band boys performed on an improvised band stand on main street Wednesday evening. A large audience attended with about two hundred cars parked along the street and the concert concluded with a treat provided by the commercial club.
A large crowd attended the commencement at the Diller opera house Thursday evening. The program proceeded smoothly with each graduate receiving a diploma. Eleanor Filley and Richard Mayborn were named class honors.
Mrs Phyliss Patton and nurse Mrs Guy Smith were injured when an elevator plunged to the basement while carrying meals to patients on the second floor. Phyliss Patton broke a leg and Mrs Smith also suffered a broken leg. The cause of the fall is unknown.
Mrs C E Waggoner hosted the N C S A Club gathering on May 15 with twelve members present and visitors Miss Vivian Waggoner Miss Lela Robertson and Miss Albright. Mrs Clark led business and roll call featured Memorial Day readings. Vivian Waggoner won the contest Familiar Similarities and a luncheon followed.
Wm Wieters Sr a Lanham banker died Thursday morning in Rochester Minnesota after a brief illness. He was a prominent local figure and left a wife and several children. The funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Bradford Diller, 22, bought a Marysville aircraft and piloted it home Sunday when engine trouble forced a landing that ended in a tail spin. The plane fell about 200 feet in a plowed field. he was alone on his first solo flight and was hospitalized with a broken nose and injuries. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S Roy Diller.
Dorcas class of the M. E. Sunday School hosted a tribute for Mrs. Siekman ahead of her departure from Diller. A large crowd gathered in the church basement for a program led by Mrs. Siekman with Marguerite Velte at the piano and performances by Erma Franzen Elean or Filley Bonnie Green Rachael Viers and Mrs. Moser followed by a luncheon.
They are both willing and helpful in school church and Sunday school work and their sterling characters and charming personalities made many friends. Altho everyone regrets to see them leave our loss is the gain of the people in their new home and best wishes follow them for their future success and happiness. Mrs. W. S. Filley and son Hubert went to Kansas City Sunday in response to a telegram informing her of the death of her brother Chas Hollenberger 61 an old time telegrapher who died there in a hospital after a lingering illness.
Mr and Mrs Elbert Fasnacht entertained many friends and relatives Saturday May 18 with visiting and several selections of music. Afterward delightful refreshments were served and all departed feeling they had spent a very pleasant evening.
A Senate House clash over constitutional finance provisions threatens passage of the tariff bill. The measure keeps existing duties on butter, wheat, beef, milk, cheese and eggs, with projected 1927-29 agricultural impacts across eleven counties. Hides debate follows from past protection fights, while new apportionment and Mother’s Day observances frame congressional action this session.
In 1929 the banking firm J. P. Morgan & Co. promoted three young men to partnerships. Aged 28, 29, and 30, all held college degrees and years in banking. The piece notes their status as sons of wealthy partners highlights influence, while praising self made achievement and sacrifice as the ultimate merit. The essay contrasts inherited privilege with individual merit.
Workers Bill and TWs perform a low risk high voltage test when a warning suggests not to touch the second wire as a 6 600 volt potential lingers around. The exchange captures tense curiosity during the experiment.
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