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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
4
Notes list the Diller area church items for St Pauls Ev Lutheran near Diller with Pastor H J Diekhoff. Sunday School and Bible class at 7:30 and divine service at 40:30 in German, with open invitation. The piece honors a deceased G A R member and offers Christian sympathy to mourning families.
The church plans a Sunday School playlet A Barrel of Fun presented by a girls class under Mrs Chas Waggoner to support World Service. In the benevolent program funds are allocated Foreign Mission 75 4 percent Home Mission 57 4 percent Education 15 3 4 percent hospitals 13 4 percent theological schools 2 1 2 percent American Bible Society 1 1 4 percent Pension and Relief 1 2 3 percent Temperance 1 percent. The pastor reported totals of 128.00 for World Service and 101.00 for other benevolences, totaling 229.00. The church notes the death of Bro Geo Hollenberg last Friday in Kansas City.
The Congregational church announces Bible School at 10 A M and services at 11 and 7 30 with a busy week of meetings and activities. A Thursday church meeting plans enlarging the building, a Friday food sale, choir and orchestra practices, and a guest book routine. School news covers examinations, activities, nominees for cheerleader, debating team plans, basketball schedule, and a student’s medical absence.
The bulletin lists activities across grades from primary to grammar room. It notes drumbeat of literacy, penmanship, music, and art projects, plus a lengthy account of a Columbia River trip aboard the Oregonian with stops from Portland to California, Eureka, Petaluma, and San Francisco.
The writer describes rapid driving through many states ending in California with oil derricks offshore and thriving orange and lemon orchards. Smudge pots burn for frost protection as orchards appear weed free. A roadside purchase of a large thicket of freshly picked oranges costs twenty five cents. The note ends with names Mr. Arthur Grone and Mr. F W Frisbie to be continued.
A fragment from a column or letter examines self advancement and social climbing. It discusses advice from a famous actor about staying aloof yet making the right connections. The piece ponders whether ambition, networking, and luck determine success for young people seeking advancement.
The readable parts describe a speaker protesting a claim about gifts or “gens,” with a chorus of incredulity and references to a chorus of voices. No clear individuals, dates, or identifiable organizations are stated.
A distorted OCR passage records scattered names and phrases about a crowd and a fire. It mentions individuals such as Bar and Hirst but yields no clear event, date, or location. The garbled text provides little coherent context beyond stray words and partial titles.
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