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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
4
The notice lists Diller Methodist and Congregational services with Sunday School at 10 a m and services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with evening hour change noted. It mentions a church meeting deciding to hold regular services at the Presbyterian church and to repair the building. It ends with a devotional Q&A about reading the Bible praying attendance giving and true faith.
The St Pauls Ev Lutheran church near Diller will hold its annual mission festival next Sunday Oct 7 Morning services at 10 30 in German led by Rev Spielman Lanham Nebr Afternoon services at 3 00 in English led by Rev Henrichs City Kans All are invited to attend.
A horse tells of a day on duty that included a picnic with its master and travelers. They shared cake and candy as the master explained directions, while the horse praised his brave, kind bond and recalled other heroic deeds the master had done.
Emma Calve recalls an English maid who panicked over missing pearls on a train journey. The maid, believing the pearls were essential to the dignified image, exclaimed their absence would make Calve look like a seal lady.
Owassa Michigan resident Geo Miller, eighty, at the county farm, dangled head downward for 12 hours when his foot snagged on a high wire fence while climbing. He was found semi conscious by a farmer and is reported recovering.
Robert Richter of this city was killed instantly when struck by lightning while attempting to raise the Stars and Stripes to shield it from a storm. Local authorities reported the fatal accident occurred during the scouting duty.
Bruce McQuitten a World War II veteran, 43, was saved from an apparent suicide plunge into the Atlantic after a cork from a bottle kept him afloat. Rescued when a boat was lowered from the liner Samaria, he later attempted self harm by wrist cutting, prompting his party to abandon a European tour.
Woodrow Wilson eleven, a boy kept captive by his father since childhood, recently left the house for a yard game and was brought to juvenile court. A civic group in Memphis now seeks to give him his first chance to experience ordinary boyhood activities and the town.
After 48 days lost in the North, Andy Taylor survived on frogs and scraps of food before being found by Fred Coleman. The Ontario prospector, initially assumed dead, was located with aid from Captain Kenyon in Burntwood, showing extreme weakness and a weeks‑long beard. Coleman refused to quit and followed the trail, keeping hope alive.
A Brockton woman asked a storekeeper how to plant a young apple tree. He told her to pour milk daily into a hose leading to the roots. The cleric later claimed it was a joke and the tree would only bear apples with a creamy flavor once grown.
The Nebraska bank reports assets of 383 246 with deposits totaling 298 044 and capital stock 25 000 plus surplus and undivided profits. Accounts include loans and discounts bonds and securities and cash in bank 8 232 with liabilities and equity itemized. Bank cashier J Smith Diller swears the report is true before notary Frank T. Pearce on Sept 28 1928.
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