The Efficacy Of The Mace In Congress
The article profiles Cong Curtis Warren G. Hatcher keeper of the U S House mace describing its enforcement role and history. It notes the mace’s symbolism and cases including 1847 slavery debates and a 1933 fist fight incident. Hatcher’s 29 years defending Congress is highlighted.
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Warren G. Hatcher
U. S. House of Representatives
United States Representatives
Georgia
New York
Hatcher
House
Thieves Break Through And Steal From Bugbee Farm
Thieves entered the E S Bugbee farm near Diller and took items including a sewing machine cooking utensils fruit jars bedding garden tools and about 20 bushels of oats from the granary. Some locals blame passing Gypsies while others suspect residents familiar with the land. Mr Bugbee has been living with his daughter Mrs Will Bond in town for the past two years.
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E. S. Bugbee
Diller
Mrs Sedlacek Undergoes Major Operation at St Elizabeth's
Mrs Sedlacek and Mrs John Sedlacek are at St Elizabeth's hospital in Lincoln where a very serious operation was performed Wednesday. Dr Pease in charge reports she is doing as well as can be expected.
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John Sedlacek
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Lincoln
Pease
Fall Breaks Hip Lawrence Caldwell Father
Lawrence Caldwell of Garden City Kansas reports his father has fallen and broken his hip. The elderly Mr Caldwell is resting easily after the accident last Sunday.
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Lawrence Caldwell
Garden City
Kansas
Mr. Caldwell
Illness Strikes Mr Callander Early Wednesday
Mr Callander was taken very ill on Wednesday and has been unconscious since midnight, with condition described as serious by attending physicians.
Endicott couple welcomes daughter at Odell Hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Mason of Endicott at Odell hospital on August 21 a daughter arrives confirming a new arrival in the city.
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Lewis Mason
Endicott
Odell Hospital
Work On St. Pauls Church Progressing
The Lutheran church men built cement steps and a platform at the main west entrance with two approaches, one from the west and another from the northwest. Circular steps and a concrete basement grade entrance are described. basement masonry nears completion and the church should be ready for use in about a week.
The Diller Band Summer Concert Tour and Picnics
The Diller Band played 11 street concerts from June 8 and eight additional engagements through August, including Steele City, Barneston, Wylmore, Beatrice, and a Labor Day show in Marysville. One final appearance at the Jefferson County Fair is set for September 20 before winter rehearsals and next season plans begin.
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Diller
Steele City
Barneston
Wylmore
Multiple area schools close over infantile paralysis cases
Odell, Hanover, and Hollenberg schools remain shut as a precaution after another infantile paralysis case and the death of Glen De Kyke. Reports indicate several cases nearby with a dozen or more in Nebraska and rising in Topeka vicinity.
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Odell
Glen de Kyke
Hanover
Hollenberg
Topeka
Nebraska
Special Sermon Series At Congregational Church
Pastor Rev H H Pyche of the Congregational church announces a four week sermon series for the remaining Sundays in September. September 8 Men Ought Always to Pray and not to Faint September 15 Keeping Our Footing on the Heights September 22 The Man of the Hour September 29 God in a Blackout World The public will be warmly welcomed.
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H.H. Pyche
Congregational Church
Woman Receives Upsons Genealogy Gift from Son
Mrs. J. A. Pickard received a 624 page genealogy book titled The Upson Family of America from her son Will Bowers for ten dollars. Published in 1940, she believes she is the first western Upson to own it as the Upson family holds annual reunions in the east.
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J. A. Pickard
Will Bowers
Upsons
Upson Family
America
Glen DeRyke Dies After Illness At Lincoln Hospital
Glen DeRyke aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs Jake De Ryke residing northwest of Odell died at a Lincoln hospital last Saturday morning after infantile paralysis. Private funeral services were held Monday at Memorial Park cemetery in Lincoln.
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Glen de Ryke
Jake de Ryke
Odell
Astricken
Lincoln Hospital
Lincoln
Memorial Park Cemetery
Diller Public Schools Open With Short Monday Session
Diller public schools opened with a brief forenoon session then adjourned to Tuesday for full activities. Staff includes Supt. Carl Ludington and Principal B L George with a sizable enrollment across grade levels and a notable rise in tuition students with several named families and high school attendees listed.
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Diller Public Schools
Carl Ludington
B. L. George
Eloise Pool
Harriet Peterson
Margaret Bull
George Armatrong
Erma Sible
Flossie Raymond
Eigth
Post Graduates and Local Notables Named
A fragment lists individuals including Lloyd Lamb Jean Maw Marjorie Maw Richard Miller Eleanor Novotny Wiona Smith Robert Stephens Bonnie Thompson Donna Snyder Luella Schneider as graduates or notable residents in a local notice segment.
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Gage County
Catherine Barnett
Margaret Barnett
Deloris Bernhardt
Ardith Bures
Elaine Champ Otto Dauber Allen Folkers
Glenda Hill
Robert Hiatt
William Hiatt Verne Hubka
Dale Lottman Delores Maw
Marjorie Maw
Jean Maw
Bettie Novotny
Eleanor Novotny
Jonna Snyder
Clarence Richardson James Snyder
Harold Allen Garnett Barber
Kenneth Barber
Evelyn Behrends
Bob Carver
Willard Engleman
Allen Folkers
Betty Grabber
Robert D Hiatt _ Verne Hubka
Harold Jones
Orville Krebs
Esther Lamb
Russell Madden
Margaret Meyer
Betty Novotny Margery Nippert
Roe Patton
Dorothy Pingle
Evelyn Renz
Ray Renz
Clarence Richardson Verneal Schnuelle
James Snyder
Milton Thomas
Wilma Thompson
Magadaline Wehling
Lloyd Lamb
Richard Miller
Wiona Smith
Robert Stephens
Bonnie Thompson
Donna Snyder
Luella Schneider
Odell Banker Charles N. Hinds Dies in Federal Prison
Charles N. Hinds former Odell banker died last Wednesday night in Leavenworth Kansas federal prison. Short funeral services were held at Odell cemetery last Saturday. He was serving two concurrent five year terms from 1935 for using the mails to sell bonds stolen from the Dell Rapids South Dakota National Bank. He had previously served about a year of a one to five year state term for irregularities in his Odell bank. Seven children survive.
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Chas. N. Hinds
Odell
Leavenworth, Kans
Lincoln
Dell Rapids
S.D
Learn To Play An Instrument In School Band This Year
Mr. Ingalsbe will again lead the school band and instrumental music. The beginner class begins Monday September 9. Parents urged to meet him at the school house to arrange study plans with minimal cost beyond the instrument.
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Ingalsbe
Moving Families Shift Homes in Local Area
Mrs. Vester Carmichael moved into her Lavelle Street home last Wednesday after Will Green vacated it. Roy Roelfs and family relocated from Fry 40 to the Carmichael property in the north part of town. Qr. Fry will move into the Fry 40 vacated by Roelfs. The Diekman family from near Odell will take over the Oaks farm vacated by Fry.
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Vester Carmichael
Lavelle Street
Will Green
Roy Roelfs
Carmichael
Fry
Roelfs
Diekman
Odell
Oaks Farm
Playground Activities Closed at City Park Event
John Greider reports the closing of non outdoor activities for the season at the city park last Friday afternoon. Thirty seven youngsters participated with winners named for six one hundred yard races, two sack races, a bicycle race, and a three legged race.
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John Greider
Robert Stahl
Marilyn Miller
Jack Baker
Joyce Johnson
Leroy Walker
Gale Moore
Dick Miller
Dale Weaver
Darrell Dee Green
Duaine Green
Teachers' Institute Elects Officers for County Meetings
At the Jefferson County Teachers Institute in Fairbury last week officers were elected for regional group meetings this year. Grace Gately is president, Loyd Thrapp vice president, Bernice Peterson rotary, Ruth Jacobs northwest, Gertrude Fett southwest, Dorothy Barta southeast, Alvera Johnson chairman. The Institute Council and county superintendent will plan the year’s program with division chairmen and committee men assisting.
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Jefferson County
Teachers’ Institute
Fairbury
Grace Gately
Loyd Thrapp
Bernice Peterson
Rotary
Ruth Jacobs
Northwest
Gertrude Fett
Southwest
Dorothy Barta
Southeast
Alvera Johnson
Institute
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Congressmen
Cong Curtis
Sedlacek Iil
Mr. Callander
St. Paul’s Church
the Diller
Glen DeRyke
Charles Barber
Leila Broadston
Dwaine Clark
Rosalie Fanders
Fred Garrels
Avis Johnson
Dale Lottman
Marion Novotny
Harriet Thomas Dwain Wolken
Juanita Anderson
Esther Behrends
Wellington Dean Julia Diller
Donald Engelman
Henrietta Fanders Larrayne Garret Glenda Hill
Lloyd Green
Doris Hasche
Robert L Hiatt and
Mari Jacobs
Mary Jones
From
Stanley Ahrends
Charles Barber Garnett Barber
Donald Engleman
Rosalia Fanders
Henrietta Fanders
Fred Garrets
Richard Garrets
Larrayne Garrett Doria Hasche
Robert D Hiatt
Ann-Mari Jacobs
Alvin Negus
Calvin Negus
Evelyn Renz Ray Renz
Richard Schnuelle
Winona Smith Verneal Schnuelle
Richard Ste
Denice Anderson
Glenn Ball
Vera Ball Ardith Bures
Elaine Champ
Otto Dauber
Stanley Diller
Kenneth Findling
Evelyn. Fox
Richard Garrels
William Hiatt
Joyce Johnson Delores Man
Donald Roelfs
Richard Schmuelle
Richard Steffen Wyane Stephens
Dwight Weigel
Mary Lou Thompson
Doris Wolken
Illinois Prairie
Batavia
Turner Junction
Hirlington
Burlington
HNL
The
Charles N. Hinds
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