Noonday Siren, Gossip, and Conference News
A terse item notes the noonday siren status, a humorous remark about a man talking through his hat, and a report of horse sleeping sickness rising this season. Sheriff Ackman comments on Diller's watermelon patch visited unofficially Tuesday. The Nebraska Methodist conference meets in Omaha this week with appointments read next Monday.
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Emil Ackman
Diller
Nebraska
the Methodist Church
Omaha
World Fair 1939 to feature 80 restaurants for visitors
Up to 250000 hungry sightseers can be accommodated daily at the New York World's Fair 1939 with 80 restaurants dotting the grounds providing meals during day and night.
Three Percent Know Second Verse of National Anthem
A choral director notes only about three percent of Americans know the second verse of The Star Spangled Banner. Edward Moeer of Lincoln fell asleep at the wheel on tenth street, the car overturned, gasoline spilled and burned, yet he escaped with minor injuries.
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America
Edward Moeer
Lincoln
Tenth Street
U Streets
Watermelon Patch Free Feed Draws Big Crowd
Viers and Patton invited the public to a watermelon patch west of town for a free melon feed last Sunday. About 1.5 tons of melons were sliced for attendees, with a happy crowd including many children. A visiting girl remarked she did not eat melon late in the day.
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Viers & Patton
Darky Airline Chase Ties Train At Halsey Station
A colored chief steward aboard a westbound Lincoln train missed his train with keys to food lockers. He hired a plane to catch the train at Broken Bow but the train had left three minutes earlier. He then used a phone and plane to reach Halsey, the next stop. He likely earned nothing from the attempt.
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Lincoln
Darky
Brokens
Halsey
Betty Hurst joins Beatrice bands and strings
Mr and Mrs L M Hurst Betty Donald and a girl friend visited Cavetts in Beatrice Sunday evening. Betty, admitted to municipal and high school bands, contemplates joining the city symphony orchestra playing E Flat Alto Sax. She shows hopeful, keen attention when the band starts, like a race horse eager to run.
Rainfall Totals at Diller This Week
Rain measured at Diller totals one inch and a quarter since last Thursday. About three quarters of an inch fell on Friday, with two showers each bringing about a quarter inch on Monday.
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Diller
Right of way and daily life in a small town
The piece notes a debate among motorists over right of way. It observes hospital discharge order influences who proceeds first. It mentions the Snyders helping at the Sandman restaurant after Mrs. Tappley returned to California. Lon’s antics with ice cream hint at playful mischief.
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Mrs. Snyder
Eyston Breaks World Speed Record at Salt Flat Utah
Captain George Eyston of England shattered the world automobile speed record at Boneville Salt Flat Utah on August 27 boosting his mark to 345.49 miles per hour. He split the wind at a pace a little over five and three fourths miles per minute.
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George Eyston
England
Boneville Salt Flate
Utah
Doane College registration opens for 67th year in Crete
Registration for the sixty seventh academic year at Doane College in Crete Nebraska begins next Tuesday September 13. General enrollment is expected to rise. Scott Miller Jr of Diller a 1938 DHS graduate has enrolled for the coming year. The first college event is a freshmen reception Friday night September 16.
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Doane College
Crete
Nebraska
Scott Miller, Jr
Diller
DHS
Duane
Midwest family incomes in 1935 36 report shows gaps
Federal figures indicate one third of American families earned under $780, half under $1,070, and two thirds under $1,450. Nine tenths earned below $2,500, two percent under $5,000, with a few earning a million or more but wielding power.
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Mid-West
Nebraska
Bryan Memorial Church Named For William J. Bryan
A Nebraska Methodist church at Lincoln Normal may be renamed the Bryan Memorial Church to honor William J. Bryan. The proposal, approved by the Methodist Conference in Omaha, plans a one dollar fundraiser to pay off debt and prepare the property as a memorial.
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Nebraska
Meints farm oats yield and second crop noted
Virgil Meints brings samples of second growth oats from his father John Meints farm near Beatrice. He says the field oats reach about 15 inches and would have produced a second harvest with pulverization. The elder Meints reports 60 bushels per acre for the first crop in July.
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Virgil Meints
John Meints
Beatrice
Sun
Meints
New York Fair 1939 Under Roof in Construction Stage
The $900000 Administration Building of the New York Fair is roofed and 22 months from opening with August occupancy planned for hundreds of workers advancing a $125000600 world event. The cornerstone was laid April 27 in front of notable figures as 1938 progress continues. By midsummer next year about 15000 people will be employed in building activities across the 1216% acre site with hundreds of pavilion structures rising and 300 buildings to house the exposition.
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New York
Fair Corporation
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