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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
8
Historical notes recount Herman selling a Hubbell hotel and moving back to Diller along with peach prices and land sales. Marriage of Bert Greenwood and May Riddle, school expansion in Harbine, and an old court case. A long excerpt recalls the Santiago siege and wartime scenes in vivid detail.
Fifty years ago Tonnemaker brothers worked on a well for CW earce while produce prices ranged from 15 to 20 cents for watermelons and oats at 60 bushels per acre. Local people listed include Rudy Harrs, Master Burn Ballard, John Heasty, Hattie Bixby and others as they attended fairs, the normal at Fairbury, or spent summers in Lincoln. Temperance songs at programs and a push for sidewalks in Diller are noted as part of town life.
Johny Holmes son of Mr and Mrs Henry Holmes of Strang was bitten by a mad dog about three weeks earlier and stricken with hydrophobic rabies in violent spasms. Three men restrained him and a muzzle was used to prevent further bites. The 12 year old boy knew the dog was mad but hid the fear until the first attack. Several other children nearby were reported bitten amid great excitement.
The editor notes that Shakespeare drew upon Holinshed's Chronicles as one of the sources shaping his plays during his prolific period.
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