Fifty three Caldwell relatives reunite near Harbine Nebraska
The Caldwell family gathered at C E Caldwell's home near Harbine for a large reunion. The article recalls Mary Ellen Line's teaching career, local goings on in Diller, Beatrice, and Plymouth, and various old events. It notes zany anecdotes, transport talks, and a calaboose plan that never materialized over fifty years.
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Caldwells
C E Caldwell
Harbine
Homestead Claim and Threshing Accident Highlight Local News
Forty years ago Perry Tate took a Woodward County homestead. Ben Specht lost three fingers in a threshing machine accident. Ira Wood brought a Colorado irrigated district 17 inch oat straw head, unusually long for the year.
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Perry Tate
Woodward County
Oklahoma
Ben Specht
Ira Wood
Colorado
Births and local business notes from Diller area
Fifty years ago the Diller region reported the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Chas Green on August 18 1891. Dr Gifford regained possession of the Diller drug store from James Duncan. Dan Gant sold 100 dollars worth of goose plums from his southwest of Diller farm. Bodell Zook were building a large house for C D Kappel on his farm west of town. D was a bachelor. This concerns the Seede Wiemers house two story portion if recollection holds.
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Jobn Lamb
Charley Bishop
Bishop
Merrick County
Nebraska
Mr. Lamb
Diller
Sheridan County
Kansas
John Lamb
Warren
Chas Green
Dr . Gifford
Diller Drug Store
James Duncan
Dan Gant
Bodell& Zook
C D Kappel
Seede Wiemers
Wheat insurance uptake and 1942 quota referendum announced
County Triple A Office reports over 1,200 applications for wheat insurance covering about 1,600 farms with 1,965 farms listed in the county. Applications close August 30 as seeding time nears. Since allotments aren’t enough to avoid marketing quotas, a quota referendum is set for the 1942 crop. Farmers within allotments adjust now. overplanting leads to penalties or storage.
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Mary Ellen Line
Niobrara
Join L Waggoner
Sattend
Meridian
Idaho
Beatrice
Cavett & Geer
Shea
George Hudson
Hudson
Teachers’ Institute
Fairbury
Grace Watson
Gertrude Diller
Benford Bell
Ray Remley
Everett Green
Paul Beckwith
Dillers
Burlington
Plymouth
Luella Kreiter
Kreider Station
Odell
Wymore Wymorean
Emil Tarnow
Emil
Tarnow
Fred Polak
Connie Clausson
Mr J B McCreight
Rock K
Nelson
Cavetts
Enoch Adams
John Hayworth
Omaha
Otis Babb
John
Will Clark
Denver
Mrs Clark
Will
Chicago
Sam
Samb
Pearce
Lew Cavett
Alva Cavett
Clarence Eaton
Conwary Springs
Montana
HE Green
Ott Fox
Sam Thompson
Joe Mapp
Mel Patton
Fred Morrigan
Sam Diller
H S Meyers
Emerson and
Price Brothers
State Fair
Lincoln
Bells of Liberty
Texas
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Wiers
Kodaks and Films
Elko Finishing Agency
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
Edw
B. Ackermean Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
Triple A
Frank A. Houston
Fairbury, Nebr
Drs
Hull & Hull
Fairbury Junior College
Scottsbluff
Holle
Ream