Circus to Diller on Labor Day a two ring show
A letter from the Orleans Rotary Club endorses Al G Kelly Miller Bros Circus for a Labor Day appearance in Diller Nebraska with afternoon and night shows on September 2 1940. The Rotary president Lia Sherwood commends the troupe for its past performances and recommends them to other groups.
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Diller
al. G. Kelly & Miller
Nebraska
Orleans Rotary Club
Orleans
Nebr
Lia Sherwood
Pres Rotary Club
Orleans, Nebr
Angel family moves from Diehl farm to Rice farm near Endicott
Mr and Mrs Warren Angel and two sons completed a move Monday from the Dr Diehl farm 44 miles south and 0.75 east of Diller to the Dr C E Rice farm two miles northwest of Endicott opposite YMCA Camp Jefferson. County maps show nine 40s on the new property. Del Wehling will relocate to the DiehI farm.
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Warren Angel
Local Family Visits Highlight Bicycle Accident Wrist Fracture
Mr and Mrs Donald Tiocher and son Billy and Mr and Mrs Rileigh Bell with two children visit H A Bell home. Frank Spear and wife travel from Fairbury to see daughter Mrs Bell and family as Suann heals from a wrist fracture after a bicycle fall.
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Donald Tiocher
Billy
Rileigh Bell
Miss Suann
H. A. Bell
Frank Spear
Fairbury
Superintendent and Mrs Ludington vacation from school duties
The Ludingtons left last Friday for a short break with relatives at Nebraska City then planned a Wisconsin trip. The item notes a family vacation from books and schools and mentions their plan to travel.
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Carl Ludington
Folka
Nebraska City
Wisconsin
Smiths Welcoming a Son in Sioux City
Mr and Mrs Alvin Smith announce the birth of a son born August 10 1940 in Sioux City Iowa. The baby is the grandson of Mrs Wm Freitag of Harbrove and was formerly of Jansen.
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Boro
Alvin Smith
Helen Fast
Sioux City
Iowa
Jansen
Wm. Freitag
Harbrove
Little Freda DeBoer Recovers After Operation
Small daughter of Mr and Mrs William DeBoer is recovering nicely at Fairbury hospital after a recent operation.
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Freda DeBoer
William DeBoer
Fairbury Hospital
Rev Wolff Called to Parents Home as Father Suffers Stroke
Rev. L. J. Wolff was called to the home of his parents at Sterling Tuesday. His father suffered a stroke Monday evening.
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L. J. Wolff
Sterling
How Cong Curtis Fights Homesickness
A letter explains Congress member Curtis coping with homesickness by reading Nebraska papers. The writer contrasts are in state booster trips with political activism and describes a sensational mock procession featuring a young woman on a horse.
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Cong. Curtis
Nebraska
School to Begin Monday with Short Morning Schedule
The notice states school starts Monday September 2 with a short morning class schedule. Faculty meet Friday August 30 at 2 p.m. at the school house. Saturday August 31 is high school registration day. The coming term faculty and subjects are listed with Carl Ludington superintendent science and more.
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Carl Ludington
B. L. George
Eloise Pool
Harriet Peterson
Margaret Bull
George Armstropg
Aliens Must Register First and Second Class Post Offices
Nationwide alien registration begins Tuesday August 27 and runs to December 26 1940. All foreign born residents 14 or older must register. under 14 must be registered by parents. Compulsory with fines up to 1000 dollars and six months in jail for noncompliance or false statements. Registration free at Fairbury Jefferson County. information available at Diller post office.
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United States
Fairbury
Jefferson County
Diler
Charles A Green dies after long illness in Diller
Charles A Green 72 a pioneer resident of Diller died Wednesday evening at his daughter Vera Bail home after a long battle with stomach ulcers. The immediate cause was hemorrhage. Funeral services are tentatively set for 2 30 PM tomorrow at the Congregational church with Rev Clark preaching.
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C. A. Green
Diller
Vera Bail
Congregational Church
Rev. Clark
Mayborn Family Reunion Honors Alf Mayborn Birthday
The Mayborn family met at Chautauqua Park in Beatrice on Sunday August 18 to celebrate Alf Mayborn’s eighty ninth birthday. Attendees traveled from Shenandoah and Tingley Iowa Lanham Kansas and Beatrice and Diller Nebraska with baskets for a birthday dinner.
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Mayborn
Chautauqua Park
Beatrice
Saint Paul Church Moves To New Location In Diller
Fifty-one year old Saint Paul Church, moved from near Diller to a new Loock corner site, placing Lutheran, Methodist and Congregational churches in a row on Castor street. The move began Friday but rain and a gear break delayed completion until this week, with dedication planned for a later date.
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Saint Paul's Church
Diller
Main Street
Castor Street
Wolff
Eerie
J. John Casper
Hildreth
Nebraska
E. L. Lpock
Loock
Harvey Garrells
C.E. Rice
Odell
Opera House
Johnnie Weers
Moving More Buildings Involves Local Relocations
Mr. t Job Casper, known for moving the Lutheran church into town, has two more tasks. He will move a barn for Mr Jim Snyder five miles east of Diller cemetery, placing it about a mile onto the Snyder homestead. He will also move the Folkert Fanders residence in Harbine across the railroad tracks to the Herbert Fanders filling station lot for use as a home.
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tJobo Casper
Jim Snyder
Diller Cemetery
Snyder
Folkert Fanders
Harbine
R.R. Tracks
Herbert Fanders
Fanders
Methodist Church Night Program Friday Agenda
The Methodists announce their annual church night on Friday evening August 23. A program and refreshments follow a business session at 8 PM where church matters may be discussed thoroughly.
Emma Glathar Rebounds After Hospital Operation
Miss Emma Glathar is slowly recovering from a recent operation at Odell hospital, where she remains under doctor supervision and shows gradual improvement in her condition.
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Emma Glathar
Odell
Ninth Annual Band Festival at Fairbury City Park
The ninth annual band festival will be held at Fairbury City Park next Sunday. Eleven bands from Hebron Geneva Wilber Beatrice Maryville Washington Belleville Fairbury Plymouth Swanton Diller will perform totaling 400 musicians. Each band has thirty minutes to perform followed by a massed band concert with directors, plus some singing. The Diller band starts at 1 30 p m.
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Fairbury
City Park
Hebron
Geneva
Wilber
Beatrice
Marynville
Washington
Belleville
Plymouth
Swanton
Diller
Fairbury Journal
No Tax Sale Warning Clarifies Foreclosure Date
The Record clarifies that the August 26 notice warned property owners that tax sale certificates would be foreclosed on that date. Paying taxes and costs before Monday may prevent the sale, and the sale date has not been published.
Young turkey vanishes from empty silo at farm
A small turkey fell or flew into an 18 foot deep, 10 foot diameter plastered silo at the T Mogensen farm. The following day a rescue party found no trace of the bird, but later the mother returned with her brood, including the adventurous youngster.
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T. Mogensen
Miss Garnet Barber Visits Blue Springs Cousin
Miss Garnet Barber went to Blue Springs on Thursday to visit her cousin Mrs. Jack Welch.
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Miss Garnet Barber
Blue Springs
Mrs
Jack Welch
Auto accident injures Davis family at Villa Park Ill
Mrs T H Waggoner reports a serious car crash near Chicago injuring Flora Davis and her daughter Jackaline with 18 facial stitches and a pelvic fracture. Mr Davis’s mother also sustained head cuts. All three were hospitalized several days and are improving.
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T. H. Waggoner
Flora Davis
Villa Park
Ill
Chicago
Davis
Jackaline
Jefferson County Closed to Pheasant Hunters This Fall
The state game commission approved closing Jefferson county to pheasant hunting this fall, following a petition by the Blue Valley Sportsmen's association. Several other counties are closed for restocking. The season runs Oct 20 to Nov 2 with a second open week from Nov 6 to Nov 16 for six western counties. Jefferson residents must travel up to 40 miles north or 100 miles west to hunt pheasants.
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State Game Commission
Jefferson County
Blue Valley Sportsmen’s Association
Kearney
Adams
Webster
Clay
Nuckolls
Thayer
Fillmore
Saline
Lancaster
Gage
Sarpy
Cass
Otoe
Johnson
Nemahs
Pawnee
Richardson
The
Game Commission
Nebraska
Jefferson
Jefferson Countiaes
Fairbury
Birth notice announces son for Findling family
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Findling on Sunday August 18, named possibly June Fielder, as a brief birth notice appears in the local column.
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Clarence Findling
June Fielder
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Diller Volunteer Fire Department
Suann
John Rentechler
Marie Wasserman
Rentschlern
Elis Farm
Town
Edn Weers
Christena Eberhardt
Grandma Weers
Chas. A. Green
Saint Paul Church
Tim
Turkey
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