Memories From The Past Twenty Five Years Ago
George Fisher and daughter visited relatives in Iowa. Miss Helen Bausch went to Wessington Springs South Dakota. Al Tristman sold his Diller home to Ed Wrigley for 4000 dollars. Miss Bessie Rucker became postmistress at Steele City succeeding her brother H B Rucker. A chicken theft left about 100 remaining after about 200 were taken from Mrs Gene Hill during a town picnic. The Record recalled President Wilson urging disapproval of A loans to belligerents to shorten the war. Charlie Hunnicutt returned to Steele City from Mountain Grove Arkansas after a month away due to drought and scant work. A local club beat the Bereans of Beatrice six to eight. Diller club lost to Fairbury seven to three. Pearce quoted: the US will stay out of war but will defend if forced, noting 100 million population and 30 million potential fighters.
Forty Years Ago In Brief Local Notes
Forty years ago Mrs Ida Morrison of Donahue Indiana visited her sister Mrs J O Brauser and family. George H Gale died after a long illness from cancer of the tongue and throat. The Diller Telephone Company issued its first directory showing 42 phones. A mob of thirty masked men tore down a Mormon church at Chattanooga Tennessee and chopped the timber. Mrs Chas Osborn and her mother moved to Fairbury where Charles found barber shop work. Miss Teenie Fanders left for Boise Idaho to join her parents. Gus Kelley began a trip to Montana to locate a new home with Frank Bugbee near Steele. The following people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller Telephone Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chas Osborn
EC Kendall
Fairbury
Charles Ane
Gus Kelley
Montana
Frank Bugbee
Near Steele
Fifty Years Ago in Diller and Surroundings
Fifty years ago Sam Diller visited his parents in Diller while employed at the Kearney Hub. A surprise party honored H E Green on his birthday two miles southwest of town. B and M Agent Scott Merrill and wife visited New Boston Illinois. L J Harrington led the depot in his absence. Diller public schools planned to open Sept 2 1899 with Prof CA Mills in the advanced department and Miss Addie Handley in primary. The Fourth of July committee faced funds shortfalls for bills. a public dance advertised at 75c per ticket aimed to raise $20. A reception welcomed Rev and Mrs J W Hill back from vacation. the Diller band played. The Record noted fifty years ago free publication of marriage and birth notices was controversial due to late submissions. The Old Quiz reflected on government policy toward Indians. Gene Tunney was named a directing head of 39 526 Boy Scouts in New York City, stirring opposition from Boy Scouts leaders and echoing a past defeat of a similar plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller Public Schools
Prof CA Mills
Miss Addie Handley
Gene Tunney
Boy Scouts
New York City
Boy Scouts Foundation
de Lancey Kountse
Tunney
Boy Scout Movement
GAR Reunion in Wymore Recounts 40 Years Ago
A historical note lists attendees of a GAR reunion in Wymore from four decades past including Waggoner Hadley Tate Nelson Copeland Colman Kanter Pearce Zook Zook Adams Jeffreyes Ballard Thomas Zook Mathias Miller Zook and others. It also notes a group from Diller who used a $100 round trip fare from Steele City to Hastings on the Sunday 40 years ago with names like Miller Zook Diller Bell Stucker Blauser Clark and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAR
Wymore
A Waggoner
H Hadley
P Tate
J D Nelson
T Copeland
AH Colman
Henry Kanter
F T Pearce
Frank Zook
Ella Zook
Joe Adams
Dr Jeffreyes
L O Ballard
Laura Thomas
Ollie Zook
Dora Mathias
Addie Miller
Diller
Steele City
Hastings
Perley
F Morrison
JW Miller
John Zook
Edith Mandeville
Hod
Gene Diller
Bert Bell
Jake Stucker
Ed Woods
J .O and
Clark Blauser
Bert Clark
State Fair prohibits liquor sales on grounds for 1939
Elmer A. Reamer, commissioner and executive committee chair, announced no intoxicating liquors will be sold on the fairgrounds during the 1939 Michigan State Fair. The sale of dairy products and unfermented fruit juices is to be encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer A. Reamer
State Department of Agriculture
State Fair Executive Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
O. A. Cooper Company
George Fisher
Iowa
Helen Bausch
Wessington Springs
Dakota
AL Tristman
Ed. Wrigley
Rex Green
Bessie Rucker
H B Rucker
Gene Hill
Wilson
Charlie Hunnicutt
Mountain Grove
Arkansas
A Nelson
A Holloway
H Fouts
S Miller
W Diller
D Reinhart
E Diller
E Reinhart
H Green
Bereans
Beatrice
Pearce
United States
Ida Morrison
Donahue, In
J O Brauser
George H Gale
Teenie Fanders
B F
Boise
Idaho
Sam Diller
Kearney
H E Green
Scott Merrill
New Boston
Illinois
L J Harrington
J W Hill
B F Lightner
Diller Band
Rev Hill
Presbyterian Church
Odell
Beatrice Power Company
J. Monroe Davis
Fairbury, Nebraska
Edw
B. Ackermen Optometrist
Drs
Hull & Hull
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Dr.o.c. Diehl
Our Papers
Woman’s Home Companion
Silver Screen Household Magazine
Farm Journal-Farmer’s Wife
Woman’s World the Diller Record
Woman’s Home Comifanion
Silver Screen
Household Magazine
Farm Journal
Farmer’s Wife
Ideal
Woman’s World
Diller Record
Farm Journal- Silver Screen
Farmer’s. Wife
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