Memories From The Past In Diller Nebraska
Notes record Otis Babb planning to move to Omaha Dr Viers attends Nebraska State Veterinary Association meeting in Lincoln Earl Pearce long time magazine subscription taker in the office Clara Steiner visits Green Gables Lincol n Scott Miller returns from Hudson Colo to visit sister Mrs Sylvia Fish and husband Articles of Incorporation for Citizen's State Bank 25 years ago this week bank changes from national to state Mrs Sarah Witty and Eva visit Diller friends Thanksgiving travels to Gilead with E R Henrichs Veterinary price increases 75e per mile minimum 2.00 for country calls Mr Robert Patton dies December 7 1914 at home in Diller age 6 years 6 months 8 days Rose and Lucy Brandt wedding reports list of presents and givers Alex Bell dislocated ankle run over by wagon Frank Ankrum robbed of 615 on way home from Fairbury
Forty Years Ago In Tecumseh Area Notes
Forty years ago typhoid sickens Onka Lottman and Mrs Cal Herwig is reported very ill. Horses shipped from the station by the car load. John Waggoner returns from Idaho with an 80 acre farm near Frank Madden, then moves there. A Tecumseh man fines for wife abuse. she pays with washing. The Modern Worldman lists officers including VC Silas Diller and Clerk J S Diller. Alice reports a wedding.
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John Waggoner
Idaho
Frank Madden
Fifty Years Ago in Nebraska AOUW Membership and Local Events
Fifty years ago in 1899 the AOUW in Nebraska reported 7000 members. Dancing was sponsored by the Diller Social club. Tomemaker Bros bought the Adams Building for an implement store. AOUW staged a play about secret orders but attendance suffered due to a concurrent fire. Jim Hayes hauled 64 bushels 55 lbs of corn in under five hours on a wager to stall Wright's team but failed. JO Blauser and John Peffer built a 24 by 40 foot frame hardware store south of Price Bros. and later moved it to the Dil ler Cafe lot. A bootleg whisky operation of 1800 gallons monthly was uncovered by revenue officers in Greuss county. the operator fled.
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Jim Hayes
J B Wright
Wright
JO Blauser
John Peffer
Price Bros
Diller Cafe
Greuss
Blondie and Durbin shine in Bonham Theatre lineup
At the Bonham Theatre Jimmie Redmond highlights Blondie Brings Up Baby from Oster 1936 starring a young Deanna Durbin in her sixth hit First Love. Charlie Chan stars in City of Darkness set in wartime Paris with the villain doing the dirty work.
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Oster
Deanna Durbin
Charlie Chan
Villian
Paris
Lincoln Journal Promotes Low Rates and Carrier Openings
The Lincoln Journal touts low price options by mail and carrier with daily and Sunday editions. It contrasts costs with competing papers, notes long-standing service in the region, and invites applications for morning evening and Sunday delivery routes across many towns.
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Lincoln Daily Journal
Lincoln Journal
Big State
Journal
Nebraska
Kansas
The
Early Civil War Change Systems Then Fractional Currency
After specie payments stopped in 1862, silver coins vanished from circulation. Merchants and firms issued tickets and due bills as small change. Congress authorized postage stamps for change and later issued postage currency, leading to the fractional currency in denominations matching the silver coins.
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U.S
Congress
Erratic Customer Seeks Metal Tools Loan
A clerk records a customer request for a rake and hoe with decorative handles. The customer insists on tools with slicers in the handles and mentions a loan, prompting clarification on available stock and terms.
Mother Anirste Lectures Daughter Sparks Tears
A mother lectures her child on past misbehavior as the two cry. The daughter asks if the mother was ever naughty, and the older brother dismisses the idea, claiming no one else would know or confess.
Boy’s blackened hand after fly pins his wiring lesson
An electrician returns home to find his son with a bandaged right hand. The boy explains he picked up a pretty little fly and one end wasn’t insulated, implying when touching it caused a shock or injury.
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Sonny
Notice of Final Report in Saathoff Estate Nebraska
E A Wunder attorney for Estate of Anton J Saathoff files final account and report of administration and petition for final settlement and discharge. Hearing set January 6, 1940 at 9 00 A M before Jefferson County Nebraska County Court. Citizens may appear and contest. County Judge seal.
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E. A. Wunder
Anton J. Saathoff
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Yo’elock A.M
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otis Babb
Omaha
Dr. Viers
Nebraska State Veterinary Association
Lincoln
Earl Pearce
Clara Steiner
Green Gables
Citizen’s State Bank
Sarah Witty
Eva
Diller
Gilead
E. R. Henrichs
Drs H Baugess
OC Diehl
Robert Patton
Patton
Harry
Rose
Elmo Coora
Lucy Brandt
Alex Bell
Frank Ankrum
Fairbury
Onka Lottman
Cal Herwig
Lydia Steffen
Silas Diller
Heary Heimmainger
J S Diller
Lscott
Sam Woods
Gene Hill
C E Carr
A Bell
Alice
AOUW
the ‘Diller Social U Ae
Tomemaker Bros
Adams
Bonham Theatre
Jimmie Redmond
Blondie
Dagwood
Chevrolet
Geer Brothers
Bee- News
Sunday Journal and
Star
State Journal
Denver
Foxy
Bee
J. Monroe Davis
Fairbury, Nebraska
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
Texas
Blackbird
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