Memories From Diller Fifty Years Ago In The Record
W S Ballard recalled teaching near Diller and a 50 year old coal famine causing worry. The entry notes corn arrivals, prices for corn hogs sugar prunes and salt, a sick horses phrase, and anarchist Herr Most's 1 year sentence. It mentions a Touslin hotel lien and a proposed city hall plus traveling bus incident at Endicott.
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W.S. Ballard
Diller
Herr Most
U.S
Touslin
Wymore
the Record
Fairbury
Endicott
Ma Higgins
Forty Years Ago Says Roads and Banks in 1897
A reminiscence recalling conditions in 1897 with notes on road quality, railroad courtesy permits, an obituary for Grace Fry, and an anecdote about Rev McLaughlin nearly shot by a boy on a train. Bank deposit figures compare 1897 and 1987, showing growth and reflections on money and memory.
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Grace Fry
Ol Fry
McLaughlin
Alexandria
People’s State Bank
Diller
Diller State Bank
Flattery and Hard Work Quote from Uncle Eben
The speaker notes that flattery is the hardest kind of work because people grow angry if you stop inventing new praise. The remark reflects a folksy view on praise and constant effort in social interactions.
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Eben
Antwerp’s Plantin Moretus Museum Preserves Platin Legacy
Antwerp draws journalists and printers to the Plantin Moretus Museum, once the palatial home and printing office of Christopher Platin. Born 1514 died 1589, his fame ranks just behind Gutenberg. The furnishings remain as in Platin’s era.
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Europe
Antwerp
Plantin-Moretus
Christopher Platin
Gutenberg
Platin
Chevalier de La Salle Mission Near La Chine Rapids
Historical note describes La Salle’s westward expedition near La Chine rapids and how enemies dubbed the site La Chine after his failure to reach the Orient. It links the French name La Chine to the rapids and a reshaped memory of the voyage.
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Lachime
la Chine
China
Chevalier de la Salle
West
Orient
Lachine Rapids
Iodine Drops Prevent Goiter Says Recent Research
A last generation study shows that taking a drop of iodine every other day can prevent simple goiter or neck gland enlargement. The finding highlights iodine as a preventive measure for thyroid-related enlargement.
Chief alkaloidal stimulants listed include tobacco and opium
The chief alkaloidal stimulants and narcotics include tobacco cola leaves pituri leaves the kola nut betel leaf and betel nut hashish and opium.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earnest Habieht
Mr. McLaughlin
Jennings & Huett
PULEC
Oltho Jennings
Fisher Body School
General Motors
Big Timber
Montana
Cody
Wyomin
Elmer Novotny
Beatrice Lumber & Coal Co
Beatrice
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
SHIN
A. Gooper
Allen
Prunes
Santa Clara
Great Northern
Sunkist
Nancy Hall
Quaker Ae
Bologna
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