Memories Of The Past And Local Happenings
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Onka Lottman on the ninth inst. Mr and Mrs George Pickard visited relatives in Beatrice while Mrs J O Blauser and Mrs Frank Madden spent a month with kin in Davenport Iowa. The GAR elected officers for 1898 with a lengthy list. A Sunday funeral crusade started forty years ago at Lincoln and snow covered the ground eight inches deep. One third of the corn remained in fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onka Lottman
George Pickard
Beatrice
J.O. Blauser
Frank Madden
Davenport
Iowa
Lincoln
GAR
Alex Bell
J W. Heoricks
Wm. Hudson
D. Carr
Ira Wood
Thos
Copeland
J P Bichty
AH Waggoner
Perry Tate
Wm Riddle
Henry Brandt
Fifty Years Ago in Diller Local News
Fifty years ago work on Diller’s public cistern was paused for warmer weather. P B Miller added a large feed grinder powered by a stream engine. Dr Miller amputated Samuel Keller’s index finger after it was caught in a corp shelter. Ed Hawkes of Endicott celebrated his fiftyeth birthday by treating the boys. The Record urged trading at home to build up the town, a practice still urged today. Real estate ads touted town merits to sell properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
P. B. Miller
Ed Hawkes
Endicott
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Clark’s
Lincoln Sales Co
J. H. Alden
J.b.zook
Wm. Bonowitz
Geo. Tonnemaker
Chas. Tonnemaker
Fairbury
Tae
Cooper’s
Pinnacle Colorado
Pinnacle Colorado Nut
Oklahoma Lump
Jay Hawk Nut
O. A. Cooper Company
Beo Hall
Mer
Nebr
Leers
H. H. Green
Allen’s Cash Market
Allen’s