Memories of the Past Twenty-Five Years Ago
Thirty years or more before each item, the Record recalls events from a 25 year span. Forrest Hartzell’s father died at 85 in Iowa. Benjamin F Henrichs wed Florence Marion Hilder at the bride’s parents’ home. F M McManes and wife left Diller after 32 years for Sidney Nebraska. Earl Pearce wrote a piece about a lonely fly in the Record office 25 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Hartzell
Iowa
Benjamin F Henrichs
Florence
Marion Hilder
John Hilder
Diller
F M McManes
Sidney
Nebraska
Earl Pearce
Forty Years Ago In Strang Nebraska Christmas Visits And Local Life
Forty years ago Mrs Hartzell spent Christmas with sister Mrs Sadie Diller in Strang Nebraska. Mr and Mrs J M Cavett moved into a new Castor Street home. J P J London gathered material for a new house on 40 acres north east of town near Mrs Wright. Horses were bought for the British Boer War at 360 dollars per head. Miss Daisy London was a school teacher with December honors going to Ethel Wrigley Bertha Wrigley Blanchie Wrigley Charles Knipsel Freddie Knipsel and Ara London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs Hartzell
Mrs
Sadie Diller
Strang
Nebraska
J. M Cavett
Castor Street
Mra Remely
J Pj London
Town
Wright
South Africa
Daisy
London
Dist
Ethel Wrigley
Bertha Wrigley
Blanchie Wrigley
Charles Knipsel
Freddie Knipsel
Ara London
Fifty Years Ago in Diller and Nearby Tales
Fifty years ago Zane Fordyce and James Hayes started a temperance billiard hall in the Joe Sadle building. HF Fairchild received a historic letter from a Chicago resident ushering him into the world. Jamies Coniff's mother Mrs A E Gardner of New York bought the Wm Bradt farm near town for £3700. A Diller big day for Pearce noted as many as one hundred teams at racks, contrasted with today’s idle business and free movie night crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Fordyce
James Hayes
Joe Sadle
Dr. Eilises
HF Fairchild
Chicago
Pearce
Diller
Grasshoppers Tagged by 4H Club in Arizona Experiment
About 100000 grasshoppers in southern Arizona were branded with red pigment by 4H club workers and released to track their movements. The project aims to observe their destination and behavior after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
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Arle
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Christi
Hughes Store
S. B. Viers
Lotane
Merry Christmas
C. L. Geer
Lumber & Coal
Jordening Cash Store
Harbine
Nebr
Phillips 66
Gooc
Stog
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Allen’s Store
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