Past Week Prices And Local Happenings From Town
Wheat sold for 1.08 a bushel this week 25 years ago while the thermometer hit 10 below zero at Diller. Firewood retailed at 1.50 a rick for self haul as a local memory. Chas Barber family faced a serious illness in Barneston. Geo Fisher bought Joe Price farm west of town and planned to move in spring. MWA officers elected with Darr, Franzen, Diller, Schouelle, Hadley, Stucker, and Diller serving. A local arrest at Eskridge involved Vern Blythe for slapping an armed visa from a wagon. Evangelists Goodale brothers announced revival meetings to start January 3, 1914, with a social at Mrs A M Diller’s home and Eugene’s twentieth birthday celebration nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Fisher
Nancy Clark
Joe Price
A M Diller
Eugene
Forty Years Ago in Town News and Notices
Forties ago market quotes listed corn at 211c wheat 50c oats 18c hogs 360 dollars and butter eggs 15c. Diller joined Forrest Hartzell in a meat market. Seven lodges posted meeting notices including Masons Eastern Star KP s MWA AOUW and D of H. Evangelist Dwight L Moody died from overwork and was buried in East Northfield Massachusetts. Mrs James Coniff and her brother Charles Waggoner spent Christmas with family on the farm north of town. Claude Smith the bronco rider broke both legs while riding a pony Wes Havver bought. Dr Kaupp treated fractures. A surprise party was held 40 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons, Eastern Star
Kp’s
MWA
AOUW
D of H. Gar
Dwight L Moody
East Northfield
Mass
James Coniff
Lincoln
Charles Waggoner
Lincoln Business College
Town
Claude Smith
Br Nco
Wes Hatver
Kaupp
W H Hauver
Fifty Years Ago Diller Memories and Local Notes
Fifty years ago this week a car load of crockery was unloaded for Diller merchants. Mrs. Harvey Seaman of Davenport, Iowa, stayed with her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clark. Wilson Wright, boarding at the Windsor House, had measles and went to his parents’ home south of town. Mr J Q Blauser of Diller and Miss Rosa Blythe married at Donahue on Christmas Day. Corn price fifty years ago was two cents down per bushel ten cents in fall. Our stepfather Henry Eaton farmed Geo. Place land and raised a fine corn crop, then heated the house with bushel baskets of corn, ending our stepfather’s Nebraska farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Seaman
Davenport
Iowa
Mrs
Samuel Clark
Wilson
Wright
Windsor House
J QO Blauser
Diller
Rosa Blythe
Donahue
Misery Loves Company Says Uncle Eben About Wealth
In the remark attributed to Uncle Eben, he declares rich people are abused and questions why they continue to seek wealth. He adds that misery loves company, implying sympathy for the downtrodden and a critique of persistent wealth accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Stratosphere Balloons Reach 14 Mile Height
Stratosphere balloons reached 14 to 16 miles above Beltsville Maryland on three flights. Six hydrogen balloons carried an automatic ozone measuring observer to collect data and radio readings to ground stations. The joint National Geographic Society and National Bureau of Standards project plans larger balloons and improved instruments for higher flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltsville
National Geographic Society
National Bureau of Standards
Ghost Bombing Planes Foreseen in Future War
Dr. Lee de Forest, noted wireless pioneer, predicts radio guided bomber planes will enter war use as pilotless flying torpedoes guided by a mother ship. He says U S and European engineers are building these devices and they can return home after delivering their bombs. He also describes television facsimile to transmit maps from observation planes to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee de Forest
United States
de Forest
Lamp glove aids headlight bulb removal for drivers
The article advises motorists on removing stuck headlight bulbs, especially for one eye drivers. It recommends moving the bulb up and down to break corrosion, and introduces a lamp glove device as a safe option. Wiping sockets with cold graphite during installation prevents corrosion and sticking.
Mafia Reorganization Hit by Argentine Arrests
Police report South American gang members Arturo Placeres Agati Galiffi Jose Manuel Pazz His Captain and Antonio Di Santo were captured at Rosario. The detentions follow confessions alleging a ring reorganizing the Mafia that once ruled wealth across South America and preyed on society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Arturo Placeres
Agati Galiffi
Rosario
Jose Manuel Pazz
Antonio di Santo
South Am
Another Thin Man Returns and Holiday Screen Lineup
Sunday to Tuesday offerings include William Powell and Myrna Loy in Another Thin Man with Carole Lombard and Cary Grant in In Name Only. Franchot Tone and Ann Southern in Fast and Furious and Jas Dunne in Pride of the Bluegrass headline a gala midnight show with cartoons and Universal news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Powell
Myrna Loyin
Cartoon and
Universal News
Carole Lombard
Cary Grant
Paramount News
Franchot Tone
Ann Sothern
Jas Dunne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rick
Chas. Barber
Barneston
Harry Zook
C E Darr
Onka Franzen
E S Diller
W H Schouelle
Elmo Hadley
JC Stucker
J S Diller
W Anderson
Vern Blythe
Eskridge
Kansas
S D Goodale
B W Goodale
Hod Diller
Forrest Hartzell
Diller Telephone Co
S.C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
Cooper’s
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
J. Monroe Davis
Odell
General Hospital
E. Rice
M.D
Odell, Nebraska
Pathfinder Polls
Public Opinion
Pathfinder
Washington
WAPPY
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