Diller Area Notes Reflect 40 Years Past and Local Transfers
Forty years ago this week sickness struck Delbert Stotts’ daughter with pneumonia as markets showed minor price shifts for farm commodities. Beatrice’s county records note a 25 year marriage of Charles Lucag and Miss Mable Caylor near Filley, while an obituary for Mrs A Blauser marked two decades past. Jacob Lottman sold 160 acres near Diller for 8.50 per acre, with John Plager taking the land. Frank Grabber later bought the south-side farm. A fire near Diller destroyed the Wim Green farm residence, with the Braash family quarantined for diphtheria and later housed nearby. Bernardino honored a native daughter born at Beunette hospital, now Golda Derna rdtima, linked to Goldia Miller and the McKinley family of Highland Base Line. Bernard Miss teaches Ventura.
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Jacob Lottman
Diller
John Plager
John
Frank Grabber
Bernardino
Beunette Hospital
C W McKinly
Base Line
Highland
Miss Hag
Golda Dernardtima
San Bernardino
California
Mc.Kinley
Goldia Miller
Bernard
Ventura
Fifty Years Ago in Diller School and Town Gossip
Fifty years ago winter events included literary society contests and school programs. W H Mathias sold 37 cattle to Col Hyatt at two and three cents per pound, with a carload yet to feed. Aaron Beck faced a theft charge, pled guilty, and received ten days in jail.
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Order of the Day
W H Mathias
Col Hyatt
Odell
Samuel Clark
D R Kelley
Aaron Beck
Thornton seeks second term for Nebraska legislature district 22
Lyndon Thorton filed today for nomination to the Nebraska Legislature from the 22nd district. He says one term has prepared him for better state service. The Daykin Herald notes Carl T. Curtis has agreed to a Sunday 1:30 PM transcribed talk on KMMJ Grand Island to explain congressional actions and invite citizen input.
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Lyndon Thorton
Nebraska
Daykin Herald
Carl T. Curtis
KMMJ
Grand Island
Congress
Mr. Curtis
Washington
Farmers Cooperative Elevators Pay 6 Percent Dividend
At Beatrice during their annual meeting last Saturday afternoon the Farmers Cooperative Elevators announced a six percent dividend the first such payout in twenty two years.
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Farmers Cooperative
Beatrice
Completes Books Cover Kensington History 1938 1989
Mrs. Claude Woods and Miss Gertrude Webling have finished illustrated histories of the Kensington for 1938 1989. Other past officers including Mrs. Jennie Thompson Gladys Woods and Reba Hanson also published histories. Miss Irene Shanek donor and editor oversaw earlier volumes detailing 1910 1937. The organization note includes a play The Fountain of Youth and portraits of charter members and officers across Nebraska and nearby states.
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Claude Woods
Gertrude Webling
B. B. Kensington
The
Kensington
Esther Glathar
Woods
Jennie Thompson
Gladys Woods
Mias Reba Hanson
Club
Irene Shanek
Mises Shanek
Fountain of Youth
Agnes (Crane) Writ
Miss Stane
Gertrude Wehlings
Agnes (Crane
Wright
Hotmene Wroe
Gein Charg
Wm Woods
Adagie Henshaw
Wis
Ke Wolkens
Mattie Praumiel
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Snowy District 23 Notes Many Absences and Snow Play
Miss Mary Wenz district 23 teacher reports to the county superintendent that the past month saw many absences. She notes the community enjoys the snow by building snow figures and sliding on the hills.
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Mary Wenz
Kansas Line
Wiemers Host Birthday Family Gathering
About twenty five relatives with filled baskets surprised Mr and Mrs Alfred Wiemers at noon Sunday as they celebrated both birthdays.
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Alfred Wiemers
Mrs. Wiemers
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed at Qdell Street Home
Mr and Mrs Lucker celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their home on Qdell Street. The husband is 80 and the wife 75 years old.
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Mrs. Lucker
Qdellst
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Delbert Stotts
Clark
Charles Lucag
Miss. Mable Caylor
Filley
A Brauser
Pittenger
J O Blauser
Thos Price
Geo Hudson
G C Blauser
McLaughlin
Noah Haudrey
Addie B Kovepsel
Lompoo
Wim Green
John Braash
Braash
H. A. Kellhome
Diller School
Joey Hateman
Horace Bishop
Georgie Henrichs
Mary Lichty
Addie B. Handley
Steele City
Pearce
Cooper
Cooper’s
BBC
Wm. Wallace
Grace Henshaw
Alexandria
Dick Edgington
Nebr
Jennie W Woods
Wm. Woods
Addie Henshaw
Shanek
Reuben Gretzinger
Aces Banahan
Martha Negus
Bb.k
the Diller Cafe
Douglas Chocolates
Edw
B. Ackhermeen Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
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