Twenty Five Years Ago In The Diller Area
Readable notes recall events from 25 years past in Diller and nearby: births, marriages, deaths, property purchases, weather records, and community notes. Names include Mrs Ruth Bowers, Mr Madden, Harry Duon, Claude Cavett, August Eagleman, Harley W Clark, Miss Mattie J Thompson, Nellie Weaver, Leora Richardson, Maurice Kirby, Jake Zook, Alf Waggoner, and several veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bowers
Diller Central Office
Madden
Forty Years Ago in Strang and Nearby Notes
Dr Joseph Bixby practiced in Strang forty years ago and later at Geneva seven miles north. Dr Brash of Beatrice consulted with Dre Kaupp and Jeffryes on Miss Clara Steiner who was very ill from pneumonia relapse but recovered and enjoys Honolulu breezes. The D of H hosted a gathering at Mr and Mrs J W Hill's home with several ladies present: Mesdames Maw Thompson Millis Brown Fuat Moffit Cully Miller Bixby Boggs Long Cole Ballard Riddie Phillips Brown Mann Miss Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph,Bixby
Strang
Geneva
Dr Brash
Beatrice
Wea
Mesdames Maw
Thompson
Millis
Brown
Fuat
Moffit
Cully
Miller
Bixby
Boggs
Long
Cole
Miss Ballard
Riddie
Phillips
Mann
Miss Stewart
Rural School Dist Nv 56-D Pupils Decorate Christmas Tree
Rural school district 56 D pupils decorate the Christmas tree with color lights and make presents for their mothers and fathers. Perfect spelling papers earned by Dell and Pauline Weers Norma and Ronald Weers Dwaine and Darlene Freitag Elaine Diekman and Mary Freitag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
Pauline Weers
Norma
Ronald Weers
Dwaine
Darlene Freitag
Elaine Diekman
Mary Freitag
Iron Cross to fund Red Cross sale noted in London
A World War era Iron Cross issued to a Prussian officer was anonymously sent to the lord mayor's fund for the Red Cross to be sold as a curio. A life buoy tested by the British Admiralty weighs one-third the cork mass and supports six people. Lancashire kitchens hang shoes on strings to deter cockroaches.
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London Red Cross
Lord Mayor's Fund
Red Cross
Admiralty
Chinch Bugs Hibernate From October to April
The full grown chinch bugs hide in sheltered grass and hedges from mid October to mid April and do not feed. They migrate to fields of corn in late June or early July, with a second brood in midsummer. Weather triggers movement with warm sunny days. The entomologist Wesley P. Flint notes limited intrusion into woodlands.
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Wesley P. Flint
Illinois
Human Nature to Resent Pedestrian Regulation
The piece argues drivers accept safety rules for others, while pedestrians resist rules for themselves. It emphasizes pedestrian laws mainly protect pedestrians, contrasting with motorist regulations. A human attitude toward walking independence contrasts with driving responsibility.
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Long
Lkely
Money to Burn: Ancient Chinese Practice of Burning Cash
The piece explains a traditional Chinese custom where money is burned for the dead to help them in the afterlife. It describes rituals around a bier, an altar with coals, and packets of hell money tossed onto the flames. Large sums are placed in a locked trunk to prevent unauthorized spirits from taking them.
Psychometer test reveals audience reactions to films
Movie makers use psychometers to measure emotional tension while watching scenes. Warners sea stories are cool in heat tests, newsreels heat viewers, love scenes excite women, men show more interest in adventure scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warners
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Sible
Wilber
Harry Duon
H Z Diller
Portland
Oregon
Ooka Lottman
Claude Cavett
Grand Island
Phillips Nebraska
August Eagleman
Daugherty
Diller
Herman Plager
Wil
John Plager
Elk Creek
Harley W. Clark
Mattie J Thompson
Mra C
Nicke
Elis
Nellie Weaver
Leora Richardson
Steele City
Jake Zook
DY Folkers
Alf Waggoner
Maurice Kirby
Fitzgerald
John Clark
AOUW
Lodge
T P Price
J F Petter
CF. Stars
S R Merrell
Ab Walker
J O Ulauser
H E Greer
Frank Madden
J W Miller
GAR
WRC
J W Heoricks
J M Geer
Henry Faton
Jt Lichty
Jas Condon
WH Bradt
Perry Tate
D R Kelley
Alaska
Arthur Stringer
Matanuska Valley
Sidney Lander
Sockeye Schlupp
Than
Chicago Tril
McCall's Magazine
Woman's Home Companion
Pathfinder
Modern Romances
Silver Screen Sports
Road
Science and Discovery Christian Herald
Woman's World
Household Magazine
Home Arts
Needlecraft
Home,Arts
Poultry Tribune
tAmerican
Capper
National
Leerar
Select 1 Magazine
Farm Journal & Farmer's Wife
Plymouth Rock Monthly
Leghorn World
American Poultry Journal Breeder's Gazette
Rhode Island Red Journal
Town & State
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