Forty Years Ago in Fairbury and Nearby Areas
A colonial snapshot recounts events from forty years ago including Henry Kanter in Loock's store visiting Oklahoma, the death of Col Thos Harbine in Tacoma, and Dr J Hiatt's farm house fire. It notes a sister visiting Hershey Nebraska, artesian wells near Kilpatrick, and broader remarks on French wealth trade. It also mentions Beaumont Texas oil lands, Barton County Kansas lake plans, and a farmers mutual insurance company formed at Harbine with officers Stahl Wolters Steffen Engleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Harbine
Henry Stahl
Henry Wolters
F W Steffen
August Engleman
Julius Ochs
F C Achtemeier
Wm Gundemier
Fraternal and Domestic Officer Installations Mark Anniversary
Forty years ago this week the AOUW and D of H held joint installations. AOUW officers listed F T Pearce Isaac Saylor J E Clark Joah Robertson Fred Morrison Frank Emerson W H S Hauver Jesse Miller Wm Keckley John Hart Alex Bell A Waggoner. D of H officers included Ada Cully Nancy Clark Gertrude Senior Mrs Boetcher Ella Zook Laura Mills Mrs Hauver Christie Thompson Mrs Shinneman and A J Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AOUW
D of H
F T Pearce
Isaac Saylor
J E Clark
Joah Robertson
Fred Morrison
Frank Emerson
W H S Hauver
Jesse Miller
Wm Keckley
John Hart
Alex Bell
Waggoner
Ada Cully
Nancy Clark
Gertrude Senior
Boetcher
Ella Zook
Laura Mills
Hauver
Christie Thompson
Shinneman
A J Hill
Diller community notes fifty years of activity and aging
Fifty years ago this week in Diller Nebraska life featured a cold snap at 28 below, a double wedding, a blacksmith partnership, AOUW officers, and local schooling efforts to save paper for the war. Villagers recount births deaths marriages and local sports results with names like Wright Hale Ward Packer and Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P B
J Ww
Miller
Diller
Charles H Wright
Anna May Ward
Frank E Hale
Mary B Bill
Gage County
W T Ward
J. W. Hil
Ditler Presbyterian Church
Wright
Diller School January Athletic Calendar and Activities
Diller high and grade school programs announce January basketball games against Hollenberg Clatonia and Fairbury Reserves plus a girls volley ball clash with Clatonia. Grade boys begin tumbling drills led by Armstrong with several helpers and a list of performers. The Orange and Black pep team performs patriotic routines and supports victories, with the girls’ drill team members named and planned appearances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Wymore
Hollenberg
Clatonia
Fairbury
Armstrong
Stanley Abrende
Richard Garrels
Orange and Black
Agies
Steele City
Ate
U.S
America
Diller ‘Firet
Grea
Union Cénter
Deloris Bernhardt
Betty Grabber
Georgie Ball
Dorothy Pingle
Mary Brister
Mary Lou Thompsson
Wilma Thompson
Catherine Bene Osie Est Sehmelle
Arlene
Niger
Evelyn Margie Nippert
Leila Broadstone
Mette Novotoy
Eve
Chinchilla Described as a Rodent Species
The chinchilla is a small ground rodent resembling a squirrel and weighing about 1% pounds at maturity. Females are slightly larger, both sexes are delicate French gray with bluish slate under tint, and fur is dense soft and silky with length varying by skin type.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Kanter
Loock
Oklahoma
Thos Harbine
Tacoma
Washington
Ol Fry
Hershey, Nebr
John Gillett
Kilpatrick
Beatrice
Iits
France
United States
Barton County
Kansas
Catherine Diller
J B Diller
CJ Packer
Lafe Brown
Record
Mrs Packer
Pfio Miller
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Scott
Thos Price
Jas Moreland
John Peffer
H E Green
J W Fouts
A L Townsend
Frank Madden
Gerard, A B Wright
Chas Blythe
J B Wright
Charley Gregory
Western Normal College
Shenandoah
Iowa
Allen Michel
University At
Ames
The
Western Normal
Lyn Fox
Dorothy Nider
Dorothy Roelfs
Marilyn Miller
Diller School
Union Center
Bob Murray
Dale Lottman
Bob Carver
Verne Hubka
Ball
Patton
Peters
Carver
Allen
Hubka
Garrels
Wrigley
Adams
Vanek
Cripe
Epp
Mailahn
Garman
Rulph
Garrele
Kep
Murry
Lottman
B. Hotz
Hiner
Buss
Fauver
Page
R. Fauer
Fisher
Shoff
Tatro
D. Hotz
Holle
Woman's World ‘Household Magazine
Wnational Livestock Producer
Eit
Yasines
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