Harbine Players Visit. Community Notes Include School Classes
Mrs Marie Kelly and Martin Mudrow of Beatrice visited relatives in Harbine over the weekend while Grandpa Conger remains ill. Caroline reminders include class sizes at the high school and staff assignments with Prof Domer teaching Geog Gen History and Civics, Miss Kittinger math, and others across English Latin and sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Kelly
Martin Mudrow
Beatrice
Franz Mudrow
Grandpa Conger
Carl Sandmans
Jansen
Della Rand
Sissler
Fairbury
Oaks
J. B. Conger
Harlan Weaver
Rachel
Weaver
Chas. Gainsford
Ellis
Sawyer
Dick Willems
Raleigh
Cornelia Lottman
Henry Sturmer
Edith Flagg
H. H. Flagg
Domer
Miss Kittinger
Migs Possner
Beall
Cicero
Diller Public Schools Hear Bixby Lecture And Basketball Update
Dr Bixby spoke at the opera house on friendship to about twenty four attendees. Miss Ruth Miller left for Elwood to wed, Lilly Hardy replaces her in the intermediate room. Diller won basketball over Plymouth 18 to 17 on the boys side and 15 to 13 for the girls but the season ends. The team will rest until warm weather and plan games at school grounds if possible amid influenza restrictions and a city hall eviction notice for the Diller boys. Three new eighth graders join Rock Creek district. attendance notes and Model school weekly teaching days are outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bixby
Bixby
Ruth Miller
Diller
Elwood
Lilly Hardy
Davenport
Nebr
Plymouth Girls
Plymouth Boys
Plymouth
County
Abrams
Rock Creek
Gerard
Garfield McCreight
Miss Converse
Everett Clark
Clarence Thompson
Esther Mann
Ross Hays
Lillian Pospisil
Evelyn Stotts
Edith Greider
Audrey Diller
Obituary: Anna Nra Toxhorn Dies at 30 Near Ditler Neb
Mrs Anna Nra Toxhorn died January 23 1920 at home 2 1/2 miles SW of Ditler Nebraska after long illness. Born October 15 1889 to Ebbe Roelfs she married Wilhelm Tuxhorn January 26 1910 and had one daughter. Funeral January 25 at St Paul Lutheran with Rev J A Hansen. Buried north of town. She was 30 years 3 months 8 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditler
Nebr
Anna N.ra Toxhorn
Ebbe Roelfs
Wilhelm Tuxhorn
Auburn
Jefferson County
St.Paul-Luthern Church
J. A. Hansen
Washington Stewart dies aged 90 at farm near Diller
Washington Stewart born Mayeville Kentucky August 16 1829 died January 14 1920 aged 90 years 5 months remembered as a respected longtime resident near Diller He married Huldah Wright in 1854 Green Castle Indiana eight children four surviving three died in infancy wife died 1916-survivors Austin W Gage Oklahoma Ellen McQueen Thomas and Alva. funeral sermon by Rev Heide Baptist preacher at Gaylord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Stewart
Diller
Smith County
Smith Center
Kan
Mayeville
Huldah Wright
Green Castle
Ind
Austin W. of. Gage
Okla
Ellen
McQueen
Thomas
Alva
Malcom McQueen
Fairbury
Nebr
Mias Hallah
Mias Susie Susie
Baptist Church
Heide
Gaylord
Girl Gives Blood to Save Father After Police Shoot
Mildred Pratt a 15 year old Chicago girl rushed to a hospital after her father a city policeman was shot and wounded. Doctors said a blood transfusion was needed and she offered a pint and a half of her blood to flow into his veins. She declared I would give my life for daddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Pratt
Chicago
Mildred
Daddy
England's woman grave digger challenges rivals
The article spotlights Miss Janie Beeching who proclaims she is England's only woman grave digger and can fling earth from seven feet deep. During busy periods she works by candle light, asserting her unique skill in the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Janie Beeching
Fewer Go Insane in Scotland Report Cites Decrease
The board of control notes 561 fewer insane persons in Scotland last year from higher wages near total disappearance of unemployment and more men in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Board of Control
Airplane to Develop China Transport via Aerial Routes
The article argues China’s development hinges on transportation. It cites Julian Arnold and Prof Middleton Smith urging trained Chinese labor and aviation depots to accelerate communications. Railways remain important but air service could revolutionize internal links and economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Julian Arnold
Chinese Recorder
Arnold
Middleton Smith
Smith
Moose cow pauses for hunter's photo in river bend
In the Hunter-Trader-Trapper issue from Columbus Ohio hunters recount an early start chasing a fat moose cow. The animal posed at 75 feet before retreating into the timber, followed by a four to five month old calf that dashed after the mother as the canoe moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter-Trader-Trapper
Columbus
Sam
Ring Saves Girl in Shed Incident at School
Nine year old Ethel Gosnells of Bowling Green Ohio suffered a broken finger when her ring snagged on a nail while she and other girls were locked in a schoolhouse shed. The ring held her as she hung, cutting flesh and nearly stopping her heart until doctors arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Ethel Gosnells
Ethel
Scrap over mausoleum ends with feud among heirs
Miss Mathilda Carlson testifies in supreme court that she and her sister Sophia saved for a mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. They paid about $7,000 for the plot and a vault with a window. They planned to inter the Fegelgren family as well but now seek to have their names removed from the deed after a falling out. Sophia is already entombed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mathilda Carlson
Supreme Court
Angel Gabriel
Miss Carlson
Justice Greenbaum
Sophia Carlson
Woodlawn
Carlsons
Nils Fegelgren
Carlson
Fegelgrens
Spring color trends shift toward brown and green shades
The leading spring color is brown with a rich golden tone, while a lighter jade like green remains in strong demand. High colors in bright reds blues greens pinks yellow are rising, black fading, navy and other dark blues still popular, grays strong, roses moderately so.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. S. Taylor, M. D
Globe Pharmacy
Fairbury, Nebr
M. J. Powell
AN. Thoms
Hinds’ Bank
Nebraska
Jefferson Co
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Col. A. L. Tristman
Ceneral Auctioneer
Diller, Neer
Calkins Bros
Beatrice, Nebr
Col
Henry Eden
Odell
H. R. Royle
Bell Phone
Elerbeck & Hale’s Implement Store
Diller Record Office
O. C. Diehl
Hebe
S. B.viers
Diller, Nebr
Diller Veterinary Hospital
Qik
Waggoner Bros
Diller Public Schools
Moose
Ford
C. G. Catlin Co
Ford Sales and Service
Fordson Tractors
Ford Parts
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