Frontier Island Rescue Begins Bitter Escape
Donovan and Abe Donovan face hunger and heat as they slip from a Cheyenne camp, cross Indian lines, and head toward the prairie. They trek through arid terrain on a perilous hundred mile escape with wounded scouts and dangerous pursuers in close pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
McTagué
Terry
McTague
Barlow
Button
Frontier
Grinnell
Sue
Grinnel
Grover
Forsyth
Fr. Stilwell
Trudeau
Vany
Willie
Plyly
Milegen
J _Deneven
Abe
Fires devastate Hollenberg on July Fourth 1898 and more local notes
Fifty years ago C L and Charles Riddle bought a Dew threshing machine. The town of Hollenberg burned July 4 1898. Seven buildings were destroyed with a $20 000 loss mostly uninsured. A gang of three bandits robbed J B Wright near the bridge. Diller celebrated with a sunrise anvil salute and a long program featuring music, orations, recitations, and fireworks. Other notes report Nebraska mail delivery expansion, wheat cutting, theft, and local civic updates including school principals and postmaster travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollenberg
Nebraska
Greenwood End
Otis Sweat
Crater
Diller
Carmichael
Fourth of July Picnic At Diller Park Includes Fried Chicken
The Caldwell and Lawrence families joined Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos and others for Independence Day at Diller city park. Fishing and picnicking entertained guests, marking Mrs Delmar Champs birthday. The day saw 21 fish caught by Mrs D V Fooders and relatives, with ice cream and cookies served to eleven guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Caldwell
Oscar Amos
Dean Barber
Dennis
Fern
Raymond
Flossie Raymond
Dennis Green
Diller City Park
Delmar Champs
Clara Greider
John Greider
Marian Champ
Delmer Champ
Christie Seaman
Dave Diller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prairie Guns
Chapter
Thhem
Stilwell
Putin
Fort
Hooker
Arickaree
C.L
Chas. Riddle
J B Wright
Dad Ballard
Y Inson
C. W Simon
Owl Quartette
B. M.price
Fairbury
Owls’ Quartette
T. Collineon
Jos
Bixby
North
South
JF. Fouts
Prof. Bence
T. Nelgon
Was
Ata
Iver
P. Beall
Tiller High School
Nelson Echou Ata
C.” ‘Hutchinson
Lincoln
Frank ‘Frisbié
John: Greider
Hereford
Texas
Bert Frisbie
The
State University
Grace “Meyers
A. Ludington
Sylvia Sible
Edna Wehling
Marie Webling
Louis Jo. Sands
Beatrice
Alobza - “Specht
Mary Wright
Marian’ Headley
Emmet
Idaho
Lloyd
Jake
Lottman
Black Bros
Jefferson County
Diller Record
RenAy
Weigel’s Service Station
Clarence
Hiatt
Lincoln, Nebraska
Otto Spielman
E.B. Ackerman
Optometrist
D. V. Fooders
Gertrude Crary
Guide Rock
Orville Wiemers
Iowa
Harry Abrenda
Cooper
Cooper’s
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