Local Notes and Tragedy Include Car Purchases and Fatal Self Harm
Green Brothers received a car load on July 9 1915. Charles Hansen traveled from Beatrice to work on interior of Dr Ellis's new office. James E Kerr mayor of Diller bought a Ford for his insurance business. Dr Claude Ellis and family planned a 25 year anniversary trip to the Pacific coast for the Exposition in San Diego and San Francisco. Joe Bodell shot himself at his Broken Bow home at age 60, due to inability to obtain dope, after years residing in Diller.
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Charles Hansen
Beatrice
Dr Ellis
Diller
James E Kerr
Claude Ellis
Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Francisco
Portland
Joe Bodell
Broken Bow
Forty Years Ago Highlights And Local Jabs
This excerpt recalls past Nebraska crop results with 16 good, 3 big, 3 short and 1 failure in the 25 years to 1900. It notes extinct bird fears then and current abundance, a Diller school board debt crisis resolved by living within means, and a witty trio of students debating marble, thermometers and McKinley.
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United States Crop Bulletin of
Nebraska
Moser
Diller
Pshaw
McKinley
Fifty Years Ago in Diller Becomes Local News Highlights
The record recounts past events in Diller including fines for swearing at cattle, visits by T DeWitt Talmage and Rev Sam Small to Beatrice, and a large fireworks display. It notes a failed burn of a field, a 50 yard foot race won by Frank Truxan, an arsenic poisoning incident at Tobias with one death, and a public rebuke of unruly behavior. It ends with a jab at town morals and a claim of no drunks in Diller on the 4th amid a saloon debate.
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Diller
Beatrice
T DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
Sam Small
Georgia
W H Diller
Clover
Timothy
Frank Truxan
Dr Fairchilds
O Gifford
Truxan
Fairchild
Mr Gifford
Pearce
All American College Girl from Pierce Featured in Life
Bettie Cox a Pierce Nebraska coed was named among the nations all American college girls in Life magazine. Mies Cox was chosen by Nebraska students to enter a national contest by a Hollywood film company and attended a movie premier in Galesburg Illinois among 12 finalists from over 100 contestants.
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Bettie Cox
Pierce
Life Magazine
Mies Cox
Nebraska
Hollywood Motion Picture Corporation
Galesburg
Iil
Strategic South Tyrol links Italy to Europe
The Italian South Tyrol sits in the Alps near the Austro-Hungarian border and connects Italy to central Europe via the Brenner Pass. After 1919 the frontier moved northward to secure the pass, bringing Trento and Bolzano under Italian control. Italianization efforts included language, signage, and renamed places, with Bolzano replacing Tyrol.
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South Tyrol
Italy
Europe
Alps
Austria
St. Germain
Brenner Pass
Trento
Bolzano
Tyrolean
Tyrol
Air-Minded Spiders Study Enables Pest Control Insight
Researchers using airplanes with insect traps over Louisiana observed wingless spiders traveling long distances by exploiting air currents. P A Glick notes spiders are far less common than moths and butterflies, with insects like flies and beetles outnumbering them. Immature spiders show greater air interest, launching from tall vegetation and releasing silk to ride the breeze.
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Louisiana
P. A. Glick
Ward
New Exterior House Colors Shift Toward Bright Modern Tones
American homes move from dull grays and browns to brighter palettes in the last decade. Exteriors now feature rose red and blue green roofs with walls in white, blues, reds, coral, beige, chocolate and hunter green. A model home shows lemon yellow walls with a blue roof and light yellow trim.
Doe: Wild or Tame A deer raised by the ABC group
A deer known as Doe, raised by the A. H. group, draws questions about its tameness and status as a wild animal. Local observers weigh behavior and care conditions, noting proximity to humans and enclosure setup.
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A. H
Deer Babe Returns for Milk at Kellogg Ranch
The fawn named Babe, found three years ago by the Kellogg children near starvation, was nursed with cow milk and released into the hills. It now roams miles into the timber but often returns to the ranch at milking time seeking milk.
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Enti
Kellogg House
Babe
Kellogg's
Kelloggs
German language trial in Nebraska court amazes 1878 readers
The West Point Republican reports a Cuming County case where nearly all participants spoke German. The judge conducted the entire proceedings in German, with testimony and argument in German and records in English, a rare instance of an American court operating this way.
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Nebraska
Say
West Point
Cuming
First Creamery Built in Orange County New York 1856
The first creamery in the United States was established in Orange County New York in 1856.
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U. S
United States
Orange County
N.Y
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Green Brothers
Gene Diller
Fairbury
Tobias
Wilson
Hughes Store
Dilier
ACME
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Spencer Tracy
Eta Johnson
Lynne Overman
Edison
the Man
Cartoon & News
Lew Ayrer
Lionel Barrymore
Lorraine Day
Fred May Murray
Jean Arthur
Melvyn Douglas
Barbara Reed
R Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Wm Boyd
News
the Diller Cafe
Allen’s Store
Paxton Gas
Idaho
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