Memories of the Past at Diller and Nearby Frontiers
A long-ago column recalls events around Diller and Fairbury including the eleventh annual picnic under AODUW and MWA auspices, land and business purchases, a $50 000 hotel project at Fairbury, a piano car sale in Colman block, baptisms at a tent revival, and historic local details such as a giant tree on the Little Blue and a non resident pupil tuition rule for Diller High School. The piece places dates around forty to fifty years ago with multiple named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
AODUW
MWA
Ths Place
Fairbury
Colman
Diller High School
Minted Ade Fruit Punch Recipe From Capers Farmer
A tangy thirst quencher recipe titled Minted Ade fruit punch. It lists ingredients mint ginger ale lemon and grapefruit juice and explains boiling corn syrup with water cooling steeping mint tips and straining. The method includes chilling pouring over ice and adding ginger ale just before serving for six.
Pressure Saucepan Saves Time and Fuel
A Capper's Farmer article by Laura Dailey praises pressure saucepans for saving time and fuel in farm kitchens. It highlights that many foods cook well under pressure and notes key operating rules, including venting steam, determining when to start timing, and gradually reducing pressure before opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TNA
Laura Dailey
Capper
Farmer
Village of Diller Appropriation Ordinance No 131 Listed
The Village of Diller Nebraska passes Ordinance No 131 annual appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending April 30 1948 detailing mill levies by fund including General Light Water Bond Amusement Library and indebtedness and directs certified copy to Jefferson County Clerk. The ordinance becomes effective upon passage approval and publication. John Huttenmeyer chairs the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village of
Diller
Nebraska
Jefferson County
Dille
Es Mills
Lamill Library
Variety to Canned Pears in Home Canning
Local note explains simple variations for canned pears from the Ball Blue Book. Orange pear variant uses half an orange per quart of sirup, cinnamon pears use Red Hats or cinnamon, ginger pears use ginger tea, pineapple pears use pineapple juice, and plum pears use tart red plum juice.
Prodigal Son Moral on Spending and Debt
A farmer's son squanders wealth in prosperous times and learns hard lessons when shortages hit. The tale parallels national debt and the need for responsible fiscal policy, urging citizens and leaders to act wisely before a day of reckoning arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleake
Doake
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Lottman
Fred Riddle
Dray
Jake
Ensley
Carmichael
Moorehead
Hutchinson
Gene Diller
Emerson& Her. Powell
OT E Parker
Diiler
The
Christian ‘Church
Theodore and
Ben ‘Senior
Burlington
Sherman Co
Kansas
Mercury Proad
Sutton’ S
Scelantyatitulated Capper
Dailey
John Huttenmeyer
G. Clifford Blauser
Fairbury’s Store
Mise
Mosiman
Beatrice
Ball Bros. Co
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Diller Record
Harry Skinner
Jefferson Beatrice, Nebr
Drs. Hull & Hull Bentists
Golden Row
Pairbury
Scottsbiad
Fairbury , Electric
H.R. Bliss
D.st
Nebr
A. J. Friesen Jansen
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. 0
Odell, Nebraska
E.B. Ackerman
Optometrist
de. W. Li
Hull
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