Diller's First Brass Band Members Named in Photo
The Record lists eleven players from a fifty year old brass band photo. Front row includes Mathews director and E instruments with Hor Diller on Baritone. six B and E players, two drum lines, and a drum major Bear-Will Ballard. Six living members are named with current locations. The image was taken near the Coleman's Hotel corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Mathews
Ben Hicken
J D Fanders
Geo. Freis
Geo H Diller
WW Clark
Wilson Wright
Sebolt Senior
Jim Adams
John Specht
John Folkers
Eli Godshell
J C Weers
John Waggoner
Hod Diller
Forty Years Ago in Fairbury Local Notes
Forty years ago hogs traded at .27 and corn at 244c per bushel while butter cost 9c and eggs one cent. Geo Pearce laid brick on a laundry building in Fairbury and C W Simon began buying and shipping stock here. EE Boner delivered the Memorial Day oration later published in the Record. Miss Shoemaker from Cripple Creek visiting relatives. Winnie Bodell visited her relatives. E Bixby got a day clerk job at Merchants Hotel. Mrs Brooks and children from Garden City KS visited her sister Mrs Witty. J P Lowe traded for property south of the Presbyterian church. Plowing road without county consent carried a $50 fine per a Record notice. Diller merchants funded a Fourth of July celebration. more on that to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemaker
Sarah Bixby
Cripple Creek
Colo
Winnie Bodell
Fairbury
Archie Shultz
E. Bixby
Merchants Hotel
Brooks
Garden City
Kansas
Witty
Noah Handley and Bertha Miller wed in Ottawa Kansas
Noah Handley married Bertha Miller on May 24 at Ottawa Kansas. They will reside on A H Colman's farm near Steele City, joining the community around Dilier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Handley
Dilier
Noah
Ottawa
Kans
Bertha Miller
Ther
H Colman
Steele City
Fifty Years Ago in County Today and Then
Fifty years ago a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Ben Thompson on May 23 1889. Land values for county school lands ranged from seven to 1150 per acre across seven quarter sections. Prof CA Mills and Miss Addie B Handley closed a successful Diller term of school on May 24 1889. Taxable property in school district 70 valued at 40610 in 1889, later surpassing 1 000 000. Today listed at 555 000. Jeff Smith Fairbury job printer billed by county commissioners fifty years ago, an old timer and the writer s former boss for a year. F T Pearce also had a printing bill approved, marking two of the author s old bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Thompson
CA Mills
Addie B. Handley
Diller
Jeff Smith
Fairbury
Jeff
F T Pearce
Columbus Brought Hogs on Second Voyage in 1493
Authentic records indicate Columbus brought a few breeding hogs on his second voyage to Cuba in 1493. Great Britain had hogs earlier, and both the United States and Great Britain have produced leading hog breeds in modern times.
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America
Columbus
Cuba
Great Britain
United States
Moles Have Rudimentary Eyes
The article notes that moles possess rudimentary eyes, sometimes almost entirely covered by skin and fur.
Comments From U. S. Capitol and International Views
Congressman Carl Turtis reports on Dies Committee testimony about a fascist plot to overthrow the government and a secret army linked to General Moseley. He also notes a Brazil visit by Aranha and critiques the Good Neighbor policy amid U.S. bond concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dies
Moseley
Elephants Shrouded in Mystery of Dying Grounds
The piece notes about 2000 African elephants die yearly with bones rarely found. It speculates on an undiscovered elephants cemetery but leans toward deaths in watery mud when seeking water. Pearson's London Weekly suggests vast ivory stores could lie at river and swamp bottoms after centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Pearson
London Weekly
Prisons and Laughs On Screen Rise Of The Dead End Girls
The Dead End Girls star in Prison Without Bars for a Sunday Monday freeview along with Bob Hope and Martha Raye in Never Say Die. Stagecoach with Claire Trevor and John Wayne tops this year’s list, while The Hounds of Baskerville and Tim Holt in Rookie Cop play Saturday only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeview
Bob Hope
Martha Raye
The
Hounds of
Summer Movie Lineup With Classic Stars at Local Theater
The schedule lists Sundays and Mondays in June with Bob Hope and Martha Raye in Never Say Die. Freeview shows the Dead End Girls in Frison Without Bars and cartoons plus Universal News. The week features Claire Trevor John Wayne Andy Divine Geo Bancroft Tim Holt Stage Coach, with Panama Lady and The Hounds of Baskerville also on tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Martha Raye
Freeview
Dead
Claire Trevor
John Wayne
Andy Divine
Geo. Bancroft
Tim Holt
Cartoon
Paramount News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Springfield
Ark
Lincoln
Henry Henrichs
Wichita, Kans
Wallace W Clark
Eaglerock
California
Cole Man’ Hotel
Geo Pearce
C. W. Simon
EE Boner
the Record
J P Lowe
George Weber
Presbyterian Church
Mr Noah
Waggoner ‘Brothers
U. S. Capitol
Carl Turtis
Naval Observatory
Washington
Greenwich
England
Aranha
Brazil
Rio Newsmen
Nebraska
Brother Aranha
Dr.o.q. Diehl
Diller, Nebraska
Uiers’ Store
Jimmy Redmond
United Artist Film Co
Stagecoach
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Lucille Ball
Allan Lane
Richard Greene
Basil Rathborne
Wendy Barrie
Hounds of Baskerville
Tim Bolt
Bing Crosby
East Side of Heaven
Frank A. Houston
Fairbury, Nebr
J. Monroe Davis
Allen’s Store
Swift’s
Brookfield
Gooch
REX
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