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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
8
A rural column recalls births, marriages, land deals, and humorous notes from Fairbury and Diller. Highlights include a June 3 1915 birth, 80 acre sale at $100 per acre, nearby marriages, and a 25 year ago look at graduates and local figures.
A compact historical sketch correcting myths about Wild Bill Hickok Buffalo Bill Cody and Major Frank North. It notes Hickok's real role at Rock Creek, Cody's true status, Major North’s leadership with the Pawnee scouts, and details about Lincoln’s salt industry and the First Nebraska regiment’s actions under Majors and Thayer.
Fifty years ago Merrit McMillen or Boots Bodell appeared in the Record occasionally. J W Bugbee went to Wymore.
A mad stone test is described for a three year old bitten by a mad dog. Miss Bert Ballard planned a dressmaking summer with Ett in Western. Diller neighbor reports his team moved by a dog near Steele City. George Bixby in town celebrated a wedding and a new marriage with a party. Will Bergman and Nettie Bauers wed at Beatrice but separated upon return. a public notice warns creditors not to accept debts for the wife.
A Nebraska serviceman fired the first shot against the Philippine insurgents. Nebraska contributed a high proportion of men to the Union Army, and after the war ex-Confederates joined frontier service. Some settled at Fort Kearney and formed Dobeytown, a mixed community of soldiers.
Wednesday and Thursday showings feature Mickey Rooney George Bancroft and Virginia Weidler in Young Tom Edison. Cartoon and war news present Chas Ruggles Robert Paige Janice Logan in Opened By Mistake. Also Wallace Berry Delores Del Rio John Howard star in The Man From Dakota with free view Jean Muir Lorraine Day in And One Was Beautiful and news.
A clipped notice lists Thomas Mitchell in Swiss Family Robinson and Roy Rogers in Saga of Death Family. The brief item notes film appearances and release era details from the period.
General Phil Sheridan visited Fort Kearney and was kissed and hooted by locals in Dobey town. He urged abandoning the fort and his recommendation was approved. Nebraska's first statehood bid failed since the proposed constitution excluded black suffrage.
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