Fifty Years Ago A Diller Jubilee And Town Notes
Fifty years ago Rhode Island repealed its prohibition amendment while Pennsylvania voters defeated a similar measure by 188 000. Diller residents recalled a dramatic shoulder dislocation treated by doctors from Wymore and Diller. Fourth of July celebrations featured a basket dinner, races, a greased pole, and a ball at the opera house. Also noted were Charley Darr’s thumb injury, visits from Mrs B F Willhoyt, Ballard's Omaha move, a rift with a hotel girl, a rattlesnake bite to Jesse Green, a new fodder binder patent, three Chinese laundries, and Miss Bert Ballard’s school closing.
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Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
John Shroyer
Pennes
Gafford
Wymore
J W Miller
Diller
Miller
Clark
Bixby’s Grove
A C Gowdy
Fairbury
Diller Cornet
Charley Darr
B F Willhoyt
Chicago
R V Folkers
al Ballard
Omaha
Reynolds
Jesse Green
Herman E Fairchild
Bert Ballard
Powell
E R Mathews
Harbine
B F McElwee
Jacob Goken
Forty Years Ago in Wymore and Surrounding Bits
A retrospective from the Record recalls Wymore forty years ago amid criticism and rumors of marriages including Frank Van Cleve and Miss Corey of Blue Springs. The piece notes local trades, a cigarette fine, a marriage near this place, a buggy crash injuring Mrs Cunningham, and social visits, events, and small town doings around 1899 with names and places across Elm precinct Gage county Beatrice Fairbury and Strang.
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Frank van Cleve
Celine
Miss Corey
Blue Springs
Perry Cully
Elm Precinct
Gage County
Homer Thomas
Iona Wood
Ellis
Thomas
Australian Cowboys Known as Drovers and Jackeroos
Australian cattlemen are tall bronzed riders who drive mobs across vast inland tracts from the Never Never Land to fattening paddocks near city markets. Drovers move stores and cattle for months while boundary riders repair fences and jackeroos seek experience to become landowners. Australia exports about 200 million pounds of beef yearly.
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Australia
Badger Sets an Example in Cleanliness and Health
A Pearson's London Weekly writer argues humans are less health minded than animals. The badger is cited as a model of domestic hygiene, as he keeps mud from entering his burrow, cleans his feet, refreshes his bedding, and even designs makeshift sinks for leftovers, illustrating natural cleanliness.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Tea History and the Boston Tea Party
Tea refers to the leaves prepared as a beverage and to infusions from other plants. It traces to Amoy te and Chinese cha with legends of Shenning 2737 B C. Tea entered Britain in the 17th century. the Boston Tea Party of 1773 targeted tax on tea, not tea as a drink.
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Amoy
Shenning
Orient
America
Boston
Boston Harbor
Time Cycles Named for Animals
The Kirghiz speak of time in twelve year rounds, each round divided into twelve parts named after animals. They refer to years as the year of the snake the year of the horse or the year of the bear, noting a calendar system separate from Western years.
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Rocky Mountain Herald
Watch Those Splinters New Wife This Cottage Pudding
Lighthearted item notes a cottage pudding mishap with a quip about splinters and a guest from Florida. The Florida Times-Union snippet implies a casual domestic moment, focusing on a small accident and neutral humor.
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Florida Times-Union
Some Like It Hot Plays At The Theatre
Jimmy Redmann reviews a lively showing starring Gene Krupa Bob Hope and Shirley Ross with Rafe Davis Una Merkel and supporting cast. The critic praises the brisk entertaining package calling it modern lively and comparable to The Thin Man and It Happened One Night. He also notes It’s A Wonderful World as a recommended option.
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Gene Krupa
Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Krupa
Hope
Ross
Rafe Davis
Una Merkel
James Stewart
Claudette Colbert
Woman Queen Ann bans black at Russian court color rule
Two centuries ago Queen Ann ruled Russia with Biren as the power behind the throne. Biren favored bright hues and forbade black in court, requiring courtiers to wear brilliant colors such as light blue pale green yellow and pink.
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Ann
Russia
Biren
Gourd-Shaped Nests Build by Giant Orioles in South America
Giant orioles of South America craft gourd shaped nests that sometimes dangle up to six feet long. These pendulous structures hang from branches and are a hallmark of the species behavior.
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South America
Bob Hope and More in Summer Film Weekends
Sunday and Monday shows feature Bob Hope Shirley Ross and Gene Krupa with Some Like It Hot plus cartoons and Universal news. Free view Patricia Ellis in Back Door To Heaven. James Stewart and Claudette Colbert appear in Its A Wonderful World with added Cartoon and Paramount news. Friday June 30 adds Michael Whalen and Virginia Weidler in Outside These Walls.
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Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Gene Crupa
Orchestra
Plus Cartoon
Universal News
Freeview
Patricia Ellis
James Stewart
Claudette Colbert
Cartoon
Paramount News
Michael Whalen
Virginia Weidler
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Thos P Price
Iowa
Arthur Mills
Fremont
Geo Cunningham
Ragan
Prof Boner
Alva Cavett
Patrica McElwee
Beatrice
al. Ballard
Dan Fry
Zook & Son
St Joe
G H Diller
Strang
Filley
Jos Krebeck
Dr. Fry
D Kelley
Aelley
Steele City
Fred Morrison
Charley Osborn
Edw
B. Ackérmen Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
Maggoner Brothers
Medicinal and Allied Products
Jimmy Redmann
Bonham Theatre
Jane Withers
Aileen Whalen
Richard Bond
Boy Friend
Roy Rogers
Billy the Kid
Blue Valley
Credit Ass’n
Blackbird
Empire Briscuit
Bacon
Swift
Allen’s Store
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