Diller area memories span 40 years with notes and tales
Forty years ago in Diller and surrounding areas notes recount market prices for feed and land values, local births and moves, quarantines for scarlet fever, and a long list of community events. Notable items include Alex Bell buying Fanders land for 3200 dollars, Sam Green’s relocation, and a tale of Al Hutchinson and Shorty Mann’s Oklahoma wagon journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J D Fanders
Diller
Sam Green
Green
Bert Ballard
Hardy Herald
Fairbury
Alex Bell
Travis
Presbyterian Church
Owl Quartette
Ollie Zook
E .E. Boner
Jennie Osborn
C W Simon
Lottie Miller
Diller Lodge No. 999
Fidecia
Sahara
al. Hutchinson
Shorty
Mann
Oklahoma
Manno
Powell
Wyoming
Harry Greider
Bride
Mary Wright
Mia
Nina Shultz
Emma Pearce
Epheraim F Oaks Obituary and Kin Remembrances
Epheraim Foster Oaks born June 5 1860 died March 2 1939 at 78 years. Survived by wife Abbie Be Rusterholtz, son Alfred of Warroad MN, daughter Lillie Meyers of Diller and other relatives. Funeral held at Diller Methodist church with interment Prairie Home Cemetery. County official Russell McCreight visited local schools praising teachers mentioned in report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epheraim Foster Oaks
Abbie Be! Rusterholtz
Alfred
Daisy
Lillie
United Brothern Church
Mr. Oaks
Daisy Carpenter
Warroad
Minnesota
Lillie Meyers
Diller
Bethel Henrichs
Beaulah Powell
Katheryn Jones
Joe Carpenter
Emmett
Idaho
Merle Carpenter
George
Lyford
Texas
Pete
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Oaks
Daddie
Jesus
God
Methodist
Meyer
Four Square
Fairbury
Mozahn
Endicott
Formosa
Kansas
Prairie Home Cemetery
Waggoner Brothers
Russell McCreight
Mary Bent
Kaneas Line
Anna Wenz
Elda Krebs
Dream of Pearly Gates Ends With Axiomatic Moral
A weary man dreams of dying and reaching the Pearly Gates where St Peter directs him to a mountain of trusted hometown folk in the Garden of Eden. The dream carries the moral to pay up and cure the low mood. Former sheriff Emil Ackman moves his family to his brother’s farm east of Fairbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearly Gates
St Peter
St. Peter
Garden of Eden
Emil Ackman
Fairbury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Wagenaar
Odell
Paul Larchelle
J B Harms
Edgar
HC Fairchild
Upson
A Blauser
Kansas City
J B Wright
W C Frisbie
Omaha
Pearce
The
Eugene Weigel
Earl
Bruce
Will
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Grover Cleveland
Diller Cornet Band
Pleasant Hill Literary Society
McTigue
Commercial Street
Bank
Nettie Bixby
Beckie Béar
D W Price
Peoples’ Bank
E Record
Etsy
David Greider
Unicco
Harry
the Diller Cafe
Epheraim F. Oaks
Meyers
Weins Brothers
Quartette
Diller Opera House
Eddie Nugent
Chas Ray
Popular Magazines
Fitch
Es Econom
DI and
C. A. Cooper CO
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Gail Patrick
Otto Krueger
Robert Preston
Lynn Aari
June Gale
Universal News
Mississippi
Mickey Rooney
Walter Connelly
Virginia Bruce
Melvin Douglas
Wm. Boydag
Cassidy
Sunset Trail
Jack Holt
Dr Meade
Dr.o.c. Diehl
Diller, Nebraska
Cail
Sunkist
Manchester
Graham
Allen
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