Diller Community Reflects On Snowbound Past
Memories recall a passenger train derailing near Cap. Kansas with injuries and a week of stock shipments to St. Joseph. 25 years ago reports note Blauser estate probate, a war era question on destruction, HBPT Club gathering in Diller, a Tonnemaker trip to Minnesota, and harsh 1916 winter roads with six feet of snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Cap. Kans
Monay
Diller
St Joe Thin
Ed. Woods
Geo Herrichs
W L Woods
Jasper Long
Scede Wiemers
Blauser
Farrbury
Maria A Blauser
Pearce
Forty Years Ago News Notes From Diller Area
Forty years ago Frank Ankrom of Steele City suffered head trouble after a robbery hold up at Leigh Nebraska. Reuben Goodge's home was robbed. burial beside her husband followed. Mrs Goodge was mother of Mrs Ward Daniel Gill died aged 75 at his son Peter Gill’s home west of Diller. Gill was an early pioneer and homesteader in the area. Peter Jansen resigned from the Nebraska House to become US commissioner to the Paris Exposition. Gifford attended a district Baptist meeting at Wymore and witnessed T Collinson’s ordination to the ministry. Collinson was formerly a Diller merchant. Three quarter sections of Fitzgerald land east of Diller were to be sold at an administratrix sale on March 24. Frank Hubka bought the land about three years later. Pleasant precinct Democrats named A Waggoner, G H Clark, J Shea, S F Clark, J Gillett, PR Price, Homer Clark, CA Blauser, C W Toonemaker, G Cress, M Hemminger, A Friday to the county convention. The Fairbury Gazette noted the Campbell Brothers Circus had reached fame after buying a piano. Mrs Eliza Goodge, formerly of Diller, died at Odell. The Odell Wave recalled George White pledging to abstain from liquor before leaving for Canada. The Diller Telephone Company planned lines to Steele City and Harbine with metal circuits and central offices and a later local exchange.
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Daniel Gill
Peter Gill
Diller
Mr Gill
Fitzgeralds
Admistratrix
Frank Hubka
Democrats
Pleasant Precinct
A Waggoner
G H Clark
J Shea
S F Clark
J Gillett
PR Price
Homer Clark
CA Blauser
C W_ Toonemaker
G Cress
M Hemminger
Local Exchange Day Notes and Fifty Year Gap
Arbine observes a local exchange today in a bygone era style. Fifty years ago there was little news this week as the issue was badly damaged and only one page remains in the files. Some Record files were scorched during a building fire fifty years ago, affecting outside pages.
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Swift’s
Hughe
Nebraska
Charley Barber
Hbpt Club
G B Cassell
J S Diller
Lightner
O J Mayborn
Lottie Loocx
Paul Beckwith
C W Tonnemaker
Tonnemaker
Minnesota
Frank Tennemeker
Will Friday
Fairbury
Diiler
Frank Ankrom
Steele City
Reuben Goodge
Leigh
Nebr
W. T Ward
Peter Jansen
House of Representatives
Paris
O Gifford
The
Baptist Association
Wymore
T Collinson
Mr Collinson
Fairbury Gazette
Campbell Brothers’ Circus
Eliza Goodge
George White
Canada
Diller Telephone Company
Harbine
Arbine
Ginger
California
Polly Brand
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