Forty Years Ago Local News Roundup Near Thompson
The itemized notes recall Charley Wright selling land near Thompson to A B Wright. S J Senior and wife shopped in St Joe for millinery for their Diller store. Ida Diller gains divorce from Silas Diller and restores Weber name in district court. Gus Kelley and Annie Bugbee wed in St Joseph forty years ago. Ed Clemm fractured an ankle after a wind mill fall in Rock Creek. A Japan wedding shootout tale marks forty years. Harry Hudson and Celia Boilett wed near Diller with Elder Moore officiating. London found a vast subterranean lake. New River Company once controlled water supply. Eliza Church sues Western Union for delayed delivery and child loss. awarded $950.
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City of
London
The
New River Company
Eliza Church
Thompson
Western Union Telegraphy Company
Fairbury
Fifty Years Ago Highlights From Local History
Fifty years ago George Townemaker served as local assessor and Jake Harris worked as a bricklayer. Fred Loock sold his 80 acres of school land to Frank Wieths. Riley Robertson bought the James A Bodell restaurant. Martin Frerichs and Ollie DeFries wed at Tabo DeFries’ home. Proposals noted for land opening in Oklahoma and troops driving Boomers out. J O Blauser opened a new store in Diller after returning from Omaha. County commissioners’ 1889 actions listed with expenses for poor farm and staff. 1939 report shows higher bills and salaries, with county farm and relief funds included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Loock
Frank Wieths
Steele City
Board of County Commissioners
Commissioners
Fairbury
Ice Follies of 1989 and Other Jones Family Entertainments
A review notes the Jones Family films as All-American favorites and promotes Ice Follies of 1989 in Technicolor with James Stewart Lew Ayers Joan Crawford and Lewis Stone. It also highlights Mr Motto's Last Warning starring Peter Lorre and Richard Cortez as a thrilling edge of seat experience.
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Mr. Motto
Peter Lorre
Richard Cortez
James Stewart
Lew Ayers
Joan Crawford
Lewis Stone
Cartoon & Paramount News
Ricardo Cortez
Mr Moto
Gene Autry
Rough Rider Patrol
Plus News
Rich Anthracite Region of Wyoming Valley Pa
The Wyoming valley in Luzerne county Pennsylvania is a rich anthracite region through which the Susquehanna river flows. Wilkes-Barre is the valley's metropolis with about 87 000 residents.
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Wyoming Valley
Luzerne County
Wilkes-Barre
Pledge to the Flag Written in Boston 1888
James B. Upham of Malden Mass collaborated with editors at the Youths Companion in Boston to write the pledge to the flag in 1888. The aim was to boost patriotic feeling among American children by flying the flag over every schoolhouse.
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Office of the Youth’s Companion of
Boston
James B. Upham
Malden
Mass
Jefferson County Spelling Contest Winners Named
The Jefferson County Spelling Contest drew twenty three districts and sixty eight contestants. Winners in oral and written contests were Erma Rempel Esther Roelfs Bonnie Crawford and Robert Sproul with eligibility for Wilber and Sioux City competitions.
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Wilber
Erma Kempel
Henger G. Kempel
Fairbury
Robert Sproul
C. Sproul
Esther Roelfs
Erma Rempel
Sioux City
Iowa
World Herald
Omaha
Ship Island Mississippi Base Transformed Over Civil War Era
Ship Island in Mississippi reserved for military use by an 1847 order. Occupied by Confederates in 1861, then seized by U S forces in September 1861. Construction on fortifications began in 1862 and the island served as a gulf base thereafter. It was sold in 1933 to Joe Graham Post No. 119 of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ship Island
Mississippi
United States
Gulf
Joe Graham
The
American Legion
Playwright Visits Rushville Sparks A Local Mystery Comedy
Joe Stanford arrives in Rushville to craft a new play using Betty Braxton and a haunted hotel as the backdrop. The town’s eccentric figures the constable, the dying “meanest man,” a ghost seer, and a jewel thief fuel the plot as the mystery unfolds in front of the director Mrs. Scott A. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stanford
Rushville
Betty Braxton
Betty
Sly Perkins
Sly
We Williams
Fieldan
Miss Jates
Mr. Loyd
Joe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charley Wright
S J
St Joe
Diller
Ida Diller
Silas Diller
Weber
Gus Kelley
Annie Bugbee
St. Joseph
Missouri
Annie
Gus
Ed Clemm
Rock Creek Precinct
Japan
Harry E Hudson
Celia Boilett
Thos . Copeland
Elder Moore
Christian Church
George Townemaker
Jake Harris
Riley Robertson
James A Bodell
Martin Frerichs
Mias
Ollie DeFries
Tabo DeFries
Rev. Tjaden
Harrison
Oklahoma
Okahoma Territory
J O Blauser
Price Brothers
J O B
A Ballard
Ed Wagenaar
Jimmy Redmana
the Diller Cafe
Jefferson County
Mabel Stoneman
Florence Fairchild
Allen Stroh
F. A. Horton
Vera Walker
Ruth Hurst
Ruth Wallace
Stroh
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Jones Family
Everybody's Baby
Weaver Bros
Arkansas
Universal News
Lewis Haywood
Joan Fontaine
Duke of West Point
Romeo
Opera House
Bnd Williams
Morton Kendal L. B. Loyd
Sarah Higgens
Miss Gates
Jane Hastings
Anna Aldrich
Gordon Fanders
Wilbur Green
Reuben Fanders
Robert Patton
Fayette Horton
Leona Sedlacek
Pauline Casper Leota Long Cleo Green
Delpha Wiemers
Scott A. Miller
Drs
Hull & Hull Dentists
Scottsbluff
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Allen’s Store
Windmill
Gooch
Cooper’s Chicken
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