Memories Of The Past And Local Celebrations Across Time
The notice recalls John Fashler’s death 25 years ago and burial in Wy more Lutheran cemetery. It recounts Baccalaureate changes from theatre to church, Diller school traditions, prizes for dandelions, Idaho election boards as a model, and a Junior-Senior banquet with local performances and seniors’ names. It ends noting Had Green’s barbering career and changing times.
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John Fashler
Wymore
Mr. Pearce
Nebraska
Idaho
J Smith Diller
Green
East Side
John Greider
Hod
S.C Moser
West Side
Forty years ago in Diller and nearby areas
The reminiscence recalls events from forty years past in Diller and surrounding areas. It notes residents and activities including Cavett and Zook in commerce, a Jacksonville fire causing over 11 million in damage, a Georgia jury verdict, and local improvements like a new porch and telephone exchange moves. It also mentions a peach orchard near Wymore and the shift toward grain farming.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Kansas Line
Wymore
Fifty Years Ago in Beatrice Local Notes and Scores
Fifty years ago this week J W Sutton went to Beatrice to work in a drug store. Station Agent Scott Merril offered fare to Omaha for President Herrieon reception. Thomas Nelson bought half interest in A H Colman lumber and coal yards and left school to run the business. Diller baseball club beat Steele City 22 to 16 with Arch Schulz umpiring. A cattle shipment of 16 cars left from this station for Chicago via Agnew Johnson Bixby and Wm Green. Dr McElwee faced serious cases likened to today’s auto accidents. Near Lanhem Mr Kie kalt was injured by a stalk cutter. Alex Bell’s son was robbed in Steele City and Bell pursued poker players in Fairbury.
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Thomas Nelson
A H Colman
Alf Waggoner
Diller
Steele City
Arch Shulz
Agnew & Johnson
Hubbell
Wm Green
Chicago
Jos Bixby
Disler
John Converse
Fairbury
Dr McElwee
Kiekalt
Lanhem
Alex Bell
Stscle City
Young Bell
Bell
Mr Bell
Local Street Changes and Old Tales From Castor Street
Residents recall weathering a gang raid and a 50 year old Street Commissioner feat repairing a Castor Street culvert. The Cavett and Eaton lots were altered to drain water toward the church site, with culvert disappearance and curb line grading affecting nearby homes.
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Alex Koons
Castor Street
D V Folkers
Casper
Mra Reniley
LM C
Eaton
Ray Geer
Cavett
Professor Douglas Hyde Ties Rutgers Role to Ireland
The history notes that Douglas Hyde, later first president of Eire, served as interim professor of modern languages at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
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Douglas Hyde
Eire
Ireland
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Tropical Forests in French Equatorial Africa Reach Vast Area
Report notes 300000 square miles of tropical forests span French Equatorial Africa. Conservationists warn of rapid loss and urge protection measures across the region amid escalating deforestation and development pressures.
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French Equatorial Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judge Sutton
Beatrice Women’s Club
Paul Geisler
Velma Raine
Kate Roschewski
Bom
J W Fouts
Neal Diller
Minnie Edgington
Ida Sandmann
Lillian Woblfarth
Mrs Stubbins
Arnold Fouts
Nes Diller
Claude Cavett
Ruth Davis
Lela Mann
Ray Remle
Grace Watson
Everett Green
Dora Willems
Clifford Sparks
Ruth Steffen
Paul Beckwith
Delmar. Hale
Westcot
Miss Dixon
al Cavett
Lanham
Ike Boggs
Hartz
L Aid
John Zook
St Joe
Sebolt Senior
Short Street
Lew Fiedling
Wilson
Willard Brandt
Allen Coleman
Bixby
LM Cavett
Georgia
Jess Scott
Falls City
McManes Hotel
People’s State Bank
I'S Street
J W Sutton
Beatrice
Scott Merril
Omaha
Herrieon
Ben Thorpe
Bill Roper
Roper
Jody Gordon
Wiers
Ceresan
Kansas
Jess Bolt
Mr Bolt
Hanover
Aned
Burlington
Washington, D.C
New York City
Niagara Falls
Berlin
Tate
Holle
Arkansas
Bugs
Arsenate
Paris Green
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