Memories of the Past in Diller Nebraska Forty Years On
Strawberries were 15 cts per box on the Diller market forty years ago. Local visits recall Emil Tarnow and his wife from near Fairbury visiting F B Senior and family. Rainfall noted then as an inch and a half over several days. now storms bring near three inches in under an hour. Residents visiting Odell and Beatrice share in weekend events, with Remnants of local life including J C Weers, a long-time Diller resident, and Rev J A Branson hosting Iowa visitors. A Pole unloading by W M Carmichael and Billy Tristmar for the Diller Telephone Co marks development of the exchange. A copy of the Fiesta Biennial Los Angeles Times from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs reached the Record via Jos A Price and family visiting California.
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Los Angeles Times
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Record Office
Jos
A. Price
California
Absent minded barber and local 1892 notes
Fifty years ago Tonnemaker Bros. sold a traction engine to a party eight miles west of town. Mrs J Allison visited Diller with her daughter Mrs G T Eicka. I J Tonnemaker was made street commissioner and Henry Eaton village clerk. Olive Ballard attended the Nebraska District Convention of the U R C at Pawnee City May 11 1892 and was elected secretary. A pay car distributed a few decents among railroad employees.
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Tonnemaker Bros
J. Allison
Diller
G. T. Eicka
I. J. Tonnemaker
Henry Eaton
Olive Ballard
Nebraska
U. R.C
Pawnee City
B&m
Three Cities Plan Joint Airport in Michigan
Saginaw Bay City and Midland to co operate on a federally funded joint airport. Army engineers will build it under Civil Aeronautics authority supervision at an initial cost of 527000. Saginaw to cover half land cost and half maintenance, Bay City 30 percent and Midland 20 percent. A three man commission from the three cities will run the facility under city council oversight.
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Michigan
Saginaw
Bay City
Midland
Army Engineers
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Threeman
Force Safety 12 Commandments for Blackout Driving
State College PA Amos E Neuhart of Penn State offers 12 do and don’t guidelines to reduce blackout driving risks. Key points urge staying home when possible, masking lights, driving slowly, opening windshields, and directing beams downward to avoid saboteur exposure.
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State College
Amos E. Neuhart
Institute of Public Safety
Pennsylvania State College
Do’s
Don’ts
Neuhart
Office of Civilian Defense
Life of Navy Man Perry Oliver Hazard Perry
Navy officer Perry Hazard Perry born 1785 in Rocky Brook Rhode Island joined the navy at 14 aboard General Greene. He fought in the Tripoli conflict and led Lake Erie operations in 1813 earning the line We have met the enemy and they are ours. He died yellow fever in 1819 at Port of Spain Trinidad and was buried in Island Cemetery Newport.
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Perry Oliver Hazard Perry
Rocky Brook
South Kingston
R. I
General Greene
Elizabeth Champlin Mason
Lake Erie
Perry
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Newport
Island Cemetery
Fox Diets Show Mixed Benefits for Humans
Dr. Adolph Murie of the federal park service studied fox diets over eight months in a 1200 acre Michigan reserve near Pinckney. Rabbits were the fox's favorite prey, while foxes hunted game birds in small numbers and consumed June bugs in large quantities, with neutral to beneficial effects on small mammals and a potential threat to turtles and water birds.
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Adolph Murie
Federal Park Service
University of Michigan
Pinckney
Mich
Old Devils To Burlin est Monument on Route Trains
Fragmentary note describes a monument to the Old Devils visible from Burlin est route trains. The text is incomplete but indicates a railway context and a memorial site along the line.
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Old Devils
Burlinest Monument
Fatal Accidents Cause Majority of 1990s Deaths
A report states 63 percent of 94 000 accident deaths occurred from falls and motor vehicle crashes last year. The analysis highlights the dominant role of these dangers in unintentional fatal injuries.
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Emil Tarnow
Fairbury
F.B. Senior
Cash MacEllwee
Chester Sparks
Odel
Fred Clark
J O Blauser
Barton Williams
Beatrice
J.C. Weers
Peoria
J A Branson
M. E. Church
Des Moines
Iowa
W. M. Carmichael
Billy Tristmar
Odell
Diller Telephone Company
Ati
Holle
Mrs
Bud Lottman
Eula Calkins
Ernest Schulz
Beverly Hays
C. O. Smith
Phillips 66 Poly Gas
Jefferson County
County
Jefferson
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