Memories Of The Past And Local News From Diller
Memories of a past wedding in Diller 25 years ago, Old-timers and townsfolk in Diller are recalled. Local progress notes include Claude Dunn ending a teaching year in Jackson district and Alex Bell expanding his residence in southwest Diller. J W Fouts builds a 100 ton hay barn. wind toppled it later. Mayor Fred Starr touts upcoming electric lights, fulfilled soon after. Eighth graders 1916 list names. Students fund acetylene lighting for homes and church. Wet spots in Gage county shift from Pickrel and Starneston to Lanham oasis. Charles Eckhart garners 67 signers, pays license, posts bond to operate lawfully. Endicott teacher arrested for reckless gun use after window peeping and a shot fired. Ray Wiggins and son drown crossing Rose Creek near Thompson.
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Gage County
Pickrel
Starneston
Lanham
Charles Eckhart
Forty Years Ago in Diller Nebraska Local Notes
Forty years ago Topeka visitors visited Grandma Price in Diller. AOUW officers at Grand Lodge in Nebraska City. Cattle feeding near Odell for July trade. A birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Milton Fry. Locals seek new business sites in Missouri. Barber course in Omaha. Land deals around Diller and district. School hires in Steele City. Peanut and fruit vendors on trains halted. Street commissioner bid at ten dollars. Bee Bell bitten by a dog. local notes. Page recounts a drunken rail incident with Ziegler, Brawner, and a freight accident. Sidewalks ordered and later cemented. Fitzgerald ranch parcels change hands. Family land remains in the Hahn and Logan families. Housekeeping moves and land purchases between 40 and 50 years ago. Remarks on Harrison reception committee in Omaha.
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Presbyterian Church
Diller
Cypress Board
Short Street
Fitzgerald
Herman Hahn
E H Hahn
Northwestern University
Evanston
Illinois
Henry Wiemers
Henry S Luhman
Vinton Logan
August Haho
Herman
W E Hahn
Zook Heads to Pennsylvania as Father Fails
Fifty years ago J Zook traveled to Pennsylvania to be with his ailing father. A Fairbury night watchman found fifteen businesses left unlocked within one week. Miss May Zook returned to Diller from Ellis where she had worked, later becoming Mrs May Mayberry.
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Fairbury
Miss May Zook
Diller
Ellis
Sheater
May Mayberry
Triple A Club Meets at Logan Home for Home Defense Lesson
The Newton Pleasant precincts group of the Triple A Club met at Mrs. Vint Logan's home on May 9 to view Food for Home Defense and two film strips. The gathering included refreshments and a Nebraska Weed contest. The next meeting is planned for June 13 with Mrs. Earl Weigel.
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Newton- Pleasant
Vint Logan
Nebraska
Earl Weigel
N B Club Holds May Meeting With Embroidery Work
The N B Club met Thursday May 8 with seven members and two visitors. The group embroidered hot pad holders while enjoyed a lunch of sandwiches cake with whipped cream and coffee. The next meeting is set for May 22 with Mrs Eulida Ahrends.
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N.B. Club
Blanche Stephens
Eulida Ahrends
Kudzu Plants to Sell at Alabama State Prison Farms
Alabama state prison farms grow about 1,000,000 kudzu plants for sale to farmers. The project aims to conserve and improve soil fertility at a price affordable to buyers.
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Alabama
Edward Robinson in The Sea Wolf and Geo Bancroft in Little Men
Edward Robinson stars as a character in The Sea Wolf and Geo Bancroft appears in Little Men. The notice highlights literary roles and actors associated with both works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwa Robinson
Geo Bancroft
Also Mentioned on This Page
Free Logan of
Miss Tillie Braash
Claude Dunn
Jackson
Alex Bell
Cal Waggoner
J W Fouts
Fred Starr
Clifford Blauser
Leon Blauser
Everett Clark
Marjorie Cally
Arthur Dickson
Helen Green
Lelia Hadley
Alma Loock
Beulah Thompson
Fred Clark
WE Anderson
Christian Church
Endicott
Ray Wiggins
Rock Island
Rose Creek
Thompson
Miss Lillie Osborn of
Topeke
Grandma Price
H E Green
W.H Hauver
The
AOUW
Grand Lodge
Nebraska City
WF. Wilson
Odell
Milton Fry
Gus
Albert Leaper
Missouri
Marvin Mills
Omaha
A H Colman
Henry Eaton
Marysville
Kansas
Steele City
Wymer
Amy Reynolds
Leila Craig
Fred
Bee Bell
Ian Bell
Maria Green
Kaupp
Bee
Orpha
Colby
Ziegler
Conrad
George Brawner
Zeigler
Ewers
D V Fanders
W H Mathias
A. H Colman
T P Price
J O Blauser
Harrison
Farmers of America
United States
Efferson County Food Industries ’ Committee
Zook
Pennsylvania
Wiers
Ceresan
N. B. Club
Fairbury, Nebraska
Alice Faye
Jack Oakie
John Payne
Czar Romero
Ink Spots
Mary Beth Hughes
Tomy Dorsey
Phil Ragan
Bert Wheeler
Las Vegas
Richard Arlene
Andy Divine
Majestic Theatre
Briane Aherne
Kay Francis
Ralph Bellamy
Margaret Lindsay
Ellery Queen
Holle
Arkansas
Gooche
Arsenate
Paris Green
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