Deshler Opens Early Open Air Band Concerts
Deshler Nebraska reports the season’s start with open air band concerts last Wednesday evening. Frank Pospisil of Buhl Idaho lifts his Record subscription to 5 12 40. Fred Clark avoids the Blue River fishing as spring remains slow. Charley Green goes fishing at the river twice. Marten Fanders travels from Beatrice to deliver garage door hangers and sells 35 sets to a Hutchinson Kansas dealer while renewing his Record subscription.
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Deshler
Nebraska
Frank Pospisil
Buhl
Idaho
Frank
Fred Clark
Charley Green
Marten
Beatrice
Claude Ellis
Hutchinson
Kansas
Martin
World’s Fair chorus to perform free concerts in Court of Peace
The Associated Glen Clubs of America will present a chorus of about 4 500 to 5 000 trained male voices in two free concerts at the Court of Peace stage during the New York World's Fair. The event showcases the largest male chorus assembled in the country to date, under the auspices of the Associated Glen Clubs of America.
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Associated Glen Clubs of America
WPA Arts Section in New York Used 44 Women In Posing
Congressman Carl F Curtis notes the WPA Arts Section in New York employed 44 women to pose for figures while others painted. The committee holds two large books detailing age weight height and names. Relief is thought of as clothing people in need.
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Carl F. Curtis
WPA
New York
Sacramento Centenial Brings Swiss Day Plans And WPA Road Tour
A Sacramento centennial event with Swiss Day honoring General John A Sutter is described along with a visit to Steele City Endicott where a WPA road project unfolds. The $1 million style highway costs 58 thousand and will employ many locals while county sponsors fund 25 percent and the federal government 75 percent.
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Ira London
Earth
Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Golden Empire
Capitol City
John A Sutter
John A. Sutter
Hutchison
Record
Steele City
Endicott
Barker
Rockies
Works Progress Administration
Bluffs
Steele City- Washington
Fairbury
Diller
Peters Real Estate Transfer Shifts Property in Diller
Mrs Emma Peters deeded to her son Howard Peters the residence property in Diller now occupied by Rev H H Pyche. The transfer shows a change in ownership for the family residence.
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Emma Peters
Howard Peters
Diller
H. H. Pyche
World Fair highways marked with orange Perisphere signs
Major routes to the New York World's Fair now feature standardized two foot markers. Each sign shows an orange Perisphere and Trylon with a blue border. Turn indicators appear as L or R within the central Perisphere.
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Trylon
Elmd Hadley Struggles to Work on California Ranch
The note sketches Elmd Hadley at his Williams California ranch between the San Francisco fair the Sacramento Centennial and many fishing holes on the map. It hints his home borders paradise and jokes about letting women do the work.
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Elmd Hadley
Williams
California
San Francisco
Sacramento
King George and Queen Elizabeth Land in Quebec
For the first time in history British monarchs set foot on American soil as King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on a Wednesday landing that marks a historic moment in royal travel.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
Eastern greenhorns ideas about Kansas and Nebraska
The text humorously notes Eastern greenhorns hold odd notions about Kansas and Nebraska describing sand deserts dreuths and rattlesnakes. It claims they imagine daily entertainment from cyclones and tornadoes with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays after noons.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Dust in the air foreshadows royal visit disruptions
The Tobias Times notes that Canada's cleaning efforts and dust may relate to the upcoming royal visit. The editor links Atlantic fog and icebergs along with Nebraska's cold wave to the weather impact on the king and queen of England's travel plans.
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Tobias Times
Canada
England
Atlantic
Nebraska
Barbara Stanwyck Weds Robert Taylor in San Diego
Barbara Stanwyck and Arlington Brugh Ruby Stevens tied the knot just after midnight Saturday in San Diego to dodge a 13th jinx. The couple, aged 27 and 31, wed after time constraints, marking Brugh’s first venture and Stevens’s second marriage. In another note, C H Stolte near Hanover killed a coyote with a stone after spotting it while checking horses.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
San Diego
Calif
Arlington Brugh
Ruby Stevens
Brugh
C. H. Stolte
Hanover
New guard rails on bridge south of town prompt questions
Report notes the new guard rails look finished but stop short of spanning the full bridge fill. Travelers in rain expect full-length protection, with some readers soured, linking the incomplete work to political power shifts after the last general election.
Deathbed Faith in a South London Slum
A clergyman visits a dying, starving man in a South London flat and discovers the dying man’s faith brings quiet acceptance. The anecdote recalls Corporal the old workman who faced death with a bright, contented smile, contrasting belief with atheism. The tale ends with a Bible verse Hebrews 10:31.
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London
Corporal
Grade School Faculty and Board Listing
A historical grade school staff directory lists W. F. Horton as principal for grades 7 and 8, Erma Sible for grades 4 5 6, Flossie Raymond for grades 1 2 3, with the Board of Education including L. M. Cavett as President, J. 3. Diller as Vice President, W. E. Anderson as Secretary, H. H Green as Treasurer, and B. Viers plus Lester Schmadeke as members.
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W. F. Horton
Erma Sible
Flossie Raymond
Board of Education
L. M. Cavett
Diller
W. E. Anderson
H. H Green
Treas
B. Viers
Lester Schmadeke
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Com
F. T. Pearce
Diller Nebr
TOR
S. C. Hutchinson
Box’s Cafe
Paris Green
Diller Public Schools
Diller Opera House
Miss Margaret Bull
Rev. C. F. Wagner
Max Thompson
Lucille Nider Caroyln Clark
Mildred Krebs
Eleanor Stah
Ralph G. Brooks
Wymore School
L. F. Sinkey
Carl Ludington
Lorene Achtemeier
C. F. Wagner
Margaret Bull
Lorene M. Achtemeier Clyde H. Colman
Orville J. Duis Ernest H. Garrell Mildred M. Krebs
D. Leora Malchow
Orville W. Nickeson
Eleanor L. Richardson Dale W. Sandman Arlene Schnuelle
Max E. Thompson Doyle E. Weaver
Dorothy Mae Barber
Betty J. Cuthbert Sybil E. Fasnacht
Gladys L. Garton Harold E. Lottman
Verna M. Meyer
Lucille Nider Maxine Nider
Alfred Sasse
Eleanor R. Stahl
Robert Lee Thompson
William H. Wrigley
Labor’s Gate
Harold Allen
Betty Grabber
Esther Lamb
Russell Madden
Nelda Nicholson
Margery Lorine Nippert
Roe Patton
Wilma H. Thompson
Eloise Pool
Harriet Peterson
General Electric
GE Thrift
Beatrice Power Company
Odell, Nebr
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