Memories Of The Past And Local Happenings
J W Fouts and JT Briggs received Colorado stone for sidewalk work at their homes. W F Leaper of Spokane visited family and praised his Washington farm. Farmers report corn planting largely complete and quiet in town. F A Fox died at his Diller home. funeral held at Christian Church with GAR pallbearers. Typhoid pneumonia and frost impacts noted. near accident when a horse broke shafts. Jacob Stucker repaired buggy rigs. Peter Nies nearby lost a cow to lightning.
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W Fouts
JT Briggs
Colorado
F. A. Fox
Diller
167Th Ohio
Christian Church
Nickajack Post
Pall Bears
Frank Mills
Charley Green
Jacob Stucker
Peter’ Nies
Livibg
Community Notes From Rock Creek Area
Fifty years ago J H Gerard moved his family into a farm house on Rock Creek near Endicott. The first strawberries of the season were served in the Price Bros building by the ladies of the M E church. Wilson Wright returned Monday from Missouri where he visited relatives. The county convention was to be held at Thomson and the editor urged attendance. Freight trains were arranged with B and M officials for travel to and from the meeting.
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J.H. Gerard
Rock Creek
Price Bros
Thomson
The Farmer Buys War Bonds
A Treasury education urges farmers to invest in War Bonds, arguing every citizen with income should lend to the government. It advises weighing debts, current needs, and land plans, then buying as much as possible while prioritizing savings and safety.
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Brown
Oesase
Mar Armere
U.S. Treasury Department
Annual Appropriation Ordinance Passes March 2 1944
Village officials adopt Ordinance 126 outlining annual appropriation for all funds and departments. It sets tax mills not to exceed five on the dollar, requires certification to county clerk, and limits expenditures with penalties for violations. Funds may be advanced as emergency loans with two mill repayment.
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Nual
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Bethel Letter From Iowa Amid War Bond News
Letter from Bethel Iowa dated May 11 1944 describes local life including weather a wet spring a snow in May and garden progress. It notes subscribing to the Diller Record for Orval s birthday mentions Kay s school and Orval Gene s tractors plus a War Bond pledge and news from New York about Grandmothers War Bond League and family service members.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Dad
Orval
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W. F. Leaper
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Cash McElwee
Japan
Russia
Wilson Wright
Missouri
O. B. Jesness
Division of Agricultural Economics
University of Minnesota
C. S
C.S.N
Laws of Nebraska
C. S. Supp
Mont Judge
L Aw
John Clauson
Board of Trustees
W.E. Anderson
Seal Village
Bethel
Wiemers
Kay
Orval Gene
New York
N. Y
Grandmothers War Bond League
Eliza Abeth Taggart
Edna Neff
John Wurmser
Taggart
Seabee
James Taggart
Neff
Grand
Barbara An Ackin
Ceeter
Barbara
Nechaical
Herman
Navy
Guadalcanal
Elizabeth Taggart
Eft
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