Diller Businesses and Local Westward Trade Network in Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago the town boasted diverse trades including Miller the horseshoer and Pickard Ballard blacksmiths. G H Binna ran Dilier's meat market, C W Pearce served as barber, Eugene Boilett operated a livery, W A Boggs repaired shoes, Robinson McMillin ran a restaurant, J B Zook dealt coal, Harms Brothers built a 100000 brick kiln, and hotels run by Emerson Wagenaar were top in the region. The Jefferson County Record moved to Diller, priced at $1.50 yearly, with local Bert Ballard and A H Colman noted in the Record office.
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Jefferson County
Endicott
Diller
States
Forty Years Ago Editor Reflects on Diller Post Office
The Record recalls a forty year old remark by its editor: publishing a republican newspaper in Diller town invites the post office dispute. The current editor notes he avoids a republican paper though he is a
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The
Record
Diller
Pearce
Old West Post Town Tales and a Melodeon Mercy
A Diller diary recounts local politics with Pearce and Fouts clashing over a post office appointment and advertising woes. Tales of the Copper Butte Trading Post describe Pete McGovern and a dance hall melodian night ending in mystery with missing cash and a vanished chambermaid.
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Copper Butte
Pete McGovern
Pete
Pamneone
Bonham Theatre Weekend Features and Varied Program
Saturday night show features Loretta Young Warner Baxter and Virginia Bruce in Wife Doctor and Nurse with news and a cartoon. Sunday and Monday include the same title plus a Veteran of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps benefit on Tuesday and another program The Jones Family in Hot Water with additional news and pictorial. John Wayne in Idol of Crowds screens with ducks and free-turkeye in the program alongside comedy and more news segments.
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Loretta Young
Warner Baxter
Virginia Bruce
Plus News and Cartoon
Jones
John Wayne
Fairbury Newsreel Show Screens Tests For Hollywood
Fairbury’s weekly newsreel features screen tests of forty-five Fairbury girls sent to Hollywood. Friday and Saturday include double feature Van Heflin Marion Marsh in Saturdays Heroes and Ann Sothern Jack Haley in Danger Love At Work. Bonham theatre awards football trophy to Fairbury high school’s most valuable player. attendees vote at the event.
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Fairbury
Holywood
van Heflin
Marion Marsh
Saturdays
Heros
Ann Sothern
Jack Haley
Love At Work
Plus News
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury High Schools
Double Feature at the Saturday Show
Saturday program offers two films: Jack Holt in Trapped by G Men and Gilbert Roland in Thunder Train. The issue advertises 20 cent prices for the screenings and lists other news items on the page.
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Jack Holt
G Men
Gilbert Roland
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Ella St
Moyd Hurst
Beatrice
Miller
G. H. Binna
Dilier’s Meat Market
C. W. Pearce
Eugene Boilett
W. A. Boggs
J. B. Zook
Harms Brothers
Frank H. Emerson
Ed. Wagenaar
Wymere
Denver
Sheehan & Nugent
A. H. Colman
Bert Ballard
Virginia
Jersey
Tee Ty
Windmill Brand
Clark’s Store
Nebraska
Fouts
Daddy Pearce
Otto Willems
Fitzgerald Siding
Shea
van Horn
Merrit McMillen
Alonzo Snyder
Missouri
Lun
J.B. Zook
J. B
Steele Davis
Dr. M. Davis
Gertrude Senior
F. Pilger
Wyoming
Hat Creek
Jesus
Ponchartrain
Fairbury, Nebraska
Screeno
Allen’s Cash Market
Blackbird
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