Memories Of The Past And Nearby Local Notes
A collage of aged items includes John Specht trading a livery barn in Diller for 160 acres of Arkansas timber, 19th century train robbery arrest in Kansas City, cancer treatment trip to Wilcox Nebraska, a Beatrice corn carnival injury, Campbell Bros circus in Odell, and record Omaha world fair attendance. It also mentions railway expansion in 1898 and a clay bird shooting invention tease with a patent caveat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Specht
Diller
Arkansas
Washington
Local Weddings Mark October Celebrations Nearby
Fifty years ago Mr. Eugene Weigel and Miss Mary Line wed on Thursday October 20 with Rev Jessup officiating. John Jasper Sparks and Miss May Nickeson married at the bride’s parents home five miles northeast of Diller on October 17. A platform dance followed the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Weigel
Mary Line
Jessup
John Jasper Sparks
May Nickeson
Diller
Double Feature at Bonham Screen For Halloween
Paramount News presents a Saturday program with Janet Gaynor Franchot Tone and Robert Montgomery in Three Loves Has Nancy plus William Gargan and Andy Devine in Personal Secretary. Jane Withers stars Always In Trouble with Russell Hayden in Mysterious Rider and a gala Halloween Midnight Show previews. Free tickets and hats offered with admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Gaynor
Franchot Tone
Robert Montgomery
Nancy
Wm, Gargan
Andy Vivine
Paramount News
Jane Withera
Russell Hayden
Plus News
Bonham
Wild Bill petrified remains spark Rapid City mystery
A fifty year old St Paul Pioneer Press tale notes a wave of petrified bodies found in Rapid City after exhumation from hills. It cites Wild Bill as a notorious desperado killed in Deadwood and buried nearby, with later remains reportedly turning to stone due to soil chemistry, alongside other violent deaths and natural deaths in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Bill
St. Paul
Rapid City
South Dakota
Deadwood
Mount Moriah
Pearce
Desperado
McCanles
Rock Creek
Diller
Battery D Fifth US Field Artillery Keeps Revolving History
A historic note marks Battery D Fifth United States Field Artillery as the only Army unit to exist continuously since the Revolutionary War, highlighting its long service and unique lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Fifth
United States Field Artillery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrats
Gladys Hughes
Fred Busing
Dwight B. Young
Jefferson County
City Hall
Chas Smaha
Alpha Wiemers
Geo. A. Skultety
Fred O. Jones
Rhoda A. Thompson
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
G. G. Binderup
Congress
Jess James Jr
Kansas City
John Gillett
Wilcox, Nebr
B F McElwee
Harry Davis
Beatrice
Campbell Bros’ Circus
Odell
Airbury
The
Railway Age
United States
Omaha Exposition
W W Waters
Anna M Diller
Mra Clark Blauser
John Clark
Wm Line
G H Gale
Carl Gale
O A Hafer
J P
Chas Cully
C. L. Geer Lumber & Coal
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Ginger Rogers
Fred Agtayre
Cartoon
Universal News
Richard Dix
Chester Morris
Joap Fontaine
Sky Giant
Goldburg Travel
Allen’s Store
Sauer Kraut
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!