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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
3
An unreadable OCR passage recounts various local names, places, and motions with references to towns like Burlington and Concordia, individuals such as Mr. Snyder and Mary Shyder, and mentions of sales and visits, but many words are garbled, reducing specifics.
Grain and livestock prices listed in a corrected Thursday market summary for Diller. Wheat corn oats cream eggs and hen weights shown with varying prices and hogs noted, though several figures are garbled.
A garbled 19th century manuscript describes Elder Mit Shin of Omaha promoting a ferry on the Platte near North Platte as a safer crossing for emigrants. It notes his rhetoric at camps in Omaha and Council Bluffs and asserts he charged $200 per team for crossing at a specific ferry.
The article highlights Moses Shine a traveling preacher and local character who ran a ferry across the Platte River near the Omaha region. It notes his colorful presence and influence during camp meetings in the area.
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