Ex Senator Paddock and Forty Years Ago Reflections
A recollection notes ex Senator Paddock of Be atrice hotel fame died forty years ago on the same week. It recalls a corn husking vacation forty years past near Mandeville and Bell schools and a Christian Endeavor convention attended by local figures from Diller. It reflects on Fairbury merchants courting business in the era and the enduring over merchant presence as printing remains singularly constant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paddock
Beatrice Hotel
Mandeville
Bell
Fairbury
Diller
Prohibition News and Local Teachers Remember 50 Years
Fifty years ago this week C A Mills Jennie Kelley and Maggie Stewart from Diller attended the county teachers association in Endicott. An item noted Louie Nider lost a horse. Plymouth items show strong prohibition activity and its progress in that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C A. Mills
Jennie Kelley
Maggie Stewart
Diller
County Teachers Association
Endicott
Plymouth News
Louie Nider
Plymouth
A Wonderful Trip to Emmett Idaho Reflections
The narrator describes a June journey to Emmett Idaho to visit son Harvey Powell and family. They tour nearby mills and farms, note fruit orchards and irrigation, and meet locals at churches. A July return trip to Boise and Colorado Springs follows with memories of pine mountains, deer, and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Idaho
Harvey Powell
Pot
Mere
Hazel Carpenter
Diller
Harvey
Jess Powell
Beulah Powell
Boise
Emmet
Colorado Springs
Lake George
Seibert
Colorado
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Ella Griswold
Corn Boon to Colonists
The first Europeans on our Atlantic coast recognized corn's value after wheat failed. Capt. John Stith compelled his band to plant corn, which became a staple means of exchange and wealth. Surplus corn spurred trade, encouraged immigration, and opened prosperity in town settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
James
John Stith
Ely
Noted Film Pairings and Local Event Listings
Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer star in Big City with Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall in Breakfast for Two. Friday a student night at the high school and a grade school event are listed with admission prices of 15c and 5c respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Tracy
Luise Rainer
Barbara Stanwyck
Herbert Marshall
Pilus Newe
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. Lightner
Grace Burkett
Meg Lowe
Fannie Diller
Rev. McLaughlin
Christian Endeavor
Suny
Allen Michle
Oklahoma
Mrs. Stotts
Grandma
Arge
Thompsons
Camay
Miracle
Nashua
Esmond
Clark’s Store
Nebrask
Jackson
Great Northern
Fish
Allen’s Cash Market
Packard Service
Wymore
Chamberlain
Thone
Bonham Trate
Fairbury, Nebraska
Bing Crosby
Martha Raye
Andy Divine
Mary Carlisle
Benny Baker
Double
Universal News and
Cartoon
Screeno
Cheater Morris
Paramount Newa
Comedy
Pictorial
Warner Oland
Joan Marsh
Charlie Chan
Jack Holt
Mae Clark
Drs
Hull & Hull
Stoke Fairbury
Scottsbluff
Edw
B. Ackermen Optometrist
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Blue Valley
Credit Ass’n
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