Memories Of The Past In 1915 Local Notes
CL Waggoner attended a shooting match at Edgar on Tuesday. Quinter Fry predicted 60 bushels per acre from his field in 1915. Harry Greider lost over forty hogs to cholera near Iller. Mayborn bought stock cattle for local farmers. Willis Octon Green and Hazel M Powell married October 20 at Beatrice. The family includes Bill Hazel Cleo. List of local residents follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CL Waggoner
Edgar
Quinter Fry
Harry Greider
Iller
Willis Octon Green
Hazel M Powell
Duller
Christian Church
Beatrice
C F Stevens
Bill
Hazel
Cleo
Forty Years Ago in Odell and Surrounding Districts
Forty years ago this week Dr Kelley shelled 35 acres yielding 1000 bushels or 284 bushels per acre. Odell gained a rural delivery mail route covering 34 miles west. District court jurors included Chas Barber, T P Price, A L Tristman, and A J Hill. A group of 56 Diller Republicans traveled to Wymore to hear Senator Mark Hanna, with 19 named travelers listed among the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Odell
Chas, Barber
T P Price
A L Tristman
A J Hill
Diller
Wymore
Mark Hana
Elmo Hadley
J O Blauser
Geo
Fifty Years Ago in Daykin Era and Local News
Fifty years ago H P Young edited the Daykin Era at age twenty. Tim Grogan yielded over 800 bushels of potatoes on a ranch west of town. A Record supplement pictured W A McKeighan as a controversial congressional candidate. H Clapp and G H Clark debated state issues in Reynolda Powell Daykin and Endicott. Mrs T Mills had nineteen teeth extracted by Dr Hunter of The Railroad Remedy and Concert Company touring with an Odell engagement. The troupe sought the Diller opera house but moved to Chester, avoiding a toothless crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Grogan
W A McKeighan
H Clapp
G H Clark
Reynolda
Powell, Daykin and Endicott
T Mills
Hunter
Railroad Remedy and
Odell
Diller
Chester
Firemen Battle $50,000 Blaze at Police Ball
Firemen in evening clothes battled a heavy fire at Newton mass as a general alarm rang out from the annual police ball. Both the origin and cause are not specified and no injuries are mentioned. Local authorities investigate the blaze at the event hosting venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Young Citizens Contest and District Events Noted
Jefferson county seniors took part in the Young Citizens contest at Fairbury High School with 26 students and Miss Pool. Grading was sent to the University of Nebraska for machine scoring, delaying results. The Pioneer one act play contest will be held November 15 at Reynolds featuring Swamp Spirit with Diller High School cast members. The Nebraska Teachers Convention runs October 22 to 25 with events in Lincoln and speakers including Orson Welles and Linton Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Fairbury High School
Miss Pool
Jefferson County
PeNfemso Reed
University of Nebraska
Reynolds
Mississippi
Armstrong
Nathan
Verne Hubka
Martha
Ann Mari Jacobs
David
Richard Miller
Chloe
Catherine Barnett
Margaret Barnett
Peru
Nebraska
Dilne
Lincoln
Omaha
Norfolk
Kearney
McCook
Alliance
Terry Carpenter
Dwight Griswold
Orson Welles
America
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Always Comes Back Mr and Mrs Henry Jeanes Lost Hitching Post
In Devon Pennsylvania a 200 pound cast iron hitching post dubbed the little sailor boy is repeatedly taken by neighborhood youths as a prank. The Jeanes place notices in the lost and found columns seeking its return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jeanes
Devon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas Barber
Dick Albers
Neil Diller
Paul Beckwith
H P Young
J. Lyndon Thornton
Nebraska Legislature
22Nd Dist
Jefferson-Thayer Counties
Congressional
School House News
Teachers’ Convention
John M. Rasborough
Linton Wells
Radio
Ralph O.canaday
Democrat
Congress
Samuel
Gallamore
Wiers’ $Store
Magnesia
Castoria
Absorbine
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Don Ameche
Carmen Miranda
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Dr Kildare
Randolph Scott
Brian Donlevy
Kay Francis
Daltons
Also
Edith Fellowa
Bob Burns
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Hallowe’en
Russell A Davis
Fairbury
NEBR
Eanr
Red
Bermuda
Nancy Hall
Blackbird
Chile
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