Band Festival Draws Large Crowd at Fairbury Park
A Sunday band festival in Fairbury attracted music lovers from nearby towns. About 250 of 350 visiting bandsmen performed across ten groups, with guest conductors from Lincoln and surrounding areas. Frank M. Rain welcomed attendees and H. L. Chatelain led the finale as the festival marked its seventh consecutive year of success.
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Fairbury
Billy”’ Quick
University of Nebraska
H. L. Chatelain
Colorado
Holmes
Soldiers of Fortune
Paul C. Curtis
Geneva
Humoreske
Nelson Ingalsbe
Diller
Zamecnik
K. E. Faust
Plymouth
Faith Eternal
Old Rugged Cross
Strauss
W. H. Caman
Beatrice
Olivedati
B. W. Thomas
Marysville
Feist
Geo. Berentz
Washington
D. W. McBratna
Swanton
Connecticut
Briegel
Jack Henney
Wm. Least
H. L. Chatalian
Death Valley Mammals Live Without Water
Twenty six distinct mammal species from coyotes to mice inhabit Death Valley and survive without drinking water.
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Death Valley
Forty Year Back Notes From The Record
A collection recalling events from forty years ago in Diller and nearby towns. Notables include deaths, burnished memories, agricultural work, local accidents, and unusual incidents such as a meteor sighting and a bees rescue.
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George White
Diller
4-H Achievement Day Draws 175 Attendees in Fairbury Park
County 4-H members and leaders gathered at Fairbury city park on Thursday August 25 for Achievement Day. Demonstration teams were chosen to represent Jefferson county at the state fair, judged by Lester Schmedke of the Protestant Orphans Home and Mrs. Leask. A picnic lunch is noted and plans for county fair displays are underway for September 22 to 24.
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Fairbury
Jefferson County
Lester Schmedke
Leask
State Fair 4-H Show Reports Set For Radio Broadcasts
Jefferson county 4-H members local leaders and others will hear State Fair judging demonstration and exhibit placings via two daily radio broadcasts from the 4-H building. A 15 minute WOW program will air late each afternoon with winner interviews, and KFAB will carry highlights at 12 15 PM daily.
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Jefferson County
4-H Club
WOW
College of Agriculture
KFAB
At The Theatres By Jimmy Redmond
The programme features Spawn of the North with Geo Raft Henry Fonda and Dorothy Lamour as leads in a frontier thriller about fishers and salmon pirates. Also Always Goodbye with Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall and Drummond In Africa with John Howard. Plus Bull dog Drummond adventures and New Year offerings and a Movie Quiz.
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Americas
Last Frontier
Alaska
Geo. Raft
Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
Barbara Stanwyck
Herbert Marshall
Ian Hunter
Ceasar Romero
Hollywood
George Raft
Cartoon
Universal News
Twobig Merchants
H. Marshall
John Howard
H B Warner
Bulldog Drummond
Africa
Ray Corrigan
the Purple Vigilantes
Owen Has Two Origins and a Welsh Prince Hero
The name Owen has two origins meaning young warrior in Celtic and well born in Latin. Owen Glendower, who died around 1416, was the last independent prince of Wales and a legendary Welsh national hero who resisted English subjugation.
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Owen
Owen Glendower
Wales
England
Between Devil and Deep Blue Sea Quotation Quoted
A line is attributed to Erasmus in the work Adagio where the expression between the devil and the deep blue sea is quoted as coming from Greek origins.
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Erasmus
Banbury Cross, Once Jubiled, Destroyed by Puritans
A historic Banbury cross in Oxfordshire, famed in nursery rhymes, was erected long ago and destroyed in the Seventeenth century by the town’s Puritan inhabitants who were zealous in their iconoclasm.
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Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
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Denver
Ben Pearce
Barneston
J. W. Hevoricks
Gus Kelley
Charley Packer
Russell County
Kansas
Carl Hanks
Chile
Eugene Boilett
GI Hodges
Chicago
R. Highland
Arkansas
Minnie
Jose Nelson
Bert Ballard
A H Colman
FT Pearce
Grace
Estes Park
Fort Collins
Dave Miller
Dave
George Place
Francis Carr
Billy Green
John Weers
John
McCall’s Magazine
Pictorial Review
Farm Journal Breeder’s Gazette
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Diller Record
Woman’s World
State Fair News
Jimmy Redmond
Drummond
Bonham Teatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Sylvia Sidney
Jones Family
Popular Mechanics
Getboth
Allen’s Cash Market
Jersey
California
Charmin
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