Former Diller Folks Meet in Wisconsin
A reunion of Diller residents gathers in Ogema Wisconsin at Frank Frisbie home. Attendees include W G Tristman Arlie of Sheldon Wisconsin and Mrs Griswold plus Frisbie family guests. They describe a pleasant trip through virgin timber and a bountiful cafeteria dinner. Harold Bowers announces move to Julesburg Colorado with invitation to visit.
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W. G. Tristman
Arlie
Sheldon
Wisconsin
Forest Fire District
Frisbie’s
H. F. Bowers
Palisade
Nebraska
Harold
Colorado
Julesburg
Colo
Diller
Pine Street
Harold Bowers
James Pickard
Miss Vera Bang Taught in Fairbury Schools
Miss Vera Bang, formerly teaching last year at Lewiston Nebraska, is elected to teach non vocational home economics in the junior and senior high schools and one class of high school English at Fairbury. She succeeds Miss Alice Line who resigned to pursue other work in Omaha.
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Vera Bang
Lewiston
Nebraska
Fairbury
Alice Line
Omaha
Local resident to hold public sale next Thursday
Frank E. Carpenter of Diller area plans to move to Oregon and will conduct a public sale on Thursday afternoon September 17. Auctioneer is Ray Calkins with Ellis State Bank serving as clerk.
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Frank E. Carpenter
Diller
Oregon
Ray Calkins
Ellis State Bank
Ten Thousand Children Enjoy State Fair Entertainment
Ten thousand school children visited the state fair grounds on Tuesday for a day set aside for their entertainment. The fair association earned goodwill that should benefit the event for years to come.
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Fair Association
Shriners aid 60000 disabled children with yearly gifts
About 60,000 crippled children have received aid from the Shriners over 14 years. Each Shriner contributes annually to support the program. The order now runs 12 hospitals in the United States and three in Canada.
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Shriners
Shriner
Order
Canada
O. A. Cooper Company Plans New Warehouse West of Office
The O. A. Cooper Company is building a second warehouse just west of its office and south of the tracks. The firm has stored space on North Main Street, which is described as inconvenient.
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O. A. Cooper Company
North Main Street
Be atrice Circus Impacts Local Band Rehearsal
Labor Day weekend disrupted the Be atrice circus schedule causing no band rehearsal Monday night. Mr. Wood will appear as usual next Monday evening to continue practice.
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Beatrice
Mr. Wood
Grand Island Woman Visits Falls City Relative
Mrs. Brecht of Grand Island grandmother of W. A. Schiidler visited here over the weekend en route to Falls City, her former home, to see relatives.
Question of gender dynamics in ladder climbing
The line asks whether men would exert more effort to reach the top if the ladder had fewer women at the bottom, implying a critique of perceived competition or barriers related to gender in advancement.
Rev Proett Attends Annual Methodist Conference
Rev. Proett travels to Grand Island for the annual Methodist Conference, participating in church leadership discussions and services.
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Proett
Grand Island
Travels of Mary Ward on KMMJ Radio
Mary Ward presents a weekday segment on KMMJ at 8 45 A M offering travel stories and local culture insights. The program airs daily with brief commentary and listener notes.
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Mary Ward
KMMJ
Plan for Regional Picnic Circuit Aims Higher Quality Concessions
Odell Oracle W. A. Koch proposes a two week regional picnic circuit linking Liberty Barneston Dell Diller and Plymouth with Diller as the key town to align dates. The idea would reduce transportation costs for concession owners and allow each town to select its own non concession entertainment. He invites towns to send suggestions or criticisms.
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W. A. Koch
Liberty
Barneston
Dell
Diller
Plymouth
Liberty Picnic
Odell
Keystone Kensington opens fall meetings amid showers and sun
The Keystone Kensington gathered at Mrs. Lee Calkins home on Friday September 4 with four to attend despite frequent showers. Mrs. Steffen led the business session and Mrs. Glathar’s contest prize went to Mrs. Findling. Members shared summer travel reports and Mrs. Ina Hill displayed mountain views. Guests Ludington Prisbie Sasse and Miss Hope Rent joined. refreshments were served.
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Keystone Kensington
Kensington
Lee Calkins
Steffen
Glat
Library News Opens Afternoons and Evenings for Readers
The library will be open every afternoon from 1 30 to 5 30 and every evening from 7 to 9. A feature book The Haunted Hills by B M Bowers offers a mystery set apart from guns and rustlers. Other available titles include Death Rides the Range by Robert Ames Bennet and Around the World in Eleven Years by P R Abbe.
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Alegrey 8S
Sherman
Spider
B M. Bowers
Robert Ames Bennet
Green Dolphin
P. R
Abbe
Gurvey
the Sun of New York
Pathfinder
Washington D.C
Holland
Switzerland
Zion church rain prophecy proves false in 1936
Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva of the Christian Catholic Church at Zion Illinois warned his congregation at a vesper service that no more rain would fall in 1936. A few hours later two inches of rain saturated Zion proving the forecast wrong.
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Wilbur Glenn’ Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion, Ill
Diehl Opens Beatrice Firm for Radios and Appliances
Oliver Diehl establishes D R Diehl & Co at 511 Ella Street Beatrice. The firm will trade in radios washing machines and refrigerators expanding local commerce.
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Oliver Diehl
Beatrice
D R. Diehl & Co
Ella Street
Local Notes Highlight Weddings Illnesses and Rain
Shea neighborhood items report dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs Less Barber and others near Jansen and Harbine. The Wiemers drive a Pontiac while awaiting a replacement for a wrecked Buick. Rain totals of about three quarters of an inch fell Tuesday night as winds rattled roofs. Mrs Carl Diekman nears operation. Mrs S Young in Superior Neb continues to recover. Mrs Alonzo Specht improving slowly. George Davison visits from Lincoln. Roy Stark’s son born to Ms Florence Long, former Barber sister. Canned chicken illness to Mrs Lillie Meyers prompts doctor visit. Clarence Larkin's roguish grin after corn roasting. Cecil Cunningham improving after appendectomy. Margaret Barber's infected thumb affects school plans.
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Carl. Diekman
S. Young
Superior
Nebr
Alonzo
Specht
George Davison
Lincoln
Epic Oaks
Lillie Meyers
Clarence Larkins
Clarence
Newt Carpenter
Cecil Cunningham
Omaha
Shea
Max
Nebraska
Wisconsin Trip Diary and Cherry Picking Adventure
Mrs Griswold recalls a long trip through four states Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska with notes on scenery and weather. She describes forest fires near Tristmans home and labor firefighting by Bill and Arlie for ten days. The visit includes family gatherings church and a humorous poem about berry picking and a misadventure in the woods.
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Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls Park
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Tristman
Bill
Arlie
Tristmans
Stange
Will Henrichs
Macie
Gertrude T
U.S. Pilot and Aircraft Numbers by State
The United States has 15 204 licensed pilots and 418 are women. There are about 7 400 licensed planes making fewer than half of pilots active. California leads with 2 809 pilots and 942 planes, followed by New York.
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United States
California
New York
Farmers Use Rough Feed in Trench Silos
Local farmers convert rough feed into preserved fodder by building trench silos to store it. The practice aims to maximize feed quality through proper storage.
Lees Visit and Work Assignment Near Sutton
Mr and Mrs W B Lee visited Ralph Carpenter’s home Tuesday noon for fried chicken dinner then traveled to Washington Kansas to see Bill’s family before returning for supper. Mrs Lee is daughter of J N and Mrs Carpenter. Lee family resides in Sutton Nebraska. Mr Lee works for Roberts Construction Co and was sent to Jansen to check interests for the company and arrange care for arriving mules as part of local construction work.
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Ter’s
W. B. Lee
Ralph Carpenter
Washington
Kansas
Bill
Lee
Lee’s
Sutton
Nebraska
Robert’s Construction Co
Jansen
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Chas, Carpenter
Chas
Steele City
Endicott
Diller Soft Ball Club
James A. Pickard
Roy Patton
Library News
Shea Neighborhood News BY
Lola Carpenter
Less Barber
Barnard Barber
Near Jansen
Fred Detter
Harbine
Wiemers
State
Henry Wiemers
Bill Roelfs
Wilma Chancellor
Les Barber
Roy Stark
McDonald
Stark
Florence Long
Barber
Eph Oaks
Mr. Oaks
Rice
Henry Schultis
Fred Schultis
Chapin
Illinois
Henry
Hildreth
Margaret Barber
Margaret
Newt Carpen
Mrs. Griswold
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