Memories Of The Past In A Nebraska Town
Items recount births marriages deaths and events from 1915 to 1940 including a nine pound girl born September 9 1915 at Earl Pearce home a 485 birds out of 500 trap shoot win by Cal Waggoner at Wisner and the marriage of Alfred Hutchinson and Bertha Fishwood at Beatrice on September 7 1915.
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Earl Pearce
Alfred Hutchinson
Bertha Fishwood
Diller
Beatrice
Cal Waggoner
Wisner
Nebraska
Local notes from Cameron and area dated forty years past
Forty years ago in Cameron Mo John Cunningham died at home. Robert Patton and two children visited relatives in Peoria. A son born to Herman Stahl near Harbine on September 11 1900 remains on the same farm. An addition to the Andrews farm house was underway Charley Barber being occupant. JA Price lost most window lights in a hail storm. Mrs Chas Osborn bought her mother's home and later a new house was built on the site. Mrs Osborn paid 335 for the property. Henry Heye and two sons near Lanham were poisoned by sardines left open three days requiring doctors and a stomach pump.
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Andrews
Charley Barber
JA Price
Herbert Barber
Chas Osborn
Vester Carmichael
Henry Heye
Lanham
Hanover
Fifty Years Ago Past Diller Steele City News Notes
Fifty years ago Rev J R Trett became the Methodist pastor for Diller and Steele City. EO Franzen bought a 67 acre farm four miles southwest of Diller for 1630 dollars. Dr Ammerman, Harbine citizen and former Plymouth postmaster, died on Tuesday. The Diller Cornet Band sponsored an opera house dance to cover expenses. Andrew Agnew planned to feed 275 head of cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J R Trett
Diller
Steele City
EO Franzen
R W Owens
Ammerman
Harbine
Plymouth
Diller Cornet Band
Old fashioned Democrats and farm relics from Fairbury era
The article lists names of delegates chosen for the Democratic county convention at Fairbury fifty years ago including Dr. Mc Elwee and J B Grotts. It recalls exhibits of ten ears of corn weighing 134 pounds and field yields from John Specht’s land fifty years back, noting poor crop conditions and farm stock.
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Fairbury
Mc.Elwee
J B Grotts
G H Clark
G H Townemaker
J D Fanders
Alf Waggoner
J B Zook
Tim Grogran
John Fitzgerald
Max Logan
John Specht
Mahlon Wolken
Mr. Specht
Mahlon
Windfall for Ship Owners as War Drives Vessel Prices Up
U S ship owners reap windfall as battered bottom values surge tenfold since September 1939. Average selling price rose from $5 to $50 per deadweight ton, with one firm turning $238,000 vessels into $860,000 sale profits. By May 1940, 188 merchant ships sold abroad, many non subsidized, with lines replacing old ships with modern orders.
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U. S
Shipping Board
Children Turn To More Books At Libraries
Readers across the United States and Canada show higher children’s book usage this year with librarians noting a shift to engaging titles about hobbies vocations biographies pioneer history careers and adventure. Edgar S Robinson of Vancouver cites increased cross national stories as a key trend.
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United States
Canada
Edgar S. Robinson
Vancouver
B. C
Restoring Worn Shellacked Floors With Sandpaper
Sandpaper worn areas with fine paper and clean with alcohol. Apply two thin coats of shellac over the spot and blend edges to fade strokes. Scratches can be removed by wiping with alcohol.
Bull Racing: A Niche Sport Sparks Madura Extravaganza
Bull racing, a little known yet thrilling sport, unfolds at Madura in the Netherland East Indies. Spectators witness a clash of bulls and riders as teams contend for speed, agility, and glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madura
Netherland East Indies
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Scott Miller
Chas Reichart
Charley
Jas A Bodell
Lloyd Wright
Wincie Cook
Dubois
Wyoming
Burlington
Lincoln
Jake Wolters
Diiler
Clark A Blauser
Clark
Denver
Charley Carr
Billy Sunday
Omaha
Omaha Bee
Bee
Dedrick Willems
Minne
Sota
Edith Rohrbaugh
Rock Creek
E. S. Grimes
Chas. Rohrbaugh
Minnesota
John Cunningham
Cameron
Robert Patton
Mary
Roy
Peoria
Herman Stahl
Andrew Agnew
Rae
Ares
N.Y
Iad
Wm Green
IS. C. Hutchinson
Ville
the Diller Cafe
Viers
Frank A. Houston
Fairbury, Nebr
Edw
B. Ackerman
Optometrist
Drs
Hull & Hull
Scottsbluff
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
Frank Morgan
Boom Town
Greer Garson
Lawrence Oliver
Maureen O'Sullivan
Albert Dekker
Dr Cyclops
Dick Arlen
News
Peseraca
Mary Walker
Alega
New England
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