Memories And Local News From A Nebraska Town
Notes from a Nebraska town recount real estate transfers in Diller and surrounding areas including Will Packer selling 80 acres east of Diller to John Senior for 70 dollars per acre and Ed Wrigley selling a Diller home to WC Line for 4200 dollars. Also mentions hay fever treatment in Omaha, local school activities, a Blauser will case in courts, and reminiscences about former residents and events from 1915 and earlier.
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Will Packer
Diller
John Senior
Diller Marks From Forty Years Ago With Local Surges
Forty years ago in Diller notable events included C W Scott serving as Burlington agent, Charles H Denney seeking re election as Jeff erson County Attorney, Roy Geer buying a team at John Bixby’s sale to farm his mother's land, Rev Maxwell arriving as new Methodist pastor with revival services, and a monument erected over Rev Louis Jessup’s grave.
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C W Scott
Burlington
Diller
Charles H Denney
Jefferson County
Roy Geer
John Bixby
Maxwell
Fifty Years Ago in Farming and Accidents
Fifty years ago farmers began gathering corn. Three hundred head of range cattle owned by A F Agnew and Hub Johnson were unloaded and driven to Wm Green's farm for feeding. A four year old boy was bitten by a rattlesnake split by a mowing machine, but recovered quickly after treatment.
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A F Agnew
Hub Johnson
Hubbell
Mart McCullough
McElwee
Obituary of Noah J Handley
Noah Jasper Handley born August 18 1860 in Clark County Illinois lived in Champaign Jamestown North Dakota Diller Nebraska and near Steele City Illinois throughout life. He died after two years of declining health at Odell hospital on September 16 funeral September 19 led by Rev Williams with burial at Fairbury. Survived by his wife Ida Eisner Handley and daughter Addie B Koepsel with other relatives.
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Noah Jasper Handley
Clark County
Illinois
Champaign County
Jamestown
North Dakota
Diller
Nebraska
Noah
Steele City
John W. Handley
Charles W
Addie B. Koepsel
Berkeley
California
Henry J
Charleston
Arkansas
Handley
Odell Hospital
Waggoner
Rev. Williams
Fairbury Cemetery
Mr. Handley
Bertha Miller
Ida Eisner
Beatrice Barber Harry W Boggs Dies After Stroke
Harry W Boggs aged 57 died at his Beatrice home after a week long illness from a stroke. Survived by widow son Roy mother sister and brother Roy all of Beatrice. He and Roy ran a Burwood hotel block barber shop for thirty years. Funeral Monday at Mincks Chapel with Rev Fouts officiating. Burial at Evergreen Home cemetery.
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Harry W. Boggs
Beatrice
Harry
Roy
W. A. Bogggs
Harry Friday
Boggs
Diller
Harry Boggs
Burwood
Roy Boggs
Isaac
Mincks’ Chappel
Rev. Fouts
The
Christian Church
Evergreen Hume Cemetery
Leva H. Smith Dies at 55 in Western Home
Leva H. Smith died at her Western home last week at age 55. She taught school for many years and is survived by her mother Mrs. L. N. Smith born Ina Stafford of this place.
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Leva H. Smith
Western
L. N. Smith
Ina Stafford
Lenin Burial Place in Moscow Granite Mausoleum
Lenin's body lies in a glass coffin within the underground chamber of a granite mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow.
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Lenin
Red Square
Moscow
Remembering and forgetting in Chinatown wisdom
The sage Hi Ho of Chinatown reflects on memory and loss. He notes that while we have much to remember, much is also forgotten amid the accumulation of what we store and must forget.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Hollywood Party Planner Martha Smith Revealed
The American Magazine says Martha Smith arranged most of Hollywoods parties. The social secretary once had six hours to prepare a dinner for 500 guests. She declined only one job an actor asked to stage for his four ex wives.
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Hollywood
Martha Smith
Arizona’s Forest and Reservation Lands Cover Large Share
Arizona ranks fifth in size and about 65 percent of its area is under federal control. Forest preserves Indian reservations parks and monuments occupy substantial portions of the state.
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Arizona
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bauquess
Omaha
Ed Wrigley
WC Line
Rex Green
Paul Logan
Will Plager
John Sedlacek
Blauser
Paul Beckwith
Dora Willems
Grace Watson
Clifford Sparks
Prof Westcott
Presbyterian Church
Mrs Beach
Hannah Clausson
Peoria
Will Riddle
George Riddle
Bertie Riddle
Palmyra
Willkie
Roosevelt
Victor
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Louis Jessup
Thomas Nelson
Prairie College
Erma Frisbie
Roy Crum
Cora Crum
Emma Donze
Emile Donze
Suzie Bush
Roy Bush
Emma Leoper
Nina Madden
Carrie Madden
Mary Leoper
Camille Donze
Rev Hill
Opera House
Noah J. Handley
Williams
Chas. Waggoner
J. Smith Ditler
George Patterson
Ida’ Handley
Navy
Omar
Moys
Frank A. Houston
Fairbury, Nebr
American Girl
American Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Breeder's Gazette
Capper‘s Farmer Child Life
Christian Herald
Collier‘s Column Review
Etude Music Magazine
Farm Journal
Farmer's Wife
Flower Grower Fact Digest
Home Arts
Needlecraft Household
Liberty Magazine
McCall's Open Road
Parents’ Magazine
Pathfinder
Physical Culture
Popular Mechanics
Redbook Magazine
Romantic Story Science
Discovery
Screenland
Silver Screen
True Story
Woman's World
Se. of Rf.d
amAt
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. 2
Odel
Drs
Hull & Hull
Fairbury
Scottsbluff
Fairbury, Nebraska
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