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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
4
Published every Friday in Diller Nebraska the office of E L Loock. Subscription terms listed include one year or six months or three months in advance with a stated dollar amount. The text notes mailing to subscribers until a definite discontinuation order is received and arrears paid. Advertising rates are five cents per line per insertion.
A 1907 Washington ICC expert estimates mail transport by rail costs 31.75 per ton versus 12.50 by express firms between New York and Buffalo. Other notes cite railway car costs, maintenance, and profits, while Missouri moves to regulate public utilities and governor Sheldon signs an anti hobo bill.
James M. Beck argues the Sherman law is obscure and poorly enforced, failing to prevent large industrial combinations. He contends repressive policies threaten the nation’s industrial system and that competition cannot be forced where impractical, comparing laws to ocean tides.
The author argues that Britain cannot prevent the empire from breaking apart and calls for a Bismarck figure to restore unity through statesmanship, noting colonies like Canada South Africa Australia and New Zealand would seek independence or neutrality without such leadership.
Brief items note Lord Llangatock sending a check to fund spectacles for 137 pupils at Walworth Wales schools. Other briefs include Ha waii cruise warning line extension, James P. Conley’s flawless patrol record, and discoveries of hidden gold and bids worth 5000 dollars in Coshocton Ohio.
The Chicago Post notes stage names and aliases for several performers and actors. It lists Lee Harrison as Lee Harris and Joseph Weber as Joseph Takacs among others, detailing multiple name changes and indicating why professionals used different credits.
The professor critiques a portfolio and praises the student's drawing, noting her “free hand” style as she responds with modest shyness awaiting further instruction. The scene centers on Misa Brownsmith in a studio critique.
A country church pastor remarks on Brother Linkum s liberal religious views and a deacon quips that his liberalism shines more in giving than in belief. The exchange captures local church wit and neighborly humor from the community.
An undertaker recalls cases where quick burials shunned delay for travel or scandal. A wife rushing her husband burial to hide a separation, an aunt’s death timed to affect a niece’s marriage, and a mother-in-law sent south for a funeral so a wife could attend a function show the grim mix of family strain and social duty behind hurried rites.
In a British museum geological section a small ribbon jasper shows a flawless miniature portrait of Chaucer. The stone resembles banded agate and bears precise features including the face, lips, forehead, and eye whites. Attendants say many educated visitors doubt it is natural and not artificially produced.
A comic dialogue shows a patient admitting to eating yesterday’s leftovers. The doctor questions the choice and quips that a sick stomach can be cured but spoiled pork cannot. The gag highlights frugality and food safety ethics.
A Glasgow church sermon mocks sloth and ends with a quip about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, asking if they wandered with hands in their pockets. The line reflects humorous social commentary in Harper's Weekly.
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