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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
2
The Elberta peach crop and the Alberta wheat crop are timely rivals, both showing strong promise for the year. A cement house with a roof garden may cost about $2,500, with cellar extra. beekeeping notes hint at abundant honey when hives mature.
A prominent college expands offerings by adding a course to teach men how to cook. Milliners predict small hats will trend this year, though prices may not be any lower. Dr. Wiley has married and observers wonder if his wife can bake pies like mother did.
A statement notes that no divorced woman or actress who has married a peer will be presented at the English court and remarks that this rule is very hard on actresses.
An elderly woman, aged 84, lives on Long Island and cuts her own firewood without interference. The scene notes she avoids challenges to her autonomy or intruding on another person named Ian’s activities.
Acknowledge Vassar College marks its fiftieth birthday with pride and wit. Celebrations highlight sustained achievements and a firm stance on aging gracefully. No claim of youth is made, underscoring enduring tradition.
Hopkins professors report water as a valuable anesthetic and suggest potential research into its usefulness for drinking purposes. The note hints at broad implications if water proves effective in anesthesia and possibly other applications.
Two French vaudeville critics recently fought in a duel. observers say they should have stuck to writing, where the pen is mightier, at least.
A prominent railroad man says Garces links the United States to the number of wrecks and she is welcomed to the prize for this line of endeavor.
A foreign correspondent notes rumors that a German plumber has been elevated to Prussian nobility by the Kaiser, suggesting sensational or dubious reports about court favor or titles. The item critiques the reliability of the claim and hints at journalistic rumor.
A lively note questions whether men or colleges produce better football players and ponders what a college lacks without a strong football team.
A reader notes a man divorcing his wife for pickpocketing and asks if this could set a precedent. The remark questions whether any wife could be accused of similar thefts, reflecting satire on evolving divorce norms.
A chicken in Ohio swallowed a diamond ring valued at 800 dollars and the owner refuses to kill the bird. The case hinges on a humorous but unresolved debate over punishment and possible retrieval of the gem.
A Chicago woman files for divorce alleging her husband cut off her access to charges. She asserts the act disrupts her financial support and independence, seeking judicial relief and protections under applicable family law.
Bailey Brayton six years old son of a local farmer near Hall county was almost instantly killed when an automobile ran over him while he played in the street near the schoolhouse. The incident occurred Thursday in Grand Island Nebraska.
Mrs. Winona Lamb seventeen year old wife of Aaron Lamb shot herself in front of a M street house after a brief quarrel with her husband who walked away. She drew a revolver from her hand bag and fired into her right breast.
Hastings Andrew J Scott former legislator died suddenly Wednesday night from heart failure. He served as an ex member of the legislature and for years was steward at the Hastings asylum under ex Governor Holcomb.
W S Coleman was hammering when a nail glanced and flew from under the hammer striking him in the eye and penetrating the eyeball, destroying sight. The incident occurred in Indianola.
Local items report Ben Miller in Omaha fined five dollars for snoring. Alliance designated as a postal savings bank site. Broken Bow considers using oil on streets. North Platte to gain a three story post office and government courthouse. Lancaster’s Morris seriously ill in Lincoln hospital. Willis Packard near Bloomington killed by a horse. Kellenbarger schoolhouse west of Merna destroyed by fire. Buffalo county to form county fair with the commercial club of Kearney. Mrs C P Luce of Lyons making maple syrup. Nebraka City good roads committee aims to improve thoroughfares. Mrs Rosalie Avery of Edgar to inherit part of $3,000,000 from Frederick Hoffman. Ernest Galloway of Nemaha Advertiser negotiates life partnership with Maud Burns. Fire in Wilcox business section causes $65,000 losses, cause unknown. Several towns bid for a new agricultural school authorized by legislature. Industrial school brick barn at Kearney damaged at north end. Dredge boat on the BigHorn river stuck near Fremont in eighteen feet of water. W H Morton, superintendent, involved in a disputed matter with a brother. Bystanders intervene. The Eagle bill favored by the wet faction in Lincoln, aiming to move the spring election date to allow Russian beet sugar workers to vote before summer work. About 200 to 400 voters affected.
Senator Tibbets introduced a resolution to apply for participation in the Carnegie retirement fund for aged professors. The senate approved with only Ollis and Pickens voting no. Several speakers supported the measure, while W. J. Bryan had blocked its passage in the house two years earlier. Bart Eager faced a near-attack situation during a house call, as Metzger and Mackett clashed amid the turmoil.
On third reading Volpp's bill to set a four year term for state senators passes, with Varner moving another reform that cuts the period for bill introduction from forty to twenty days.
The governor signed the Ollis stock yards bill Wednesday morning and informed the legislature. He also signed Senate File No. 7 Reagan's constitutional amendment granting cities the right to frame their own charters, to be submitted to voters in 1912.
The Diaz cabinet offered collective resignations during a Friday special meeting and the president postponed any immediate action on the resignations.
Introduced by Skiles, a memorializing resolution to urge congress on a pension measure for plains Indian fighters who served more than ninety days between 1865 and 1833. The bill currently in congress proposes pensions and an appropriation, while a separate agriculture committee report increases hog cholera serum funding to a general file House bill No. 69.
Representative James R Mann of Illinois was unanimously chosen as the Republican candidate for speaker and floor leader by the caucus. Former Speaker Cannon proposed him, with support from regulars and insurgents present, signaling major influence in the upcoming House election. A fragment mentions Alaska coal cases and an acquittal motion, and a note on a New York supply remedy distribution appears amid the text.
Judge Cornelius H. Han ford overruled a motion to acquit Charlies F. Munday E E Siegeley and Archie Shields but sustained key defenses. The decision, not argued by counsel, leaves little room for government appeal and suggests the prosecution may be dropped.
Two blasts rocked the new million dollar municipal building in Springfield Massachusetts during construction. A large hole opened at the base of the tower and police station windows were shattered. Authorities suspect a charge exploded against the tower.
Milwaukee Representative-elect Victor L. Berger resigns from the common council and travels to Washington for the congressional opening. He will be the first socialist to hold a seat in the national legislature, drawing notable attention.
The cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York will be opened for public worship on April 19. Built over nearly nineteen years, the project has cost between 3.9 and 4 million dollars.
Arthur M. Travers former chief clerk to the third assistant postmaster general and acting third assistant postmaster general was indicted by the grand jury for alleged embezzlement and sale of rare stamps valued under 20 dollars, yet he allegedly obtained 500 dollars.
Former Mayor Tom L. Johneson, ill for over two weeks, entertained W. J. Bryan in his Cleveland sick room Saturday. Bryan stopped in the city en route from Piqua to Zanesville for a chat with Johnson.
The Red Cross cabled $5000 to United States Consul General Wilder in Shanghai for famine relief in China. This brings the total disbursed for this cause to $47500.
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