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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1904
Page
4
Advertising rates are stated upon request. The paper is mailed as second class matter from Diller Nebraska. Business locals run until offered out and charged at five cents per line per insertion. The paper mails to its subscribers until a definite discontinuation order arrives and all arrears are paid in full.
A collage of aphorisms and data notes cites global population density Japan versus the United States, pneumonia deaths in winter, and a critique of honesty and crime. It mentions mail transport costs, chestnut trees advertised by a Missouri nursery, and odd anecdotes about snakes and drink.
Nebraska reports rapid dairy growth with 500 creamery stations statewide up from January 1903 figures. Disease resembling lump jaw appears in cattle. A conspiracy to auction Rosebud Indian lands in South Dakota seeks 416 000 acres at derisory prices, with the president pledging to halt the alleged robbery.
A proposed railroad extension from Nort Bay or Gravenhurst in Ontario to Butte Inlet or Port Simpson would cover 3,075 miles at an estimated cost of 125,000,000 dollars. When finished the Atlantic to Pacific line would be shorter than other continental routes with reduced mountain grades, totaling about 7,200 miles.
The piece notes five million farmers and fewer than two million hired men. Farmers rely on sons, but many young men leave farming for crowded trades with low pay and poor housing, prompting some farmers to continue as their own bosses across many farms.
A World 's Fair test notes oyster shell feeding raises egg output. The text contrasts Alaska's Yukon with lands unsettled in Columbia and highlights the Yukon as larger and longer than the Mississippi.
Local items report Estabrook of Inez owning a cow with five calves, four dying, and broad remarks on Maskas empire size. The Supreme Court rules pre nuptial promises non binding and desertion grounds. The Blue Springs Sentinel notes Chicago reforms on amateur theatricals and kissing scenes. Atchison Globe references various comments.
The act prohibits plowing on any public highway without consent or direction of the roads overseer. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor with a fine between five and twenty five dollars.
Nebraska Telephone Company installs a new Lincoln switchboard handling over 4000 instruments with electric indicator lights replacing drops. Callers lift the hook, lights glow, and central connects after a single flash, with operators signaling end of calls and new connections instantly.
The Lincoln Daily Star announces a program giving Nebraska boys open face wind and set watches. Do not send money, write to Watch Department, Daily Star, Lincoln for details. Letters from Fred Robinson Tekamah and H Linner Holdrege praise their watches and urge others to inquire.
The Noritle Platte valley from Bridgeport Nebraska to Guernsey Wyoming and the Big Horn Basin Wyoming, now accessible via Burlington railroad extension, offers low priced water rights and lands to attract settlers. Prospective buyers are warned that prices for undeveloped irrigated land may rise as demand increases.
Notice to landowners alerting to a proposed town plot in Dillon No specific legal actions follow. The notice mentions township ranges and sections and requires objections or claims to be filed with the clerk of the county. The document is garbled but indicates a formal hearing and recording of the plot boundaries by the county clerk.
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