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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
3
A Portland dispatch reports a farm hand filed for indemnity under Oregon workmen's compensation. The claim form asks about the machine involved and its condition, answered with Cross and an emphatic YES. The harm is described as being kicked by a mule.
A social exchange features Mrs. Twobble defending Mr. Twobble while another woman questions infidelity, noting she would ignore any proof that could destroy her confidence and upset her peace. The conversation centers on trust and reputation within a wary social circle.
The quote notes that many married men do more chores and wish for bachelor life, while stating that battlefield deaths are only about half of war’s total victims, implying many casualties occur off the field.
The Hungry Rooster event in Sweet Springs features Big Ben defeating another rooster by consuming 284 grains of corn in five minutes. A man who guessed 277 grains won the rooster prize, according to the Kansas City Times.
The exchange hints Randall Delaney and Rogere In debating who keeps the final say in client matters. The line suggests a contest over control of legal strategy and speaking rights within their matters.
Aimed at women with health issues reforming the body with a root and herb extract, the ad sells Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance remedy to restore regularity and relieve pain and irritability. It promises quick relief and urges purchase today in liquid or tablet form.
A coy young woman teases a wary bachelor about home ownership while he jokes a change of boarding house need not involve a Reno trip. The flirtatious exchange hints at yearning for independence.
A father and son discuss a price shock from a cannon discharge and billing, noting the charge seems too high as a siren sounds in the background. The fragment hints at a local event where loud apparatus and costs prompt questions about fairness.
A pithy remark on human character noting that during trouble a person relies on the beliefs he believed in before the crisis. The quote emphasizes self-reliance and the test of personal creed under pressure.
A recent chemical discovery by Dr Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo claims to uniquely eliminate uric acid. The advertisement promises quick relief for back ache scalding urine rheumatism gravel gout and related symptoms, and offers a 10 cent trial package with a full treatment for 50 cents at all druggists.
Early Lincoln results show a sparse flow of figures after polls closed late, with seven ballots in some precincts still unsettled. In ward precincts and Havelock, University Place and Yankee Hill, Republican leaders McKelvie Sutton Miles show varied support while Neville Bryan lead among Democrats. Judge Shepherd appears poised for nomination.
Reports from Lincoln show Keith Neville carrying his hometown by about eight to one with 487 votes to 66 for Bryan. Fairbury precincts add 211 for McKelvie while all other Republican gubernatorial candidates total 143. Incomplete returns hint at John G. Raches for sheriff and Charlie McGee for clerk of the district court as Republicans. The Bryans lead by about 25 percent, with Dunn ahead of Hitchcock by a similar ratio.
Lincoln mayor Charlies W. Bryan said the early returns were not surprising, noting they expected the worst early and had yet to hear from areas likely to show strongest support. He observed the initial results favored wet areas first from cities and villages.
Lincoln reports from Kennedy headquarters in Omaha show Aldrich trailing Kennedy in preliminary Republican senator results. Panama precinct Lancaster county and Tekamah wards tally Kennedy ahead. Butler county precinct also favors Kennedy with higher totals.
Lancaster county Yankee Hill No 2 reports governor results with Miles receiving zero votes. Republican tallies show Madgett 4 George 2 McKelvie 6 Sutton 13. Democratic nominations give Bryan 9 Neville 8. In Aurora, McKelvie 145 Sutton 66 Miles 23 Madgett 7 George 4. Bryan 104 Neville 162.
Cambridge tally shows Aldrich 40 and Kennedy 75 while Broken Bow lists Aldrich 122 and Kennedy 162. The report records candidate totals by city for Lincoln Cambridge.
Des Moines Iowa Governor Clarke issues a proclamation directing submission of the constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage to voters at the primary on June 6 1916.
A compilation of upcoming meetings and events across Nebraska including the State TAP convention in Alliance April 28 29 the G A R encampment in Lexington May 16 18 and the Spanish War Veterans state convention in North Platte June 5 6 plus numerous other associations assemblies fairs and high school track meets scheduled through June including in Omaha Lincoln Beatrice Fremont Columbus and Lincoln with dates May through June and events such as Mothers Day observances and the Gate City Pageant in Lincoln.
Omaha reports Rialto Realty president S E Schaeffer says 150 acres near Ralston ten miles southwest will host Rialto City a motion picture city modeled after Universal City California. 800 workers already on site plans include monuments scenes and a Viennese setting. deal valued over half a million dollars.
Of 2312 Hastings voters who registered last month 1228 declared Republican 853 Democratic 40 Populist 30 Socialist and 2 Prohibitionist.
Fremont officials move to tear down the old fire damaged court house and start a new building on the site next month. The 75,000 dollar structure burned in December and plans for a 100,000 to 150,000 dollar replacement will be set at the May 2 meeting.
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