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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
4
A Diller Nebraska post office notice lists publication as a Friday issue, billing office location, and subscription terms. It states rates for one year and shorter advance periods, and notes that mail continues until ordered stopped and arrears paid. Advertising rates are provided on request.
A century column surveys contracts, international praise and critique of policy. It cites a 1,000,000 pound ire contract for the United States Senate, daily allowances for Russian peace commissioners, and insurance concerns. It discusses irrigation water needs, treasury staffing critique, and spitting ordinances satirically. It surveys wheat values, western Kansas forecasts, Missouri distilleries, and postal impurity issues. It ends with flax fiber production and farm binders.
The fifteenth annual congress of the American Whist League will be held at the Auditorium hotel in mid July. Chicago touts a strong worker base led by Edward P. Martin and J. M. Collins as it seeks to secure hosting bragging rights and build on the success of a recent four day whist carnival.
In Pittsburg a saloonkeeper Frank Merkle on Smithfield street keeps a strict closing time with an electric fire alarm tied to doors. A crowded night saw the alarm ring early due to a rat chewing insulation and grounding the line, causing a false end of night alert. Merkle locked the crowd out and ensured a quick exit after investigation.
New Brunswick detectives William Housell and Spencer traced 1,000 dollars worth of creosoted wood tubing stolen from Pennsylvania Railroad freight yards at George and Hamilton streets. Detectives used the odor from creosote to track the pipe and recovered about 1,400 feet in area backyards and 200 feet in the original stash.
A St. Petersburg newspaper states Russia, pressed on the west, must break through to reach warmer seas in the east. The text notes she has reportedly entered hot water recently in that eastern direction.
Eyewitness reports itinerant laborers and vagrants along the Philadelphia Baltimore Washington line held a midnight feast in a Perryville grove using solid silver from a broken freight car. Police arrested a few. most deserted the gathering as foraging parties roamed for stolen gems and silverware.
Missionaries connected with Livingstonia on the shores of Lake Nyassa report a sea serpent attack. Described as thick as a man's leg, the reptile attempted to board the vessel before being beaten off with oars and paddles.
Fragmentary note discusses Russian ships at sea, their fate, and a nod to history. Mentions a “salt watery grave” and ships that passed in a night with implications of naval action and memory.
Hyman Marks, a well known young businessman from Baltimore, starts a 2000 mile cross country walk to reach Denver in seven weeks. He will visit major cities en route, calling on mayors or officials to obtain credentials proving he is carrying out the challenge.
A garbled notice lists multiple lodges including Rams Naphtali Todre Ancient Frae and Accepted Mascare and other Masonic groups. It notes monthly meetings on second and fourth Tuesdays, and first and third Wednesdays, with visiting brethren welcomed and good attendance encouraged.
A San Francisco woman who founded an institution for destitute women in 1868 has lost her money and entered the home. Talk about one’s bread returning after many days.
In Richmond, President Roosevelt, amused, recounted how a Albemarle woman who had never met him mistook him for a bold masher as he greeted travelers at Red Hill. She confronted him on the train platform, then left after a sharp rebuke and a shake of the hand.
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