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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
4
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The Manitou toll to Pikes Peak was removed January 1 making the ascent free for all motorists. Daily trips rose from about 150 175 to 500 600 as four routes reach the summit at 14 109 feet including the cog railroad auto road mule back and foot. The summit climate averages 29 inches of precipitation and temperatures around 40 high and near 2 4 low, with visitors often feeling the thin air.
Beatrice council passed an ordinance barring oil transports from downtown streets but has not activated it due to lack of a satisfactory alternative route for large trucks. Officials note oil transports are a public nuisance and may be confined to lanes or eliminated in favor of rail transport.
An Oklahoma youth convicted of felonious assault chose to confess before a large hometown church and promise to live a Christian life. He elected to confess and reform rather than serve five years in the penitentiary.
Armed with a recommendation letter from his father the Secretary of the Interior Robert Harold Ickes the younger secured a position as inspector's clerk on a large PWA sewer project at Medford Massachusetts earning 29 dollars a week.
A Plymouth picnic hosts a beer drinking contest this evening. The top drinker wins 50 cents, the second 25 cents, while all other contestants drink for free. Some propose a prize for the fellow who con sumes the least beer, to create a chance to win.
The article notes Dr. William Robinson of the U S Department of Agriculture suggesting urea, a common chemical, could contribute to maggot stimulated healing in stubborn wounds observed by surgeons during World War I era. The report links maggot therapy to both larval action and chemical effects.
The column notes frequent mountain crashes in Colorado with beer and high altitude as risks. It cites a Ford Model A wreck on Mount Herman near Colorado Springs. Legal action looms in Fairbury over a cemetery burial vault dispute, with Denney & Denney and Hartigan & Skultery handling the case.
On April 6 1909 Rear Admiral Peary circumnavigated the globe in six seconds. He stops one pace from the North Pole, completes a circle in eight paces, and returns to the start in about six seconds while passing through all meridians. He had spent 23 years in Arctic exploration or preparation.
Jer old E. Oaks, 24, of Pontiac Michigan, kept his first dollar earned at age ten from golf course work. He finally spent it recently to obtain a marriage license, ending a long habit of saving the prize to the day.
A congressman recalls the 1935 shift to require 218 signatures to discharge a committee and notes Rep Louis Ludlow's call for liberalizing the discharge rule. Ludlow cites a Wisconsin Progressive group led by Gerald Boileau and Binderup aiming to allow 145 members to bring a bill from committee. The letter lauds Ludlow's effort to make the House more responsive and enable progressive legislation.
Edward H R Green died aged 67, son of Hetty Green the famed miser, once listed as the world’s richest. He raised 11 foster-daughters, paying them to type and then tearing up the sheets. A Dutch-husbandry quip about multitasking housewives follows.
J. M. Peterson of Whitesburg Kentucky proclaims he is father of 24 living children and has been married seven times. He recently wed again, saying he will rear another family to set a state record.
Nitrogen gas is sealed between two shatterproof glass panes in new railway coach windows to prevent frost or moisture buildup on the glass.
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