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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
4
Published every Friday at Diller Nebraska in E L Loock's building upstairs rooms 4 and 5.
A reprint from The Greenwood Journal condemns debt evasion as the meanest form of theft. It contrasts debt avoidance with paying honest debts, praising accountability and warning that nonpayment harms social trust.
During the first week of September at the State Fair Lincoln plans extensive street illumination. The city will showcase myriads of electric lights on principal business streets with free vaudeville attractions at street corners.
The passage cites Count Leo Tolstoi claiming Rome fell in about three centuries, contrasted with modern progress like steam, electricity, wireless telegraphy, telephones and flying machines, suggesting a faster decline of the United States.
An Indiana woman who had not spoken to a man in seventy years died at age ninety five. The piece notes few women would trade longevity for such a rare personal cost.
A New York girl laments she cannot live on her income of 18 500 a year and fears she would have difficulty finding any number of young men willing to help her.
A political argument stresses regulation over ownership as the public stance for 1904. It asserts the three economic questions the trust tariff and railroad share the same core issue between the people and privileged classes, urging the party to defend regulation and oppose government ownership.
William A. Pinkerton told the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Jamestown of the Pacific coast robber known as Old Bill Miner. Miner, serving a life sentence in British Columbia, first cried Hands up during a Durver train robbery on May 9 1906 and continued a long career of solo holdups across multiple states and Canada.
A man captured by Canadian police after a costly chase sparked by large rewards. He resisted, wounding one pursuer, and received a life sentence. The New York Tribune reports the events and outcome.
A French Navy chief constructor foresees merging battleship and armored cruiser into a single battle cruiser. He envisions a 25 000 ton vessel with a unit of high caliber guns and speed at least 22 knots. He argues four such ships would dominate six weaker battleships.
Nebraska Queen, the largest mare on earth, from S B Sparks Falls City Nebraska, mirrors Burbank in scale of breeding. She stands 20.1 hands high and weighs over 2800 pounds, with 42 inch shoulder and 32 inch head length, noted for perfect proportion and gentle temperament.
Two ice cream sellers were fined at Tower Bridge police court for gambling with customers. They spun a coin. if the vender guessed right the customer got nothing, if wrong the seller paid a penny of ice cream and a halfpenny. The Globe notes the customer advantage is too high and urges an end to east end ice cream games.
Pitcher Nick Maddox, advised by Barney Dreyfuss, returns to the Wheeling club after being drafted from Cumberland by Pittsburg and then released to Wheeling. Dreyfuss says if Maddox shows speed Pittsburg will reclaim him next year.
A compilation of quotations from multiple newspapers critiquing law courts and public policy. Notable lines reference Los Angeles Times, Louisville Times, Kansas City Post, Philadelphia North American, East Liverpool Review, American Medicine, Indianapolis Star, Boston Herald, and Chicago Tribune.
Short stories summarize a leopard cub death in Central Park New York a massive New York subtreasury count of 267 836 166 26 dollars after 35 days by 44 men a Butte Mont dog carrying corn to a mill Eben Appleton’s original star spangled banner on view at Smithsonian China receives 1 200 000 in customs from Japan at Newchwang seeks 2 000 000 from Russia in similar claims Playground growth surges in 24 cities with 94 percent rise in school playgrounds 48 percent rise in park playgrounds and total 564 percent increase.
Puccini plans an opera on Marie Antoinette life. Four touring companies will perform The Lion and the Mouse. William Courtleigh secured rights for Hobart sketch Peaches. Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin return in The Great Divide. Edward Peple writes The Silver Girl. Leah Russell heads to South Africa for The Belle of the Ghetto. Augustus Thomas writes The Ranger for Dustin Farnum. Frances Starr may play Juliet under Belasco. William H. Crane has a new George Ade play debuting in Chicago. Winston Churchill has drafted a play and seeks New York production next season.
The New York Herald notes rapid city expansion with daily post office receipts of 54 370 dollars and a city rail system drawing nominal fractions from residents. Rents average 146 dollars per person annually in new five year structures, with 8 540 dwellings under construction within thirty miles. City amusement venues have surged to 400 five cent and dime places, a stark change from a decade ago.
A brief humorous exchange quotes Miss Cayenne on freckles signaling love in a comic panel from the Washington Star. The dialogue ponders how to tell if a red haired freckled girl captivates a suitor with a witty, observational tone.
A collection of brief observations notes and curiosities including wages in Britain crime by gender garden fruits and an army return of promotions. A Kingston suburb property owner bans grandchildren and cats on his premises reflecting local social mores.
Guidance warns buyers to treat dairy cows as milk producers not beef sources. It cautions against attempting to profit from beef, noting such practice may reduce butter and milk yields.
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