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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
8
The Record reports a picnic event scheduled for today will be held a day later due to press day constraints. Organizers and attendees are adjusting plans and confirming new times at the site.
John Mathias paid for a one year renewal of the Record today, extending his subscription.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Leason who have stayed weeks at the home of her brother in law and Mr and Mrs E Li Loock will leave today for their home at Slippery Rock Pennsylvania.
Esq. Kelley reports that the Lincoln Land Company accepted last week’s sale of 114 acres from Charles Beckman and 24 acres to F M McManes at 150 dollars per acre.
John Tuxhorn and his son William with William's wife and baby visited the Roelfs in Smith County Kansas before returning home to South Auburn Nebraska. They extended their trip to Smith County and found fine prospects for a good corn crop there.
The lepér W. T. Kaciwa traveled from Philadelphia to the Hawaii Islands in a special car last week via Nebraska. Accompanied by four nurses and two government soldiers, the journey required permits from each state, and exact dates and routes are withheld from the public.
Convicts at the state penitentiary work on cane chairs as a new factory nears operation. Victor Johnson replaces Blanchard as supervisor after his resignation. The chair shop is praised for light, airy conditions versus the broom factory, with plans to buy more machinery and employ about fifty workers once complete. Charles Morley, the escaped convict, is noted as a competent workman.
A speaker urges humility before the Bible and knowledge, arguing many refuse belief because they cannot grasp it. The text questions what one truly knows, using the metaphor of a fly's legs and microscopic hairs to illustrate unseen complexities, and challenges readers to admit ignorance.
Census data from 1900 show about 15 387 147 scholars with 92 percent white. Fourteen million children are eligible. half aged ten to fourteen. seventeen to nineteen underrepresented. attendance varies by age, with five to nine years only half attending.
A witness describes two ant colonies meeting in a pitched battle on a blocked boardwalk. Red ants defeat black ants, taking survivors prisoner while the field is left to birds. The fate of captured blacks is uncertain.
The Mount Rainier Forest Reserve case illustrates railroad chicanery in Congress. Northern Pacific lands within the reserve were swapped for better timber lands in Washington Idaho and Oregon, yielding over 30 million dollars. Rail lines used various devices to claim vast tracts for speculators and syndicates.
Fiying Men Fall suffer stomach liver and kidney troubles with loss of appetite backache nervousness headache and fatigue. T D Peebles of Henry Tennessee says six bottles of Electric Bitters gave him strength and appetite beyond all other remedies. It helps everybody from the first dose 50c at Shutt Drug Co.
The passage honors teachers who sacrifice summer vacation to attend summer school. It emphasizes the courage and daily effort of sitting through lectures and studying under lamp light, highlighting a selfless renunciation to better educate students.
The Campbell Brothers circus, once a small wagon show, stranded in Fairbury after its last performance last Saturday. Creditors led by the First National Bank of Fairbury forced closure amid years of financial reverses. The circus planned talks with creditors to possibly finish the season. the show had wintered in Texas and suffered a recent death in the family.
The article warns against estimating tire air pressure by sight or touch. It urges using a gauge, noting pressures often read 65 70 pounds but test at 45 50 pounds, and recommends about 70 pounds standard, varying by tire size after checking with tire experts.
A railroad collision near Mirabel and Canaveral on the Spain Portugal boundary led to a bullfight like scene. One bull charged the train and was killed. its carcass blocked the engine. Workers and passengers cleared the track as bulls battled people for two hours before retreating at dusk.
Los Angeles man Owen Gorham paid fees to gain a one vigintillionth inch of land from M W Thues dell after a tax sale in Judge Houser's court. Truesdell had paid $13 in 1894 for delinquent Gardena taxes and received the same minuscule frontage, enough to cloud the title.
The article explains a folk method where a loaf of bread is hollowed and filled with quicksilver then released on a river. The loaf is said to drift to the suspected body site and hover there, guiding rescuers to the location.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly features Jipson debating tire costs with a friendly salesman. The salesman touts a set for ten dollars, claiming they have traveled over 30,000 miles, adding a wry note on value and practicality.
Creditor claims against the estate of Joshua Robertson deceased must be presented to the administrator in the Jefferson County County Court at the courthouse. A claims period runs from August 10, 1912, to February 12, 1913, with publication in the Diller Record for four weeks prior to February 12, 1933. C. C. Boyle serves as County Judge. Heasty and Barnes are attorneys for the administrator.
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