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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
6
The article laments neglect of astronomy in nature study and urges parents to share star talk with children. It recalls Lyman Beecher and Nathaniel Bowditch families, noting how first celestial memories become lifelong gifts and deepen a child’s sense of beauty and mystery in the heavens.
The land office notes young farmers from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois are taking most homestead opportunities. Ex-hired men seek land with water capable of three crops of alfalfa and high yields. Western natives may overlook land value, while Midwesterners migrate to the Rocky Mountain states, shifting opportunity dynamics.
About 40 000 new graduates face life choices beyond classic professions. The New York Herald urges selecting an occupation aligned with natural bent or at least not distasteful, and pursuing success through probity and hard work.
Overnight fire at the C. N. Dietz Lumber company wholesale yards on Fourth and Leavenworth streets Omaha destroyed a new wholesale area totaling about 150000 dollars insured. Fire sent every engine truck and hose wagon in the city to the scene as crews battled a two to three acre site of dry lumber. In Crete local banks report deposits topped by federal purchase of Panama canal bonds boosting totals near nine hundred thousand dollars.
Frank Major Jr. suffered a jaw injury in a work accident at the Haase residence in Kearney. He fell from a scaffold about twenty feet above the ground.
The Dietz company began preparing the new yards months ago and recently opened the magnificent plant for business though the yards are not yet fully completed.
Sheridan county farmers report a strong harvest with spring wheat yielding 25 to 40 bushels per acre and excellent corn. A heavy rain supports a large potato crop as land values rise with eastern buyers seeking farms at 15 to 20 dollars an acre. Gordon town alone may ship 300 to 500 railroad cars of potatoes this fall.
Auditor Searle declines to issue a warrant on the state treasurer for 5000 dollars from the federal government. He says the money for an experiment station cannot be withdrawn without legislative appropriation. The government has paid the funds to the state treasurer, and the university seeks them for state farm improvements.
The State Historical Society under Land Commissioner Eaton asks Ezra Meeker to place monuments along the old Oregon trail to mark its course as accurately as possible.
Help wanted for students to learn dentistry. Wages range from one thousand to eighteen hundred dollars yearly once competent. Demand exceeds supply. Apply to Dr Clyde Davis in Lincoln Nebraska for particulars.
A worker leaped from a slightly higher ledge causing a folding scaffold to collapse. The resulting fall knocked a Major to the ground and the board struck his chin, splitting it.
Articles of incorporation for the Beatrice Oil and Gas company were filed in Gage county. The firm will prospect and produce oil and gas in and around Lincoln with a capitalization of 1 million dollars. Incorporators include Henry L. Meyer W N Farlow Mark W. Woods C P Wilson J N Maupin and S W Burnham.
A. Walls, a Gordon resident for over twenty years, shot Maggie Bylstra in the Central hotel dining room in a jealous rage. A 38 caliber bullet pierced the left breast, struck a rib and glanced, causing a severe but not dangerous wound.
Lee Fugate, a young man employed by Chris Nutzman, attempted to cross Turkey Creek ten miles southwest of Bertrand. He dove into a deep hole as the current carried the rig and horse into the brush, and Fugate drowned.
The Auburn canning factory began operations on August 6 with farmers hauling in corn. The crop is of excellent grade and abundant, signaling a prospective pack larger than any season since the industry began.
Pauline Grain and Supply Company of Pauline filed articles of incorporation with a capital of 6000 dollars. Signers include John Evans C Peterson F C McCormick Ben Sherman Ernest May Henry Wehnes C P Sorenson James H Sherman and M J Fouts.
A brief note highlights Honduras as possessing vast pine lands that will soon spur railroad construction. The ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars as the richest smoke, with manufacturing from Peoria Illinois. It adds a quip about single life and fools not being reminded of it.
In Independence Square a bold squirrel attempted to steal robin eggs from a pair defending their nest. The robins swooped then pecked until the intruder retreated, and a second raid ended with a smashed egg and the thief fleeing.
A teacher credits a simple Postum and Grape-Nuts breakfast with curing chronic indigestion and saving nervous energy. She notes a ten pound gain after adopting the hot beverage and cereal with cream, reporting no distress when following the regimen. The testimonial promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the slogan There’s a reason. Read The Road to Wellville.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell praises Notre Dame in Paris as a timeless marvel. The speaker notes returning to its island towers from the river bridges and quays, feeling the same awe as before and admiring the structure from Pont Neuf to the great square.
A quoted reflection contrasts Terence's view of the wide gap between a wise person and a fool illustrating superior intellect over folly in ancient thought.
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