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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
4
The Diller Record issued weekly from Diller Nebraska with notice of postal transmission and office location. Subscriptions run one year six months or three months in advance at one dollar and two twenty five cents respectively. Advertising rates available on request with business locals charged per line.
The article notes Russia hosts the world’s longest canal from St. Petersburg to China frontier, near 4500 miles. It also mentions dental enamel as the hardest known substance and Deshler Nebraska’s large broom factory with 500 workers. It covers cornstalk prussic acid dangers, sugar as antidote, post office box rent rules, and urged boxholders to pay in advance.
Rattlesnakes have been reported in large numbers on the hill slopes behind the University of California, with speculation that the record breaking rattler killed months ago may be the mother of the brood.
At Sligo Maine a crowd watched nearly 150 rats cross an electric wire from the town hall to a flour mill more than 200 yards away. The rodents used their tails as balance and did not misstep in the daring display.
A New Jersey judge decides a man must pay the bills incurred by his wife before their marriage. The ruling suggests cautious men may demand receipts before tying the knot.
Uri Hotchkiss and Maurice Diehl hauled in one of the era’s largest black bears near Cimarron after a fierce fight. Diehl fled a snowbound trip to Deep Lake to warn Hotchkiss who confronted the wounded bear as it charged down the hill toward the wagons. The hunter fired his last bullet, striking the bear in the nose, and the animal was brought to Montrose.
A Great Falls, Montana man claims to produce potatoes without vines using a four by eight foot heated box. He layers potato eyes in a soil like compound that supplies oxygen, allowing tubers to grow underground without light or air exposure. A Chicago buyer allegedly offered $100,000 for the method.
An English mocking bird wandered into Christ Reformed church in Hagerstown Maryland During Rev Charles Shaffers sermon the bird perched on the pulpit organ and chandelier then flew around the congregation before being captured by Mr Spielman It had earlier attacked sparrows and a street apple passerby provoking chatter among onlookers.
A New York physician reports promising results from violet ray electricity restoring sight in a woman deemed incurably blind. After a month of treatment, Mrs. Charlotte Walker could read headlines and see hands on a watch, though success depends on overall health and underlying causes.
In Butte Judge Warréam acquits Luther Wilson of habitual drunkenness, ruling a man who pays his liquor bill and causes no disturbance may get drunk once a month. The judge warns Wilson not to be arrested twice in one month and advises sticking to water until after the Fourth of July.
Naphtali Lodge No 208 meets the second and fourth Tuesdays monthly in their hall above People's State Bank visiting brethren invited. Naomi Chapter No 44 Order Eastern Star holds meetings on the first and third Tuesdays at Muisomic hall visiting members welcomed.
My W of A Diller Camp No 168 Modern Woodmen of America holds meetings on the first and third Saturdays in the Masonic hall with visiting brothers in good standing invited to attend.
Local fraternal groups list regular meeting nights for Fiber Lodge No 183 Ancient Order United Worldren Noble Week fourth Saturday evenings in Masonic Hall Pleasant Lodge No 08 Degree of Flanor holds meetings second and fourth Saturdays monthly at 2:30 in Masonichwil Visiting members welcome. WOW Diller Camp No 205 meets third Wednesday and second etc. Royal Neighbors of America Shrine Camp 80 683 schedules second Sunday and fourth Friday in Mavetic Hall. Nickajack Post No 215 meets first and third Saturday at 2 pm in Masonic Hall. Visiting comrades welcomed.
The Berlin minister of public works invited the Berlin railways to resume speed experiments on the Berlin Hanover line. Earlier trials suggested express trains with locomotive and three carriages could reach speeds of 88 miles per hour. The objective is to stop within about 400 yards after braking.
A comic clue reveals Mrs. Fox greets joy at George's engagement to Miss Roxley while Mr. Fox protests loudly. The exchange shows social friction as the parents fear Roxleys may back out if they seem less influential. Catholic Standard and Times.
Dr John H Clarke, a London physician, says the great majority of mankind are slaves to one or more persons. Of these habits the tea habit is one of the most subtle insinuating and injurious.
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