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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
6
Includes charges against County Commissioner Sutton by L Weinland and W C Franklin alleging misconduct and nepotism. Covers proposed reorganization of the interstate commerce commission and Taft plans. Also reports wins in national organizations, packing industry freight costs, and various legal and civic items.
A touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cravens of Spring Lake Iowa collided with a limited traction car one mile north of Alexandria Indiana. both were killed instantly with gruesome injuries reported.
General Liakhoff returns to the Russian army and is named to command a Sebastopol regiment. Whitelay Reid leaves Liverpool for New York amid unsettled Hankow Sze-Whuen loan talks. Miners killed in Real del Monte. 285 762 Swedish workers on strike with some returning to work. Von Heering named Prussian minister of war. Venezuelan politics: Comez elevated, new cabinet planned. Liberal factions unite under national liberty party led by Zayas. Spanish Morocco commander Marina mobilizes 38 000 troops for action near Mt Guruga. Honors: Eliot, Clarke, Reisinger, and Edward Robinson receive royal orders.
Johnson county plans an October fair. The state railway commission refused a ten cent Omaha to Ralston rate. Mrs. Marie Steinbeck of Grand Island leaves $500 to Nebraska Children’s Home Society. Cass County hosts its first old settlers union in Union. A Weston child suffers hydrophobia likely from a dog bite. Maurice Laughlin, a Lincoln traction company lineman, killed by an electrical shock. Aurora to begin city delivery November 1 with carriers and boxes. T. S. Keltner found dead in Broken Bow. Otoe County warns farmers to weed and keep roads clear or work will be done and charged. Pioneer Day set for August 28 in Florence with Civil War veterans encampment. A body found on a Rulo sand bar identified by coroner. A Beatrice farm fire destroys a separator suspected arson. Bumgard and Powers elope, arrested in Fairbury. Calaway agricultural fair set for Sept 21–24. Frank Larson, Carnegie medalist, to marry the mother after saving a child on track. Railroads request postponement. commission may delay hearings to Dec 1 with transcript. James J. Hill offers 2500 in gold for best grains and grasses along Great Northern routes for National Corn Exposition in Omaha. About 40 first prizes planned across multiple crops and forages.
The text argues that happiness comes from unselfish living. By making others better through kindness and helpfulness in daily life, a person gains personal happiness and a brighter outlook. The piece cites the Brooklyn Eagle urging selflessness as life’s third purpose.
A New York broker recalls H H Rogers advising young men to gain capital noting that without capital a person can do nothing and that fortune cannot knock on a door without a house.
A self described orator says he became popular with men who had influence to rise to a lofty position. He reflects on how personal effort and connections propelled his career.
A quip from Meggen dorfer Blaetter notes a large umbrella hole serves to feel rain without exposing hands. a playful reference to weather and usefulness in a practical device.
Philadelphia Record reports an arrest warrant or manhunt by the tax office as officers seek the named man. The piece emphasizes pursuit and official action by tax authorities.
In a dialogue a man questions a recommended leader’s capability while noting the advisor is a barber. The exchange implies skepticism about expertise and suitability for governance.
A New Orleans Shakespeare club once famed for amateur theatricals faced a farcical onstage mishap. An actor delivering four words caused booming laughter as each line twisted into garbled quips before being escorted off.
In Atchison Kansas the Globe reports a tense scene as a mother collapses in a swoon after an exchange in which a son recounts his mother's scornful remarks about their family. Chauncey reportedly threw water in his mother's face as four doctors treat her this afternoon.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted on a woman's duty to develop powers for guiding the next generation. An admirer notes Mrs. Stanton raised seven healthy children, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe’s children testify to her virtues as a mother. The piece compares maternal roles jokingly to eagles.
A farmer named Countes sel jokes about his son Josh in hazing and football. He says Josh has figured so strongly in team dynamics that their colors must be black and blue.
A playful quip notes Argus with 100 eyes boasting and jokes about wearing 60 pairs of goggles to motor. The aside shifts to a viewpoint on illness and vanity as a woman contemplates how she would appear in a halo if she becomes seriously ill.
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