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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from Diller Nebraska describes transmission through the mails as second class matter. Advertising rates are six cents per line for insertion and are published in Business locals until further notice.
Announcements will run in each issue until September 1. The cost is 38.09 dollars in advance.
County attorney declares candidacy for Jefferson county attorney on the ticket Marquston Biloan for the primary election held September 7 1908 Feaxx Ras.
A. Puass announces run for Nebraska Thirty fourth district representative as a Jefferson county candidate in the Republican primary. The nominee will be chosen by Republican voters at the September 1 primary.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues that even with a Democratic president and House the Senate would remain Republican, blocking any tariff revision. A Bryan framed bill would be stalled, as would any new measure, leaving no chance for a signed tariff bill this term.
Col. A. D. Collier, Sioux City Iowa, has just received a package of letters mailed to him forty seven years ago during his regiment’s formation at Keokuk. The letters lay in the dead letter office most of the time. They are believed lost due to post office employee negligence.
A Broken Bow farmer pleaded guilty to selling bad eggs and paid a $10 fine. He had taken 224 eggs to town where a state food department inspector candied them and found 53 were bad.
The Department of Agriculture declares rate causes an annual damage of 160 million dollars to crops nationwide. Rates are almost as expensive as automobiles.
The Burlington announces a winter expenditure of one million dollars to substitute telephone dispatching for the telegraph in train dispatching, aiming to modernize and speed up service.
A California candidate asserts a strong record as the basis of his campaign. The remark suggests emphasis on experience and past achievements to appeal to voters.
Railroads entering Lincoln have withdrawn the excursion rates advertised for the Lincoln state fair running August 31 to September 4. A Pittsburg woman advertises she has 450 dollars in bank and seeks marriage leaving the pickle factory. Jim Big Thunder and Mollie Cloud, Indian citizens of Meron, have wed.
The Nebraska Board of Agriculture announces major upgrades for the 1908 State Fair. A new cattle barn costing about $28,000 and a $10,000 auditorium will enhance facilities. The venue will host top acts including the Liberati organization, four state bands, and a 600-person carnival with fireworks. Horse racing features include multiple stakes, with total purses exceeding $12,000, and a September athletic meet. The fair aims to be an enduring institution with improved exhibits, crowd comfort, and entertainment.
The article notes that over 6,000,000 Frenchwomen earn their own living, half of them married, and that large families pay little tax in France. It reports Vauvert citizens funding a Quebec statue for General Montcalm, mortally wounded at Quebec in 1750. It also mentions Leviril leaving his fortune to his village for an annual supper for men who have voted regularly.
A fragmented recount explains the origin of red herrings with an English fisherman who dried surplus herring in a smoky shed. The fish changed color and the king granted permission to exhibit them, suggesting an early tale of intrigue and misdirection.
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