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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
4
Milwaukee Journal cautions drivers to stop at railroad tracks only after checking signals and to keep full attention on driving. Do not assume others will yield when horn sounds and ensure brakes are in perfect condition before any trip. Emphasizes respecting other road users and avoiding distractions in the tonneau.
Union Pacific and Burlington officials have begun inquiries into how motor car travel is cutting earnings this summer. Garritt Fort, passenger traffic manager for Union Pacific, notes jobbing houses prefer sending reps by car to visit trade, saving time and money as Omaha sits on major trans continental routes. Officials concede there is no easy remedy for the surge in motor travel and trips replacing rail voyages are rising.
A speaker argues that only a modern Constitution can enable social reforms. He says existing laws are struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and that the current frame was made for frontier times with no industry. He stresses the need for laws suited to present conditions.
George Kramer a mute tailor of New York lived seventeen years in voluntary exile to shield others from his tuberculosis. He kept a single room on Furman Street Brooklyn, paid with savings, and shared only brief quiet kindness from Mrs. Walsh and her children. After she left town, a locked door revealed he had died, leaving a mere four dollars.
In Marshall Missouri Avery recalls a dangerous prank near Smiths barn but no injuries occur. Ex Confederate storyteller John McClevern entertains, with Gettysburg recollections. A superintendent tests a scrubwoman candidate and learns of her extreme honesty, hiring her after she retrieves a discarded item.
Panama canal commission conducts tests to gauge cement mortar applied with a cement gun on iron plates. Twelve plates with 6% x14 inch size are sand blasted and coated in a 1 to 3 mortar mix. Half-inch and one-inch coats used, with plates split between Balboa and Cristobal for salt water immersion testing.
A farmer cannot recall his wife's given name while signing a deed. He explains they called her Pet in youth, then "mother" after marriage, and fears spelling her name correctly. He returns with her full name written on paper to complete the record.
Fragmentary note reports the Handel festival originally held in Westminster Abbey. It cites an 1780 notice about admission and fashion norms, mentioning ladies and wardrobe in relation to a flat hat not worn that year. The London Globe is referenced in the source.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a game and an individual named Wien Sam in a vague, unclear context. No verifiable events, dates, or affiliations are discernible. The record preserves minimal readable items for a potential future clarification.
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