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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
3
The Jacksonville Times-Union and Portland reports show Pension Commissioner Ware under different names Mr Wade and Mr Eugene art, reflecting confused reference practices in the coverage.
Mulhall Sioux City Iowa farm advertises four dollar per acre cash with balance due on crop until paid. Hidden note urges securing family matters away from neighbors.
The piece extols daily bathing with tepid water and Ivory Soap for cleanliness and softness. It advises morning or night baths and ends with a brief, stark line about mortality and the undertaker.
An old advertisement extols Defiance Starch as superior to rivals and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a claim to cure a cold in one day. It notes refunds and asserts honest dealers use consistent scales in buying and selling.
An 85 foot wide 60 mile long canal near Blackfoot and American Falls is described as among the world’s largest irrigation systems. It will reclaim 100000 acres, offer fertile land and a healthful climate with strong yields and markets. Buyer info via Evans Curtis & Sweet Co. Salt Lake City.
Ad copy touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children as a cure for Summer Complaint and other stomach troubles. Claims of a curse at a New York Children’s Home accompany a free sample offer from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy, New York. Also promotes Lewis’ Single Binder tobacco with generic quips about spectacles and prophecies.
Advertisement for greatly reduced rail rates through Wabash Railroad with Home Visitor Excursions to Indiana Ohio Kentucky on select Sept dates and Oct returns. Also details on Homeseekers' Excursions to southern points, routes via Wabash, office contact in Omaha, and perks like sleepers and reclining chair cars. Various unrelated ad lines and quotes appear.
A dialogue reveals Briggs declaring the engagement doomed as he and the girl he is to marry face disapproval from both families. Griggs questions the assessment, noting he has consulted the two families.
An 19th century style medical ad offers one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. The text asserts the remedy works internally through blood and mucous surfaces and cites testimonials. price per bottle and gold by all druggists are mentioned.
A pet mouse named Mamie Dooley, wearing a green ribbon, hid in a New York auto seat and caused a woman to scream while the driver swerved toward a cliff. The incident, linked to a rich contractor and Tammany politics, drew sensational newspaper coverage.
Estill Springs Tennessee resident C D Holt, long bedridden with back trouble, reports a dramatic recovery after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says three boxes restored strength, allowing him to lace shoes again and perform ordinary tasks.
A Los Angeles Times notice profiles Doris Hirschel Cohen, a nine year old Londoner famed as a precocious globe trotter. It details her extensive travels to the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Mexico, and her birthplace in South Africa, noting a 92,000 mile lifetime journey and a 10,000 mile trip that year.
A Marquette Michigan carpenter reports he improved study ability and energy after using the condensed food Grape-Nuts. He says his brain is stronger and his muscles firmer, enabling longer work without fatigue and better rest, credited to the product from Postum Co Battier Creek.
In a near perfect breeze over a 30 mile windward leeward course August 22, Reliance beat Shamrock III by exactly nine minutes actual time and seven minutes three seconds after deductions, securing a decisive victory as Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenger concedes. Shamrock III matched strength sailing to windward, while Reliance dominated the run home and the overall duel for yachting supremacy amid a royal water fight.
Dispatch from St Petersburg reports Russia pressing the sultan over the Rostkowski murder with Turkish pledges to punish killers and dismiss officials. The porte recalls measures against 24 officials, restores Ismal Haki Pasha, and orders gendarmerie staffing changes while seeking order. Brussels notes Belgium may nominate four officers for the Turkish gendarmerie.
Santa Fe railroad announces F. G. Pettibone as general superintendent of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line with headquarters at Galveston Rae Buaref Rarete appears to abdicate amid the ongoing unrest in Belgrade as the Servian capital remains unsettled.
Lord Salisbury died peacefully at 9 05 Saturday night August 22 after a period of decline. Reports say his long and storied career as England's former prime minister was sustained by oxygen in the final days, but without it the body could no longer endure.
Mrs W J Bryan and daughter Miss Ruth Bryan traveled from Chicago to Lincoln Nebraska after visiting Halstead and Polk Hull House. Ruth Bryan plans to join Hull House staff in the fall, continuing the Bryan family interest in sociological work and aiding underprivileged children.
The Dominion government outfits the Neptune to study climate geology and resources in northern Canada and to monitor alleged American poaching. Departing Halifax August 23 the ship will inspect Baffin Bay whaling stations, winter at Chesterfield Inlet, establish a police post, then sledging southward before heading to Greenland. It plans a November 1904 Halifax return.
Kansas total population reaches 1,487,847 in March 1908 up from 1,464,628 last year. Sixty nine counties report gains totaling 30,267, while 34 decline by 7,048 and two show no change. Sedgwick county posts the largest gain, and Wyandotte and Atchison hold the state’s largest counties by population.
The Stock Commission Company sold about 600 head of horses for 10000 dollars in Belle Fourche South Dakota at public auction. Average price around 50 dollars per head. Five carloads shipped east. six hundred heads went to a Kansas City buyer. Additional sales expected in coming days.
A concise reflection notes that many tasks receive careful execution yet lack meaningful value. It argues efficiency should be directed toward worthwhile ends rather than merely completing work adeptly.
An advert promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tired feet and cure swelling sore toes and ingrown nails. It claims the product makes tight shoes fit and offers a free sample by mail from Le Roy New York. The text also mentions a museum manager and a sensational claim about George Washington.
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