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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
2
The Massachusetts bureau of labor statistics shows large uncollectible debt among residents and links it to widespread installment buying. While credit aids households and enables growth, the New York Press notes abuse when payments appear as small weekly sums rather than a larger cash burden.
Annie Gross a 25 year old St. Louis woman who dieted by eating no meat and consuming large amounts of sour pickles and vinegar died after leaving a party. Autopsy showed severe stomach erosion and hemorrhage with acetic poisoning from pickles and vinegar. The report notes similar dangers for small eaters drinking hard cider.
The centenarian Elizabeth Hunt, lively at 105, takes a motor car trip through Connecticut and declares the automobile her favorite vehicle. She embodies the era of the new woman, proving life can be vibrant beyond age, countering ideas of inevitable decline.
The article notes a potential record grain crop this year with strong yields in Europe and the United States set to be the main supplier. It argues that large crops and breadstuff exports tend to bolster prosperity and stability amid high import demand.
Mrs. Joe Satarie three miles northwest of North Bend ingested strychnine after domestic troubles. She died before a physician could arrive. South Omaha Police Board must stand trial. Governor Mickey sought legal opinion on removing fire and police commissioners of South Omaha for violations. An Omaha case expected on same matter due to differing charters.
A widow and a widower with children are noted after their marriage. The couple have five children surviving the mother.
Governor Mickey will move to test the South Omaha board on charges recently filed by Joseph Spelts, as reported in local proceedings.
The Broken Bow convention organized W B Eastham as chairman and H M Davis as secretary. G L Shumway of Scotts Bluff was nominated for congressman by acclamation. A central committee was chosen, with Shumway naming chair and secretary.
Beatrice Creamery Company plans a prominent display at the State Fair September 3 to 7 featuring sculptor John K. Daniels of St. Paul whose World’s Fair work was praised. Vanity Fair vaudeville show from New York City joins the fair lineup alongside a 1000-room lodging list managed by Lincoln’s Commercial Club Information bureaus by the fairgrounds. A grand reception for W. J. Bryan is slated for Wednesday night drawing thousands.
The Missouri Pacific railroad may shift its division from Auburn to Falls City. Effective September 1 local freights from Auburn to Omaha via Nebraska City will extend to Falls City and then reach Omaha. Other trains will still stop at Auburn for now, but Lincoln and Crete trains may join Falls City on the new timetable. Over sixty families could leave Auburn if the change occurs.
A farmhouse owned by J C Wiltse near Humboldt burned to the ground with contents. Tenants James Gedttsen and wife lived there. Mrs Ged escaped by fleeing as the fire broke out and saved nothing. The family was left destitute and Humboldt businessmen and citizens offered help.
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Connecticut describes a year and a half of worsening facial and body sores in her son. After trying two physicians without relief, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Within two months all sores healed and the child recovered strength and health.
Miss Alice de Rothschild, sister of the late Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, possesses a collection including Hindu bulls, zebras, and llamas, and shows interest in cattle, breeding, and carriage horses. The note market praises Defiance Starch, claiming modern formulas omit harmful chemicals and improve strength and smoothness.
In Somersetshire England a young woman's body was found buried 16 to 17 feet deep in the waterbone slit of the Priddy lead mines. Hair remains in its plait, and five large blue and green glass beads lay beside the body. The discovery dates back to pre Roman times and has preserved hair remarkably well.
A Kansas City Journal item recounts F. L. Vandegrift describing an English sparrow nesting in his hat while he dozed on a Dumont Smiths porch in a Kinsley Sunday, the mother laying eggs and beginning to hatch as children passed by.
A Michigan wife claims coffee caused her husband’s heart palpitations and bladder catarrh while Postum Food Coffee cured them. She notes improved health, energy for housework, and happier children after switching, praising long boiling for flavor. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek endorses the product and its booklet.
Linen blouses in light brown with white trim appear smart and practical. Tailored shirt waists feature a front left pocket. Bright red kid and dark green garments populate outdoor and athletic outfits. Belts, watch fobs, and outing stockings use heavy linen with embroidery. New dimities feature silk insertions with Spanish lace. Tailored waists of pongee and washable taffeta suit changing tastes. The latest waist buckle showcases small rose designs against white or pale blue gowns.
A wry observation notes that a woman who sits and listens while you talk may seek to gauge your folly and humiliate you. The piece suggests caution in conversations and highlights motives behind attentive silence.
To set the delicate color in muslins soak it for a quarter of an hour before washing in a pail of water with a dessert spoonful of turpentine stirred in.
Instructions describe removing oil stains on white items by rubbing with a cloth dipped in ammonia then washing with soap and water. It notes kerosene removes gummy residue from sewing machines.
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