Diller Record Reflections on World News and Local Curiosities
George Eliot quips that it is better to be an old maid than an old fool. The Philippines operate 120 miles of rail. population 8 million. The New York American fears beef-trust politics. Japan may soon replace its scripts with the English alphabet, per Prince Fushimi. Ira Sankey, famed evangelist, is now blind and ill. Bankeye isolates in the Adirondacks. Agriculture explains why popcorn pops. Field corn lacks kernel oil volatility. A Kingman clergyman plans a Canada-led simple life colony in cliff houses. 1,200 Canadian families join the movement, spring grand roundup ahead. Thanksgiving in St. Louis honors a diverse table. Laurier and wife attend as observers.
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Kingman
Arizona
New York
Tts
Dominion of Canada
No More Commemorative Stamps for Lewis and Clark Exhibition
The Post Office department will not issue a commemorative stamp series for the Lewis and Clark exhibition in Portland Oregon. Third Assistant Postmaster Madden says the public overworks such issues and the Louisian Purchase Exposition stamps are a market burden. Washington prints bureau presses work full time to supply regular stamps.
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Post Office Department
Portland Oregon
Madden
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Sediment flood swamps Mississippi channels
Ainslie notes that government engineers report the Mississippi carries enough solid matter past Vicksburg each year to form a solid block of earth 300 feet high and a mile square. The mud flows toward the Gulf, creating a river of earth five feet deep and nine feet wide, moving at four miles per hour year round.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Ainslie
Gulf of Mexico
Football as Game and Institution, A Tribune View
The Chicago Tribune argues football should be kept as a game for the average student rather than an institution driven by the desire to win. It critiques professionalization and recruitment tactics used to secure victory and warns against turning football into a status game at colleges.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
My meddling act on a streetcar teaches restraint
A Washington Post letter from Mr J L Givens of Philadelphia recounts offering to pay two fares for two young women on a Raleigh streetcar. The women declined his help, he faced scorn, and he concludes he will curb sympathetic impulses until invited to assist in future.
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J. L. Givens
Philadelphia
Raleigh
Bee
Washington. Post
Doctor Returns from New York Surgical Mission
Dialog notes Dr. Carver denying a hunting trip and revealing a recent return from New York where he performed an important surgical operation. Lawson questions if he killed anything, while Carver maintains dignity. The exchange reflects a tense, ambiguous encounter reported by Somerville Journal.
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Lawson
Doc
Carver
New York
Scott
Adirondacks
Somerville Journal
How to Hold an Auction by E Cunningham Wayne
Advice for farm sales by auctioneer E Cunningham of Wayne. Emphasizes set date advertise widely prepare all equipment stock and pens, ensure helpers on sale day, and maintain order with proper identification, finance clerk, and clear bidding without reservations.
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E. Cunningham
Wayne
Suiles
Winter Travel Rates Across the Southwest and Pacific Regions
Burlington Bulletin notes holiday train fares to California Colorado and Gulf and Southeast with half rates December 20 to January 8 17 to Oklahoma Texas and the Southwest low one way plus 2.00 round trip January 7 to 9 1905. Contact L W Wakely Omaha for details. A humor line about patent leather shoes closing with expires.
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California
Colorado
Gulf Country
Floriia
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest
Ohio River
Rockies
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Denver
L. W. Wakely
Omaha
Neb
Probate Notice for Alfred Waggoner Estate
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County probate notice states creditors of the deceased must meet the administrator at the county court in Diller to present claims. Claims must be filed by June 6, 1905, or be forever barred. Published in the Diller Recorder for four weeks prior to June 1905.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Alfred
Jefferson
Eaid Opant
Jane
Old Maid Jibe Sparks Household Comedy
A playful exchange mocks a spinster as laments over mail wagons and a stubborn tree drawing a metaphor about judging by fruit yet needing to bite into many “sux” before identification.
The Good Man Not Always Known by Prayers
A concise reflection notes that virtue is not measured by prayer alone but by deeds and character, noting the disconnect between pious words and compassionate actions. The saying urges practical goodness beyond ritual.
Notice to Hunters on Farm Premises
Notice to all hunters not to chant on the premises at the northeast of section 25 township 2 range 4 in Jefferson County Nebraska under penalty of the law for trespassing GEO FISHER warning posted on property.
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N. E
Jefferson County
Nebraska
D. H. Greider
Elizabeth Greider
Cole's Hot Blast Stove Highlights Smokeless Efficient Fuel
The device features an air tight smokeless feed door for cheap fuel use with no gas or smoke. A dustless ash remover prevents ashes and dust from reaching the floor.
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Cole
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New York American
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Prince Fushimi
Ira D. Sankey
Mr. Bankeye
Agriculture Department
Wilfrid Laurier
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Dre. Powell
Gritzka
Diller, Nebraska
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Firet National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Frank T. Pearce
Diller
J. N. Spivey
Beatrice Steam Laundry
West Side
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Diller, Nebr
Edwin L. Feese
Jock's
Dr. Neely
Dixby's
Bank of Odell,Galme
Diller Brothers
Col
J. B. Wright
Web
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Larnest
Acceda
Ckdraug
Pia
Thediord
Blak Donaght
Priresonze
Kas
Habbon
J. G. Neely
Bixby
U. S
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
L. P. Raymond
A. J. Sheldon
First National Bank
Peoples State Bank
A. H. Colman
Thos. P. Price
Raymon
Arthur E. Price
Asst
Cal
Wprice
Rov Oak
J.D
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John Miller
A. L
Tristman
J. BE. Kerr
John Langworthy
A. B.price
Robt. Schnuelle
Bert Gerard Lightner & Stotts
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Safe Brown
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