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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
2
A Monday morning blast at Grand Central Station auxiliary power house kills nine, including two women, injures 125, and causes about 500000 in property damage. Missing workers feared dead as police probe begins. traffic on the New York Central is disrupted.
Authorities announce a ban on raffles including church events and bake sales. Police Chief Griffin, Mayor Brown, and the county prosecutor agreed in a conference to stop all raffles and selling chances at bazaars and churches.
The Rochester board of education abolishes all five fraternities and five sororities in high schools citing exclusive social distinctions and distraction from study. Fraternities have existed in Rochester high schools since 1379.
London plans a monster municipal celebration inaugurating the hydroelectric power system from Niagara Falls. The event will light and power the city at lower rates and feature a large banquet in the Dominion armories.
In St Louis, Dora Doxey faces bigamy charges to be tried at Clayton. A sensational earlier trial acquitted her in the murder case of William J Erder. The current case rests on alleged marriage to Erder while she was married to Dr Loren B Doxey.
One of the many peace services planned nationwide was held Monday night at the Metropolitan Temple under the auspices of the Peace Society of New York. The event featured the Reverend Dr. John ens 2, as part of the national observance organized by local churches.
The fragmentary text reports a resignation of a commandant or chief with garbled phrasing. It indicates a formal withdrawal from a leadership role, but specifics are unclear due to OCR corruption.
A London Mail excerpt states women prefer larger cigars over cigarettes, mentioning a move toward smaller, milder cigars as cigarette popularity wanes and a gold card case and chain purse are noted as accessories.
A fragment describes someone taking control of a machine with hands functioning as pedals steering gear and brake, suggesting an improvised or unusual method of operation. The passage focuses on the physical actions rather than broader context or outcomes.
The text presents a garbled Fleet piece from London Tit Bits noting a humorous quip about aggravation and a gentle king about to let off a good thing. The fragment mentions a pair of gloves and a playful misquote, illustrating chaotic OCR remnants.
The scene features woven Indian basketry doilies from Sitka on an oval table with a central frosted glass vase and four smaller vases. Abalone shells hold salted nuts, face cards show Alaskan scenery, and totem poles rest on doilies. A luncheon menu highlights halibut chowder and salmon entrees with native influences.
At the Exeter conference a delegate moved that Wiltshire’s central committee seat be filled after Mr. Butler’s death. Butler joked he was alive and healthy and would stay if requested. The scene included a towed sink, photos, and humor about a Seattle rat bounty misdirected to non residents and census jokes about Seattle rats.
Four men in the Wall Street district discuss United States paper currency and counterfeit detection. One exhibts a ten dollar bill, asking whose portrait appears, leading to slangy identification as the first treasurer Michael Hillegas, though none present knew the name.
Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt of Des Moines mocks Thomas A. Holison's view on immortality with a parable about making a locomotive. A visiting young woman’s crude boiler analogy underscores his point that souls, like boilers, are complex to assemble but basic purpose remains.
The Dundee Advertiser notes two claimed world oldest women Frau Dutkievits born February 21 1786 in Posem Prussian Poland and Babavashka born May 1784. Dutkievits is 125 and Babavashka nine months older. Babavashka worked in fields for nearly a century and lives in Bavelsko with about 100 descendants sharing a joint allowance.
Georgette Fontano an embroiderer of Rue Sevres Paris decided to summon a fireman by breaking a fire alarm glass and shouting for him. Fire engines arrived with crews but the intended lover did not appear and she was jailed for a month.
The passage notes state level holidays tied to regional history such as the Battle of New Orleans in Louisiana and San Jacinto in Texas, plus federal days like Independence Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. It highlights Mississippi follows federal holidays, while states observe Columbus Day in some locations.
Princess August Wilhelm promotes a long tradition in which newly married couples plant oak saplings after their ceremony. Multhausend in Thuringia responds first with officials guiding couples to plant trees on a new road near the town. The practice began to repair ravages from a war era, and a former elector once required fruit trees before marriage.
A drunken and disorderly prisoner caused laughter in Birmingham police court when he mistakenly believed a list of cases was his own record. He interrupted as the dock officer read prior convictions and blurted a misdated shopbreaking remark, then smiled at the comic moment. The blunder cost him nothing.
The court heard arguments over libel and medical knowledge as a weekly writer was challenged about appendicitis claims. Testimony included experts from New York, Chicago, and Mishawaka attesting Grape Nuts digestibility and its suitability when digestion is slow. Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. referenced.
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