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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
6
A critique of changing fashions in women and the evolving ideal of feminine charm. The piece notes shifting styles from Lydia Languish era sensibilities to athletic modernity, stressing wit and charm while warning against losing dignified aging and gentleness as trends favor youth and bold self presentation.
The article argues the so called uprising is not a warlike revolt but a search for food and better living. It notes past major conflicts like Wounded Knee and Geronimo campaigns, yet emphasizes that many Indians now speak English wear modern clothes and farm, reducing warlike use of the path.
Prof Phelps of Yale jokes that if all American undergraduates were tested on familiar Old Testament stories they would provide a magnificent contribution to American humor. He mocks the liberal education crowd as ignoramuses on the subject and hints at a vast prose about the greatest work published.
The Michigan Supreme Court admitted phonograph evidence in a case where a hotel proprietor sought to prove property value loss from railroad proximity and noise. The ruling, described as a novelty by the Utica Observer, may be overturned by higher courts and even by a US Supreme Court listen to a phonograph.
Ace Walls of Gordon was found guilty and sentenced by Judge West to five years in the penitentiary for shooting Miss Maggie Bylstra at the Central hotel office last July. He confronted her after a jealousy spurt, disarmed the weapon, then fled to Rushville where he was captured. Walls has a troubled record and a recent divorce.
Sixteen young women from Edison who belong to a Furnas county church husked 115 bushels of corn in local fields to raise funds for the Christian church. A town crowd watched as teachers and pupils competed in a red car race to kiss the discoverer of a red ear. The corn was sold to a local dealer and the church netted thirty six dollars.
State fair board plans to seek a levy of one eighth of a mill from taxpayers in the legislature to fund permanent buildings and improvements at the fair grounds. Secretary Mellor will issue a circular highlighting needs and the work of other states. The board has about 36000 on hand to begin sewer work and cover expenses until the levy starts. Mellor will include debt statistics showing the state pays little interest except to the temporary school fund.
Jury in Plattsmouth ordered Missouri Pacific Railway to pay 50 dollars into the district court for discrimination against Farmers Elevator Co of Manley. Judge Jessen assessed the damages after finding the railroad refused elevator privileges to the plaintiffs. State brought the action to enforce farmers rights. appeal likely.
Bloomfield forms a public library in a large theater room rented by two women’s clubs and Mr. W. H. Harm. A meeting at the Pospeshil theater will elect trustees and plan ongoing support. The aim is to give local youth access to a library and a safe evening space.
County Treasurer Barnard of Gage county reports receiving 16000.29 in partial payment of the Burlington Railroad company personal taxes and 6089.44 in partial payment of Union Pacific personal taxes for 1906. Funds and school districts will receive their share while the tax suit is before the United States Supreme Court.
Funeral held for Joseph C. Wilson of Harvard Nebraska after an accidental electrocution at the Mogul gold reduction mill in Lead South Dakota. The night foreman died while adjusting a transformer as a fuse burned out, a 11000 volt current passing through his body. He leaves his parents wife two children six brothers and four sisters. Body brought to Harvard with family.
A Fremont laundry returned jewelry valued at 1500 dollars after a young employee spotted diamonds mounted in four rings and a large brooch attached to a union undergarment on clothing left Monday morning. The owner, a prominent Fremont society woman, was notified after Mrs. Tillie Ellis untied the brooch and handed the jewels to the laundry office.
The Benedict Lumber and Fuel company held a meeting with about 100 farmers and business people. A permanent organization was effected and the new firm started with 145 land owners and capital of 2 million dollars.
Columbus Presbyterians raised two hundred dollars at a bazaar. Fred Bargeman bought eighty acres near Columbus for two hundred seventy dollars per acre, earning a thousand dollars annually over ten years, then sold for one hundred dollars per acre. Sure Hatch Incubator of Fremont runs a large plant shipping 150 incubators and breeders daily. Melvis Wiles, Burt county pioneer, died at his Lyons home from an unspecified cause.
The article surveys historic census reliability in China from 1812 to 1881, noting miscounts and omissions in earlier records. It discusses mass deaths from the Taiping rebellion, famine in several provinces, and the impact of the Northwest Muslim uprisings, estimating combined mortality around sixty million.
Farmer P- of Barre Massachusetts kept oxen famed as hardworking. A buyer questioned one ox’s peaceable nature and learned the trader claimed one rail equals five as the pair jumped fences. The buyer complained the oxen leapt over rails, proving the tale a cautionary joke about exaggeration.
The article argues that contemporary science and scholars discard the Malthusian limit on population growth. It contends salvation lies not in restricting birth rates but in finding ways the earth's fertility can support a natural population increase.
A lawyer warned that the use of the word practically in legal speech or documents signals an intention to deceive or to swindle, suggesting caution when such wording appears in counsel statements or witness evidence.
Women goldsmiths and jewelers report strong demand in America and Europe. They excel in designing collars and related ornaments, gaining notable recognition for their craft.
She resolves to keep a home and put it in his name to ensure it is kept right. The couple’s engagement is announced as their plans are settled.
Sweet potatoes are widely used to produce alcohol in the Azores, where the crop dominates local fermentation practices and spirits. The note highlights the plant's central role in regional alcohol production and cultural use.
Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright, noted for traveling and writing about South America, has sailed for London and will proceed to Rio de Janeiro under commission by the Brazilian government to continue her history of the Brazilian republic. She has previously written on Bolivia Chile and Peru and is preparing a book on Argentina.
Father Francis Xavier Werntz, new general of the Jesuit order, turned over the entire patrimony of the order totaling 40 million dollars to Pope Pius as a loyalty tribute amid the strain between the Roman church and the French republic, which has cut the order's resources.
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