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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
2
By F. T. Pearce and Francis C. Lowell in Atlantic argue officers of life insurers and savings banks should view their roles as public service. Unpaid directors and corporate members are duties to community welfare, akin to charitable labor, justified when community well being requires service to rich and poor alike.
The article notes large unexplored areas arise from climates and terrains from Sahara to Amazon. It cites Cyrus C. Adams in Harper's Monthly showing Liberia as highly unknown due to coastal settlement and dense interior forests rich in rubber resources.
New York Court of Appeals sides with a Klaw and Erlanger head book keeper, refusing to honor a John Doe subpoena. The court deemed such summons worthless and warned that obeying them would reveal business secrets, strengthening limits on use of fictitious party subpoenas.
Rear Admiral Coghlan entertained at a dinner with a tale about a clergyman seeking the dead man's last words. The minister learns the father had no money and that his mother stayed with him to the end, a story told to illustrate a point about final words.
At a recital Von Buelow, after introducing Beethoven’s Sonata Pathique, began the allegro at a painfully slow pace so the bass quavers matched the ladies’ footfalls. The women hurried to their seats as he sped up in response, eliciting startled reactions.
Architect Bertinghof reports the east wing of the Nebraska capitol at Lincoln has settled six to eight inches in a month with danger of collapse. He notes a five and a half inch overhang on the south wall and urges tearing down outer walls and rebuilding with proper concrete, costing about $20,000, with shoring and temporary partitions for occupancy during reconstruction.
Herman Schwanke, long-time area farmer near Norfolk, died after his foot tangled in a carriage wheel. As he attempted to fix harness his balance failed, the horses bolted, dragging him a mile and a half. His wife fell and was bruised. Schwanke’s fur coat and clothing burned to flesh from the friction.
Fremont city council held a special meeting to approve a $50,000 light plant, paving of about thirty blocks, and extending water mains. The bond sale proceeds are available, and Mayor Wolf will contact Engineer Chapman of Chicago to start the project promptly.
Peru Commercial club reviews a special committee report on securing acreage for an eastern firm to locate a canning factory. The soil supports vegetable crops and canning fruits and berries, aiming to open in time for the coming crop if the firm fulfills its promises.
The attorney general's quo warranto action to test constitutionality of the railway commission has a filed answer in the supreme court. Respondents' counsel asserts the amendment's legality and the election that installed the commissioners. The document defends the commission's authority salary offices and residence, and notes the amendment is part of the state constitution since the 1906 election.
William M. Robertson aged fifty seven died at his Norfolk home January 22 after a brief illness. A former district judge candidate and two time Republican gubernatorial hopeful, he was national committeeman for Nebraska in 1886. He had lived in Norfolk 33 years and belonged to the second Nebraska constitutional convention.
Peter Baumann, a stranger, was killed by a freight train at Grand Island while heading to Alliance. He carried alcohol, claimed two daughters in Minneapolis, but refused to name them, saying it was no one’s business who he was. He remained conscious for hours after the injury.
The Peru State Normal School commercial department will use simpler spelling until further notice from Prof W N Delzell head of the department. He says the business world already uses about 250 of the 300 updated words and favors up to date spelling in correspondence per the committee recommendations.
G. W. Meeker vice-president of the Exeter state bank sold his interest to F. W. Sloan of Geneva who has taken possession. Who will run the bank for Sloan has not been announced.
The Interstate Commerce Commission report to Congress details investigations into oil production and distribution east of the Mississippi and its ties to Standard Oil. It argues the company dominates from well to consumer, uses pipelines to control crude and refined prices, and profits heavily from refineries and gasoline.
Invigorate the Digest urges use of Brandreth Pills to stimulate the liver and bowels. One or two nightly doses for a week usually suffice for constipation or dyspepsia. Purely vegetable laxative tonic sold in drug stores plain or sugar coated.
English grocers push a boycott slogan No more trading stamps claiming small shop owners earn little profit. One East London grocer notes a 15 percent profit is rare, with 10 percent average and stamps cutting earnings to about 6 percent.
Sunbury Ohio mayor andFarmers Bank and Sunbury Building and Loan Co. attorney C C Brooks asserts strong faith in Peruna. He says it benefits many common weather related ailments from colds to liver and kidney discomfort and urges readers to ask their pharmacist for the 1907 Peruna Almanac.
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