Unclear OCR Record of Rural Mail Route Mention
Fragmentary text describes rural free delivery route north of a city with mail service. Reading is incomplete with many garbled words and missing context about exact locations or dates.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
2
Fragmentary text describes rural free delivery route north of a city with mail service. Reading is incomplete with many garbled words and missing context about exact locations or dates.
George Millar of North Bend barely escaped serious harm when he shielded his wife and child from a wild steer during a rural outing. The animal charged, knocked him down, then Millar seized the beast around the neck and held on until the danger subsided.
A stray line reads Dear Bir there ain't been no hogs since you left and Har mah has went reflecting a rustic wartime era note about farms and shortages.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses recommendations and misstatements, referencing Vernon county and speculative comments on materials and people. The excerpt shows disrupted phrases about lighting, gold, and unverified claims, with unclear speakers and context.
London reports from Lord Kitchener in Pretoria recount a week of heavy fighting in the Transvaal with major British and Boer losses. Boer casualties total 69 killed 17 wounded 57 surrendered 374 captured. British losses include two officers and eleven men killed and one officer forty seven wounded. British rifles and munitions seized. donkey wagon convoy attacked near Beaufort West costing two officers and eleven men killed.
General Andraic previously of Venezuela arrives on Curacao aboard the revolutionary steamer Libertador. Insurgents land on the coast and take control of Cuamarebo area near La Vela de Coro, triggering widespread unrest and clash with defending forces.
National guards lined streets to deter crowds while Springfield groups revived the Whitely shops built in 1883 at $750,000. Equipment valued around $2,000,000 lay idle after Whitely failed. later sold at a receiver's sale to Senator Fairbanks and others for $200,000. In recent years, ten firms moved in, with machinery and unfinished product totaling a heavy loss. insurance stood near $300,000.
Hiatt former Broken Bow Nebraska superintendent of education in Guam reports island children are bright and eager to learn English but lack books. He asks Hon W K Fowler to send second hand texts. Fowler asks Congressman Mercer for free transport. war secretary may permit army transport if railroads cover road costs. Nebraskans thus promote a benevolent effort.
The American Beet Sugar Association presented to the Ways and Means Committee a petition urging a congressional inquiry into Cuban sugar factories. It claims General Wood misstated sugar prices and states 60 degrees centrifugal sugar in Havana sold at 1.91 cents per pound, or about 66.73 cents per sack, as of January 30.
A blaze in Julian damages the Jones elevator company property valued at 3000 with 10000 bushels of wheat and 200 bushels of corn, plus a Missouri Pacific box car nearby. No insurance coverage is reported. Authorities say a tramp’s criminal carelessness sparked the fire and he is under arrest in Julian.
A noted figure’s perseverance helped introduce Peruna to American medical practice as Sisters of Charity nationwide reportedly use the remedy to address catarrh. The era’s health reform and medical endorsement are noted in regional accounts.
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