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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
4
The Diller Record publishes weekly from Diller Nebraska with office in E L Loock building. Subscriptions priced by year six months and three months in advance and readers billed until notice to discontinue. Advertising rates shown on request and business locals charged at six cents per line per insertion.
A miscellany of notes from February 24 1905 covering tea prices in China and India 6 to 8 cents a pound, Madam Rejane’s dance demonstration at a club, a Colorado farmer who ships mules and adapts to buyers paying asking prices, and Theodore Roosevelt as the second moustached U.S. president. Also mentions a potato crop in Deerfield Pa its cost profit and a staff appointment for Adna Chaffee during Roosevelt’s inauguration. Ends with moral readings and a light classroom anecdote about child discipline and a joke from a teacher about a boy named Johnny.
Senator Dietrich argues for using convict labor from the United States to construct the Panama Canal. He says the harshest offenders could be sent there to work, addressing penal and labor questions. The piece also notes eggs produced by American hens, gold mine value versus farmers, and the arrival of Barb stallions sent by the Moroccan sultan for Davenport and Roosevelt.
The article notes Pompeii’s early canning method for figs inspired modern fruit canning in the United States. It tells of Cincinnati explorers finding preserved figs in a pantry jar, noting wax-sealed jars with steam escape holes as evidence of ancient canning technique.
Melbourne's D B Fullerton notes that despite Japan’s eight month stay and a shocking war overhead the people appear calm and polite. He cites an army of 80 000 moving north by rail unseen, and records crops and silk production as signs of national vigor.
An English officer is descended from both King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell through the marriage connections of Lord Walter eee anne to the Duke of Buccleuch’s brother and Anna Maria daughter of Sir Edmerne Craddock Hartopp. The Hartopp line traces to Mrs. Fleetwood daughter of the 1rd Protector. her daughter married Sir John Hartopp who represented Leicester in Parliament.
Queen Helene of Italy, 31, has given birth to a son. She was born January 8, 1873, the third of seven daughters of Prince Nicholas Leva of Montenegro.
The piece argues courtships fail when driven by glamour and sentiment rather than careful evaluation, comparing love to a business negotiation. It suggests partners should draft agreements, with explicit terms and compromises, to avoid later disappointments and ensure mutual expectations are clear.
The Denver News counsels couples to avoid hiding flaws and to seek a clear understanding before marriage. It warns against rushing into engagement for a hoped later correction and urges settling issues beforehand or reconsidering the final agreement.
A Lon ton paper offered a prize for the best definition of a baby. Several humorous and poignant definitions circulated, describing the baby as a treasure, tyrant, or universal language speaker. The entries mocked modern life and the chaos of early infant care. The line about the charge of $2 for three minutes by telephone hints at contemporary costs.
For the first time since 1868 men other than ex sailors are recruited for the Condon fire department. The move signals broader enlistment and civilian participation in fire protection duties.
Wanted salesmen and salesladies to represent an old established commercial house. Salary $3.50 per day, paid weekly with expenses advanced from headquarters. Horse and buggy furnished when necessary. Permanent position. Address The Columbia House 6830 Monon Bldg Chicago Illinois.
Hon Thomas E Watson of Georgia has started Tom Watsons Magazine to feature his writings The Life and Tim Thomas Jefferson and more The first issue will be 10 cents retail or 1 year for a dollar Subscriptions via newsdealer at Tom Watsons Magazine New York City street address
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