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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
2
A sprawling jumble of quotations and asides touches on purism in law, Lipton prizes, purveyor of living music, Purity of thought evolves perits of action and a scattered critique of politics. It mentions Socrates, Mark Twain, naval orders, wage strikes, and a head waiter with diamonds, all in a loose, satirical frame.
A New York juror was ejected from a court trial amid a clash of opinions on lawyers. The Prince de Sagan says he would duel Count Boni de Castellane if struck, but Boni knocked him down and kicked him into the gutter, prompting satire on the prince as an unwor thy humorist.
The supreme court reversed Ernest Kennison’s murder conviction finding error in trial judge Grimes’s instruction on malice and intent. The court held the instruction misrepresented the facts and could have shifted the State’s burden, ordering reevaluation of the verdict and potential retrial considerations.
A married man, Rankin, living west of town, attempted to cross the Kansas City Omaha rail line after alighting from a station. A moving train crushed his left hand between cars, severing it at the wrist, and he was taken to Plattsmouth for amputation.
The Nebraska state fair board met in Lincoln to appoint officers and superintendents for the fair. A speed program committee was named with C H Rudge RK Mellor and George F Dickman of Seward. Several district superintendents were listed including Emerson Lincoln master of transportation and Wisner superintendent of gates.
An unnamed man about forty, wearing a United Mine Workers badge, was struck and killed by Burlington eastbound passenger Train No 36 three miles east of Kenesaa during a heavy snowstorm. Engineer John Salisbury, with 30 years on the road, did not see the victim until after impact. The body was removed from the engine pilot and taken to Junisia for inquest.
W Boeche of Norfolk fell through a hole in the Eckhorn River while near Norfolk on the eve of his departure for the second trial of his brother Herman. His body was found half a mile below the hole. He had planned to auction his personal property and was en route to a camp when the accident occurred.
Dr Boyd a city practitioner reports a rare birth where a baby arrived with two fully developed lower front teeth. Parents Mrs and Mrs Fred Goode reside seven miles north of Central City. The infant is healthy with no other abnormalities.
Oliver Duckworth an eighteen year old was accidentally killed four miles west of Kearney while loading hay on a wagon with a companion. He stood on a hay rack leaning on a twelve gauge gun which slipped the hammer discharged the gun struck his side he died before aid could reach him. Tolstoi receives Edison phonograph with a letter from the American inventor praising him.
Mr and Mrs S C Harvey celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Seward. He is eighty two and she seventy six after sixty years together since February 13 1848. The couple’s long marriage is marked by health and vitality.
An old column lists an informal cold remedy with glycerine whiskey and pine oil, plus a claim from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Dayton Ohio. It also includes a legal scene about a warrant and a flawed dismissal argument, then multiple advertisements for Cureall products and one Hundred Dollar rewards.
Prof. W B Elkin of Missouri predicts a thousand year heaven on earth and outlines features of the millennium. He envisions a reformed press, with newspapers printed and cited to the calledges while addressing social and moral reforms and wartime era governance.
Two Irish domestic workers on a Atlantic City boardwalk discuss modern diseases and a new liver medicine ad. Norah questions how slugs enter the liver while the other recalls her grandfather’s illness. The piece appears in Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
A female writer shares how Grape-Nuts became her regular breakfast, boosting her morning appetite, sustaining brain work, and increasing breast milk. She notes her four children thrived, she grew plump and vigorous, and her brain stayed alert after adopting the cereal. The advertisement ends with the slogan There's a Reason and the company address.
A wall panel spoon rack in Flemish oak features Bavarian band carving, a deep smoke brown finish, and antique Venetian-style design. It holds six eight inch pewter spoons with round bowls and composite tops, suitable for displaying silver spoons of varied origins.
A dated recipe fragment describes a cake batter you beat for three minutes with three quarters cup sweet milk and brown sugar, melted butter, and a blend of four cups flour with baking powder and spices. It includes dates, sugar, lemon rind and juice, and hot water, baked in two layers for 20 to 25 minutes.
The guide advises cutting Bayom bacon thin not more than four per inch and not over cooking. When just cooked through, remove skin and outer edge with a sharp knife and serve at once. Bacon cooked this way is a tasty relish for eggs whether fried poached or scrambled.
A fragment describes trimming bacon into bits and frying until crisp, then adding finely chopped onion and a touch of pepper and vinegar. It suggests serving the hot mixture over lettuce with potato slices and bacon scraps for garnish.
Instructions describe making a Spanish Cream dessert using gelatin milk eggs sugar and vanilla, then chilling in a mold. Also details a method to baste a turkey or chicken with a wet cloth in the oven to keep meat moist and tender.
A courtly instruction to rub a quarter cup of bitter into a cream then season with salt pepper and parsley. Add a tablespoon of Jealion juice and spread over hot beefsteak for serving.
The supply ship and its tender for the torpedo boat Sotilia Arethusa sailed from Punta Arenas toward Talea hauno, the next stop in the Sotilia’s itinerary.
Hon James Bryce the British ambassador and Justice David A Brewer of the U S Supreme Court spoke at the twenty-sixth annual banquet of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion in Washington.
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