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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
4
By Frank T. Pearce. Entered at the post office at Diller Nebraska. One year in advance six months three months rates and terms. Advertising rates made known upon application. Business locals run until exhausted and charged per line per insertion. Mailed to subscribers until a definite discontinue offer is received and arrears paid in full.
In a 1904 snapshot, the article notes Colombia’s sparse reach to the population, imagines a world gold pile, counts common surnames in Washington, warns against farm colt play, mentions libel fears around Postmaster General Bristow, and reports on free delivery routes and bees used by a Frenchman for dispatches. It also cites Pennsylvania Railroad ownership versus a few dominating capitalists.
A six man mixed jury sits for the trial of juvenile offenders, a pioneering process in U S legal practice. Report notes that this is the first time such a mixed jury is used in the United States and references ancient precedents and a papyrus contract about a shorthand teacher and a slave learner from an earlier era.
The document states mail transportation cost the country 62 594 000 dollars with 1 400 fines of traveling post offices on railways steamboats and electric roads. It notes 189 298 miles of mail routes about 13 000 less than total railway mileage, 10 555 employees and postal clerks handled nearly 16 000 000 000 pieces of mail.
The article notes New York as a gathering place of nations with 66 languages spoken today and 22 before the revolution. It cites Mulberry Bend school educating children of 29 nationalities toward Americanism as 9 foreign-language newspapers publish in the city.
Modern communications tie nations closer as telegraph and cable lines encircle the globe. News from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas reaches the United States by tomorrow, making distant events feel near.
A historic summary notes Alaska's name given by Seward and its meaning The passage also remarks that the Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year and that a Sunday ship is explained by Februarys extra day It mentions U S colleges admitting women and a Texas case with a heavy prison term for a Black man.
The report lists 2,720,000 widows in the United States with regional figures: Chicago 60,396 New York state 320,000 Massachusetts 128,000 Hawaii 2,000 Alaska 1,700 and notes Philippines not yet heard from.
A nostalgic miscellany notes the Mississippi’s reach across states, odd medical cures, shifts in farming freight, and predictions. It laments crop movements, cites mining and forestry as freight leaders, and jokes about aging, police rules, leap year quirks, and the year 2000 being a leap year.
The Lebaudy airship performed well in a Paris Moisson trial covering about fifty miles. It displayed docile dirigibility and effective screw propellers reaching a thousand revolutions per minute, enabling progress against moderate winds and autonomous course selection before returning to its shed. Despite later damage in other tests, the flight is noted as a forward step in aeronautics.
For year ending June 30 the net pensioner drop was 2901, leaving 728732 soldiers 297189 widows and 624 nurses totaling 1026545. Survivors from 1812 war one, Revolutions two and three daughters. Mexican 5967 survivors 7910 widows. Indian wars 1565 survivors 3169 widows. Spanish Filipino conflict 9200 soldiers sailors and 3662 widows. Cost last year 141,725,870.50 with pension bureau maintenance near 4,000,000. Overall expense under three percent of disbursed pension amount.
A Nebraskan reader surveys national issues from postmarks to strikes and the Eiffel Tower. The piece mocks Nebraska pride, bemoans union talks, and contrasts old household labor with modern factory life while urging informed civic action.
A compact excerpt covers lamp fire safety with flour and smothering methods. It then outlines the Suez Canal cost near 100 million dollars, dredging depth changes to 31 feet, width figures, and a 10 percent annual net profit. It compares gold and silver totals since America’s discovery and imagines transport scales, then describes Honolulu Christmas customs contrasting with New York, including outdoor meals and July-like December weather.
Both parties welcomed the break from internal battles as the Senate debates the Panama treaty amid post office scandal chatter. Democrats seek to frame Roosevelt’s quick recognition as a political issue, while Republicans back the accord, arguing public support hinges on passage and opposing bloc unity.
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