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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
8
In a 1910 city chase a bank messenger foils a robber who used a police uniform and a staged escape. The youth follows, outsmarts the suspect, shoots and wounds the robber, and delivers the money to the bank while the police arrest the culprit.
Edgar Lucien Larkin imagines a barter between carbon forms noting 5 cents worth of lampblack versus a million dollars of diamonds. He argues diamonds have limited utility beyond cutting glass and that coal and wood provide heat value, while extreme heat would be needed to vaporize diamonds.
The piece likens an egg to a chain of bags and envelopes, each nested within another, a marvel of mystery. It quotes the New York Press remarking that eggs are the greatest puzzle across nations, full of unseen secrets and complex structure beyond common knowledge.
A fragment from the Minneapolis Tribune presents a dialog where a white man questions an Indian named Big Smoke about his living. Big Smoke replies he preaches for ten dollars every year, highlighting the joke on poverty and pay.
A solemn figure asks if the jolly man has made the world happier. The man responds with a cheerful admission and a witty retort about singing in public. The exchange highlights lighthearted public amusement.
In Jefferson County at the county court the petition of A Mayborn administrator for final settlement in the estate of Caroline C Mathias is heard February 15 1911 at 1 PM. The petition seeks discharge from trust and proposes notice by publication in the Diller Record for three weeks prior to hearing. C C Barra County Judge signs the order.
The Nebraska Jefferson County Court in Fairbury sets February 15 1911 at 1 PM for hearing the final account of Maria E Musser administratrix of the estate of Joseph N Musser. Interested parties must appear at the County Court Room in Fairbury to show cause why the petition should not be approved and the administratrix discharged.
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