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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
2
The British steamer Pollentis sank in the mid Atlantic after a week of struggle with a high sea. All crew were rescued by the Italian liner Giuseppi Verdi which responded to calls for help after the Pollentis began leaking.
The Cascade limited on the Great Northern from Spokane to Seattle was hit by an avalanche near Corea station. The diner car and a day coach slid 300 feet into a gulch. the diner burned, the day coach crushed. Four bodies recovered, total expected deaths near ten. fifteen injured. Recovered bodies include Bert Kirkman Sheridan Wyoming W F Carter East Vancouver BC Edward Batterman Wenatchee WA. Batterman’s ten year old son is missing. Injured rushed to Scenic for care.
German aircraft raided Kent twice on Sunday. In the morning attack nine bombs started fires. A second raid by seaplanes in the afternoon caused casualties including one man killed and two injured, with one woman and three children slightly hurt.
Washington Jan 22 Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia urged action to stop Great Britain's disruption of neutral trade. He argued cotton was mis tagged as contraband though Germany and allies had little need for it, and urged neutral ships rights to move foodstuffs and cotton to noncombatants in Europe. He criticized the administration for slow action and urged firm peaceful steps to secure neutral shipping rights.
In Newton Iowa January 24 bank drafts valued at about 70 000 dollars and a small amount of cash were stolen from a mail pouch after the outbound mail left the post office Three men were arrested and held for investigation The robbers burned the pouch after rifling it A steel hasp from the sack was found in bushes near the town edge Efforts are underway to stop payment on the drafts.
Washington dispatch reports deputy US marshal F J Johnson in charge of Ignatius T Lincoln, a German spy, confessed, but the suspect escaped custody in Brooklyn last Saturday. Johnson was removed from office by order of Attorney General Gregory.
General Leonard Wood warned the Senate military committee that the U S coastline remains vulnerable to attack and that the nation is utterly unprepared for war. He advocated a trained force of 160000 to 210000 Regulars and compulsory service to meet a first class power, with 2000000 men needed for total defense.
John J. Halpin, once Chicago's chief of detectives, was sentenced to one to five years in Joliet penitentiary for accepting bribes from criminals. He began at the county jail after failing to obtain a supreme court stay. his attorney seeks a supersedeas to pause the sentence during appeal.
Five railroad workers die and several are injured in a head on collision on a curve east of Mascot involving passenger train No 7 and an extra freight. Victims include engineers John Eckman and J F Duffy and fireman Walter Moll. Officials refrain from assigning blame.
In Astoria New York Mrs Joan A Koenze credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing years of illness and back pain avoiding surgery She reports immediate improvement after the first bottle and hearty meals two weeks later The Pinkham company invites letters for confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts
The steamer Kristian lagford arrives at quarantine with Lloyd Bigham's body aboard, a Henry Ford peace party member who died after arriving at Christiana. Seven former party members travel on the ship including Lawrence Dormour Joseph D Golden Philip A Warner Robert Cushing S Higgins Hill and Christopher Phillips. Also aboard are Dr Frederick Cook Oscar J Frances Ferdinand Lera David Bergstrom and Michael Goldolsky.
Washington hears arguments from Warden Reed of Stillwater and State Board member Wheelock on outlawing interstate sale of convict made products like binding twine and farm machinery. Support grows for congressional passage of bills restricting prison manufacture.
El Paso reports Tedoroe Prieto a self described major in the Villa army arrived Saturday to claim Villa sent him in disguise to deny Villa’s involvement in the massacre of eighteen foreigners at Santa Ysa bel. Prieto said Villa did not know of the tragedy for days and would execute the responsible men, even if they are his own. Villa was near El Ruico close to Pearson, Chihuahua, when Prieto departed.
King Nicholas has sent an appeal to allies through the Italian foreign office urging immediate relief for Montenegrin troops. He asks for supplies of feet, several batteries of artillery and ammunition to avert annihilation.
Elgin J Alonzo A Jones aged 95 and said to be the nation’s oldest Grand Army of the Republic member died at his home Friday. A Civil War veteran, Jones was renowned in the community for his long service and memory of the era.
A husband vents over repeated moves as his wife values the apartment they share while he argues their family has changed homes under one roof five times, highlighting strain from frequent relocations.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature and notes Castoria’s use for over 30 years. It mentions children crying for Fletcher's Castoria and hints at urban-rural contrasts in lifestyle conversations.
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