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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
3
A woman named Miss Giulia Gannon of Detroit endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness. She claims dramatic improvement in six weeks and urges others to seek the treatment, noting a $5000 forfeit for proving the letter's genuineness.
A newspaper office visitor asks about the greatest factor in moulding public opinion and the editor answers without hesitation that the waste basket plays the primary role. The remark captures the newspaper’s candid view on readers and information flow.
Frank J. Cheney signs oath for firm FF Carxgr & Co in Toledo pledging one hundred dollars for each uncured case of cavanrma. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and pills for constipation. The piece segue includes a war losses tally and a note on telephone service after a Atlanta fire.
Toledo Ohio resident Harry L. Lewis describes severe kidney disease lasting years and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with full recovery after using six boxes. He notes night-time pain and backache vanished, and he remains completely cured after extended use. A closing joke about a woman at a north pole reception follows.
An advertisement touts Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass as premier fodder, claiming 14 tons hay and 80 tons green fodder per acre alongside Victoria Rape yielding 60 000 lbs per acre. It promotes sending 100 stamps to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalog and seed samples. A fragment mentions a woman in a sleeping car pondering what to wear tomorrow.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island praises ALLEN S FOOT-EASE as a rare good relief for aching feet. The advertisement notes 25 cents and urges readers to ask today. The ad closes with a line about many men winning fights due to nerve to stay.
A 1900s advertisement touts Defiance Starch as the largest and best option, priced at 10 cents for 16 ounces with a claim of one third more starch for the same money. Also promoted are Putnam's Facewash, Piso’s Cure, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Red Cross Ball Blue, and a quip about a loitering baker.
A report from the Department of Commerce and Labor shows the United States leading global exports of domestic products in 1903 with $1,457,465,783, ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany. It notes the US rise from near the bottom in 1875 to first by 1903, with UK, Germany, and France trailing.
A West Pennsylvanian train leaving Tarentum for Allegheny was trapped by rising Allegheny River floods at Glasmere. Passengers were ferried to shore in more than a dozen skiffs over nearly an hour. Lower Tarentum Springdale areas and much of Allegheny, along with Exposition Park, the ball grounds, and Pittsburg districts, were inundated with several feet of water. Police patrolled in skiffs, and mills on the Monongahela suspended operations due to high water.
The State Teachers association executive committee met at the Lin dell hotel to wrap the old year and plan for the new. The auditing committee found the treasurer’s books correct with a $311.61 treasury balance, up from $287.47 last year. A legislative committee was appointed to represent Nebraska teachers at the next session, including C G Pearse Omaha W L Stevens Lincoln C A Fulmer Beatrice Superintendent Arnot Otoe County and Superintendent Richardson Antelope County. Superintendent Anna Day Beatrice and Mengel Wahoo were elected to the reading circle board to fill vacancies.
The South Platte Millers association debated milling issues including wheat supply, freight rates, and regional prosperity. Officers for the coming year were elected: President A. P. Powell Lincoln, Vice President D. M. Deane Valparaiso, Secretary H. B. Smith Holmesville, Treasurer C. Linn Humboldt. The wheat crop is reported unusually short with 75 percent shipped out of state, mainly to Minneapolis, while western grinders complain freight rates remain high.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, famed for leading the Irish brigade in the South African war and later convicted of treason, has been released on license. The sequence involved President Roosevelt, Michael Davitt, Sir Thomas Lipton, and Queen Victoria, with the King interceding through the Home Secretary to secure release.
The flood crest hit Wheeling West Virginia at 4 PM Sunday with the river at 44 feet 2 inches. Despite accurate forecasts, one third of city homes were flooded and ice formed as gas shutoffs increased suffering. Mills and factories on the riverfront faced heavy damage and work resumption would be delayed, leaving hundreds jobless for days or weeks.
Beatrice reports a severe thunderstorm killed three horses three mules and thirty hogs owned by Emmet Nader near Steel City Nebraska. Snow was falling at the time of the fatalities.
A.H. Bowen of Hastings Nebraska, who already had $897.12 in back pay for army service, was surprised to receive a government certificate for $34.41 with a letter explaining the books showed this amount was still due.
Professor Behring proposes a Reichstag approved imperial law to vaccinate every calf at three months with specially prepared tuberculosis bacilli from humans. He argues adding a gramme of formalin to ten quarts of milk preserves protective elements as fresh milk loses them.
A Philadelphia woman received a $10,000 verdict after a jury found a giddy young man at fault for breaking her heart. She said the payout would help soothe the pain and aid her recovery.
In a brief exchange Howes jokes about cold weather while Barnes counters with a remark on heat being untimely. They note seasonal discomfort and humor about climate.
Frank Loveland and others strike an eighteen inch vein of soft coal in the bluffs south of Nebraska City on land owned by B. D. Tait. The vein improves with depth and they plan active mining once equipment is secured. A stray remark about a bachelor and a married woman hints at a moral or social aside.
Medical authorities and doctors praise Peruna as a systemic catarrh remedy. They cite dramatic improvements, cures of coughs and ovarian troubles, and increased vitality. Letters from physicians like M C Gee and Dr Hartman endorse its use and advise sufferers to write for guidance.
An old advertisement fragment touts Defiance Starch with a return option if unsatisfied and a one third higher value for the same price. It also promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and a self help note on insomnia. Nearby claims mention Lewis' 5c cigars and a general factory reference.
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