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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
4
Reader letters indicate mail misdirection and misclassification as second class through the mail. The paper remains mailed to subscribers until a formal order to discontinue is received and any arrears are paid in full.
Items from a bygone era report sensational prices and curiosities. Notes on Niagara Falls erosion, radium costs, a petrified giant tree in Nevada, a Mauritius stamp sale in London, and animal prices including an elephant and a tiger. An Indian baby found on a battlefield is placed in care in Sioux Valley.
A government funded project by Professor Langley with 200000 spent without proper law is under congressional attack for a machine designed to dive. An eastern researcher raising quail faces a drawback as birds mate for life and will not accept a broken union.
In St Paul health officers urge punishment for sidewalk spitters who leave muddy handkerchiefs and foul areas. The piece notes eastern papers running affectionate contests to boost St Louis exposition attendance. It also mentions letter carriers seeking $1,200 wages and provides economic contrasts among New England farmers factory hands and ministers.
Zion City will be enclosed by a massive wall inspired by ancient Tyre and Babylon. Plans call for eighteen foot high walls two feet thick with six gates, to bar strangers after recent disturbances during financial troubles. Architects draft the barrier as John Alexander Dowie’s return from travel nears.
A speaker recalls doctors who give away care to charity cases in hotels. Dr Hammond and Dr McMartin are praised for compassion and for keeping bills low. The piece praises medical cooperation, notes patient access costs, and ends with a doctor packing away his scissors.
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