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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
2
The House advanced a public buildings bill totaling about $20 million plus authorizations for increases in costs and continued contracts. Reports cite other actions including appointees to the currency and postmaster roles, and various political and international items amid a busy legislative session.
The senate approved the postal savings bill by forty four to twenty four. The public buildings bill moves forward without any money provisions and the house backs a continuation of reclamation projects.
The report notes President Taft says platform pledges have been kept and Congress has a good record. Roosevelts stance remains firm on political assent. Taft hails defeat of an amendment exempting labor unions from antitrust and interstate commerce laws as labor organizations fail to gain exemptions. The Jeffries Johnson fight is slated for Reno Nevada.
A cavernous ditch near Hastings pumping station collapsed causing the death of Charlee Brown and injuries to Thomas Wittstruck and Charles Jones. Will Dougherty narrowly saved Jones by digging them out as Brown died before rescuers reached him. The trench ran from the pumping station to the cooling tower and was about six feet deep. Brown was conscious briefly after removal, but died later.
Beaver City Nebraska faces a harvest backlog as scarce labor slows grain collection. thousands of workers are needed in the Beaver and Sappa valleys to save wheat from waste. Meanwhile a new Methodist church in David City and a 15,000 seat First Presbyterian church in Falls City highlight construction and fundraising efforts.
Mr and Mrs BK Lates of Cortland marked their 65th wedding anniversary on Saturday. Among guests was Mrs Eber Young of Lincoln who attended the 1849 wedding. Mr Jaites, a Mexican War veteran, is eighty two years old.
Bennett Henderson Fields, longtime resident of this Place, died Sunday at age 104. Survived by five children, thirty-six grandchildren, fifty-two great grandchildren and their spouses, totaling 116 direct descendants across five generations.
The Platte river at this point is almost dry for the first time in years. Fishermen report rich catches as they invade river beds with pitch forks to harvest plentiful fish.
Local leaders in Lincoln push plans for a new wing of the federal building as community efforts grow. The region reports rising costs and public backing for expansion.
The article records diverse local items from Fremont and neighboring counties. It notes a lower damand ownership count, a death in Fullerton, a 128 delegate republican convention in Furnas county on July 21, farming delays in Custer county, smallpox quarantine in Taylor, and a Crab Orchard board purchasing an engine for an electric system. It also mentions a Norfolk plumber burned, heat prostrations in Nebraska City, guard company rifle practice, a circus incident with John Everhart in Wahoo, and a rescue by handlers.
Democratic SEA Ee and D H McNamara seek seats in the Sixteenth district while A J Majore enters the Johnson Nemaha race. Valentine holds 40000 in municipal bonds registered to 1909 with 6 percent interest, awaiting buyers in a poor market.
Co. BE Wagan assistant freight agent at Omaha and F A Brogan general attorney for Missouri Pacific testified before the railway commission. They pledged restitution and vowed not to repeat the practice until after commission approval. They defended the road against prosecutions for changing rates without permission and for discrimination in rates. The company had refused to accept cars from other railroads to Omaha belt industries without the regular distance tariff. Previously it accepted such cars and charged a switching rate of 5 or 4 dollars. at times this switching rate was deemed discriminatory.
The literary young man boasts that his poetry is now taken seriously. He claims his method was to insert it into love letters used as the basis for a breach of promise suit.
A Coca Cola sponsored 1910 baseball record book includes the Casey at the Bat poem and schedules plus other baseball notes. It was sent by Coca Cola Company of Atlanta with a pamphlet The Truth About Coca Cola describing the beverage.
In a fragmented excerpt, the speaker notes three applauses and prefers self-respect to fame, attributing the line to Antoninua and referencing Regercial with unclear context. The text resembles a clipped street or page caption with scattered quotes.
A fragmented note describes a scene with Mrs. Wipelew and Bent Conant related to a loan attempt and a man seeking borrowing money. The wording is unclear but centers on financial trouble and social characters.
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