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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
6
A miscellany of facts and quips covers Paris quill toothpick manufacture origin, travel tales on tornado disruption, the Sunday Rest League in Sacramento, sun spots and beauty doctors, railways treating cities alike, a Colorado pawned tooth case, and remarks from Prof Shailer Mathews on culture in Chicago.
A provincial remark notes President Bhiliot’s thoughts on athletics drawing more attention than John L. Sullivan’s views on education, illustrating public interest shifting from sports commentary to governance and schooling.
Count Tolstoi finds a jubilee unlikely to bring new honors and prefers not to court misery by wearing uncomfortable shoes, given his age and dignity.
A French doctor says he photographed the goal of his wife 80 hours after her death and describes a nebulous globe in the image. He argues corsets cannot affect the soul based on the occult sign.
Ten years ago a schoolboy who could locate the Philippine islands would be a wonder. Now the geography of that region is almost as familiar to American youth as baseball.
A new New York law restricts hunting behavior by nullifying shooting other rights to advance what is described as the supreme end of safeguarding public safety and welfare. The act emphasizes balancing interests and may affect hunting practices and local enforcement.
A German inventor creates a new bottled gas usable for lighting. Fifty cents buys a bottle enough to provide 50 candle power light for eight hours daily for six weeks. Gas stock investors may see the invention as a threat warranting suppression.
An Italian tale recalls a Veronese visitor who, as a joke, bought out Milan markets three times in one day. The Milan nobleman could not serve him a dinner, yet hucksters and butchers still supplied enough food for the grand feast.
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A fragmented note describes a man who goes around croaking near Sears, raising questions about his behavior and presence in the area.
The Nebraska Lumber Dealers association and listed lumber companies are permanently enjoined from price fixing or limiting competition. The ruling lists Barnett Lumber McCook Moore & Hunsaker Staplehurst Lumber P D Smith Searle & Chapin Rogers Lumber as defendants. costs estimated 2500 to 3500 dollars. The court also notes the association remains lawful except for the barred practices.
The state board increases total railroad valuation to 266.8 million dollars, up from 265.2 million last year. Union Pacific and Burlington gains reflect mileage growth and per mile value shifts. lawmakers discuss adjustments while noting dividend support and possible rate changes.
Alex Sears twenty four moved to Beatrice with his parents from Hastings when his sleeve caught in the sheller cog at William Lange Worthy farm near Ellis. He was taken to Beatrice hospital with arm injuries and may avoid amputation if complications do not arise.
Joseph Meyers, described as a peripatetic citizen with socialist ideas, received a four year penitentiary term from Judge Sears in Omaha. He admitted heaved a brick through Theodore McClure's Fior esce store window and stole a sackful of watches and jewelry later pawned in maha.
Frank Carr twenty three was sentenced to one year in the house of correction by Municipal Judge Gemmil for abducting Gertrude Forrest to a resort at 218 Armour avenue Chicago and holding her there a week. The judge called him a brute and condemned the trafficking in women. Forrest, nineteen, said she came from David City Nebraska and was prevented from leaving after Carr took her there.
A Louisville worker named Ben Vaughn narrowly escaped death after falling from a switch engine. He was crushed between the rails as the engine rolled over him, sustaining a deep wound around the left thigh and serious injuries near the back, pelvis and abdomen areas. The incident occurred Tuesday evening in the yards east of town.
News of the week reviews Congress closing its first session of the Sixtieth in which emergency currency measures were approved. The Senate passed the government employes liability bill as Aldrich chairs the new currency commission and papers on wood pulp tariffs face free list debate.
The year starts with 42 cyclones and tornadoes nationwide, 441 dead and 1,369 hurt. Wrecks spread to 56 towns with heavy property losses. Notable items include Stone named grand chief of the Brotherhood of Love Engineers, Cedrino killed at Pimlico, Jacobson confessing in a murder ring with three others jailed, and Bremerton naval yard reporting smallpox on the Kentucky. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw issues statements and withdraws an annulment suit, while the Florida monitor withstands Arkansas shells. Contests for 229 Republican convention seats are filed, and Gen Clinton’s body is moved to Kingston after long resting in D.C. cemetery. One person killed and 11 injured in Beloit, Kansas.
A wide range of 1908 09 era events are listed including trials acquittals deaths from accidents and disasters. Notable items mention the Great Falls Montana train robbery case Samuel Whitlow in Kansas murder acquittal, a Passaic aeronautic drowning, Roosevelt Arlington decoration day, mine explosion in Ohio, oil field losses in Oklahoma, a Baltimore & Ohio accident near Connellville with fatalities, storms in Hale Missouri, price indictments on tobacco statistics, Denver 1909 assembly venue, Bryan Parker tensions, Belle Gunness auction, Kansas University tennis win, Japan waterpower venture, Fame sinking near Chasper Bank, naval promotions Wainwright, Oklahoma convicts road building, Baltimore Methodist conference amusements stance, Snell will verdict Clinton Illinois, tornado devastations near Alva and Ingersoll Oklahoma, Cuba troop policy, Bevier drowning, North Carolina prohibition victory, Priesmyer bribery acquittal, and numerous Republican contests.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks retreat to Indiana home to stay indefinitely. Gen Stephen D Lee former Confederate commander dies in Mississippi after entertaining G A R members from Iowa and Wisconsin. Robert H Greene of Waynetown faces arrest in Indianapolis for alleged horse theft. Rear Admiral A N Crowninshield retired U S Navy dies in Philadelphia. Cadiz Ohio honors Cadiz board of trade dinner as Macos Rendington Jr. dies in Denver.
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