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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
4
The Diller Record, published every Friday in Diller Nebraska, announces subscription terms and mailing details. It notes regular delivery to subscribers until order to discontinue is received and arrears are paid. Advertising rates are available on request.
A June 30 1905 editorial laments the lack of personal responsibility among large corporation leaders, urging the President to push Department of Justice prosecutions of railroad officials for law violations. It contrasts U S practice with England and notes penalties may not deter profits. The piece also reports on plant breeder Luther Burbank’s potato fruit and mentions redevelopment plans for Burlington Beach in Lincoln and fatal Fourth of July celebrations.
Wallace Cummings recalls driving a Bridgton to Portland stage with a curious passenger. After the dude questions every landmark, a missing mail bag is found later, prompting the driver to ask why the boy did not mention it earlier. The punch line has the passenger retort, reminding the driver to mind his business.
Capt H C Crosthwait reports in an English science journal on the Argentine government magnetic and meteorological observatory on New Year island near Staten Island Patagonia. four Argentine naval officers supervise. opened Feb 1902. lake seiches average five inches with four minute period. glaciers shrinkage noted. San Martin Lake occupies former strait between Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The April 16 farewell service signals the move from the New York juvenile asylum founded in 1851 to the Children’s Village of Dobbs Ferry. The former cared for over 9,000 neglected children, a noble record praised by President Roosevelt. The transition reflects modern philanthropy favoring cottages and housemothers over large institutional wards.
Lawton Oklahoma reports describe coyotes and wolves attacking calves and people in the Wichita mountains. A rancher found a woman’s body in a wolf den and a cowboy fought off two attacking wolves. Government action and a fencing plan are to be considered, with bounties offered in parts of the territory.
New York reports John D. Rockefeller has quit golf and left Lakewood after ministers urged he reject his gifts as tainted by his fortune. Once cheerful, he aged in appearance within a fortnight and returned to his city home at No 4 West Fifty fourth Street. He says the accusations are unjustified and that he feels hurt by the rejection talk.
In San Francisco Robert Young, poised to shoot himself, abandoned the act after Special Policeman H M Stone ordered him to drop the pistol. A brief pursuit in the Simpson Lumber yard followed a near miss as Stone warned him not to kill himself, then arrested Young at the city jail. The motive and detailed background remain unclear.
A playful New York Sun passage presents anthropomorphic animals voicing humorous quips as they interact with hunters traps and each other. Each line features a different animal expressing a literal or figurative predicament in a busy, comic animal tableau.
The Arizona Republic reports corn fed hogs began a daytime march to town but nearly a mile from home many tired and turned back. They rested overnight and resumed after sundown to reach the shipping yards in fine shape with drivers barely keeping pace.
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