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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
2
A terse note depicts a domestic dispute where a girl ends an engagement after a male partner refuses to publicly protest. The scene centers on family dynamics, a baby in the home, and the fallout of private choices becoming public controversy.
The text presents various old time medical claims and quack remedies. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills, cites dubious cure promises, and interweaves humorous quips about marriage and fashion, radioing a miscellany rather than a single coherent news item.
A man paid ten dollars to a Jacksonville mental healer who claimed she could free him from jail. The jailed man doubts the result while the healer asserts possible release. A reflection on married life follows, noting a seven year marriage with five children teaches a woman about managing a family.
A Missouri woman reports two years of stomach distress from coffee improved after switching to Postum Food Coffee. She says milk and lime water only diet, then rapid health gains after using Postum, drinking 1 to 3 cups per meal, and would not return to coffee. The publisher claims Postum builds red blood and aids recovery.
Aurora citizens plan to organize a vaning factory while Dodge Elgin and Sher idan county farmers expand co operatives in potato growing Grand Island acts to enforce dog tax law Beatrice reportedly enforces tobacco sales to minors and Ord near twenty new buildings rise Beatrice Norfolk Fremont Lincoln Warsa and other towns report varied progress in farming church building and industry Including a 3000 mile Rock Island ticket and a youth near fatal arsenic mix up
An editor describes Canada’s prairie prospects after a spring tour, noting Manitoba’s grain valleys and soil quality for wheat and other crops. Wheat yields, dairy potential, climate, long days, and farming belts along the Assiniboia line are highlighted, with references to coal under treeless lands and natural gas in Medicine Hat. The piece mentions government agents offering an atlas and railway rate information.
A La Crosse Wisconsin seed dealer advertises 10 000 plants and seeds including cabbages, carrots, celery, lettuce, onions, radishes, and flowers. Orders for 20 cents postage yield a Berliner cauliflower packet. The notice also promotes Mutual Insurance by State Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of South Omaha Nebraska with secretary B R Stouffer.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as flexible and lasting, claiming better results than other brands. It offers a no cure, no pay guarantee with four to eight weeks of treatment and promises no employment detention, urging readers to write to Van Vieck Gland Remedy Co in Kansas City Missouri.
When a grocer cannot supply Defiance Starch he fears stocking it until a 12 oz pack stock is sold. Defiance Starch in cold water 5 price remains the same as 13 oz and 14 oz sizes.
An old advertisement urges every home to have Red Cross Ball Blue with a 2 oz package priced at five cents. It mentions gum softening and wind colic relief and playfully notes a rich man’s autograph on a cherry bottle bottom.
The Supreme Court case involving the Northern Securities Company and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads upheld the government's antitrust challenge. Justice Harlan read the opinion, affirming the circuit court ruling and the decree dissolving the holding company to restore competition in interstate commerce.
Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews, recently ill in Chicago, returned to Lincoln to find an enthusiastic crowd of over three hundred students. They escorted him to his residence at Fourteenth and Q streets after persuading him to sit, while his son Guy Andrews and the conductor helped him from the train.
A Roanoke Virginia woman credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her hereditary kidney trouble. She describes backache, fatigue, digestion issues, and nerve symptoms improving after using the medicine. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York offers free trials. Also a note about young voters and knowledge of national affairs.
Attorney General Knox commented on the Mercer decision and rail company control debates. Reports note precipitation across the state with snow and thaw effects, while songbird shooting prosecutions and a Nehawka citizen group push for stricter enforcement of game laws. Leonard Wood reports describe Moros engagement near Cotabato with captured assets and no U.S. casualties.
The Tecumseh Gun and Rifles Club plans incorporation with capital stock of 150 dollars. The organization aims to protect Johnson county game in accordance with law.
The United States through Attorney General Knor seeks a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Francis J. Wing of the U S District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to take department action on Chinese exclusion cases. This marks the first such mandamus against a federal judge in Supreme Court history.
The David City Chautauqua association organizes this year’s assembly from July 25 to 31. E Williams and G W Gates are general managers in charge, with Rev H H Harmon of Columbus Indiana serving as platform manager and aiding in arranging the program.
Governor Vardaman vetoed the 2200 dollar appropriation for the Holly Springs normal school, a colored institution, arguing that educating Negroes is not best for them. The veto sets up a clash with supporters who plan to attempt passage over his veto.
The Wabash offers daily south bound special crates for winter resorts with half fare round trip plus $2 on first and third Tuesday monthly. Through routes connect from Omaha Kansas City Des Moines St Louis and Chicago to Niagara Falls Buffalo. World’s Fair station access listed.
The piece touts Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass as top fodder crops yielding 14 and 80 tons hay per acre respectively, plus Victoria Rape yielding 60 000 pounds per acre. Originating from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin, it promises a large seed catalog and farm seed samples in return.
The Emporia Gazette notes three well dressed 31 year old sons of affluent parents who could buy new outfits in a month with little effort. They spend two dollars at the bowling alley and borrow to cover it, moving debts among themselves while awaiting their fathers and mothers’ help. An old man outside the office says these boys are poor devils with little chance.
A fragment quotes Senator Sorghum criticizing a habit of public figures. He argues that excessive speech-making distracts from practical, effective work and allows opposition to gain ground. The line questions why speeches are prioritized over tangible results.
In Manhattan Kansas March 14 a three year old girl whose pneumonia followed by malaria and Bright's disease was deemed beyond recovery reportedly recovered after three and a half boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The father claims the medicine saved her life and restored her health.
The Van Vieck Gland Remedy Co promotes its product as curing chronic and nervous diseases with testimonials of patients in Geneva Minden and Fairmount. It invites new inquiries and offers a Blue Book upon request from Kansas City Missouri.
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