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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1905
Page
4
Entered at the post office at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mails as second class matter. Published weekly in Diller Nebraska from Loook building with subscription rates listed and ads charged per line. Notices include how papers are mailed until payment and arrears cleared.
The itemized column notes George B. Cortelyou's role as postmaster general, Santa Fe refunds overcharges, Wisconsin rail rate cuts, Russia's famine, and broader social commentary. It cites Mayan bedrock customs, Summerville tea farming, Booker T. Washington's lecture, Osler on Canadian marriage exports, Roosevelt's luck, and gender shifts in employment with figures on female labor across trades.
The article argues wealth grows like a wall built stone by stone. It criticizes people who save nothing for fractional days and notes great financiers and institutions succeed by managing pennies and even fractions of funds.
Article recalls how experts misjudged cable density as it descended and explains why water pressure and material compression keep the line sinking. It notes naval figures like Captain Marryat and cites proposed fixes such as buoyant floats or gum seals to guide the rope to the sea floor.
Abram Anderson of Evansville Indiana and Miss Dora Bennett wed in Owensville in a buggy ceremony witnessed by a large crowd. Rev Shoultz conducted the service on the sidewalk then in the carriage and the couple drove to Evansville to reside.
The Kansas City Journal profiles Gen Pleasant Porter principal chief of the Creek nation. Born near Clarksville on the Arkansas river in 1840, he rebuilt Creek schools after internecine strife and led the Creek army in 1882. Reelected chief in 1899, Porter is described as wise and loyal to the United States.
Three year old Ralph Johnson fell into an open manhole on Valence street near St Charles Avenue. A straySt Bernard leaped into the sewer, gripped the child’s clothing, and kept him above water until bystanders pulled both from the manhole. The dog then followed the milkman away.
A Fred erick Trevor Hill essay from Everybody's Magazine rails at a national selfishness that lets individuals act as law unto themselves. It argues reformers face ridicule and business interests resist honest improvements, labeling reformers as hypocrites while shortcuts tempt behavior.
Sir Oliver Lodge demonstrated that copper tipped lightning rods produce strong flashes, while iron conducts with less noise and fewer side flashes. He also showed a wet string can protect conductors, though impractical, suggesting iron could replace copper and revive the lightning rod industry.
A Rosseau Dominica resident's letter to a New Haven friend notes a May 8 eruption at Mont Pelee in Martinique, mirroring the 1902 catastrophe that killed about 30 000 and destroyed St. Pierre. It mentions Guadeloupe and Dominica disturbances and a cipher warning that arrived late, with scientist and governor among the dead.
The article promotes building strength in youths through a Japanese system that bypasses heavy weight lifting. It advocates daily practice, rest between exercises, and deep breathing during rests. It recommends 20 to 30 minutes of jiujitsu style routines focusing on chest expansion and abdominal drawing with controlled inhalation and exhalation.
The Harvard Observatory reports the discovery of more than 100 variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud after Miss Leavitt’s study of photographs. Variability of stars in both clouds is confirmed by Mrs. Fleming or Miss Leland, with plans to map positions, periods, and light curves.
A Women philanthropist recalls the warmth of the poor and their capacity for reconciliation after strife. She cites a couple who choose love over pride, and the countless acts of neighborly care that sustain communities through hardship.
A bill in the Ohio legislature proposes a two dollar per acre premium for ten years to landowners who plant and care for forest trees according to state board of forestry rules.
The Chicago Journal notes the oddity that a Peoria man who cured insanity by shooting himself in the head remains alive. The remark highlights the improbable survival rather than the act itself.
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