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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
3
Miss Pinkerton helps Mrs Henshaw stage a prank by reading a suggestive note from an old friend to Jack Henshaw. The ruse backfires as Grace confronts infidelity accusations, exposing deception and prompting a hasty exit by the staged alibi. Jack admits the ploy to Varied reactions.
A Baltimore attorney recalls a San Francisco gambling house episode during the gold rush. Two men toss black sand into a stove to create smoke and scare patrons while they steal a large cash haul, then ride away laughing. A later inquiry reveals the “powder” was merely sand.
The Midland Railway conducts experiments near Derby to test wireless telegraphy for fast trains between London and the north. Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr. Alexander Muirhead assist the railway's electrical engineer using a car as receiving station with an unusually short aerial wire and a tape-like recorder for messages.
A fragment quotes a friend recalling a remarkable dream about paradise. The speaker asks whether angels are men or women, noting only one angel appeared and inquired if its halo was on straight.
The article imagines Theodore Roosevelt pursuing a world tour after leaving the White House in 1909 with the Senate from New York as a possible next step. It notes his peacemaker image would boost a triumphal tour, and highlights athletic interests of Moody Metcalf and Hitchcock as cabinet figures with sports backgrounds.
The long lost Bible of Martha Washington, taken from the Lee Arlington home during the Civil War, has been restored by G. W. Kendricks to Miss Mary Custis Lee. The 1702 London print shows ink that remains unfaded and contains pressed leaves from the Lee family with the Anglican prayer book and biblical texts.
The article praises President Roosevelt as a versatile athlete among public men in Washington. It highlights his wrestling record and mentions his skills as a rider, boxer, shooter, and tennis player, noting he does not boast in any single sport beyond wrestling.
The War Department favors ending military relief duties in San Francisco, urging civic responsibility to sustain order. Taft fears protracted army presence risks authority clashes and wants locals to assume duties, praising soldiers for disaster relief and recovery efforts that restored public trust.
Secretary of Agriculture and Dr Cushman report a domestic mine substitute for German carbonate of potash fertilizer. They claim powdered rock can yield significant potash, usable as a fertilizer at about three dollars a ton, with wide domestic supply and no risk of shortage.
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