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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
6
A collage of short observations spanning firemen, a gooralist professor, Congo settlement woes, a timber famine claim, a handsome marriage between a medicine maker and an actress, a Boston man’s $50 reward for quelling profanity, a British remark about the North Pole, and Franco Turkish tensions.
Three Chicago men say they found a method to turn human bodies into metal prompting skepticism that many others are already described as brass.
The passage argues the hen offers a more dependable product than the cow, noting its outputs are harder to counterfeit or adulterate and less easily impaired. It frames the hen as advantageous for consistent usefulness.
A terse note argues that desirable customs and dynamite bomb making should be left to old folks at home, reflecting a xenophobic stance about immigrant practices and modern habits.
A southern paper notes the phrase merry widower is inherently odd since gallantry aside a man widowed by marriage is not typically merry. The remark pokes at the mismatch between cheerful label and real loss.
The report notes a price drop seen as expected and considers the prospect if coal costs fall again in autumn rather than in spring. It reflects cautious optimism about energy markets and seasonal price movement.
A writer argues that preventing rural exodus hinges on retaining the attractive women in the same towns. Practical solutions are sought to deter youth from leaving for opportunities elsewhere.
It is said the famed soprano Adelina Patti plans another farewell tour of America. The country is familiar with such tours, though observers note lingering curiosity and speculation about her plans and reactions to impending performances.
A quoted line from the Lady's Pictorial of London questions whether all women should be smart and energetic or merely gentle and gracious. It contrasts ideals of femininity with expectations men may hold, presenting a debated view on women's roles.
The commercial papers report 160,000 tons of pig iron from Alabama furnaces reserved for Mediterranean delivery. This indicates rising overseas demand and promising merchant activity, signaling fair markets for American producers and broader employment for American labor at home.
A Ohio mayor comments that women should not drive cars and suggests only sewing machines are suitable. He argues women would be better kept to domestic engines and domestic duties, noting some homes overtax foot pedals in treadle machines.
The Breadwinners by John Hay gained vogue twenty five years ago with anonymous publication. The author did not reveal his identity until later when his stature as a top statesman grew. A Youth's Companion note says credit will be assigned to him in a literary manual, once held by his widow.
Henry Rudolph Amann, 43, admits to luring his 12 year old foster son Walter Knobel into a forest near Fort Sheridan Illinois. After two days wanderings Walter consented to be killed and a knife wound to his heart ended his life. Amann stabbed himself but survived. A letter signed Walter urged burial together in one grave. Amann spoke of killing his son and wanting to die with him.
The Historic Fort Assinaboine will not be dismantled and blotted out of the Montana landscape. The war department reversed its plan, halting wrecking work and ordering a battalion of the Second Infantry to occupy the post, preserving the fort and its military traditions.
Eight river valley masked men from the White Caps raided Otto Huebner’s Hadar home and beat him with willow switches after alleging spousal abuse. The threat of arrest and public punishment was announced as the group planned to make an example of him.
The Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburg Pa announces liquidation amid a raid on funds. Former cashier William Montgomery is jailed on charges of misappropriating 594000, while bank officers and treasury officials depart amid discrepancies in accounting.
The House passes the General Deficiency Appropriation Bill totaling 17.368 million dollars under suspension of the rules. The measure funds federal operations and includes a life annuity for widows of Surgeons James Carroll and Jesse Lazear for yellow fever work. Idaho gains authority to reclaim 1,000,000 acres. 5,000,000 is set for Capitol grounds enlargement and a Lincoln monument site with 1,000,000 for the statue.
Rev. S. A. Coffman a 50 year old Methodist Episcopal pastor in Rosstown West Virginia killed his wife by cutting her throat from ear to ear during a revival period. He says he acted while temporarily insane and surrendered to authorities after the act.
The body of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt assistant in the Princeton University library disappeared Wednesday afternoon and was found floating in the Raritan canal by two boy campers from Trenton. No foul play suspected. light facial scars noted after five days in the water. Vanderbilt’s parents reside in Amsterdam New York.
George Berry, a deaf mute, was struck by a Katy train in Shawnee Oklahoma on Friday and badly injured. After hours of unconsciousness he spoke clearly for the first time since childhood asking for water. Physicians call the case remarkable though he remains deaf and bears multiple fractures.
The U S Supreme Court ruled the 1905 Texas law taxing railroads at one percent of gross earnings within the state and proportional tax for partial within state lines unconstitutional in the Galveston and San Antonio Railway Co v State of Texas case.
A survey of the week shows total congress appropriations near 1.026 billion, the largest single session sum. Tariff revision is halted. postal savings bank bill advances. Vreeland and Aldrich financial measures move toward conference. glacier national park, Lincoln birthplace memorial, and Wyoming land reclamation bills also progress.
A Grand Jury in LaPorte Indiana begins a probe into the Belle Gunness farm death mystery. The page also notes streetcar strike unrest in Cleveland and other nationwide events from recent days.
West to east news items summarize a string of events from 1906 era papers. A Lake Superior corporation plant fire at Sault Ste Marie Michigan costs two men and 850000 in property. Other notes include trolley link between Joplin Missouri and Pittsburg Kansas on July 1, Whitlow trial in Moran Kansas, Supreme Court cases for Harriman and Kahn, Alabama delegates chosen, bank closure in Pittsburgh, Roosevelt speech to Methodists, Oklahoma governor veto on trusts, naval academy drowning, cholera deaths in India, White House governors conference, Brownsville soldiers case, Roosevelt dismissal affirmed, freight-rate talks, first national good roads congress, Minnesota Democrats endorse Johnson, Santa Fe robbery in French New Mexico, Pittsburg streetcar strike settled, heavy snow in Wyoming, Missouri non-forfeiture insurance ruling, Maryland ship target practice, and Debs named Socialist candidate.
Taft returns from Panama while Elihu Root is rumored for chief justice. Senators Warner and Burrows play political roles. Deaths include George Eade Jr of Lehigh Valley, Judge Fin kelnburg, Judge Richman, author Frederick May Holland, and Archbishop Bourgade. Carnegie warns coal and iron supplies in 200 and 100 years.
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