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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
6
Burke argues Americans lack formal legal training yet show confidence in judging legal matters. He notes mixed outcomes from law in practice, praising sensible jurists while warning against overreliance on newspaper takes. Courts shape statutes and moral justice, with faith in courts guiding lawful governance and protections.
The Boston Herald editorial reviews immigration, citing Commissioner Watchorn who says he seeks capable workers and dismisses alarms. It notes many emigrants are able bodied and predicts Slavs and Poles will rise to prominence, possibly influencing future policy.
The New York Sun argues for prompt vigorous use of established state powers to protect citizens. It says mob defiance shows law enforcers may be incompetent cowardly or corrupt and blames citizens for tolerating bad government and failing to demand capable officials to prevent disgraceful incidents like the Springfield outbreak.
Federal court in Kansas City overruled the Burlington demurrer and held that export freight rates must be public. The ruling moves the Burlington and allied railways toward trial for rebates, with May 31 set for the Burlington case. The decision affirms Congress power to regulate inland export commerce and cites the Interstate Commerce Commission findings.
Secretary Taft approves move of headquarters and two battalions of the Tenth Infantry from Niobrara Nebraska to Alaska replacing the Third Infantry. The Niobrara post will be abandoned after the transfer, with units reassigned to Forts MacIntosh Brown Bliss and other posts.
Major H B Hersey leaves Paris for Tromsoe to lead the first Wellman party to Danes Island. Eighteen joiners will help assemble a timber and canvas shed to house the dirigible balloon. One hundred mechanics work on motors, forty on the envelope, fifteen on sleds, and fifty on related airship components.
At the depots crossing in Westbury Long Island a touring car owned by P. F. Collier traveling at 40 mph dashed into an eastbound express train. Chauffeur George Gabriel and valet Frederick Whitehead Were instantly killed. The Collier party was en route to the Meadowbrook club.
The U S Supreme Court upheld Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas in a six month jail term and 2500 dollar fine for taking a 500 dollar monthly fee from Rialto Grain and Securities of St Louis to influence a post office mail order decision. The ruling rejected Burton’s appeals and disclosed plans for a rehearing.
John R. Maxon of Minden was elected department commander of the Grand Army of Nebraska at Lincoln after three ballots. Other officers elected include John F. Deiner Syracuse senior vice commander Jonathan Edwards Omaha junior vice commander J. B. Staples Geneva chaplain and W. H. Johnson Lincoln medical director. The 1907 encampment will be at Fremont with 326 votes cast marking the day’s largest total.
Police Judge Jacob A. Collison, a Beatrice figure for over 25 years, died in his Beatrice apartment after weeks of rheumatic and kidney illness. Born January 15 1823 in Indiana he earlier served as city marshal and for about eighteen years as police judge. He aided regional transport with the Kansas and Nebraska Stage Company and recalled Nebraska's early days as a plainsman.
M H McNamara, patient at Hastings insane hospital, walked with attendants and others when he jumped onto the Burlington No 1 westbound track. He died from the impact. He had been well behaved. authorities concluded attendants were not to blame.
Secretary Mellor signals strong racing prospects for the state fair with closing entries June 4 for stake races. Three year olds compete in trotting and pacing for $500 purses, plus $1,006 purses for 2:27 2:19 and 2:1 trotting. Class races close August 11 with pacing and trotting purses of $500 each.
H J Myers of Newark New Jersey United States Navy reports three year battle with humor in the leg. After ineffective doctors, he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment daily and within three weeks was cured and has remained symptom free.
Uncle Eben quips that the most regrettable curbside dispute falls on the one who fritters away time. The Washington Star style quote reflects on folly and timing in a folksy, humorous vein.
Deafness cannot be cured by local applications as the inner ear is not reached. Most cases arise from catarrh an inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. The remedy claims to cure many cases with a constitutional treatment and offers to send circulars free from Hall's Cavaard Care.
The fragment notes ancient agricultural methods as a discovery of primitive plowing. A question echoes about how far back golf extends, referencing a New York Sun style era and a casual exchange.
A fragmented ad urges careful examination of Castorta bottles for infants and children as a safe remedy. It intersperses quotes from newspapers and references products like Garfield Tea Co and Lewis Single Binder cigars, with scattered phrases about health and digestion. The text also mentions an air powered engine and a proverb about sunshine and heart.
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