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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
2
President Roosevelt completes his New Orleans visit by ferrying to Washington aboard the Magnolia and taking the Mayflower from Norfolk. Wireless telegraphy kept him in touch with shore as crowds praise his fever relief efforts and resolve to keep his promise to come.
Two Rock Island passenger trains collided near Fairfield Iowa killing four and injuring between fifteen and twenty officials report the crash resulted from an operator error in delivering a meeting order for westbound No 11 and eastbound No 12. Both locomotives were destroyed and several cars damaged with many injuries concentrated on No 12. Names of the dead and injured include railroad workers and passengers from Iowa Illinois and Massachusetts among the listed casualties.
The first damage suit over the Iroquois theatre fire of December 30 1903 was filed in the U S circuit court at Chicago before Judge Landis. Plaintiff Edna S Hunter seeks 26000 from the theatre company and the George A Fuller Construction Co. Jury chosen after two weeks. Hunter injured among six women in the gallery escaped through the exit as flames burst. Two companions burned to death and others escaped.
Stewart L. Pierson a Kenyon College freshman died after being struck by a Cleveland Akron & Columbus train while awaiting initiation into Delta Kappa Epsilon on a Gambier bridge. No witnesses confirmed details though rumors of tying were denied by fraternity members. Pierson was the son of L N Pierson of College Hill Cincinnati who attended the initiation.
Nebraska Governor Mickey assists at the lay of the corner stone for the Tenth Street Methodist Church in Omaha. He delivers a sermon on The Power of the Word of God and urges Christian nations to recognize God. Congressman John L. Kennedy and Rev. George W. Isham speak. the governor also preaches at Seward Street Methodist Church in the evening.
Czar Nicholas II yields to an inevitable reform and grants a constitution, with Sergei Witte appointed premier as Russia moves toward parliamentary governance and broad political restructuring.
The manifesto issued at Peterhof on October 30 announces steps toward civil liberty and parliamentary participation, signaling abdication of autocratic power after 300 years. It notes continued elections and a new role for the state in governance, while Count Witte conveys the message to Americans.
President's daughter Miss Alice Roosevelt comes home from a overseas journey aboard the Siberia which set a new San Francisco Yokohama record of ten days ten hours and twenty eight minutes. Notables aboard included Senators Newlands and Warren and representatives Longworth.
William Wilson a stonecutter and marble worker died destitute in Bellingham Washington. Examination showed $300,000 cash from a brother J R Wilson in Peru and deposits in New York awaiting claim. The brother’s will granted a third in steamships and property, totaling nearly $900,000. An additional $60,000 from another brother R A Wilson awaited arrival in New York. Wilson claimed a millionaire sister and a lawyer son but refused to name them. Letters in his trunk hinted at wealth and urged a New York trip.
The U S treasurer reports higher demand for paper currency of ten dollars and under due to business growth. The treasury redeems large notes and issues smaller denomination notes to replace them. Outstanding notes of ten dollars and under totaled 730,782,179 as of June 30, 1905, up 14,635,320 during the year.
The Kansas Colorado dispute over Arkansas River water rights will be argued on the second Tuesday in October next year. Kansas Attorney General Coleman moved to advance the argument to next May.
Question and answer style ad promoting Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and stomach and bowel trouble. Claims the tonic uses Concord grape juice and strengthens the intestines. Advises readers to obtain it from their druggist with a free bottle offer for first-time users.
A short note notes that the genuine version bears a date and number stamped on the label by the druggist and urges taking no other information from him.
Captain Oberlin M. Carter claims he was convicted of embezzling 3 million dollars due to a conspiracy among army officers in the court martial that found him guilty.
Advertising copy promises better value with Defiance Starch offering one third more for the same price and claims it will satisfy and not stick to iron. The copy also quips that a wife’s word is law, a satirical line from the era.
An editorial warns against bills to label any remedy containing poison as Poison. It argues such rules favor profiteers and punish many safe medicines. The piece cites opium in cough cures and liniments as common ingredients, urging against imposing deceptive labeling that drives people to costly physician prescriptions.
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