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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1906
Page
3
Gage county court heard evidence against Kearn accused of obtaining money under false pretense by selling a fancy pedigree horse to Barneston buyers for 3000 dollars. Defects alleged including blindness and misrepresented pedigree. Bound over to district court with 2000 dollar bail. remanded to county jail.
A blaze on Pearle street Geneva destroyed a bakery and millinery shop and home of Mrs. Mary J. Traver. The millinery stock faced heavy loss with $3,000 uninsured. Strong Bros. bakery and residence totaled with only $600 insured. Fire likely started in the bakery.
Carl Matlzer, 48, married 28 year old German Staphina Hruby in Nebraska City through a court clerk who spoke German. The groom paid $50 to obtain a wife and demanded she work as a farm hand, citing old country customs.
Charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm filed in Dodge County Court at Fremont against A. Coons and N. Orr by relatives of C. H. Giese of Ridgeley. Each held on $1,000 bond awaiting outcome of head operation after Giese’s skull fracture at a Ridgeley hall dance.
A gasoline tank exploded in the pantorium of George E. Trullinger in the Grand Pacific hotel block, Nebraska City, gutting the store room and destroying contents. Trullinger and his daughter escaped. his brother injured, hotel overhauls caused water damage to Otis and $1,500 hotel loss, insured.
John Schurman of Fremont died of cancer at a young age after a career in real estate with Springer and Schurman. A Pekin, Illinois native, he grew up in Fremont, served as deputy district clerk, and later joined the firm. He was recorder for Fremont Commandery No. 9 and a St James Episcopal church member. Surviving are his wife two children his mother Mrs E Schurman and three brothers.
C M Hopkins of Warren Pennsylvania visited the university this week and added to his remarkable collection sent six years ago to the state museum. The new Hopkins pieces come from a small cave near Mammoth and will be displayed in a large case with stalactites hanging from the ceiling and stalagmites on the floor. One stalactite measures four to five feet in length and twelve to fifteen inches in circumference.
Gus Knosp, a well to do farmer two miles south of Hastings asylum, lost over 200 head of hogs to cholera in the last month. He expected to market about $2,000 from his herd this fall but now has only about fifty hogs left. Many farmers report widespread losses as cholera scours the county amid good corn prospects.
Memorandum by Judge Munger finds for Plattsmouth Water Company in its challenge to the city's franchise. The ruling upholds a 1879 ordinance of compromise extending the franchise six years and says no public vote was required for that ordinance.
Edward Everett killed a seven foot six inch American eagle on the Everett farm about two miles northeast of Grafton Nebraska. A large bird was observed overhead earlier in the day and dispatched with a shotgun at forty yards. Farmers report two calves torn and partly eaten, leading them to suspect the eagle did the damage.
The Northwestern announces a 41000 expenditure for yard and depot improvements in Fremont. The new freight depot will cost about 18000, with total yard work exceeding that amount.
A misc. illustration style ad copy touts Putnam facial dyes described as bright and easy to use. It endorses Lewis' Single Binder cigars as the richest and most satisfying smoke available. The fragment references products from Lewis' Factory in Peoria and Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children.
Miss Braddon, famed author of Lady Audley’s Secret, marked her 70th birthday by issuing her 62nd book and has earned royalties on over a million copies. She reads French, German, Spanish and Italian, and is highlighted in a feature for Our Women Readers.
A rural postmaster near Billville announces a one day pause in mail service before next Thursday to take a holiday. The notice warns patrons to collect any pending mail early, mentions a few letters for the Joneses and the Toftupins, and notes the stamps are mostly one cent. The tone reflects a humorous, folksy newspaper voice.
A New York Tribune note claims a country paper set a rule that a lady should walk inside the gentleman in street strolls. The Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks the etiquette editor overlooked exceptions such as when the gentleman is thirsty and wants to enter a cafe, altering the hostess side.
An advocacy piece promotes Postum as a healthful beverage substitute for coffee. It cites caffeine’s alleged negative heart and digestive effects, recounts a testimonial from a wife who switched to Postum, and urges boiling the product for 15 minutes per directions as the cure.
Advice column urging mothers to guide daughters through puberty using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Includes letters from Myrtle Mills and Matilda Borman praising its effects on irregular periods headaches and vitality. Promotes free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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