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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
4
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A Missouri reader learns to save as bills with a scrap book. Divorce courts grow busy as women seek separation. Rockefeller and a Boston man fund a Morton monument now at 15000 dollars of a 20000 goal. Burlington notes shift to large capacity rail cars. An oversized watch for the St. Louis world fair is planned with a ton balance wheel. Secretary Wilson lauds farming over crowded learned professions, claiming landowning farmers thrive and farming is a viable path for ambitious youths.
Roy Nelson is reported very sick with peritonitis. Miss Sophas Johnson is sick with symptoms of appendicitis at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Radloff. Perley Miller is home from Wymore after losing his job with the Bb. & M. railroad. Miss Eunice Smethers of Beatrice visits her uncle B. F. Lightner and friends. Grandma Peffley returns from Chester visiting Mrs. Richard Owens. Nebraska district judges show twenty one Republican and seven fusionists. Ditler teachers held a meeting at the public school. Uncle Sam reports a huge gold stock vault in dhia. George Meyers and family expected back from Pennsylvania. Dr. J. G. Neely travels to Clarinda Ill for possible surgery. Justice L. Catlin resigns. D. R. B. Kelley likely to fill. Foster the weather prophet predicts mild winter and scarce ice. Mrs. Sarah Witty returns from Kansas to visit a sick sister who died. Rev Frank Mills officiates at a marriage at Alfred Waggoner’s residence. The couple receive gifts and a sumptuous supper. A reception follows today at the groom’s parents near Harbine.
The Nebraska supreme court sustains the 1887 amendment after a ballot recount. The measure raised legislature pay from three to five dollars per day and guaranteed pay for sixty days instead of forty. It remains the only amendment adopted since the 1876 constitution.
Commissioner Wright notes that living costs rose 15 to 17 percent, not 25 to 33 percent, while wages increased enough to offset the rise. The conclusion drawn is that conditions of laboring men are better than ever before in U.S. history.
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