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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
6
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A joint Lords and Commons committee backs continuing censorship and extending it to music halls. Alice Paul and Amelia Brown, noted suffragettes, receive one month hard labor sentences. Banquet glass disrupts London event as diplomatic guests present.
Nebraska governor issues Thanksgiving proclamation while Illinois dispatches troops to Cairo to quell mob violence. A Cairo lynching follows a murder verdict riot. Railroads declare quarterly dividends and a Hastings man joins the Coast and Geologic Survey. Civil service exams set for December 4 in Nebraska rural mail delivery. Canal project near isthmus completion and Panama cut progress. European royal fears and confessions span Canada to London. Labor federation supports Gompers. Chinese students enter U.S. colleges funded by China. Oklahoma City murder inquiry, Alaska exploration ties to Dr. Cook. Telegraphs in Chile restored. dowager Empress China body moved. Aldrich praises European finance plan. Wasriner shortage hints at Big Four treasurer deficit.
The Indian paymaster street Store Oklahoma began semi annual payments of 250000 to Kiowa and Comanche tribes. Each family member receives 50 to 100 depending on land leased.
Frank Larson, a Northwestern railroad fireman from Fremont, Neb, saved two year old Earl Delaney by crawling out over the engine cowcatcher at Exeter. He received a $1000 award from the Carnegie hero commission after a visit to confirm the act and prior honors include a U S government medal and marriage to the child’s mother.
Five men jailed for the Union Pacific Overland Limited robbery face a flash of danger as guards uncover a prepped escape plan. Iron bars rope and saws hidden in the jail broom indicate a near prison break, prompting Sheriff Brailey to probe possible accomplices.
In Washington Commander Robert E. Peary reiterates belief in a national Antarctic expedition but argues it would be improper to use Scott’s route or region. He has given the matter no further thought since returning from the north, claiming field work is finished.
Italian embassy letters indicate Queen Helena of Italy will become a member of the International Congress of Mothers. The seat on the New York Stock Exchange held by the late E H H Riman was sold to announced purchasers. Labor conditions in Great Britain are worsening.
Roy Parker, charged with shooting 17 year old Ralph Bishop on October 30, faced a preliminary hearing in Broken Bow Nebraska before Judge Humphrey. Bishop testified he was not aiding Halloween pranks when the shot was fired. Parker was bound over to district court in $1,000 bond. the shooting is alleged to have been fired from grounds of Prof. Leon Cornett, Parker’s brother in law.
The largest sale of business property in North Platte was made Tuesday. Henry Waltemath and Fred Waltemath bought the Foley property on Dewey Street for 55000, including state buildings and several firms. A local realty firm also purchased 9100 acres of land south of Hershey for about 200000 from a Boston estate.
Louisville Nebraska reports William Telleson, employed at the National stone quarry, fell twenty four feet down an embankment while pulling out ties under rails. He suffered a broken right leg in two places, plus broken right arm and nose, and was taken to an Omaha hospital.
A Beatrice area notes many events including a $1800 pipe organ for Weeping Water Congregational church this month. Earl M. Marvin suffered non serious injuries in a horse accident. Wayne Zumwalt won a state contest for best temperance essay. J P Farrell died at 63 in Hastings after a paralytic stroke years earlier. Mrs Elen Applebee died in Gage county at 81 from paralysis. A Whitings farm barn burned near Beatrice with $1500 loss. Henry Sass may not recover after being crushed by a wagon load of corn. Grand Island plans a savings bank with 30 local stockholders. Episcopal convocation in Wymore set for November 16 19. Union Pacific crusher at Wymore runs full with 60 workers, wages up to $2 daily. Italians evicted after jail visit incident. James McGuire resigns as cashier of Wymore First National Bank. L E Pough to succeed. A sixteentmonth old drowns near Palmyra. Dexter Russell dies near Beaver City of natural causes. Crab Orchard United Brethren church to be dedicated November 14 with Bishop Weekley and Rev Lynde officiating.
The Nebraska Supreme Court declares the last legislature’s act invalid, voiding the move to replace the old normal board with a governor appointed panel. Justices discuss jurisdiction, party status, and the impact on Kearney and Peru junior normal schools, with Judge Dean dissenting. The writ in quo warranto will declare the old board legally constituted.
The St Paul coal mine near Cherry Illinois holds 300 or more trapped miners believed dead. Rescue efforts after forty eight hours were halted as fires and cave ins blocked access and fresh air. Recovery depends on internal fires, with steam and chemicals considered to suppress flames.
Federal Judge John A. Marshall overruled a demurrer by Governor Charles N. Haskell and five others in a Muskogee land fraud indictment. Defendants must appear for trial next Saturday morning at Chickasha.
Major Mearns and J. Alden Loring have collected mammals near Mt Kenia totaling 2,000 specimens, including sixteen new species. The inventory reflects a diverse faunal sample from the region.
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