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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
4
A quirky jumble of lines notes iron in blood and grit in speech, cites a US mint tally of 4 billion one cent pieces in five years, recalls early rail tollways, miners strikes, and political favoritism alongside social observations on letters marked personal and confidential.
The report notes that in Arctic regions when temperatures drop below freezing people can hear speech from over a mile away. Dr Jamison claimed he could hear a sermon from two miles away, illustrating extreme acoustic effects in cold air.
Commander Robert E. Peary of the U S Navy has been granted a three year leave of absence and will begin a fourth expedition to reach the North Pole. He expects to sail on July 1 1904 in a ship built by American shipbuilders designed for the voyage.
Nebraska's senior senator Chas H Dietrich and Hastings postmaster candidate Jacob Fisher were indicted by a federal grand jury in Omaha on bribery charges. Both men deny the allegations as the case proceeds.
At Kenyon Minnesota farmers run a cooperative selling grain collectively. The company formed about seven years ago with 3500 dollars in cash capital. It owns an elevator valued at 14000 dollars and has paid 125 percent dividends in six years. The year reports nearly 400000 bushels handled with 2420 dollars in dividends and 38535.47 dollars cash in the bank at year end.
The article notes Barry NL owner G B Hall possessing the world’s smallest Shetland pony born June 6 and weighing twelve pounds. It also includes assorted trivia on Panama Canal talker M Varilla, agricultural teacher exams, and various oddities from Nebraska to Wisconsin.
The year’s agricultural output is projected to total about 5 billion dollars. Corn leads with roughly 1.145 billion, followed by wheat at about 536 million. Oats and cotton add nearly 797 million, with the remainder from hay potatoes rye and other crops.
Mr Houseal of Balti more engraved the alphabet around a pinhead and in the center placed a mark The diameter was minuscule and the letters are about one fourth the size of those on a dollar The feat took about an hour and a half according to the report
A compilation of assorted remarks covers telephones in rural homes, expansionist ideas about Panama, a brief Panama fire public history, lemon health notes, Rockefeller beliefs on public criticism, and language quirks. It notes fraternal growth versus churches and the goats for hides with decades of import data and rising values.
The village council of Diller Jefferson County Nebraska passes an amended ordinance to establish curb lines on Commercial Street at Kelley Castor Hilton and nearby corners. It details grade heights and curb corner points and directs sections 2 and 7 of ordinance No 20 to be read as amended. The measure is signed by Village Clerk Fuana T Pearce and takes effect per law.
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