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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
6
A Philadelphia authority debates whether a girl becomes not a girl at age 35. The column ridicules the idea, noting the ambiguity of statuses after 35 and questioning what a woman becomes. He wryly observes no girl ever truly passes 35, leaving the puzzle unresolved.
C T Chester argues true effort comes from inner conscience rather than grumbling. He cites maids and carters who do more than paid for, noting that every worthwhile work depends on an inner paymaster, not the boss, though rewards may not come in money. Vastly more work thrives when conscience leads.
Treasury officials face trouble from a shortage of small change. A commentator says the cause is people’s prosperity and their habit of carrying less loose change, noting that they like to hear it but keep coins.
The Nebraska banking department reports an eight million dollar jump in deposits and seven point seven million in loans from last year across 578 banks. Over the year deposits rose eighty percent, and reserves average about 38 percent, exceeding legal requirements. An enraged bull attacked several men near Minden, injuring Worth, Hamilton, and Trough before being shot by Reynolds.
Dr J L Gandy of Humboldt spent much of last week in Kansas City meeting Commercial Club leaders and Missouri River boat line owners to push a northern extension along Nebraska's border. He owns thousands of acres along the Missouri and offers land for landing sites to win grain, livestock, and timber shipping advantages, a plan met with broad farmer support.
C Reader, an actor with the Sanford Dodge company, arrived in Norfolk expecting to meet Ben A. King, a former Omaha newspaperman and Lincoln university figure. King, who had written a nearly finished play, died in Fort Worth, Texas, leaving Reader touched by their close friendship and King's work.
In northwestern Hall county a section reports great hog losses among farmers. Some have lost all their hogs and several have suffered large percentage reductions.
J. W. Ingles, a Dorchester farmer and early Nebraska settler, plans to donate a state historical society collection. The assortment includes Indian relics, Mexican mineral specimens, Nebraska fossils, and many rare coins including old United States currency and gold quarters.
Three men forced entry by cutting the back door panel of Peter Gravert’s Benson saloon, used nitro glycerin on the safe, and stole about $70. The blast shattered the safe, waking a man upstairs who fired his shotgun. the robbers fled as he gave chase.
In Utica Nebraska a public meeting urged Union Pacific to build a railroad line into the city. A survey north of Utica has been completed. George Arendt was elected chair and F F Miller secretary. A committee of Arendt, O D Thygeson and Miller was named to confer with railroad officials. The effort aims to boost local business.
Clarence and Charles Williams were bound over for the December term after a preliminary trial in Auburn for the September 13 killing of their father Isaac Williams. Charles posted $10,000 bond and went home with his mother while Clarence remained at the county jail.
Plans are perfected for the annual convention of the general board of managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lincoln Nebraska from October 10 to 17. Much work is needed to prepare for the delegates' entertainment and convention business.
The state historical society has recently acquired a black walnut dugout canoe brought from Wisconsin by the Winnebago Indians. The canoe was excavated and prepared for cataloging by the society for display and study.
Secretary Taft proclaims himself provisional governor of Cuba amid a peaceful transfer of authority. American troops begin landing at Havana with Marines protecting interests as disarmament progress proceeds and the first expeditionary force sails from Newport News.
Brigadier General W. H. Carter announced that two battalions of the Twenty-seventh Infantry and the Fourteenth United States field battery at Fort Sheridan are to move at once to Newport News to embark for Cuba, following Washington directives.
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