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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
4
Advertising rates are charged at three to six cents per line per insertion. The paper is mailed regularly to its subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all arrears are paid in full.
A. J. Rice, the wheat king, cultivated six thousand acres of wheat in Graham County Kansas. He harvested twenty two bushels per acre totaling 132000 bushels across his fields. The report highlights his expansive grain operation and its scale within the region.
By order of the postmaster general baggage men on trains without postal clerks are set to deliver newspaper mail. The order practically puts every railroad in the United States under government protection.
An article extols the Springfield rifle as possibly the most effective military arm. It claims at fifty feet it can fire a one inch spread with pine targets, delivers a high velocity of 2.3 feet per second, and allegedly can project a ball five miles.
A farmer is described as the happiest man in the universe, able to burn his own wood eat his own meat eggs mutton and johnny cake and sleep under a roof not mortgaged to any corporation. He is nearer out of the reach of trusts than any other man in the world.
The telephone brings a universal hello across languages English German French Spanish and many others. Regardless of speaker nationality or vernacular every message begins with the great American hello as it is transmitted by wire.
The article notes room for expansion in the U.S. pean industry and references the market price of poultry products over the last year. It highlights growth opportunities for producers and potential shifts in supply and demand affecting prices.
Jivery men claim the best harness oil is half raw castor oil and half neatsfoot oil with a touch of lampblack. The mix is noted as making a superior lubricant for horse gear and harness fittings.
The Aberdeen spruce, Oregon's largest tree, stood about 300 feet tall with a 40 foot trunk and first limb 118 feet above ground. Dated at 440 years old, it was already a mature specimen when Columbus explored the lands later named America.
The article notes this year’s federal outlay near 650 million dollars with 182 million for the postal service now near self-supporting. Revenues total about 694 million, a 44 million surplus, versus last year’s 91 million. The pension fund dominates at 138 million yearly, about 400 dollars per day.
Forty years ago vast buffalo robes moved from Mickinaw Detroit Montreal Hudson Bay St Louis and other points with perhaps a million shipped east yearly. In 1868 Inman Sheridan and Custer chased a herd through Arkansas and in 1869 Kansas Pacific trains halted to let a herd pass. Army officers note a 1862 herd moving 70 by 30 miles from Arkansas to Yellowstone. Now fewer than 1000 buffalo remain in the United States. The loss of robes ends a valued commerce.
Notice to Morgan Frasier Lethindsa Frasier L.O. Durkee Sarah Durkee and Sarah R Picker that Noah J Handley filed September 21 1903 in Jefferson County Nebraska a petition to remove cloud on title to part of section one town one north range four east. The suit seeks to quiet title against various claimants including Frank Morse and others and to foreclose mortgage held by German National Bank of Beatrice with sale and costs assigned to sheriff. The plaintiff seeks judgment to quiet title in his favor and bar all claims adverse to the premises. The defendant is required to answer by November 1 noon Hawpeacey attorney for plaintiff.
A Mexican war land warrant recently arrived in Kansas City via Pension Commissioner Ware and sold for 600 dollars. The simple document allows the holder to claim 160 acres of any unoccupied federal land once filed with a local land agent. Once common, warrants are rarer now, as available land has dwindled.
A Pittsburg man recalls a Montana fall event where a cowboy fired at a silk hat from about 200 feet. Six shots missed the wearer who calmly shot the hat to pieces after it was fired upon by a crowd. The tenderfoot then offered to teach gun handling to the cowboy. The crowd believed the shots had missed and laughed as the rider rode off.
A three to three jury in a Pennsylvania Grit report could not reach a verdict. The judge urged continued discussion and then, seeking to avoid hostility, ordered the case dropped for peace and harmony.
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