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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1904
Page
2
Diller Record notes Omaha builds 400 to 500 new dwellings this season and Fremont adds cement crossings and three miles of sidewalks amid civic progress. Nebraska City opens state school for the blind with fifty pupils. other items include a fatal log barn fire, pardoned burglars, a sudden Fremont death, a petrified man discovery near Waterloo, and petroleum prospect news near the Klaus farm with a twenty acre lease and depth plans.
The battleship Nebraska slid into Puget Sound at Moran Bros shipyard Seattle in a flawless launch witnessed by 50 900 people. Miss Mary Nain Mickey, daughter of Governor Mickey, christened the vessel by smashing the bottle, a historic first Pacific coast battleship to be built north of San Francisco. The Nebraska drew praise from naval observers and featured a Nebraska party including Governor J H Mickey and state officials. After the ceremony the party toured Moran Bros where Miss Mickey received a gold inscribed watch from the firm.
The National League ends in Chicago with New York finishing 85 points ahead of Chicago for first place. Chicago wins second place over Pittsburg and Cincinnati, while Cincinnati is third and Pittsburg fourth. St. Louis fifth, Brooklyn sixth, Boston seventh, Philadelphia last. In the American League New York and Boston contend for first. Standings list follows.
In a village tale from Youth's Companion, Uncle Jed Perkins spots a snowbound passenger train in his pasture. He sells ham sandwiches to stranded travelers, learns the crowd would pay more, and regrets not charging more as the train finally moves on. He and Aunt Sarah end up living on the ham sandwiches for weeks.
A prominent lawyer recalls a case in Senator Platt’s home town of Owego where a courtroom outburst was met with a witty judge. A spectator accused the witness of lying, the judge suggested coercion, and the witness challenged the interrupter before resuming the trial. The court adjourned briefly then proceeded. No further interruptions occurred.
C M Noble a Missouri Pacific central branch engineer suffered years of dyspepsia and cured himself by accident. He ate chalk used for marking cars and felt relief immediately. He repeated the act daily until a clerk hid the chalk. the habit faded as he regained comfort with normal eating.
The fifty sixth anniversary of the Church of the Transfiguration in New York is celebrated with special services. The Little Church Around the Corner hosted large theatrical attendance as Dr Houghton notes the church has solemnized about 15 000 marriages and turns away about fifty couples monthly due to parental consent constraints.
A reflective meditation on beauty and mortality explains disappointment as a guiding force. The speaker seeks solace in faith, surrendering worldly vanity to divine will, and contemplates music, memory, and the fading of all earthly joy. The poem ends with submission to God’s will.
The annual report of the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul railways records a surplus of 3 299 919 for the year ended June 30 1904, with gross earnings 48 330 334 and operating expenses 30 275 857. Net income after interest and taxes comes to 10 718 401, with 316 431 from other sources lifting total income to 19 370 908.
The Nebraska Supreme Court rules that if a plaintiff and defendant meet residency and appearance criteria, the court has full jurisdiction over a divorce case. The decision in Pine v Pine reverses a lower court ruling and remands with instruction to grant a cross petition for a divorce, even for a non resident defendant.
In a dramatic late afternoon storm scene on Trenton Avenue and Dauphin Street, police clashed with large sewer rats flooding the area. Officers, joined by reinforcements, fought the vermin on the station steps, resulting in many rat deaths and a delayed roll call as the pests were cleared.
Captain Frank Manha formerly of the schooner May escaped custody after bail from Enseda jail and found refuge aboard the British steamer St Denis where the captain locked him in and nailed the American flag on the door. Authorities abandoned the attempt to retake him and Manha later arrived in San Diego. He had been arrested September 15 on a guano poaching charge from Mexican territory.
Mrs J D Brewer petitions Platte County district court seeking 10000 damages from Pacific Express. She alleges a special officer demanded 90 from her son Fred in Columbus after 90 vanished from a safe at the boy’s workplace. The officer was said to deny knowledge.
An aging stone breaker endures hardship along the Vosges route, toiling thirty years while a student observer recalls his simple courage. The man hums a tune, shields himself from storms, and greets with steadfast good will as the forest echoes his hammer.
Mr and Mrs John Kavanagh of Tecumseh have word their son Lieut Arthur Kavanagh U S Navy has reached San Francisco returning from China and will visit his old home town within a week or ten days. A Annapolis graduate his service record is brillant and he stood beside Dewey on the Olympia bridge during Manila Bay maneuvers and was second in command.
Dr. Giuseppe Lapponi, Vatican physician to the Pope, cites four simple anemia cases with successful results from Dr Williams Pink Pills. He endorses the remedy for anemia chlorosis nervous prostration and related blood and nerve ailments. The letter asserts scientific authority and urges public acceptance. Senator Sorgum adds a quip about deeds and real estate.
The advertisement emphasizes Castoria trusted for infants and children. It repeats the warning to examine each bottle for the signature and notes over 30 years of use and the familiar phrase the Kind You Have Always Bought.
A veteran recounts the clash between a first sergeant and a colonel in the Philippines war. The sergeant asserts rank on Sundays, while on weekdays the two share a friendship. A moros engagement ends with the sergeant wounded as the speaker reflects on duty and hierarchy. A separate quip contrasts a philanthropic gentleman and an angler about the cruelty of fishing in the rain.
Special report details Mrs. Minnie Hart of Wapello cured after eight months bed rest by Dodd's Kidney Pills with complete recovery three years prior. She regained ability to work in four weeks and credits kidney health for overall well being. The piece touts Dodd's Kidney Pills as curative and notes generic health links to kidney function.
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