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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1931
Page
7
Arizona iconoclasts challenge the Lost Dutchman gold mine myth of Superstition Mountain amid tales of Apache curses. The long search has cost lives including 65 year old government worker A Ruth, after decades of futile prospecting and legends about a Dutch prospector’s gold.
Canton Ohio engineers unveil a horizontal rotary drilling machine that bores passageways and installs pipe underground without open ditching. A power unit sits beside a trench while a flexible drive shaft transmits power to a Cutter head, enabling in trench operation through embankments.
Professor Martin Sprengling of the University of Chicago claims to have deciphered the Sinai inscription and traced the alphabet to its Semitic source, opposing the Phoenician origin theory. He suggests a Bedouin foreman in Egyptian services invented the rudimentary alphabet between 1850 and 1800 B C.
Henry L Doherty a millionaire head of Cities Service Company deposited 500000 dollars for use by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in a study of methods to alleviate the unemployment situation.
Washington reports describe a confidence man who lured Ruth with a forged mine map, sending her into Apache country where she vanished. A family reward spurred mountain searches but no trace of Ruth or any mine emerged. Air reconnaissance failed to locate a working or abandoned mine despite extensive efforts.
In Columbia Missouri a city water and light plant whistle directs shoppers on attire for the day. One long blast brings ready plans for fair weather while two long and three short signals tell them to postpone or carry an umbrella. George Reeder, a US meteorologist, arranged with the plant to broadcast forecasts and spread the code.
Harold Marks, a robbery convict at San Quentin, learned his unpickable lock idea earned him 100000 dollars after a patent attorney informed him an eastern lock firm had placed the sum in escrow pending patent grants. He plans to bring his mother and sister to California and, after his five year sentence ends, start a business and possibly write a book on getting rich in prison.
Tennessee philanthropist Mrs Dorothy Harrison Eustis built a Seeing Eye organization in Vevey Switzerland to train German shepherd dogs as guides for the blind. Alongside Edith Doudge and S Humphrey they receive blind clients from around the world and limit training to a few dogs at a time with careful discipline and positive methods.
Salem report says Oregon turkeys are increasing in size with many toms 50 pounds or more. Edward Shearer poultry raiser suggests halter training them and leading them around stalls like cattle, warning the task is not for a weak person.
The Crag Rats of Mead River Oregon formed in 1926 to rescue lost hikers in the mountains. Led by L Anderson and other climbers they have averaged six rescues per year over five years. An advertising insertion praises Bayer Aspirin for headaches and pains.
Public notice style advertisement urges readers to stock B and M The Penetrating Germicide for quick relief from chest cold and sore throat symptoms. It offers a full-size bottle postpaid for 1 25 and a free booklet on request from F E Rollins Co Boston Mass.
A fragment notes a performer recalling a father who trained animals and asking about tricks, with the line passing show context implied. No further details available in readable text.
Dialogue shows a tense moment where one person accuses another of ignoring them while awake, claiming the partner talks in sleep and seems uninterested. The exchange hints at marital strain and fear of being dismissed when not awake.
A reflective piece from the Los Angeles Times questions certainty in a data rich era. It argues learners must shed fixed beliefs and embrace continual discovery through education and inquiry.
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