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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
6
The column references spelling reform and public figures including Miss Addams and Mr. Carnegie. It mentions self defense as natural law, a Christmas penwiper gift, coal field discoveries in Pennsylvania, and Lipton continuing boat building amid political limits.
A New York buyer spends five thousand dollars to acquire a bulldog in London, seen as evidence of American wealth and influence in shaping European views on American ambitions to bring great works of art to the United States.
Louisv ille Herald notes that among 1907 widows registered in the Seine department, all but three remarried within eighteen months, highlighting a striking social pattern.
The Krupp girls pay $250 each for wedding outfits while many shop girls, whose fathers were not millionaires, have spent as much on their trousseau as the guns maker’s daughters.
Reports from Shanghai say China will abandon its traditional policy and strike silver rupees and half rupees bearing the likeness of Kuangsu. The move aims to offset the growing British prestige in Tibet caused by coins bearing Edward VII, now circulating widely.
Ten school teachers from Sinigagna Italy asked to be placed on the voting list and were registered after the board of registry complied. The district attorney appealed and the court upheld the registration. The case moves to the highest tribunal as a potential bloodless revolution for Italian women’s suffrage.
A bag containing 50 in nickels fell from a drag in front of the United States subtreasury in New York City. Coins scattered as a crowd scrambled for them. An officer and a policeman explained the money belonged to the government and asked for its return. Every one of the thousand coins was promptly gathered and returned.
The consul general at Dalny notes that American donations led famine relief in Japan, surpassing all other nations combined. He emphasizes prolonged friendship between the United States and its Pacific neighbor, praising American leadership in relief efforts.
The Augusta Chronicle argues college graduates can find prestige and high earnings in industry as the South shifts from agriculture to manufacturing. It asserts captains of industry are now as envied as lawyers and doctors, and professional prominence is no longer the sole route to success.
Charles Holdsworth of Fremont Neb met death by electrocution while turning on a furnace in the cellar of his home at Sixteenth and Broad streets He touched a worn insulation on an electric wire and current passed through his body He died about fifteen minutes after his wife found him He was forty and survived by a wife and seven year old daughter Margaret
An elderly resident of Humboldt, William Lee aged seventy seven, was killed when a team belonging to Charles Harshberger struck him as he pushed a wheelbarrow of garden produce. He died from chest injuries after being treated at home. he leaves six children, four daughters and two sons.
Andrew L. Welch a 60 year old retired merchant of Tecumseh was taken to Crab Orchard justice court on a wife beating charge. He pleaded guilty to assault and was fined $50 and costs by Justice C W Roberts. The complainant Mrs Welch appeared with visible injuries. A divorce petition previously filed in district court will be pursued.
M. J. Lendowsky a former soldier from the soldiers' home was thrown from a wagon and killed when a construction train caused his horse to startle at a road underpass. He held the rank of second lieutenant in Company E, Second United States reserve corps of Missouri.
A major blaze at C. O. Zakem’s general merchandise store in Stockham spread to four other buildings within an hour. Losses include Mrs. Coon properties $1,700 with no insurance, P. J. Maupin store $1,000 with $500 coverage and $5,000 stock insured $500, J. R. Reynolds $300, Q. H. Lindall $800, Zakem’s merchandise $3,200 with $1,200 insured, EK. D. Risden saloon $1,500 uninsured, J. R. Everett drugs $2,200 insured $1,500. Reynolds dwelling loss $50 each for Toland and White.
A gas stove explosion sparked a blaze in Poole Nebraska between 9 and 10 am destroying half the town's business area. Moat's grocery, Alex Young building housing the bank and post office, town hall, harness shop, restaurant run by the Misses Robinson, and a jewelry store were lost with estimated damages of six to eight thousand dollars. Only part of the buildings and stock had insurance.
James Cabel returns to Fremont after nineteen years away. His father died twelve years ago, leaving him half the estate on condition he return within twenty years. The son’s comeback within the period secures the provisional bequest of property.
A foreman named John Morgan was struck and knocked unconscious by an oncoming extra freight near Stella while section workers moved a hand car. He lay on the right of way with a dislocated shoulder and remained unable to recall how the injury occurred for several hours.
William Krough, a farmer from near Auburn, was in the city driving a frightened team. He was thrown onto the pavement in front of the post office and struck in the face. He suffered cuts and bruises to the head and face, knee injuries, and possibly internal injuries.
The saloon run by A Galsche in Auburn was shut by a German American bank after he left town and disappeared. Local liquor dealers have reopened the saloon, but Galsche has not returned.
Ed Kelley a 26 year old Missouri Pacific switchman was killed when a freight car ran over him in the Omaha yards. The body was severed at the waist with the trunk left about six feet from the lower limbs after the car passed.
Frank Forbes of Auburn appeared before insanity examiners under the dipsomaniac law but was not found a necessary subject for commitment. The board rejected sending him to the asylum after review.
Joseph D. Roberts a Northwestern switchman died when he stepped between two cars to uncouple them at Norfolk Nebraska a car passed over him tearing his body.
Japanese shipping firms report strong profits with Nippon Yusen Kaisha noting depreciation of 401 500 dollars insurance 169 000 repairs 233 000 reserves 56 000 directors fees 36 000 managing director bonus 30 000 general employee bonuses 200 000 dividends 825 000 and a 492 000 credit to profit and loss.
Charles King of East Liberty, a Pittsburg suburb, shows registrar tax receipts dating back 41 years on the last registration day. Born in Baltimore in 1828, he moved to East Liberty in 1857 and has voted Republican since his first presidential ballot for John C. Fremont to his last for Theodore Roosevelt.
The Postum Cereal Co. reports the 1906 Y I O Grape-Nuts word contest drew thousands to form words from the letters. Prizes included 81 boxes of gold and 300 dollars in greenbacks. L. D. Reese of Denver won 100 gold, and 8 S. K. Fraser of Lincoln Pa. won 10 gold. A complete list of 331 winners will be sent to any contestant who asks with name and address.
Health is the first essential and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is urged for ill health and menstrual trouble. A Hot Springs Arkansas testimonial from Mrs. Chas. F. Brown describes restored health and renewed love after three months of use, claiming overall vitality and improved marriage.
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