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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
8
Derrill Pratt, the sterling second baseman for the St. Louis Browns, is praised as one of the league’s best at the middle, contributing greatly to the team’s winning streak. He excels at bat and in the field, and previously nearly secured a managerial path before a contract hold stayed him.
The Brooklyn Robins acquire Jack Kelleher from Denver of the Western league to bolster a weak shortstop position. Kelleher, about five feet ten, 165 pounds, is 22 with four years of pro play. He trialed with the St Louis Cardinals in 1912, returned to Springfield, then moved to Indianapolis in 1914 before playing last season in Denver.
A humorous worker Paddy fears he cannot return from a rooftop crawl. The foreman calls him down and Paddy replies he will stay head first, insisting he cannot find his way back down. The joke hinges on Paddy’s mistaken route and physical position.
A Kansas family story recalls Senator J. L. Bristow. A boy at school names The Village Blacksmith as his favorite poem, explaining he recites it for company. The principal asks if his father requests it, and the boy says yes to avoid visitors, sparking humor about staying out of company.
A Royal Scots Greys officer announces to his servant that the czar of Russia has been named honorary colonel. The servant Donald reacts with pride and humor asking if the czar can hold both jobs, wondering how one person can manage dual roles.
F. G. Menke reports in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune that Cap Anson faced a jolt in a baseball suit courtroom scene. The witness chair moment had the star insisting on his full name Adrian Anson Captain A C Anson of the Chicago team, prompting a rebuke from the judge and medical aid from cheering supporters.
A New York Times report recounts a court scene where Rastus admits entering a henhouse and, resisting temptation, leaving it with two hens missing. He explains Ab took the birds claiming entitlement to some as compensation for leaving the rest.
Liberal cattle run dull and uneven with values lowered by a dime. Hog prices rise about a dime with most sales near 9.40 to 9.55 and tops to 9.65, while sheep and lambs move steady to higher with lambs 10.10 to 10.25 and feeders up to 10.00. Large offerings and slow initial movement give way to active trade later at Union Stock Yards in South Omaha Nebraska.
In a banquet of snippets, a store talk on the best apples recalls Northern Spy and Talman Sweets while a Canton City of the Dead scene describes 194 houses lodging coffins at fixed rates with lotus lamps and tea before graves. Other notes discuss river mud, lava flows, and the 1783 Iceland eruption.
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