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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
4
Local items from Diller Nebraska dated Friday October 24 1913 include advertising rates 5 cents per line for classifieds and a note that the Standard Oil company plans to manufacture automobiles. The piece quotes a quip about Theodore Roosevelt and a remark about Bill Barnes being a liar if Roosevelt dies in South America.
One of life's ironies is that the first arrest under Wisconsin's anti gossip law was a man in a bar room not a sewing circle woman. The year looks unlucky for corn production, as the speaker notes exceptional crop prospects or failures.
The piece notes the Carnegie endowment's South American mission to foster goodwill, cites many promoters, and laments rising living costs. It contrasts past and present farming, praises rural modernization like mail delivery and telephones, and foresees a more educated, economically improved society.
A weary traveler Ellis meets a pure young woman in a rough western saloon as he gambles. He recalls Prudence and a past life, then recognises the girl he admired, the scene ending with a conflicted declaration amid hostile surroundings.
A girl weeps as a train carries a returning estranged man eastward. A young woman in a western junction town prays that all is well with the world as a farewell scene closes a chapter.
A bachelor of over forty years Burkle marries in a momentary lapse. The two month honeymoon proves disruptive as he clings to old habits while Marie, his bride, endures the rowdy social scene. On returning he joins old friends for Franconi’s dinner and theater, then faces an odd office confrontation as strangers demand proof of his identity.
In a tense moment, a man named Burkle yields to a promise he cannot keep. Marie urges honesty as Burkle faces an irreversible shift in control and fate. The dialogue hints at a doomed relationship and a turning point that binds Burkle to an unwanted destiny.
In Wellston Ohio Doctor Higley once lent $700 to Charles Froelich, a farmer lad who later studied mining engineering and built wealth in Australia and South Africa. Froelich returned to repay with interest, then died in Melbourne leaving Higley his entire estate valued at $1,000,000. The 70 year old physician reflects on the long-delayed fortune.
Rumors circulate about Maria Benita Frey, a famed European seer who died near Rome after a long illness. Her deathbed forecast warned that by late 1914 yellow invaders and black players would gamble for the fate of the last American girl in Central Park amid the ruins of a great city devoted to a Golden Calf cult.
A humorous scene unfolds at heaven's gate where a sinner tries to bluff his way past Saint Peter. He demands representation and constitutional rights, while the recording angel and cross examination are discussed. Saint Peter jokes that the sinner’s peers lie below in a different jurisdiction.
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