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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1906
Page
4
A collection of opinions on wealth and politics. Notes on Rockefeller and Watson plus a Panama Canal warning. Cuba’s American capital influence is discussed with penalties for enslaving workers in Missouri and enforcement in the South.
The Department of Agriculture reports progress in producing alcohol from corncobs and stalks at Hoopers ton Illinois. Tests show yields of 11 gallons per ton from green cobs and 6 gallons per ton from green stalks, implying about 100 pounds of absolute alcohol per ton of stalks. The cob content could raise total yields further, aiding a possible distilling plant tied to a corn cannery.
Frederick Peterson notes in Collier's that the brain holds about 9.2 billion cells and that perception uses a small reserve, estimating a lifetime daily capacity near 25 thousand cells for reading. He argues brain capacity is limited and urges sparing brain cells.
In the District Court of Jefferson County Nebraska John E Clark plaintiff v George H Clark Kate Clark James M Clark Agnes Clark Jane Seaman W H Seaman Christie V Thompson Mary H Miller P B Miller William N Clark Laura Clark Robert H Clark Matilda Clark Wallace W Clark Ella Clark Agnes R Diller David Diler and others defendants. The petition seeks partition of an undivided interest in multiple tracts in Diller and surrounding areas and equity relief. Answer due by November 26 1906.
A humorous reminiscence recalls Mark Twain as city editor in the 1870s using comic paragraphs to praise advertising. The notes cite varied odd facts from murders to weather and crop reports with a quip about a buried forest in Germany and the role of the Enterprise in returning lost property for advertisers.
Burlington Bulletin lists cheap one way and round trip rail rates to Pacific Coast cities including San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Tacoma plus routes to Montana Wyoming Utah and western Colorado. It promotes autumn and winter excursions to the South Old Home points in Illinois Iowa Missouri and the Middle West and frequent homeseekers trips to Western Nebraska Eastern Colorado and the Big Horn Basin with free Kinkaid Lands information through D Clem Deaver at 1004 St. Omaha.
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