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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
6
A garbled column mixes jokes on frost, Sunday school picnics, and fashion. It notes aeroplane talk, late infant aviation, and jokes about bobbie skirts. It muses on joy riding, walking, digestion tips, sewing, and a viewer’s take that not all men are poets.
The report notes Baden-Powell arriving in New York and raises a quip about boys asking for khaki gear and scout huts. It hints at potential misinterpretations or uses of items as medicine. The item reflects humor and public curiosity about scouting in early urban America.
Japanese schools plan to teach ambidextrous handwriting, training children to use both hands. The program aims to improve coordination and literacy by encouraging flexible writing skills across early grades.
A fragment suggests a push to Americanize hotel menus with items like pork and other local specialties. The note hints at revision efforts and potential dietary adjustments amid evolving dining norms.
Fragmentary note questions whether introducing songwriting in schools will affect pupils homework in arithmetic. The text appears as a stray quote and lacks clear context or named entities.
The city plans to shed horse-drawn streetcars and pursue modern transit options, signaling a shift toward a more up-to-date and enterprising urban future.
A fragment recalls a question about deaths caused by a mince pie over roughly seventy five years. The text hints at an administration of the pastry leading to fatal outcomes but provides no clear names, dates, or events to tell a full story.
A singing hen is reported in South Carolina though eggs remain costly. The humorous remark suggests a singing bird will not significantly impact egg prices or shadow the hen that lays.
The piece reflects on an era of football that lingered far from the field, where a spectator’s nostalgia outpaced any real involvement with the game. It notes distance from play and a lingering sense of bygone ritual.
Local notes report on a failed Owls lodge scheme in Plattsmouth with missing funds and a departed organizer. Apple harvests yield fifty five bushels from one tree near Hemboldt. Obituaries note deaths of George F. McCracken and Henry Corey. Accidents include a Turkish youth losing feet after a prank in Lincoln. County bonds proposed for an $85,000 Pawnee courthouse. Smallpox cases rise in Crete alongside Doane College student. A nine year old dies from a broken arm in Sterling. Mrs Buckla narrowly escapes injury in Fremont. Civil service exams announced for Lincoln in November.
Arcadia Nebraska celebrates the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs A D Duryea with about 150 guests. Reverend J B Davis of the Methodist church officiated. Sane and John Wall in behalf presented them with some keepsakes. A wedding dinner followed by a short program.
Central City Nebraska features a two acre patch of strawberries praised for size color and flavor. Owner M D Haddox oversees this remarkable tract described as a local curiosity.
The article notes that the structures will be finished before year’s end, signaling timely completion and project milestones.
Norfolk Pearley Beymer aged twenty nine Northwestern brake man of this city was killed at Clear street when struck by a moving train. The accident occurred as he attempted to cross the tracks during work duties. Authorities investigated but no further details were released.
A report notes a second crop of strawberries and potatoes from the same patch, produced by unusually late spring weather. The passage highlights favorable conditions that allowed a double harvest from one ground.
A new bridge will be built across the Platte River at Polk with a cost of 12000 dollars. Several families in Comstock are under quarantine due to a smallpox scare. M J Milip, an actor, died recently. The Nebraska Modern Woodmen state convention will be held.
The Nebraska Supreme Court requires Chief Dezahue of Omaha to respond by the court's next session to a charge he should be removed from office for willful failure to enforce liquor laws in Omaha.
Washington reports the post office department reduced the fiscal year deficit from 17.6 million to 6.1 million, a saving of 11.5 million. Postmaster General Hitchcock credits this to expanding facilities and a business-like handling of rising mail volume without curtailment.
Isladoro Armijo, a New Mexican constitutional convention member and boundaries committee chair, proposes ceding El Paso County from Texas to New Mexico to settle the long standing boundary dispute. The plan claims a roughly 200 mile stretch along the western Texas border.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system will vote on a sympathetic walkout to support machinists and other unions. Ballots were sent to local unions as the strike spreads. trains will not handle cars in local yards while work proceeds on schedule.
Developments show the wireless distress call supposedly from the tank steamer Oklahoma with forty six men aboard was a hoax. Abestinathich had intercepted the S O S and confirmed the Oklahoma reported by radio was safe and near Port Arthur Texas on the southern coast.
A damaged clipping notes a fire in northern Idaho burning a district area described as acres with extensive damage to a tots area. The readable fragment confirms a blaze and location but lacks full details.
A railroad dispute ends in a mock settlement offer when Mr Olsen, a Swede farmer, contends his cow trespassed on private tracks. The railroad declares ownership of the property and hints at court risk while seeking a fair settlement. Olsen responds with two dollars as compensation.
A short reflection notes that even a church mouse can endure hardship, hinting at unseen poverty behind humble exteriors and the idea that need can exist in unlikely places. The piece contrasts simple life with concealed struggles.
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