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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
8
Orville A. Babcock wrestled a gigantic sturgeon near a Massena canal power house racks. After a half hour with a rope and another half hour of fighting, he hauled the 104 pound fish from the water securing it by the tail and head.
Philip B. Neville of Phoenix long exiled from Canada to the United States is now Baron Latimer after a legacy of 9000 dollars and more. He keeps his whereabouts secret and travels with burros on a lonely pilgrimage from Winnipeg spanning 17 years. He donated 250 dollars to a Presbyterian church and plans to remain in America.
New York reports mermaids at Sea Gate received a $300 silver service intended for the Atlantic Yacht Club. A crewman dropped the case as the steamer Atlantic neared the yacht club landing. waves and quicksand-like sand submerged the silver before divers can recover it.
Only two of the $60 bills are known to exist. One belongs to an eastern collector and the other to Mrs. Julia Turton of St Louis. Each bill is valued at $1,000. Mrs Turton recalls her lineage to Col John N Bryant and notes the bills were linked to a Tennessee land deal.
United States geologic survey special agent Charles Kirchoff reports 1904 copper output rose sharply to 12.54 million pounds valued at 105.63 million dollars, with notable gains in Arizona’s Bisbee and Globe districts. Lead and spelter also rose, led by Kansas plant expansion, with 307k short tons of lead produced and 186,702 short tons of spelter valued at 18.67 million dollars.
The article argues that winter Caribbean maneuvers and summer target practice shape a ship’s fighting value. It stresses that handling and gun accuracy are equally vital, noting ships with good maneuvering can be dangerous despite hits, while poorly fired shots render skilled ships ineffective.
Henry Van Dyke explains in Scribner's how England's roads keep holes filled and repairs ready, noting piles of broken stone stored for quick work. He argues good roads ease labor, increase pleasure, and compare a road system to healthy blood circulation in a living body.
The New York Herald notes the Kaiser’s impatience with crosses of his desires. Baron Boetticher tactfully argues the unfitness of a favorite for a state post, urging a compromise. The emperor erupts in laughter as a joking wording fix averts the dispute.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain lists cocaine and its salts, picrotoxin, acetanilid, preparations of cocaine, vig talis and its preparations, mercuric iodide, mercuric sulphocyanide, soluble salts of oxalic acid, sulphanthus and its preparations, and suphonal as poisons. Purchasers must be known to sellers, bottles must be distingiishable, and sales restricted to registered chemists. Cocaine and its salts plus picrotoxin require personal introduction and entry in the poison register. acetanilid digitalis and suiphonal also noted as drugs prone to abuse.
A Washington Star writer notes skunks defend with bravado, porcupines rival bravest, and both ignore warnings. Cooks’ can hazards near army camps lure raccoons and skunks to raid cans. Otter tracks betray humans, while wildcats and mountain lions outsmart traps. Civilization’s horse and dog seem clever, yet wily beasts remain adept at survival.
An agent based in Chicago handles custom suits jackets waists capes and furs for Edward B. Grossman & Co. He also serves as an agent for the Delineator.
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