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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
4
A collage of Nebraskaa news items reports Wy more interstate fair at Wy more Osceola coal bed fire Wahoo and Tobias fires heavy rain ruin grain at Albion Hastings Carnegie library excavation Lincoln bank meeting Plainview carnival Plainview boomerang folk game and other local incidents including a death near Saunders county and a university football training plan.
Four gunmen robbed the Chicago City Railway cash room at Bixty first and State streets, killing two workers and wounding two others as they seized about $3,000. Motorman John R. Johnson died instantly, assistant clerk Frank Stewart died later, while William Kimond and Henry Rich were wounded but expected to recover. Four men were arrested hours later on suspicion of involvement.
The worst flood in memory covered Dodge County area pastures and fields near Fremont, Leavitt, and Ames. Water depths ranged from six inches to over a foot, forcing families to evacuate and cattle to go hungry as beets, corn, and grain faced damage from submersion and mud.
In Bristol Tennessee a tunnel blaze along the Clinch Valley division of the Norfolk and Western burns for a second day. Officials suspect ignition of a coal stratum in the tunnel as the cause. Passengers arriving in New York aboard the steamer Maltke from Hamburg include Countess von Waldersee her sister von Walchter Lautenbach George F Baer and General A W Greeley.
A Beirut shooting injured none and prompted a reassessment of reports that Vice Consul Mageassen was killed. The errant cipher telegram caused the death rumor. the minister Leishman in Constantinople and the White House learned the truth, commending restraint and signaling a peaceful resolution.
New York August announces AVa Chemical Company backed by John D Rockefeller to begin operations across the United States and Canada. Offices will be in New York with depots and factories planned, including one in Lincoln and possibly another in Nebraska. details pending.
Georgetown Ky August 29 dispatch reports the jury found ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers guilty of complicity in a murder conspiracy against Governor William Goebel. Powers was sentenced to death. prior trials had granted him new trials on motion. The crowd reacted with great excitement as the verdict was read.
The War Department designates units to mobilize at Ft. Riley for fall maneuvers. Key forces include engineers, cavalry squadrons, field batteries, and infantry regiments from multiple departments. Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Arkansas contribute units totaling about 15 000 men, with the garrison and maneuver division encamped there.
AP correspondent reaches Mount Vesuvius with official pass and witnesses terrifying squid fire lava flows. The eruption continues and lava volumes grow, creating vast mounds near the observer.
Reports from official and revolutionary circles warn of imminent hostilities between Bulgaria and Turkey. Insurgents cross the frontier and northern Macedonia braces for a new outbreak. Macedonian leaders claim insurgent forces total 12 000 to 16 000 with a general uprising anticipated this week.
Charlotte Ellott, known as Charlotte Wolfe of Shubert Nebraska, files for divorce from John Elliott once believed dead. She alleges Elliott deserted in 1862 after enlisting in Missouri Twenty-ninth Infantry, later lived in Auburn and Glenrock Nemaha County, married another woman, and has seven grown children.
Muffs and boas dominate the fur market this season with longer, larger pieces. Furs are styled to suit wearers fancy while remaining stylishly masculine. Lincoln furrier F. J. Voelker boasts a stock larger than any other in the state, offering Parisian inspired, correctly cut garments guaranteed for worth, style, and fit.
A North Western railroad detective Hans, jailed in Ainsworth Nebraska on a grand jury indictment for the killing of David Luise two years ago, was released after posting a $10,000 appearance bond at the October court term signed by county stockholders.
Justice Augro of the New York Supreme Court grants a temporary receiver for the New York Building and Loan Banking Association amid a reported assets deficit of 317000 dollars. The ruling addresses urgent financial stabilization and oversight.
Norfolk Nebraska circles are stirred by the disappearance of August Burg a Swede stonemason who worked in Northwestern yards. He ate supper at his boarding house Saturday night and has not been seen since officials fear foul play due to money he reportedly carried Burg is six feet tall with a full mustache and wore working clothes his roommate doubts he vanished voluntarily.
The Nebraska state fair gates open September 4 with Lincoln day and Labor day activities. Public offices close for visitors while labor unions plan large afternoon attendance. Tuesday features a famed trotting horse chasing a world record. Wednesday spotlights fraternal groups with bands and demonstrations. Thursday and Friday offer races and the grand stock parade drawing big crowds.
A Panamanian revolt gains momentum after Colombia's Congress in Bogota rejects the canal treaty. General Huertas commands Fort Chinariqui and surrounding areas, with pro American naval and engineering forces dominant. The revolutionaries control the sea, making inland assault via Panama unlikely. The Bogota government lacks funds and credit, while independence declarations risk scant follow through beyond replacing officials.
A Lincoln Nebraska man suffered severe burns to his back after his wife, attempting to bathe his back with liniment for a backache, mistakenly applied carbolic acid. She also burned her hands as she tried to wash off the chemical while a doctor treated them for two hours.
Sir Thomas Lipton will not visit St Louis this time. Seven year old Martin Husey died in St Louis city hospital from hydro phobia after a dog bite five weeks earlier. The fourteenth annual convention of the national association of letter carriers was convened August 29 in Syracuse New York. A tracer located a wrecked carload of bridge lumber bound for Norfolk Nebraska in a Minnesota ditch and another carload was ordered. Repairs to the battleship Massachusetts at Bar Harbor will cost forty two thousand dollars for injuries. General Robert Shaw Oliver of New York has begun duties as assistant secretary of war. E Ludendorf, secretary of the National Creamery association, told the Business Men's League of Sioux Falls that the October convention was abandoned, with plans for a large St Louis convention next year cited as the reason.
A colorful sketch captures fishermen speak and river scenes with quirky spellings and rhythmic lines. It paints a rustic portrait of anglers, gear, and pride in spending time by the water, laden with playful mispronunciations and local flavor.
A satirical piece critiques base slander and editor confrontations in journalism. It presents a fictional editor wielding a new suit as a metaphor for propaganda while denouncing the spread of class hatred and baseless accusations. The mock dialogue warns against careless publishing.
A fragmented item cites a quirky note on newspapering terms and a claim of a real thing seen in great cities. It mentions publishing a yellow newspaper, critics for preachers, and a magazine writer with no diploma, hinting at a past hope of becoming its exponent.
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