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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
3
Henry Alberts a 67 year old retired farmer in Humboldt was severely injured when a driving horse trampled him while he was hitching the animal. He suffered multiple chest injuries and broken ribs with bruises. doctors fear for his life as neighbors aid at the house.
An elderly resident, Wilber Ignatz Cecha, 67, was struck and cut in two by a loose freight car near a Wilkes town crossing while crossing a sidetrack. Rain and an upraised umbrella hid the danger. He belonged to the Bohemian Benevolent Order S P S and leaves a widow and two adult sons.
Claude Ellis Union Pacific switchman and night foreman was crushed between two cars while uncoupling them from an incoming Old line branch train. He died five hours later at St Francis hospital. Ellis, a widower with a six year old child, worked to free the signal and air hoses during the accident.
C. F. Clary a brakeman on Burlington freight train No. 76 was injured at Cullom when attempting to jump between box cars he fell and sprained both ankles severely leaving him unable to walk.
The text describes a plan to form a lumber company in Benedict to lower prices. Businessmen and farmers back the effort while supporters claim current lumber costs are high and a new yard could reduce them. The organizers believe they can win public support for the venture.
Bert Huff, threshing at John Huffman's east of Benedict, started a fire in the wheat stacks from the engine. Four stacks burned, the machine saved, two stacks already threshed totaling 200 bushels. Loss estimated at 400 bushels with no insurance.
A fire destroyed A T Connors large barn ten miles northwest of Valparaiso. Roy Connor twenty years old was burned to death and his body recovered from the ashes. A dispute with his father preceded the blaze and a notebook promising revenge was found. Connor had been in South Dakota and had returned home behaving oddly. The fire also claimed three horses.
Stanley Morrow aged thirty eight took his own life in Geneva by swallowing about three ounces of carbolic acid. He had been in poor health and despondent. He carried $2 009 life insurance with Modern Woodmen. lodge to conduct burial. Married with a widow, no children. Relatives reside at Gibbon Nebraska. He was a Spanish American soldier who served in the Philippines with Company G First Nebraska and returned in poor health.
A blaze destroyed William Reynolds blacksmith shop Sweasey’s livery stable Mrs Baldwin’s millinery and George Brox’s carpenter shop on Main Street Milford. Firefighters saved Sweazey’s barn and insured amounts were noted. Total loss estimated at 20000 with 2800 covered by insurance.
Walter Scott known as Scotty, famed Death Valley millionaire miner, caused a stir in Grand Island after arriving on the Los Angeles limited on August 31 bound for San Francisco. He missed the departing train, offered money for a special engine, clashed with Omaha officials, called Harriman cheap, and dismissed the engineer and fireman after tipping them with $20.
The mayor and city council of Beat rice decide to test a settling basin to provide wholesome city water. Dr. Floyd Davis of Des Moines recommended the plan after examining conditions. A small trial basin of lumber will be installed at the water plant for a thorough test of river water purification under all conditions.
John Clayton of Brownville was brought before the insanity board at Auburn and ordered returned to the asylum. Clayton had been an inmate but was released last December. Sheriff Rohrs transported him to Lincoln.
Grand Island Canning Company reports a bustling season for sweet corn with excellent crop quality. About three hundred workers are employed and the eight week campaign features new machinery boosting production.
North Dakota enacts a labeling law to curb paint frauds by allowing only pure white lead to bear the label pure white lead while mixtures can be sold without deception. The plan relies on consumers choosing knowingly, potentially inspiring calls to apply the principle to food and other goods.
Researchers estimate the moon's highest mountain at least 35000 feet tall, about 6000 feet higher than Earth’s Mount Everest, indicating a greater lunar elevation than previously thought.
Notice urging mothers to examine every CASTORTA bottle for infants and children ensure safety and proper use. Wording emphasizes safe remedy status and parental diligence in product inspection.
A reflection on human effort and its measure by the negative quantity of defect. The text cites Ruskin to argue that toil and commitment, rather than flashy feats, determine value in deeds and facts, emphasizing the costly toll of labor.
In a letter from Sa moa Robert Louis Stevenson’s mother reports locals discovering that Louis writes with The Bottle-Imp appearing in a native paper translated by Mr. C. The tale is liked but causes curious results as readers compare the house to theirs and suspect the bottle may be real.
A London Estates Gazette piece argues that the decline of rural industries like thatching and woodcraft is driving peasant owners from the land. It blames rural councils for pushing slate roofs and alternative materials, and notes cottagers can no longer burn wood as fireplaces aren’t built for it, forcing coal use.
A Midhwoman credits stopping coffee and starting Postum Food Coffee with ending years of bilious colic headaches catarrh and severe dyspepsia. She recounts near-death attacks and prayer for relief and endorses the product from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan referencing The Road to Wellville. There’s a reason.
The article argues that alum in baking powder is not injurious and is fully evaporated during baking. Cream of tartar is less volatile and leaves no harmful residue, while alum is considered wholesome and widely used by water systems. It asserts alum baking powder is cheaper and as pure as tartar-based powder.
Prominent chemist Sir James Dewar joins protests against London motor omnibuses and freight vans. He argues petrol combustion emits poisonous and injurious gases, worsening air quality with carbonic oxide and sulphurous fumes, and says science cannot make petrol burning harmless.
A Kansas reader, Claude N Johnson of Maple Grove Farm Walnut Kansas, credits Cuticura products with curing two years of itchy skin eruption after trying a doctor’s medicine. He followed the Cuticura booklet, used Soap Ointment and Pills, and saw relief from the first application. June 15, 1905.
The Times Democrat notes that while Central and South American troops were not generally steady in war, they could be tenacious in holding positions as shown in Caney. It cites Garcia's remark that Spaniards never attack and highlights their gallantry and stalwart traits when warranted.
A home formula uses sperm oil vinegar and oil bergamot for painted parts, and tripoli oil and lubricating oil with gasoline for polished brass. It notes medium priced cars suitable for country tours from brands Buseck Maxwell Mitchell Reo Knox Franklin or Queen priced $750 to $2,000.
A fig tree in the gardens of Raby Castle Durham has a branch spread of 20 to 24 feet. Brought from Italy in 1786 the plant is kept under glass.
A health advice note extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as best for nervous exhaustion during life's change they claim a woman may face. It cites a Chicago reader Mary L Koehne and praises free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
A humorous note from an old society column recalls a bride who pledged obedience to her groom yet risked not following through. The exchange highlights wedding customs and expectations in a bygone era.
Patent medicine advertisement proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease cures painful smarting nervous feet and growing nails. It claims to make new shoes feel easy and treats sweating feet. Sold by all druggists 25 cents plus a free trial package by A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Professor Edward Perkins Clarke, newly appointed principal of the Central New York institution of deaf mutes, began teaching the deaf as his life’s work because both his parents were deaf.
The Seattle chief of police orders all prize fighters trainers and others connected with boxing to leave the city or find respectable employment due to beliefs they bring criminals and undesirables in their wake.
Mrs. Nathaniel Field of St Albans Maine credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her severe anemia after other doctors failed. She describes pale symptoms gas stomach distress heart racing and neuralgia headaches improving within weeks and weight increasing from 120 to 154 pounds. The pills are advertised to make new blood and help rheumatism indigestion and weakness. price 50 cents a box or 2.50 for a dozen from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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