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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
4
The Diller Record lists its post office as Diller Neb and notes publication Fridays with office in EB L Loock building. Subscriptions are one year six months three months in advance. The paper is mailed to subscribers until ordered discontinued and all arrears paid. Advertising rates are six cents per line.
Reports note seventy ships pulled from Port Arthur harbor with digging still yielding decent results. Various items follow in this wide ranging column: from food anecdotes and tobacco history to political notes, law changes, and a name change case in Memphis.
The article portrays Chauncey M. Depew earning well beyond his senator’s salary. It states he chaired the New York Central board, served as director at fifty four companies earning 25 to 50 dollars per board meeting, and received 200 to 400 dollars in cash as trustee dues.
An article notes how Dogger Bank was once part of a land bridge in a vast European plain and how its submerged shores now yield ancient bones and teeth with each trawl, indicating a rich antediluvian fauna entombed when the island vanished.
A Houston Post feature quotes a renowned local dog fancier and huntsman on canine honesty. He argues dogs cannot harbor dual emotions, showing pleasure only by tail wagging and never deceiving their masters. He contrasts dog emotions with human politics.
University of Michigan study presents an instrument to graphically record pulse rate during activity. It shows the pulse rises almost immediately with muscular effort, with three stages: initial rise, sustained acceleration, and secondary rise, followed by similar decreases after work ends. Speed and resistance influence rate, with speed being more impactful.
A Kansas City banker and numismatist tells the Journal that the 1804 silver dollar is the rarest and most valuable, with only six known. Prices range from 1000 to 2500 dollars for that date. 1794 dollars fetch 50 to 100 dollars, and 1851 1852 1858 patterns and 1838 1839 pattern dollars are sought after as well.
Paris reforms Napoleonic code to require mutual love in marriage. Article 212 will read Husband and wife owe to one another mutual love faithfulness help and assistance. The reform also clips the obedience clause from article 213, signaling equal rights and the removal of the word obey for wives.
Madrid reports King Alfonso places bullfighting under a Sabbath labor exemption. The edict aligns toreros with semi sacred drama performers, deeming them artists. Officials note bullfighters do not labor on six days, fitting the law and God in practice.
London reports the death of Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper the seventh Earl Cowper former lord lieutenant of Ireland from 1880 to 1882. With no heir the earldom becomes extinct and the baronies pass to his nephew Auberon Thomas Herbert along with provisions for his sister and other relatives. In a separate note Governor Edward C Stokes of New Jersey recounted a dining mishap when he forgot his pocketbook and claimed he would settle it upon his next visit, prompting a cashier to challenge his authority with a wry joke.
Sunday services held every Lord's Day with morning and evening preaching. Communion observed weekly. Sunday School at 10 o'clock each Sunday. Prayer meeting held in the evenings.
The Methodist Episcopal Church lists preaching every alternate Sunday with morning and evening services. Sunday School begins at 10, prayer meeting each evening, and Ladies' Aid Society meets every two weeks in the afternoon. Pastor Mank Mills.
A compact directory lists lodge numbers and meeting times for Masonic and affiliated groups. It notes visiting brethren are welcomed at Ae F A near Lodge 20, O. B. S No. 1, Camp Diller, Modern Woodmen, Pleasant Lodge 5 and others with meetings on second and fourth Saturdays or Wednesdays at Masonic halls or Maronite Hall, inviting members to attend.
A historical note states illiteracy per thousand: Germany seven, England eighty three, France forty six, Belgium one hundred one, with Italy not completed in the fragment. The figures reflect early 20th century literacy comparisons.
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