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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
6
Phrases Compare Vassar Student Courage to Plane Fear
A wry note contrasts a Vassar student’s fearlessness with an airplane’s behavior, saying a plane does not resemble a mouse and highlighting humorous lightness in attitudes toward flight.
Chicago seen as venue for world brewers' congress
The piece notes Chicago as a favorable site for the world brewers' congress due to torn up streets boosting hop industry. It quotes a woman writer contrasting cosmetic work to house decoration and remarks about watering lawns and on second floor faucets muttering dry lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Heaven on baseball as the fan’s religion
The preacher finds heaven through baseball, a most conservative view where victory by the home team elevates the sport to a fan’s heaven. The quote frames baseball as a sacred impulse, linking faith and sport in a compact cultural vignette.
New Highball Sold in New York at $1.20
Report notes a new highball priced at 1.20 dollars is being sold in New York. The piece adds that several sons of Pittsburg millionaires are spending the summer in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
No safe way to fall out of an aeroplane
The Toledo Blade notes a quip that there is no safe method to fall from an aircraft, comparing it with the impractical notion of falling from a bed for humorous effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Toledo Blade
Aviatora Bomb Practice Near Garden City Vessels
Aviatora prepare to drop dummy bombs on mock war vessels off Garden City New Jersey as part of training. The exercise seeks to demonstrate air power and readiness while avoiding real combat scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
N. J
Enterprising claims of Japanese airships threaten Pacific shores
A gaudy, fragmentary note claims Japan plans devastating airship raids in the Pacific while unrelated items mention a woman injuring her leg, sobering moral rules, July rainfall shortfalls, health maxims, and a Denver dentists convention on kissing.
Fall of afty feet kills worker at institute site
Omaha reports William Meek fell fifty feet from the new assembly room at the Geaf and dumb institute while wiring stone in place. He died instantly. a coroner's inquest will follow. No blame assigned to contractors or fellow workers. Similar notes cover missions, bank demolitions, road plans, market gluts, and civil service exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Wiliam Meek
New
Geaf and Dumb ‘Institute
Meek
Impany
Beatrice
Humboldt
Treeis
Bryan
Roscoe Barton
Avoca
Harry Graunke
Calvary Evangelical Church
Lincoln
Bacyrus
Ohio
United States Civil Service Commission
Grand Island
Norfolk
North
Platte
Omaha
Made
Indian Service
United States
Civil ‘Service Commission
Signal Service
Beatrice Plans Eulogy for N K Griggs in Gage Court
In Beatrice Nebraska in district court Judge L M Pemberton set Friday September 30 as the date for eulogies honoring N K Griggs the oldest member of the Gage county bar who died Saturday at Alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Beatrice
L. M. Pemberton
N. K. Griggs
Gage County
Gaturday
Alliance
Airship Demolished At Lincoln Fair Grounds
Archie Horsey of Lincoln Nebraska was injured when a Wright aeroplane collapsed during its second flight at the fair grounds. The machine was destroyed in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Archie
Wright
Beatrice Girl Nann Aspinwall Heads East on Horseback
Miss Nann Aspinwall known as the lariat girl left San Francisco Wednesday for New York on horseback. A Gage county young lady she resided and studied at Liberty for years and will visit her old home while traveling east with relatives living there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Nann - Aspinwall
San Francisco
New York
Gage- County
Liberty
Walter Slaughter named Plymouth schools principal at Fairbury
Walter Slaughter accepts the principalship of the Plymouth schools in Fairbury while Martin Luther College at Sterling opens with good attendance. Earl Devore of Buffington Indiana elected principal of Beatrice school. James Elberte, recently murdered at Maitland Missouri, formerly lived in Hastings. Farmers near Hastings protest hunters careless work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Slaughter
Plymouth
Fairbury
Martin Luther College
Sterling
Earl Devore
Buffington
Ind
Beatrice
James Elberte
Maitland
Hastings
Charlies Beschier
Ben Beschier
Broken Bow
Pickrell
Alvin Gramitch
Papilli
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kas
Lindon
Murdock
Er. E. Betzer
Blue Valley Blade
Seward
Milford Monitor
Whedon Congratulates La Follette on Wisconsin Victory
Insurgent candidate FEF Co. O Whedon sends a telegram to Senator Robert La Follette praising his Wisconsin primary win and progressive Republican cause. I H Putnam of Cuba writes Labor Commissioner Maupin about finding a coal vein in Rock County and signals further search with Professor Condra to follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. O. Whedon
United States
Nebraska
Robert “la Follette
la Follette
Wisconsin
Robert M. ‘la Follette
Madison
Wis
I. H. Putnam
Cuba
Rock County
Maupin
I Rock County
Condra
The
State University
State fair exudes top agricultural display in Nebraska
Secretary Mellor praised the Nebraska fair after inspecting the exhibits. He called the event the best in the world and the finest display of agricultural resources in the state, marking a climactic year for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellor
Nebraska
Robbins to study music in Berlin with brother in Hamburg
Edith L. Robbins former director of music at Kearney state normal heads to Berlin to study piano. She plans to meet her brother Robbins in Hamburg where he has studied piano for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith L. Robbins
The
Kearney State Normal
Berlin
4 Robbins
Hamburg
Lands in Democratic Camp in Maine Vote Upset
Three of four Maine Congressmen likely won by Republicans may shift control of the legislature to Democrats. Plaisted leads for governor with about 8,500 votes, but many districts remain uncounted in Aroostook and coastal areas. Frederick W. Plaisted, Democrat, defeated Republicans in Portland. Governor elects are uncertain as Senate leans Democratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Frederick W Pinte
Ted Ot
Augusta
Senate
Aroostook County
Death of Philadelphia Cartoonist Scanlon Ended Naturally
John Ex Scanlon a Philadelphia cartoonist was found dead in his studio and coroner ruled natural causes. He worked alone in his city studio writing drawings verse and stories sold to publications. His sister had believed Walt Mason might be the author of his cards. Scanlon was not located in Ewporia Kansas at time of inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
Mason
Philadelphia
John
Scanlon
Walt Mason
Ew Poria, Kan
Firefighting Efforts Endure Twelve Days on California
The French freighter and passenger steamer California arrived from New York burning in her hold after a twelve day blaze. Crew exhausted, they requested city firemen to flood the vessel to save part of the cargo. The California carried sixteen passengers and is owned by Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique. She sailed from New York for Havre on the 27 with a load of merchan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harre
Freteht
California
New York
Compagnie Generale trans-Atlantique
Havre
Stop Burying at Sea Movement Rises in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a campaign urges steamship lines to stop burying bodies at sea. After the death of Rev. William McLoughlin on a liner, a telegram requesting landfall for the body was ignored and the body was consigned to the waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William McLoughlin
Stork to Be the Emblem in Tulsa Birth Notes
Official recognition in Tulsa County acknowledges stork as emblem of birth, reflecting long standing birth rate trends since statehood and the community’s regard for the bird as a symbol of new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Ten Packers Indicted In Federal Conspiracy Probe
Chicago report says a federal grand jury indicted ten high officials from Swift Armour and Morris packers. Three indictments allege combination conspiracy and other charges as the probe widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago Packers
Swift, Armour and Morris
Baltimore Observes Defenders Day in 196th Anniversary
Baltimore preserves Old Defenders Day honoring the 196th anniversary of the Battle of North Point. Marylanders repulsed a British attack during the historic engagement, reflecting long-standing local custom.
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Baltimore
North Point
Ely hold up clash at gambling resort leaves injuries
A pitched battle at a gambling resort in Ely Nevada between employees and five raiders resulted in one man shot and two others seriously hurt. The confrontation disrupted the resort as police and emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Reno
Nev
Ely
Rebbers
Worth Remembering and a Delegate’s Tale at the Concession
The fragment references a New York business men’s congress and a delegate who earned money not from gambling but through other means. It hints at a tip for the colored brother and mentions doors and a proprietor’s presence. The tone suggests a newspaper sketch or humor piece from a past era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The Evil We Love and Drive to Keep
A line attributed to George Eliot reflecting on the paradox of attachment to wrongdoing. The quote notes that people cling to evil they enjoy and resist efforts to escape its grip.
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George Eliot
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