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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1904
Page
4
Diller Record news roundups by Frank T. Peance discuss the 1904 election voter projections, U.S. mint coin output, suffrage moves for women, New York old home week, Depew's claim on a few powerful financiers, Missouri political strife, and a quip on unconventional appropriations. Includes observations on banking site value and New Haven thefts.
A Prof. Metchinkoff claims sour milk and hot butter milk are life restoring elixirs. He says sour milk contains a Japanese bacillus that battles Russian microbes in the body. The idea likens the effects to winning a siege at Port Arthur and securing lasting health.
A Michigan potato grower urges washing potatoes after harvest to prevent rot during storage. Potatoes are hauled to a washing area, sprayed with a hose, thoroughly cleaned in about ten minutes, then dried and packed in crates. Cleaner tubers store longer, he notes.
A Louisville missionary, Miss Frederica Straeffer, near Seoul, uses a twofold Japanese censorship system. Letters pass through strict inspection, are resealed, and marked with meaningless codes before crossing the water, often arriving two months late.
Yonkers Statesman reports a humorous exchange about a man who slept with wedding cake under his pillow and dreamed of eight different brides. He plans to move to Salt Lake City, reflecting on polygamous fantasies.
William Canon of Edwardsville Illinois aged 75 drove thirty miles to wed 68 year old Mrs Susan Piper. The bride brought thirteen children to the marriage in a small town ceremony.
The advertisement touts Cole's Hot Blast as guaranteeing heat for 86 hours with soft or hard coal without attention. It claims rooms stay warm two hours in the morning with coal loaded the night before, and notes air tight design with a smokeless feed door. It highlights dustless ash remover preventing dust or ashes on the floor.
A vast mix of notes reports potatoes, acreage gains, Rock Island arsenal payrolls, and rising costs. Thomas Harte of Leads workhouse is claimed oldest man at 138, while Australian eight hour workers push for six hours. Autolanguage coin terms and Dooley reference fill the rest.
Nebraska Jefferson county probate notice for Paul Kiskall estate. Petition by Barbara Gerner and Conrad Kyea seeks probate of the Sept 14 1904 will. Hearing set Oct 1 1904 at 9 a m. executor John Timm appointed. notices to interested parties and publication in local paper for three weeks.
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