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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows a post office transmission notice for Diller Nebraska, Room No 2 Leech 8 Block, with garbled stamps and mail matter classification. Names and precise details are unreadable.
A report states the American flag would be hoisted over Hawaii and a protectorate declared if trouble arises. It claims farmers prospered without silver trust aid, and cites A U W Nebraska membership at 20,818 as of July data with total order membership at 369,635.
County treasurer and clerk candidates announce to the Republican county convention in Reynolds and Albany Nebraska. Market prices show gold on a basis in Alaska with wheat at 88 cents, oats seven, corn ten, hogs forty, cattle fifty, butter and eggs high. A moonshiner pleads for clemency, and Dingley law effects cited amid silvervalue decline since 1896, with Bryan 1900 campaign extrapolated.
The snippet records local opinions on the Wilson law and political factions, notes Richardson county’s 43 farmers with over 1000 acres each, announces Beatrice conventions for silver democrats and populists on August 28, and Norfolk school convention dates September 7-9 1897. It cites July 1897 rainfall 5.89 inches vs 6.47 a year ago and mentions McKinley administration credit with bonds selling at 126.
A garbled clipping cites a Carroll County Missouri figure and a five year old animal of unusual size, while railing about tariff policy and trusts. The text blends biblical imagery with political critique, noting the Wilson tariff era as a benchmark and referencing local orators and a misplaced claim about tariff effects.
An OCR fragment lists prices for clothing and supplies with inconsistent figures, then shifts to a St Louis convention’s civil service platform. It notes the Republican stance on civil service and President McKinley’s reception of the platform, mentioning seven million supporters and a recent civil service order prohibiting arbitrary removals.
A St Louis man in hospital after lung perforation tells police his wife shot him upon learning of his affair. He quips she must have loved him deeply. A Chicago writer condemns fashionable marriage, preferring a dugout life with a true partner and children over a chic city marriage with a poodle for a child.
Oakland NL adopts a plan to issue meal tickets to tramps. Each residence receives a set number of tickets and the city marshal may assign work as needed. A Lexington paper reports a justice of the peace in Cass County facing a jury instruction dilemma.
A vivid, period style survey notes social norms in Mexico including barbers in linen dusters, duplicate bank drafts, sidewalks for loads, indorsing checks, drivers urging horses, free parks and music, nighttime lights, rent balconies, house sweeping, and strict hat etiquette for servants. It mentions police detentions for suspicious bundles and declarations at the station.
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