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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
6
Two newborns in a New York widow’s family showed identical shoulder mole markings, prompting a baby mix up tied to a $64,000 will benefit. Lawyers seek to determine the rightful heir as the estate plans distribute among sons.
A Boston-born resident living in Paris explains that French duelists use toy pistol sized revolvers with tiny bullets about bird shot. He notes peppering a participant would rarely cause serious harm.
William Marks, long treated as hopeless with kidney disease, reportedly improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Local druggist L F Giles recommended the remedy, and doctors and neighbors call the recovery miraculous and a potential cure for severe kidney ailments.
A weekly column quotes a Young People plea calling for earnest behavior to give words weight in society. It stresses that sincerity must be shown through daily actions rather than lip service.
A golf firm claims it processed $80,000 worth of eggs during March. Garfield Tea is advertised as purifying blood and curing stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders. Hope hosts Saturday night band concerts noting the passing of joints. A refund of 10c is offered for every package of PUTNAM FACELESS DYSS that fails satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co. of Unionville, Missouri is mentioned. A wife either makes or breaks a...
Report from Uromi West Africa says a punitive expedition led by Major Heneker with 250 men, which seized a town northeast of Berlin City, was attacked by natives gathering from across the region. Casualties reached thirty two. Lieutenant Carstairs of the Canadian militia was slightly wounded, the only white officer hurt.
Cardinal elect Martenelli has received from a papal guard member the consistorial letter announcing his elevation to cardinalate and the red ruchetta. The brief ceremony at the papal legation was conducted in the presence of church dignitaries.
Assistant Secretary Spalding wrote to the secretary of state asking for Lord Pauncefote to obtain a formal explanation from the Canadiana government about the April 3 seizure at Nanaimo of the barge Ajax. The barge, linked to a Seattle firm, had entered Canadian waters to raise the wrecked steamer Williamette, alleged to violate Canadian law.
The Hall and Munson lumber plant at Bay Mills near Sault Ste Marie Michigan burned partly. The town faced danger as two Soo departments rushed to the scene on a special train. Loss estimated around 75000 dollars, insured.
Dispatch from Constantinople reports fifteen dead after the cupola of the Greek church at Kliszura Alabama collapsed. Officials suspect Bulgarian involvement in the catastrophe. Car ferries tied up in Frankfort Kentucky as a strike by forty coal passers prompts demand for higher pay from $1 to $1.50 daily.
A blaze swept the six story Ri vera house at the corner of Michigan and North Clark streets in Chicago. The fire was of short duration but caused a lively panic with many guests rushing out in night attire.
Dave Burton of Owensboro Kentucky killed his wife and then took his own life in Rumsey Meheas County following domestic trouble. The incident ended in a fatal domestic tragedy with both lives lost.
While John Regan of Abilene Texas exercised his hounds a rabbit ran to a tennis court and dodged a wire screen. The dogs crashed into the screen, killing one hound valued at 350 dollars and injuring several others. Brer Rabbit escaped.
A New York Tribune item notes a man in a residence district invited neighbors to a dinner and whist at the Lenox on Tuesday at 7 30, with the line in case of fire meet there. The note reflects recent fires in the area and the social response to them.
Summer ceremony in Winchester marks the first year of the new century with royal approval. A colossal plaster statue by Mama Thornycroft, R. A. will be cast in bronze and placed as a central memorial. The base will use two granite monoliths weighing forty and thirty five tons respectively.
The order for Dodd's Kidney Pills shows Icelandic addresses like Sigridur Jonsdottir and Reykholasveit as recipients. The parcel would travel from Buffalo to New York then London and Greenland to land near the Arctic edge, illustrating US goods reaching the far corners of the earth. Also noted is a Coolidge man who prepaids a subscription to the Enterprise up to 1941.
Public notice lists free homes for 100000 people across Kiowa Comanche and Wichita lands. Also offers sectional maps and guide books with directions via postpaid orders to Fred L Wenner Guthrie Okla. Contains unrelated ad copy for Geneva Tablets and Rigg's Pharmacy.
Alma plans a new electric light plant to be in sight by the next new moon, signaling progress on local infrastructure. The project aims to improve street lighting and public utilities in the town.
An advertisement sells a tonic claiming to cure baldness and praising its hair regrowth effects. The copy urges readers to send no money unless cured and mentions a proposed price of 6.3 for the cure.
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