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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
4
A 1915 note urges North Dakota to grow by promoting immigration. The plan allocates 60,000 dollars over two years and asks rural newspapers to have readers write to old friends and relatives in older states and Europe about farm life benefits. The piece argues prosperous communities should spread the message to attract settlers.
The Nebraska supreme court upheld the statute barring sale of food packages containing gifts or premiums. The Lincoln case involved charges of misbranding food packages with toys or coupons and extends to coupons used in flour and other goods. The decision reinforces the gift ban in food packaging.
The royal decree in Russia halts the liquor trade, seen as an extraordinary success. The piece notes England weighs a wartime prohibition inspired by Russia's apparent magical outcomes, contrasting with American laws failing to curb alcohol.
Greater Omaha now includes South Omaha Florence Benson and Dundee. It has an estimated population of 213 012 and spans 34 square miles with a bonded indebtedness of 16 996 289 35 dollars. The city extends eleven miles in length and four miles in breadth with 976 37 acres of park land.
Nations seeking loans in this country should sign a peace bond in addition to a promissory note. The proposal links debt access to a formal peace bond as part of financial guarantees.
A dated fragment notes robin sightings and sparrow references in a local mood piece. The text hints at informal joy and seasonal change without providing concrete events or names.
A reflective poem urging friends to show kindness and appreciation while alive rather than praise after death. The speaker prefers flowers in life and a knock at death over posthumous notices or flattering obituaries.
Excerpts recount Victor Hugo's Belgium visit after the Franco Prussian War. Night scenes near Liege include fiery furnaces lighting the valley and a jungle of smoke and flame. He contrasts industrial fires with warlike devastation and notes Bible knowledge fading in later generations.
The article describes morra as an ancient, economical game played with two hands and finger counts. Players guess sums, scoring by folding a finger when guess is correct, needing nine correct calls to win. It notes illicit appeal in public, with rowdy crowds and wine, likening it to ancient Nile origins.
In Baltimore, residents joke that the corner apothecary is a poet, comparing poetry to a drug in the market. The quip hints at a local curiosity about shops and literary wit in the city’s trade scene.
Quote attributed to John Stuart Mill states that a state's value over time equals the value of its contributing individuals, emphasizing collective citizen worth as foundational to national strength and progress.
A high school inquiry explores what constitutes literary style. Quotations from Fox and Abbott suggest style should blend with content so it remains unobtrusive. The piece compares style to clothing and a well furnished room whose details do not call attention.
In La Roquette prison a naval lieutenant explains a grisly method used on communists. If the skin shows a chassepot rifle mark after the trial the court says classe and the man is shot. if not, passe and he is freed. One hundred fifty were shot at daybreak.
A brief note explains that the word racket comes from the French raquette meaning the palm of the band. The term predates the modern racket and was used for the game before the racket was invented.
Cattle receipts totaled about 3 200 head with prices generally 15 25c higher than last Wednesday and Thursday. hogs 13 500 arrived with steady then 10c lower prices. sheep and lambs receipts 4 500 with lambs up to 10.30 and ewes to 8.10.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes Chelsea hospital burials of Hannah Snell and Christina Davis, both women who posed as soldiers in Britain. Phoebe Hessel, also an Englishwoman who fought at Fontenoy, lived to 108 in Brighton. Dr. James Barry, a famed medical corps member, served at Waterloo and Crimea and became inspector general before gender was known.
A Wisconsin State Journal piece quotes a frightened tramp who admits to robbing a man after he refused aid. He explains the act arose from hunger and gnawing stomach pain, revealing the sole illegitimate haul was a bottle labeled Pepsin for that full feeling after eating.
A carpenter tests inserting eight screws into hardwood by pushing first into a lump of soap. The soap eases entry and prevents jamming, claiming soap outperforms wood in absorption and helps the screw bite.
The St Louis Post Dispatch quotes a person asserting resilience against disability with the line The real man rises above his hand cap and the reply rise before mine, highlighting a dialogue about independence and daily routines.
A Boston Transcript quotation asserts the saying that one reaps what is sown in spiritual seeds with a farmer’s patience. The piece notes that seeds sown in life will yield harvests in faith and conduct.
In this brief skit a husband urges frugality while the wife dismisses it with wit, arguing they will curb spending eventually but choosing to delay the change. The exchange captures a domestic humor tone from a Boston Transcript listing.
A report in La Scienza per Tutti describes Ugo Tartaglini’s experiment showing a fireman with a hose can stand several feet from a charged trolley wire without severe shock. Measurements at varying distances from the live wire recorded voltages up to 210 volts, while alternating currents showed no current in the water stream though a minor shock occurred if touched.
The Manchester Guardian notes that Ypres evokes death in Dutch and Flemish speech, a phrase dating to 1349 plague times. Ypres is described as one of Flanders' dead cities, more lifeless than Bruges la morte, a contrast noted by writers and artists.
The match making process uses a sequence of ingenious machines that must operate with high precision. A single dipping machine can produce about 600,000 square matches per hour. A green log is processed into matches and packed for shipment in under two hours.
A brief dialogue at the table features Mrs Brown prompting thanks from Johnnie and noting his sister's habit of having the last word. The child replies that she is a woman who always wants control in the conversation.
A Westminster Gazette humor item quotes a gentleman telling a neighbor he will buy a raven to test the claim that the birds live three centuries, a facetious reflection on long life.
Dialogue fragment shows a daughter accusing her father George of hindering their marriage. She asserts he plans to prevent the union, while a companion reacts with resignation at his manipulation. The exchange hints at family conflict and romantic obstruction.
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