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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
6
The London Times praises British bred animals noting soil grants a stronger fiber and enduring stamp of excellence across horses cattle sheep and pigs compared with same breeds elsewhere in the world.
Prof. David Todd, surveying atop the Andes, tested life support in a six by six foot iron tank. Air was pumped in to sea level density, inside a lighted compartment linked by telephone to the outside world, illustrating endurance in rarefied air.
Henry Twele a three and a half year old from Greenock near McKeesport is described as the county and perhaps state’s youngest tobacco user. He has smoked for over a year and cries unless given a pipe or stogie daily. Milk and medicine are rejected and he soon falls asleep after smoking.
The article explains two textile design terms. Conventional design avoids exact nature copying and hints at floral forms with device or shape and any color. Natural design aims to mirror the actual color and appearance of leaves blossoms and stems.
In Staffordshire England Albert Cotton aged 24 was killed when Enoch Goodwin climbed a ladder to the top of a large firing oven at Tunstall and fell, landing on Cotton and killing him instantly.
Thousands of acres of rich dark loam soil with clay subsoil on the new Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway line in Fergus County Montana. Deeded lands from $7 per acre, first year crop income quoted to cover cost. Excursions for homeseekers on the first and third Tuesday monthly. WOODS INVESTMENT Co. Agents, Lincoln Nebraska.
Allie Bowen, determined to pursue independence and world betterment, clashes with lover Robert Hobson. After his Colorado mining trek, a Cripple Creek fire endangers him, sparking a poignant moment as a shocked Allie faces possible loss.
Allie insists on leaving for Col orado with Henrietta. They travel by Pullman and stage through Manitou to Cripple Creek, where Allie collapses before meeting Bob Hobson in a ruined town. He vows to marry and travel to the Philippines after she serves as nurse.
A bartender recounts a regular non drinker who crafts a private tobacco infused cocktail. The man fills a tin box with his drink, tobacco soaks it up, and he returns at night to reclaim the box. The barkeeper notes the process lacks cherries and that the bartender adjusts the mix carefully.
The piece surveys baronets and their storied lineages from Burton-on-Trent to Tamworth and Whitby. It notes Sir Walter Tyrell’s descent from the archer who felled William II and recalls Sir Harry Goring, a tobacconist baronet, along with the lineage claims of John Lawson and Sir Thomas Echlin, the latter a Royal Irish Constabulary veteran and seventh holder since 1721.
In a London Chronicle note the author recalls 183 men who dined with Lord Roberts at Peshawar on New Year’s Day 13 years before and, despite trials from the Indian mutiny, all were alive eleven years later. Lord Roberts remains alive.
The piece recalls Queen Amelie shielding loved ones and entering the council chamber after Lisbon's royal tragedy. It notes Lord Ripon's tribute in the British House of Lords and cites French birth as context for her courage inspiring nations.
The Sydney Morning Gerald warns that Asiatic exclusion is a life and death issue for a small white community within jumping off distance of the teeming Orient. The piece portrays racial alarm and calls for strict immigration limits.
The Well-Informed demand a simple pleasant efficient laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, noted for wholesome gentle prompt action. Buy genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co. at fifty cents a bottle through leading druggists.
The excerpt describes Ginger Magonnigle rescuing his date from other men at the East Side Gentlemen's Sons Terpethorean Co ball. His calm, probing question cuts through the crowd as dancers pause during a fourth waltz. Sociologist Snodgrass notes the moment as eloquent despite four words.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri reports twelve to fifteen years of itching skin cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After grippe and pneumonia left leg swelling and breakout, three uses of Cuticura remedies ended the ailment. May 13 1907.
In a Darktown school a teacher asks about the Great Divide. Little Rastus answers with a grin that he is “cutting a big watermelon,” showing his white teeth as a punchline.
Notice shows Frank J. Cheney and company oath from Toledo Ohio dated December 6 1886 offering one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Cheney Co Catarrh Cure described as acting on blood and system surfaces and promising testimonials Sold by all.
A fragmentary item notes a widow believing her husband speaks through knocking with a quip about John as the biggest knocker across seven states. The text includes garbled phrases and stray names, suggesting a column teaser on curious anecdotes from séances and odd quotes.
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