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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
7
Porter Emerson Browne recounts Hicks from Hackensack chasing Hortense Stuyvesant-West in a comic elopement tale. Hicks, famed for reckless cars and antics, accompanies Anatole the mechanic as Hortense weds Hastings,02 while Hicks ends up sidelined, astonished on the curb beside a rattly depot carriage.
At a depot Hicks, Hortense, and Jack Hastings collide over a supposed elopement. Hortense admits she meant Jack and herself not Hicks. Hicks laments the turn while Monty and the narrator sigh over the outcome and drive Hicks away in the tank wagon car.
The article notes that during a four month wet season Congo State authorities suspend elephant work and release them to forests. The domesticated elephants avoid joining wild peers, recognizing training. On return they resume duties without reluctance, while their presence can attract older wild elephants but they remain unsuitable as recruits.
A renowned violinist and violin maker claims an electrical device can mimic 50 years of bowing in 30 days, supposedly replicating the tone quality aging provides. Popular Mechanics reports the theory hinges on vibration rather than age to explain a superior sound.
Cardinal Mazarin, regent minister during Louis XIV's minority, was told he had two months to live. In his nightcap he wandered his gallery in his dressing gown, pointing to his Correggio, his Venus of Urbino, and Deluge of Cel, exclaiming he could not quit the pictures he loved and that cost him dearly.
Dr Alexander Schaefer reports eyeball size as the key to vision acuteness across animals. Bovine eyes top vision, followed by humans and horses, then sheep. Small-eyed species, including birds and reptiles, show poor sight. owls and buzzards are notable for sharp vision. dogs rarely recognize their owner by sight alone.
The era saw a rapid rise in harness using animals with numbers increasing by over 8 237 000 across the United States in the past eight years according to the report.
A guide on economical baking versus roasting with methods to cook cuts like middle ribs sirloin and flank, with recipes using cold roast beef, beef tongue, and fillet of mutton. Includes tips on oven heat, cooking times, and serving ideas such as toad in the hole and beans with gravy.
Lena V of Norristown Georgia writes that after fearing surgery she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and quickly improved. The letter praises the product as a standard female remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related ailments and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A Philadelphia public school girl dislikes geography though progressing in studies. After a teacher’s note to her mother, the girl explains her mother and aunt both avoided geography through marriage, and the teacher herself would not marry.
A brief aphorism notes that a man may be religious without belonging to a church though the tendency remains that many do not. The passage explores faith as a private matter vs communal worship.
Instructions for creating silk folds using newspaper as a pattern. Cut paper to desired fold dimensions, pin to silk on a wide bin, fold edges inward, baste, press from the wrong side with a not too hot iron, remove paper, and the fold is ready to stitch.
A French woman uses chicory greens not tender enough for salads by boiling until tender, pressing through a sieve, then making a sauce with butter flour and rich milk or cream. She folds in the chicory and heats to simmer. Spinach or celery suit the same method.
Reading by poor light strains the eyes and nerves. A lamp gives steady light with care. Clean and fill the lamp, then place a small lump of camphor in the oil vessel to brighten the flame. If camphor is unavailable, add a few drops of vinegar occasionally.
A wealthy young woman chronicle on nervous dyspepsia and paid treatments. She details spending 300 on tonics and pastry related indigestion before trying Grape-Nuts. After one week she gained four pounds and felt a dramatic health improvement, urging others to try the cereal.
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