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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
6
Collier's Weekly questions if temporary insanity excuses murder and whether legal systems will evolve beyond crude lines of responsibility. It notes a bill allowing indigent killers to hire medical experts at state expense and asks if current methods will seem barbaric in a century.
The sun’s heat output varies seasonally, with differences up to about one sixth, influencing cooler summers and warmer winters. Rene Bache notes this in Reader Magazine, while officials study sun activity at Mount Whitney Observatory to forecast meteorological conditions months in advance.
In a single salvo eight of ten 12-inch guns on the Dreadnought discharged with a force that shook a 400000-ton vessel. An 18500-ton auxiliary skidded and listed as recoil spread. Each 850 pound shell used 265 pounds of cordite and reached 2000 miles per hour muzzle velocity. If combined and fired at atmospheric height the shell would circle the earth as a satellite.
In Fort Dodge Iowa a municipal ordinance fines singles. A magistrate wed 33 couples in two days to dodge the penalties. The piece notes doubts about constitutional validity but highlights the mass marriages as a reaction to the law.
In many French towns a wreath of roses honors a young woman for kindness virtue and industry. St. Cloud near Paris adds a prize funded by a generous citizen providing 120 dollars yearly to the winner of the rose wreath contest.
James Ford Rhodes, once a leading Cleveland iron and steel manufacturer, left a thriving business to devote himself to historical research and literary work in Washington.
A Wesleyan chapel novelty hid a marriage certificate inside a wedding cake slice. The finder of the slice can marry free of charge within 12 months, with Reverend J Bennetts officiating, at the Spring side attraction in Rawtenstall England.
An old periodical extols a home tonic called Blood-Cleaning Time with a recipe using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Doses are one teaspoon after meals and at night, claimed to clear skin sores and aid rheumatism catarrh and kidney issues after winter.
Raymond Hitchcock, in New Orleans after a race day, is tapped by a stranger who claims hard luck and asks for car fare. The comedian assists briefly, then walks away and leaves the scammer to seek his Vancouver home.
Roosevelt avenue veteran B Frank Doremus of Indianapolis recounts a severe nine year struggle with headaches dizziness sleeplessness dropsy and kidney pain. After using Doans Kidney Pills the swelling subsided urine normalized and pains disappeared. He has remained well for nine years.
A Wabaunsee Tribune item reports an Ohio man near death from henpecking induced blood poisoning, noting the quirkiness of the claim and that many Eskridge men are henpecked repeatedly without actual poisoning occurring.
In a conversation a remark about Markley reveals tension as Goodart defends him while Popley describes a scene with molasses candy and children on Markley’s lap. An unrelated old ad for Allen's Foot-Ease follows, touting its benefits and a free trial offer.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Defiance Starch as economical and efficient, alongside health ads for Garfields Tea and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It also mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigars and various quotable maxims about life and conduct, all from a period ad page.
A Rock House writer in North Devon shares a long term coffee health problem and praises Postum Food Coffee as a remedy. After switching, indigestion, heartburn, and restlessness disappeared within a week and sleep became restful, with the family finding it refreshing and flavorful when properly prepared.
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