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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1905
Page
8
A vast iron mountain uncovered in Durango Mexico is said to be 2000 feet high and three quarters of a mile thick at the base. The government recently signed a runship contract with New York capitalists to develop the site and yield about 87 percent pure iron.
The article traces asparagus from Cratinus to Pliny and Cato, noting ancient esteem by Romans, references De re Rustica, and Pliny’s praise. It mentions a Ravenna soil claim weighing a Roman pound, equivalent to about 11 ounces, and discusses its southern origin and Mediterranean distribution with multiple varieties beyond edible spears.
Congressman William H. Jackson of Maryland urges calm, logical talk over emotional oratory. A listener recalls a tale of two suitors, noting the lawyer’s showy delivery did not win the girl, who chose plain persuasion over gesture and flair.
Rosemount stock farm near Millersville owned by Charles J. Buchanan spans 80 acres as a sister farm to Rosedale. Since 1900 he names all first year animals with A names and continues the scheme yearly, recalling ages by naming order. The farm showcases white fowls, white Percheron horses, and white Angora goats, with the Denmark saddle stallion Adam winning a title that year.
An 19th century note reports tears of a white person consist of water salt soda phosphate of soda and mucus while tears of an African show a phosphate of soda and trace ammonia. Eskimos and Finns are said to have very salty tears. microscopic patterns differ by race with fish bone shapes for Caucasians, a cross for Africans, and a bow for Eskimos.
Eskimos avidly reuse discarded items such as nails, broken tools, and empty tobacco cans. The text notes the careful habit of turning waste into usable articles, illustrating resourcefulness and frugality observed by readers of Worlds Work.
A farmer and a city resident discover two box tortoises sparring in a field. They clash heads but shield with shells, causing a loud bang before the bout ends and the onlookers return to their potato patch.
Mrs. Lena Osborn, chairwoman of the Social and Mutual Advancement Association of the Blind in Chicago, touts blind women's potential for happy, capable domestic life. She notes blind wives can cook sew write from memory and observe keenly, arguing the life of a blind person is not the common misery perceived.
Glasgow address to the sanitary congress reports Prof Thomas Oliver citing the rushing system of work from America as unwholesome fatigue and a source of accidents. He says it predisposes to ill health and fosters a taste for stimulants unhealthy recreation and excitement from theaters and musical halls.
Devon church Thorverton was used as a whisky storehouse following a blaze at the village inn. The stolen spirits were placed in the church during the incident and later recovered by authorities.
A Boston Transcript note reports cunning scams in Europe. An American woman abroad bought Dutch pottery later found to be granite ware made in America and sold as Dutch antiques. An American in London discovered rubber overshoes sold as English but made in Providence Rhode Island.
The note warns hunters to avoid snow filling the gun bore in winter. Even tiny snow could instantly start moving when powder ignites, requiring immense force and likely causing the barrel to rupture.
The article notes coal output in India rising to over six million tons annually by 1830 and describes the supply as practically inexhaustible. It also mentions electricity from mountain streams in France as being called white coal.
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