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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as quick relief for pimples boils scratches sprains and bruises for boys and girls. It notes the product is 25 cents at Shutt Drug Co and contrasts winter woes with a springtime plea for cheer and good spirits.
A late night wedding ends in comic trouble as the bride keeps her veil on during the rites. The minister, after a joke exchange with the groom offering one dollar for prerogatives of the bride, urges cancellation of the deal when the veil is finally removed.
There are two methods to begin the dandelion campaign this evening. One is hand removal requiring cutting below the crown with a sharp knife. The other uses copperas iron sulphate by dissolving one and one fourth pounds of the salt in a gallon of water and applying to the weed.
C B Q railroad will switch to Fairchilds sorghum factory and then beyond to the gravel pit. A survey last week found fourteen to twenty feet of superior ballast gravel across about forty acres. Work may begin soon to grade the track as the company prepares for gravel extraction and rail upgrades.
Citizens especially women show determination to plant flowers at Prairie Home cemetery, our City of the Dead, but a note warns that visitors from other neighborhoods sometimes steal the blooms. The piece condemns theft from the dead as a grave crime.
Patrons gathered Friday at Bethel School for a noon luncheon featuring fruit cake and coffee. After lunch the program began with an welcome address by Minnie Neuman followed by recitations songs and a dialogue titled Advertising for a Servant.
The May issue notes a simple hand lotion recipe using a jelly from dissolving a spoonful in water and adding perfume and glycerin. It warns that an open pint of gasoline in a room can evaporate in 24 hours and form a highly explosive vapor, urging outdoor use for any gasoline cleaning tasks.
A department store clerk explains that incense sticks sell mainly in summer when used to imply a popular girl is lighting up on her porch. In winter the demand fades with Bohemian customers also declining, leaving few buyers.
The piece recounts odd 17th century sentences in New Amsterdam including slander penalties, desertion executions, a soldier bound to a stake with a bail fired over him, and a pig theft punished by riding a wooden horse with weights. It notes similar punishments in England and later events through 1784.
Comic exchange reveals Mrs Pipper's strict taste as she dodges items she deems in poor fashion. Her husband Mr Pipper is teased as the couple debates refinement and social expectations.
A commentator mocks a failed annexation scheme with jests about politicians and trusted officials planning to cross the border, noting many in the country are glad the plan fell through. The dialogue underscores public skepticism toward leaders and controversial strategies.
The Newark News quotes a host of quips aimed at workers. The remarks target a young bride to be, a motorman, a doctor, a newspaper man, a postman, and a librarian. Each line humorously probes common assumptions about their daily lives.
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