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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
3
A girl named Alice watches a cow wearing a neck bell and laughs. She stays fixed to the spot until the cow walks away and then asks her mother if the cow rings the bell to call the calf to supper.
A casual chat hints at potential profits from frog farming as two friends discuss a corner purchase in Boom City. The dialogue suggests curiosity about new ventures and local market interest.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all diseases combined and local remedies failed. Science shows Catarrh is constitutional, needing constitutional treatment. Hall’s Family Pills are promoted for constipation. F J Cheney Co of Toledo offers a hundred dollar reward if their Catarrh Cure fails.
A fictional exchange features a young plutocrat quashing the proletariat's claim that wealth is worth chasing. He argues others lack the knowhow to earn wealth, while the governor's reluctant easing hints at broader political tensions.
When grocers lack Defiance Starch it means fear of unsold stock. Defiance Starch boasts 16 oz per package and sells for the same price as 12 oz brands. A puzzled observer notes the odd remark about a tremons old hen laying an egg instead of standing it on end.
Mrs Thomas Robbins of Maple Street Norwich writes that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago. She recalls a child asking about Russian peas and fearing a whipping, dated February 17 1900.
An ad lists various products and tips including Dr David Kennedys remedy for liver relief and a Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething. It notes Defiance Starch as a leading choice while mentioning a summer girl and a temper management joke.
An advertisement argues a distinct dyspepsia in women linked to uterine issues requires Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites Mrs Maggie Wright of Brooklyn as a cured case after other remedies failed, praising the product as a universal stomach and uterine tonic.
A fashion note highlights walking skirts in irregular checks and plaids, black and white themes. Emphasizes bias circular skirts with front seams, side plaits, gore panels, hip yokes, and a short front back joke with longer sides for fullness at the hip line, plus coordinated short bolero coats.
A recipe fragment explains a substance named cryostase that can solidify and liquefy when heated and cooled to proper points. It then shifts to a kitchen instruction: cook parsley with tender kidney, mix flour with stock, add mushroom ketchup salt pepper nutmeg, boil, whisk in egg, and serve hot on buttered toast.
A spring outfit described as a chic and useful smart frock in tweed with velvet collar and cuffs leather piping and buttons. A straw hat trimmed with wings and a ribbon completes the ensemble.
The article describes summer dress styles using silks mousselines organdies and light textures. Paris trends show cut-out necklines extending to daylight wear while locally chemisettes and draped bodices appear. Sleeves feature ruffles at the shoulder and lace details with plaited skirts and lace cascades.
Instructions describe scoring beef, stuffing the holes with salted pork fat and onion bread crumb mixture, browning method, layering with vegetables and spices, simmering slowly with cold water, then transferring, straining, thickening with browned flour, and serving the meat with rich gravy.
A German announcement describes a substance with properties from carbolic acid, sodium ponine and camphor with turpentine. The mixture allegedly solidifies when heated and then liquefies on cooling, a reversible process unlike permanent protein coagulation such as egg white.
A dated pudding method instructs mixing two egg yolks with milk and sugar then baking in a quick oven. After cooking a meringue is spread with egg whites and sugar and briefly colored, with coconut sprinkled on top when finished.
A New York newspaper notes that the superstition about peacock feathers wanes as up-to-date women exercise with dogs or babies in park streets. Feathers stuck jauntily through felt fedora bands create glowing, blue-green contrasts and a striking, chic effect in morning fashion.
In silk worn Henrietta the soft greens dominate a modish fabric with a charming original design. The bodice features draped lines with a fitted doublure and a cut out neck, paired with a lingerie chemisette. Sleeves show a bewitching slashed puff revealing white chiffon under sleeves, while a draped puff forms below the elbow. The skirt sits plaited over the hips with a fancy yoke empirement and a festooned flounce above the stiffened hem.
Plaitings are set into the lower parts of street skirts, with smooth fitted hips. Skirts are laid in plaits and stitched around the hips, then fall full below. Grouped and alternating side plaits are popular, offering easier fitting than old-fashioned kilted styles.
A recipe describes taking roe and a two inch square of firm white fish flesh, mixing with butter, melting, and forming a mixture in a pan. Add a lump of butter with chopped herbs in a dish, flavor with lemon juice, beat eggs, then cook an omelet and fold in the fish mixture.
A vintage description notes a black face cloth gown trimmed with antency braid and frog features. It highlights a white collar and cuffs against black cloth, with a feathered plateau tip.
Prunes are simmered with no sugar then mixed with stiffly beaten egg whites. A touch of cream of tartar and salt may be added. The mixture is set in a pudding dish placed in a larger pan of boiling water and baked in two stages then served cold with cream.
The summer promise brings back the shirt waist in its original simple form. The bishop sleeve has disappeared, replaced by the traditional shirtsleeve set in to rise slightly and finished with starched cuffs.
A feature on decorative buttons for linen frocks and summer gowns highlights handmade options. Embroidered mercerized thread buttons, denim-covered raised flowers, silk covered and hand-painted ties, and linen button molds with forget-me-nots create washable, elegant accents. The plain shirt waist gains beauty with the hand-embroidered button replacing bone buttons.
Miss Margaret M. James describes six years of heavy city teaching and nerved collapse. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep appetite and strength after six boxes and notes colleagues also used them. She now teaches again at Dayton Ohio address 128 Clay Street.
A philosopher advises resilience and patient effort. He notes that many ignore a method but persistent, close application leads to eventual achievement. The remark frames determination as essential despite initial disregard.
A thoughtful husband earns trust by recalling the ages of his partner’s children. The sundry men who boast of strength or bravado are rarely those who settle disputes or defend loved ones.
Mrs. A. L. Smith of West Pembroke Maine credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her 13 year old daughter’s year long Crazy Spell bouts. After about a dozen boxes the girl has had no bad spells and remains generally well. A second anecdote features a joke about tobacco as a slow poison.
A vivid line noting a girl who wears fitting stockings and faces a bucking hammock with fearlessness, capturing a playful, risqué tone in a dated voice. The fragment hints at social attitudes and fashion references from a bygone era.
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