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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
4
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In a piece by W S Straus president of the American Society for Thrift he urges sacrificing small desires for bigger gains and highlights thrift as a path to economic stability. He notes leather shortages and warns of rising shoe prices while promoting stock-raising campaigns and paper recycling as practical thrift avenues for youth.
Despite losing in his home state W. J. Bryan is expected to join the next national Democratic convention with a proxy. He is anticipated to serve on the resolutions committee and push a peace plank and perhaps planks for prohibition and woman suffrage.
Holland and Greece discover that cultivating ties with a former adversary is as burdensome as enduring its hostility. The note highlights the delicate balance in postwar diplomacy and the challenges of aligning strategic interests between the two nations.
Cor. of Christian Herald describes vast Alaska agriculture potential near Fairbanks and Tanana valley. He notes 80 000 000 acres of possible farmland, experimental farms, tall grain crops, high yielding potatoes, wild berries and flowers, fat stock on homesteads, and dairies feeding mining camps with butter and milk.
A Youth's Companion piece recalls Abraham Lincoln's habit of stretching his legs on the chair during court sessions and cabinet meetings. The deteriorating chair at the head of the table prompts a cabinet remark on better seating, to which Lincoln quips that many would gladly occupy the shabby chair.
Youth's Companion argues a weekly family hour binds kin amid modern life. It notes individual pursuits threaten unity, but shared one hour of focused time can revive the family spirit and strengthen common interests despite travel, marriage, or death.
A Central American brown wren builds a six by two foot platform from a small tree. It piles a dome nest with thorn walls, then crafts a crooked thorn passage to a fenced tunnel. The nest closes behind the entry to protect eggs or young.
The Philadelphia Press explains a method to deduce the closing year of a given congress by doubling the congress number and adding to 1789. It covers how to find the congress in session in a specific year and identifies 1789 as the basic starting year.
Eunice Haskins in Independent Farmer explains folding a tablecloth before ironing to create four equal folds with the wrong side inside and outer folds turned, letting the long length double for width without ironing crosswise folds. Practice will improve results.
A humorous piece explains a sea sponge that never uses a mouth, grows from an egg to a three foot jellylike creature, and is harvested by fishermen who trample it clean. It contrasts a punchline about chewing and a boarding house gag to end.
A plant mother protects her seed by burying the peanuts underground to develop in pods. Birds and animals raid ripe seeds, but the peanut’s growth continues underground. Originating in Brazil, it became a global staple after 1846, spreading widely from the southern United States.
A description of Ascension Island in the Atlantic shows no private land ownership or taxes, with land and meat distributed as public property. Fishermen, sailors, and farmers rely on rationing and guardroom distribution under a navy captain governor. The island spans six miles with about 450 residents, located 250 miles north of St Helens.
The article debates Hamadan as the ancient Ekbatana the Persian kings used as a summer residence. It notes Alexander the Great looting Persia valued at £41,000,000 and discusses Herodotus accounts of Ekbatana and Detoces signaling royal isolation atop a hill with colored fortifications, a possibly mythical link between Hamadan and a Herodotean hill site between Hamadan and Tabriz.
A reflective critique argues that gratitude to God is misapplied when people praise the Creator while engaging in violent slaughter of animals. The author condemns gluttony and bloodshed as unworthy worship and urges ethical consideration of sentient beings.
A simple method for a smooth cream sauce. Warm milk then rub butter and flour to a smooth paste. When the milk boils, gradually whisk in the creamy mixture and continue boiling until the sauce is smooth.
A 19th century craft view explains that a razor should lie on bone for a fine edge due to hollow ground blades. A pocketknife needs a cuff edge and touching the polished side on stone damages it. Hold at twenty to twenty five degrees with a chisel like edge.
London Chronicle notes the Marquis of Granby as England's premier tavern hero with many signs across the country. The veteran commander of英 troops in Germany during the Seven Years War is praised as a soldier's general who cared for troops in camp and in battle. The first sign bearing his head is said to have been hung by a guard at Hounslow.
The piece traces Maine’s pre statehood status from colonial disputes between England and France. It notes 1763 French relinquishment, 1788 British claims ceded to the United States, and Maine’s period as part of Massachusetts until its 1820 admission as a separate state. It also states Maine soldiers fought as Massachusetts troops in the Revolutionary War.
A New York Post fragment shows a tramp telling a woman he was once a legislator, prompting her skeptical inquiry about his claimed reform. The odd exchange hints at lingering distrust and curiosity in a terse social moment.
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