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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
4
Diller Neb. paper details subscription terms post office routing and ad rates. Editorial notes include comments on education and a Chicago visitor's station beautifier example, plus a congressional naturalization bill outlining citizenship timelines language requirements and the anti opposition clause. The law takes effect 90 days post approval.
A compact reflection on misers and self centered minds. Selfishness isolates the person as the universe center while wealth is said to have wings. A diligent worker who cares about his craft finds job security and quicker opportunity, unlike the idle or clever but slow mind.
English marsh plants known as sundews show discernment by reacting to meat and chalk differently. A tender beef morsel is hidden, while chalk or pebbles leave the leaves immobile. Wet chalk fools them temporarily, bristles close then relax. They absorb eggs and mutton but cheese poisons the leaves and kills them.
St Nicholas notes that Army rules require saluting the flag with cap removal and standing at attention whenever the flag passes. The piece emphasizes the duty and readiness of service members to show respect, regardless of personal feelings toward the honor.
In a humorous exchange, Mrs. Snagsby unveils a hat briefly claimed by Mr. Snagsby who urges her to wear it. She retorts that the hat is hers and recalls it was blown from her head and run over by a street car, prompting a sharp reply from him.
A St Nicholas article celebrates Connecticut Civil War soldiers who saved their regimental flag by tearing it into pieces and hiding them on their persons. Surviving prisoners later sewed the fragments back, restoring the flag nearly intact and preserving its symbol in Hartford’s state capitol.
A quick party game where players form a circle around a leader who stays in the center. The leader asks each person where they are going and what they will do there, with all replies starting with the same letter. Example exchanges include Annapolis to attend academy and Boston to buy baked beans.
A whimsical wheel craft using soft wood with numbered sides and a smooth top. Spin the wheel to reveal a fate sentence from eight to thirty eight options about news, friendships, travel, reverses, sunshine, opportunities, or weddings.
A fragment explains counting months using the four knuckles on a fist to mark month prominence and depressions between finger bases. The text presents a tactile method for remembering months.
The text explains a mnemonic where high places and low moods align with knuckles on a hand to map the year. January and July sit on high places, with February and August marking depressions, while other months fall on knuckles or low points in a cyclical pattern.
The piece extols running as a foundational virtue for boys in ancient Greece and English public schools. It contrasts Greek athletic vigor and truthful training with British practices, noting youths often run long distances and sustain health through outdoor activity and nourishment.
Describes the Great Pyramid of Cheops as the greatest structure built by man. Founded about 4000 years ago, it sits on a 746 by 746 foot base and rises 449 feet. Construction spanned twenty years with 100,000 workers for three months each cycle. Stones sourced from Arabia, about 700 miles distant, with an estimated cost of 145 million dollars.
Buttercup wishes for a telephone to talk to Clover Bloom. Spider offers to build one and spins a silken thread telephone from a daisies to Clover’s home. Buttercup enjoys a long chat with Clover Bloom all summer long.
The article lists old fashioned remedies for ivy poisoning including salt and vinegar, salt, mackerel brine, tomato juice, and soda in hot water. It notes varying cases need different treatments and advises medical consultation for severe swelling and skin breaks.
A historical preparation recommends Cologne two and a half ounces glycerin one and a half ounces fluid extract of jaborandi two drams. Mix thoroughly and apply with a fine brush to brows and lashes. Avoid any contact with the eye and keep the brush free of drops.
An extremely red face calls for careful dieting and outdoor exercise with cold salt water baths each morning. Avoid fat meats strong coffee and highly spiced foods. Sponge the face several times daily with a lotion of glycerin orange flower water and borax.
A historical recipe instructs to mix three cupfuls of wheat bran one cup of rolled oats one half cup of cornmeal one half cup of rice one half cupful of molasses and one egg. Bake until very brown and stir often to prevent lumps.
In SPORTING WORLD, A. C. Gilbert of Yale is named the new world's champion pole vaulter. The feature notes the rising prominence of smaller athletes and highlights Gilbert as a standout figure.
A slim young athlete, akin to Sherring, the Canadian marathon winner at Athens, achieves 12 feet 3 inches in the pole vault at Cel tic Park New York. His feat surpasses the former record held by Dole of California, gaining global renown.
The piece recounts Governor Folk leading a crackdown on illegal track operations in St Louis with broad newspaper support. It notes the racing crowd’s defiance and a rapid decline of thoroughbred racing in St Louis followed by Chicago’s similar action under Carter Harrison targeting betting rings to halt the sport.
The article notes swordfish and sawfish as popular Florida sport fish with long jaws. It recounts a Norwegian captain aboard the Pring Eugen near Fernanda de Noronha describing a swordfish bite that flooded a ship’s hull, forcing daily pumps. It explains the sawfish saw is used as a long, hollow, multi pipe extension of the skull cartilage.
The text asserts that true strength lies in dependence on others and in being dependably available to both noble and inferior minds. It emphasizes mutual reliance as a source of human virtue and social value.
A brief aphorism noting that the world took six days to make yet fat creation can occur in a single rapid moment. The quote contrasts rapid appetite with slow cosmic work.
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