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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney derangements and backache. It includes a testimonial from Charles Cole of Tola Kansas claiming lasting relief for two years after using the product. The copy notes price and distributor details.
A six year old boy viewing slides of micro organisms through a microscope exclaims that a drop of water contains creatures that bite when he drinks soda water. The child’s astonishment and humorous conclusion capture a child’s fresh wonder at science.
A Richmond woman details years of coffee health decline including headaches, nervousness, heart palpitations, and vision loss. After stopping coffee and using Postum then Grape-Nuts, she improves markedly, gains weight, and regains energy. She urges others to consider the remedies and shares that reading improves memory.
The administration aims to remove niche posts from the diplomatic and consular services and replace foreign nationals with Americans wherever feasible. With about 298 consuls and consuls general and many deputies and interpreters abroad, the effort seeks unified, more efficient operations and elevated service standards.
Unusually strong summer gossip ties James S. Harlan to a Supreme Court seat in succession to John Marshall Harlan. The piece notes potential retirement shifts by Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan, and suggests Taft's appointive power could prompt changes, with Harlan’s Interstate Commerce Commission background forming a key asset.
A report from Washington notes Navy officers taking Roosevelt’s 90 mile horseback, 50 mile walk, or 100 mile bicycle endurance tests over three days. Ensigns to rear admirals join the effort, with many starting at the State War and Navy Building as younger officers ride while older walk.
The Bureau of Statistics warns the tariff menagerie listing odd imports like dividivi leeches rose leaves chicle and palladium reveals the scope of US commerce. It notes values over the last decade and 1908 music imports totaling high figures while dragons blood is a misnomer for a resin used in varnishes and etching.
A city clerk, famed for his garden brag, invites colleagues to view a yard cited as enormous. They discover a narrow 120 by 10 foot space, yet the clerk proudly points to its height, claiming it reaches toward the sky. The note mocks gardeners who exaggerate.
A doctor known for intolerance to imaginary illnesses lured a woman patient into closing her eyes and sticking out her tongue. He vanished from sight, leaving her in a crowded street to realize she was alone with tongue protruding and eyes closed.
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