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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
4
A newspaper editor refuses to publish a sensational tale to spare the grief of a father and mother, arguing that decency and responsibility trump reader appetite for scandal. The piece defends printing what helps and uplifts, stating courage lies in restraint rather than in sharing every rumor.
A Nebraska farmer letter laments scientists serving Secretary Daniels on a naval warfare board and urges redirecting genius toward peace era inventions. The piece contrasts humanitarian goals with war tech and advocates justice persuasion and love as paths to a better world. It also notes wartime relief aid and neutrality stance.
Agricultural guidance from Professor G. E. Day of Ontario urges balanced condition for boars to transfer vigor to progeny. Avoid extremes of under or over fat. exercise and varied rations yield best results. Mulefoot hogs touted as hardy, prolific and low fattening costs. sows described as gentle mothers and purebred examples.
An excerpt from Hoards Dairyman argues corn is superior for work horses, countering myths about corn making horses soft. It notes molasses varies by region, suggests 2-3 pounds daily, plus half to a full pound of oil meal, and advises ample hay to accompany the grain mix.
A Baltimore loser of an election bet was forced to wheel the winner several miles in a wheelbarrow. For every five inches the wheeler rested, five inches were cut from the winner’s trousers. The wheeler paused four times.
Practical advice on poultry care includes making a lice powder from gasoline and carbolic, fattening geese for a month before slaughter, and keeping hens fed with alfalfa or clover hay rather than bran. The piece also contains a series of historical anecdotes and humorous vignettes about social manners and early Canadian confederation.
In the years after 1642 the Patroon Van der Donek lived quietly along the Hudson River at a manor farm known locally as De Jonkheint. Villagers describe his estate as serene and ro bust, a gentlemanly domain that later saw the frugal English compressing it into Yonkers.
A 12 inch shell creates a water splash about 2000 tons high enough to drown a small ship, illustrating the power of the explosion. The splash towers above a battleship's mast, demonstrating the force generated.
Puck reports a playful exchange about professional jealousy as a parrot allegedly grows jealous of a phonograph. The homeowner jokes about removing one prized item to appease the feathery critic.
The excerpt offers aphorisms on wisdom and humility from Cowper and Rochefoucauld, alongside practical poultry tips. It advises dust baths and insect powder for hens, cautions against mixing young and old birds, and prescribes a remedy for scaly legs using a mix of sweet oil, coal tar, and sulphur.
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