The Diller Record and Rural Column Fragments
A mixed page note from The Diller Record shows subscription details and postal handling for Dillery Neb with pricing hints. It also includes assorted items on inflation lumber and building costs, labor at the Panama Canal, and odd regional anecdotes about education and clothing, plus general proverbs and observations.
Horrors of Samar Trial Justifies Actions of Smith and Waller
Manila Times asserts Glenn and Waller trials justify the Samar campaign. It argues Gen. Smith acted under difficult conditions and that public knowledge lagged behind the true events. The piece suggests Smith’s conviction was premature and Gleatt may be last Army officer tried for Samar conduct.
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Glenn
General Smith
Maj. Waller
Gen. Smith
Frmneys
Smith
Samar
Ther
United States
Maj. Gleatt
United States Army
Manila
Times
Nearing the South Pole as Antarctic exploration expands
Collier's Weekly notes the Royal Geographical Society funded polar work showing vast Antarctic coastline surveyed in one year. It recalls Ross in Victoria Land, Fordgrefnk, Scott and others, arguing that the continent may extend far south and possibly reach the pole, with exploration far from complete.
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England
Royal Geographical ‘Society
Arctic
Antarctic
James Ross
Victoria Land
Switzerland
Antarctic Circle
Ross
Fordgrevink
Scott
South Pole
Greenland
Ichgrevink
Pole
Nansen
Duke of the Abruzzi
North Pole
Collier’s. Weekly
Social Veneer Reveals Burgeoning Human Nature At Cards
A New York Tribune excerpt discusses Montesquieu on hidden temperaments, noting small irritations reveal character across all classes. It cites social interactions at card parties where losers gain or lose respect, and gentility hides bourgeois traits in women of education and position.
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Montesquieu
Biddy
New York Tribune
Robins’ Broadway
New York
Grinners and Growlers in the Home
A housekeeper column contrasts grinners and growlers in domestic life. It argues optimism improves households and society, urging readers to choose cheerfulness over pessimism. A brief note adds that English military horses will keep long tails and manes to deter mosquitoes.
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Gunner
Growler
Department of Life
Ice
England
Smokeless Noiseless Rifle Innovation Attributed To French Soldier
A French soldier introduces a suppressor for rifles featuring a steel thirty inch tube with multiple partitions and small orifices, attached to the muzzle by a bayonet clasp. Gases are retarded through each partition to exit silently and without smoke, with a knife on the end enabling a bayonet-like function.
Arctic fleet plan fanned by wireless telegraphy robs by millionaires
The Army and Navy Journal reports Capt Arthur McGray's proposal to back Arctic exploration with a ten ship fleet funded by ten multimillionaires. Each ship would bear a sponsor name and operate under wireless links from Petermann Land toward Cape Chelgruskin to Cape Prince of Wales. The plan requires 1.5 to 1.75 million dollars per ship and faces questions of wealth and public spirit.
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Marcohil
Arctic
Arthur McGray
St. Louis
Army and Navy Journal
Fram
Pole
Cape Chelgruskin
Tatmur Peninsula
Siberia
MccGray
McCray
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