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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
4
In Diller Nebraska dated August 25 1916 readers learn about mail class notices and ad rates. The piece cites views on mediation over strikes questions about government lotteries and railroads preparing for a potential strike with railroad officials and former trainmen ready to operate trains if called upon.
The State Journal argues that railroads must keep operating under contract and criticizes a manager who claimed to store engines and respond to a strike. It says the nation would starve if railroads halt service and urges action when companies and workers stop running trains.
A brief collection of quotes and ad snippets from the Columbia State noting exaggerated boasts and sales pitch lines. Mentions a guaranteed long lasting item, a 30 pound four foot long item, and a health-related sale with a discount price of 12.98 from a seller who cites ill health.
Emergency raincoats made from tough paper fold compactly and fit men women and children. The single layer version is for single use while a reinforced cloth-mesh variant can be reused with proper care. Originates from September Popular Mechanics describing inexpensive storm protection.
London reports the vast task of supplying food to 10,000,000 troops in Europe. Field kitchens bake bread and prepare stews while rations, packed in haversacks, aim to maximize nourishment in minimal weight. The work remains less sensational than artillery but is crucial to the war effort.
Citizens of Cottonwood Falls and Bazaar Kansas organized a road work bee to shape a five mile section between the towns. Motor cars carried picks shovels and scrapers while business leaders officials merchants and farmers joined in the effort. Each group started from its town and labored until they met in the middle bearing road tools and horses to assist the task.
In Kansas City baggageman Harry Deutsch was told to dump thirty cases of bad eggs into a river. While unloading he found two live chickens and two ducklings in separate cases. The ducks floated away as the birds struggled in the water.
In Bedford Indiana a farmer’s son found a quail nest with thirteen eggs in a wheat field. He placed the eggs under a setting hen who hatched them. The hen, nicknamed Biddy, now raises the quails beside her chicks and feeds them. The young birds come when called and roost with the hens at night.
A reader asks about an actress's role in a show and whether she will please the audience. A sister contemporary replies that she ought to, noting she is killed in the first act.
A Chicago couple shares a breakfast scene where the wife questions the mail of a letter to Aunt Clara. Tom frantically searches his coat pocket and realizes he mailed the wrong bundle, believing it to be the invitation for Aunt Clara to visit for a month.
A brief gag from Puck with a newlywed shortstop comparing his wife to an umpire who never thinks he is safe when out.
A brief note likens encouragement to sunshine after a shower, echoing Gretha’s reflective mood on renewal and resilience. The line emphasizes positive persistence following a period of struggle or doubt.
The Philadelphia Bulletin recalls how Richard Harding Davis joked at a dinner with a Philadelphian hosting first editions by Kipling Stevenson Howells and other authors. Davis donated an old folio Shakespeare with a playful inscription to the host, noting his suspicion of forged dedications.
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