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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
2
Donald and Davies escape the sea demons when the submarine surfaces near Fair Island and they land on the beach. Clouts vanishes after a deadly decision to trap the mermaidlike figure. MacBeard appears at dawn, signaling for a truce while the chase for supplies resumes.
Donald and the middy explore a sea cave where two khaki-clad corpses lie near clothing, revealing the fate of missing aviators. An uninjured hydroplane wing rests behind a rock, suggesting capture in sleep by sea devils. Ida Kennedy remains unseen as tension grows.
Ranchman J L Ford in Pecoscho area near the Rio Grande reports ancient wall paintings found while tracking a lost cow. Yellow pigment depicts a lightning bolt a deer and spear heads. Mortars with pestles found. near a canyon close to the cave that yielded a mummified man with a arrow in the chest.
The article profiles Alfredo Serratos a former lawyer and soldier once a servant to Ohio politician Mark Hanna. It notes his rise from a homeless waif in Cleveland to education through Hanna’s aid and later study of law in Mexico. Serratos spoke three languages and became secretary of war in the convention cabinet.
France faces a fuel famine prompting study of peat bogs as a potential energy source. The Grande Bruyere near St Nazaire and the Culoz region are estimated to hold 80 million tons of dried peat. Peat could yield about 2000 calories per pound, roughly half coal heating power, with labor questions to be solved for production efficiency.
Two servicemen in blue exchange confidences on a hospital veranda about a society party for the wounded. One says he would rather endure another ball than attend another ball, a blunt wartime quip reflecting exhaustion and irony amid gallant social events.
A playful remark links a hawthorn’s wit to spring’s Exy change, asserting the eye to heart path bypasses intellect and that men agree on the hawthorn’s clever seasonal sense.
The article urges farmers to shift to Western Canada, where land costs $15 to $25 per acre and wheat yields 40 bushels per acre. It cites investors earning 50 to 100 percent annual profit on $4,000, highlights tax exemptions, and notes government efforts to promote increased grain production and lower settler rates.
Picric acid as a high explosive first surfaced during the Boer War in general discussions and in connection with lyddite shells employed by British forces.
Green's August Flower is marketed as a universal remedy for stomach disorders and liver inactivity. The ad touts gentle laxative effects, digestion regulation, bile stimulation, and blood purification, with prices of 50 and 90 cents and claims of sale in civilized countries.
An old classified note describes a price rise for a world famous cold and grip remedy. It notes concentrated extracts and bromide quinine content and mentions medical use on physicians prescriptions.
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