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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
2
G. B. Halsey of Mouth of Wilson Virginia reports two years of inflamed eyes with swollen lids and balls. After failing with doctors and home remedies, he used Cuticura Ointment for about one week and within two weeks his eyes were nearly cured.
After a brisk campaign against consumption in Charleston, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opened an exhibition in Greenville South Carolina. After January 1 it will move to Columbia for the state legislature session to seek an appropriation. The group recently closed a Colorado campaign and is touring Oklahoma, with Arkansas to follow.
Oath by Frank J. Currey asserts firm will pay one hundred dollars for each cataract cured or not cured by Hall's Catarra Cure. Notices advertise the remedy with testimonials and price. The page includes a cartoonish joke sequence about a thread, needle, and scissors.
Pettit's Eye Salve strengthens old eyes and eases eye strain and watery eyes. The ad cites ruggists or Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York as retailers. The copy contrasts a man with a winter coat in his own good mood with the rest of the neighborhood.
In 1572 Paris the marriage of Henry of Navarre and Marguerite de Valois faced a dramatic obstacle as Marguerite refused to answer the archbishop. Her brother Charles IX forced a nod, amid plots of massacre. Marguerite later aided Henry, who survived and rose to become France’s king, though they separated.
An essay notes gendered obstacles for female athletes focusing on clothing and hair. It argues skirts waists and hairpins impede performance as women strive in tennis and cricket. The piece suggests hair worries disrupt focus and diminish enjoyment.
An American girl Miss Ellers from Pennsylvania stirred Exmoor by riding astride in a striking masculine costume. Spectators noted the breeches brigade trend but praised her horsemanship and sportsmanship after the hunt.
A boy samples oyster stew and tells his mother he does not look happy toads, as he peers into the bowl with unusual focus amid dinner table banter. Delineator.
The Philadelphia Zoo animal expert John Lover discusses big game hunting in Uganda and recalls a Whitechapel anecdote about a cousin who proclaimed himself Jack the Ripper to escape a demanding woman. The tale emphasizes quick thinking in dangerous moments.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale describes a Detroit avenue child with a chest cold. The father applies mashed potatoes, mistaken for lard, to a cloth on the boy’s chest. The next morning the child is better, prompting the humorous misunderstanding to be noted.
A male swan at Emmanuel College Cambridge dies after neck becomes caught in wire fencing by Paddock pond. The college, famed for its waterfowl, contemplates stuffing the bird. Past lighthearted incidents include ducks fed bread with brandy and the swan’s participation in college rag events.
A Scientific American note details a self smoking pipe using a decanter of water two thirds full. A cork with two apertures and short and long stems creates a siphon that pulls air as ice cooling forms a vacuum. Once primed, lighting the pipe causes it to smoke while water remains.
Sir Robert Anderson recalls a home office climate where ministers were told to do as little as possible and quietly. Witnesses describe 11 to 5 office hours, lunches, gossip, and newspaper reading as routine, with time also spent debating public figures and betting on street traffic and horse colors, provoking caustic London reaction.
In Columbia county Pennsylvania William Moser aged 95 and Clara Ball sparred in a surety of peace case. Moser threatened to burn Ball’s house and threw stones, while Ball had him arrested for threats to kill. Judge Evans urged both to return home and live peacefully.
The brown rat is abundant in major Indian cities and a skins business has begun in Calcutta. The market for fancy rat skin goods reached $250,000 in Britain last year.
A clipping promotes a physician’s top prescription for rheumatism or backache. It lists one ounce compound syrup Sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey. The mixture is to be shaken and taken as a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. Drugstores supply the ingredients or obtain them from wholesalers.
An insurance man hosts a dinner for a high ranking guest. When he recalls the friend smokes and all cigar stands are closed, he takes the overcoat of the guest and finds a cigar. He returns to the library and offers the cigar, saying he does not smoke.
The discussion suggests Dr Rowell may attempt to make his mark in the legislature. Powell says his first move will be to perform an operation on the foot of the calendar.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island praises Allen's Foot-Ease for relief from aching feet and urges others to try it. Sold by druggists, price two cents, with orders to ask today.
An old newspaper fragment combines a teething syringe claim with Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup and a cigars advertisement. It mentions a judgmental joke about a youth and a single binder cigar marketed as satisfying smokers. The tone imitates period ads and quips.
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