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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
3
A reflective poem excerpt by Edmund Clarence Stedman from The Century evokes a speaker asking for lasting worth in the New Year. He contrasts fading fame and applause with the hope of genuine affection, love, and welcome year.
Suggestions for making original New Year cards and calendars at home using simple materials. Instructions cover tracing designs with carbon on watercolor paper, tinting ideas for a snow scene and sun dial, color choices for lettering, and attaching small calendar pads with mucilage. The text encourages personal, thoughtful greetings and describes decorative motifs like ivy and a shadow-sun theme.
Jimmie the macaw mascot of a Massachusetts mill engine room caused a shutdown when he flew into the rope drive. He was found dazed but uninjured after the near disaster and returned to his perch. Since the incident the parrot keeps to his post and the sixty thousand spindles run uninterrupted.
An English traveler recounts visiting a dockyard official in Trincomalee Sri Lanka. During dinner the host’s wife calmly orders milk on a deer-skin by her chair, signaling a hidden snake. The milk prompts the snake’s appearance, it is killed, and she faints with others remaining motionless.
A local light plant in Ocos, Guatemala, that has served the town for four years, is set to depart. The vessel was driven ashore near Ocos by a tidal wave four years ago, but remained afloat and now oil lamps may again be used as a lighting method in the town.
A fragment from the Pall Mall Gazette notes a rural burial custom where a farm wagon and team carry the deceased to burial. The wagon is not solemnized. the wagoner wears crepe and a black armet, reflecting the soil landlord tenant bond without overt mourning.
Orville Stoute asks Maria if slippers or shoes are on. Mrs. Stoute tells him to take them off and see for himself.
In Philadelphia a young girl mentions a Princeton sophomore who played poorly on the class team. She asks about his position, with the clerk or Mr. Baker answering that he likely played as a back, suggesting a humorous mislabel.
A humorous exchange about a poet asking for the title of a poem and the editor's curt response appears in McCall's Magazine. The witticism centers on the poet asking Give Me Back My Dreams and the editor replying Take 'em.
A terse exchange reveals a couple weighing life choices. One asks if marriage is off the table, the other admits relinquishing his car due to ongoing upkeep expenses. The dialogue centers on financial strain influencing personal decisions.
A humorous caption from Photo Bits describes a domestic quarrel where a wife throws a fine china plate at her husband and expresses remorse. The exchange notes the plate breaking over his head and the wife blaming herself for losing temper, with a quip about not matching the plate again.
A frustrated speaker shouts into a transmitter seeking the fool at the end of the line. A calm feminine reply reveals the responder is not at that end, indicating a distance between caller and receiver.
Incomplete text discusses infants and safe care for children. The readable portion emphasizes ensuring safety for babies and young kids though the surrounding context is missing. The fragment hints at protective measures but lacks concrete actions or details.
A humorous exchange from Stray Stories frames a flirtatious question about kissing. She reframes the moment as seeking exact facts rather than guesses, capturing a light, witty dialogue.
The fragmentary line suggests a dramatic dialogue snippet with uncertain full context and no clear event, person, or setting identified for a complete news-style item.
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