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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1906
Page
4
The Diller Record published weekly in Diller Nebraska is mailed via post office and lists subscription rates and advertising policies. It notes delivery to subscribers until canceled and arrears paid, with rates per line for local advertising and rights to discontinue services.
A 1906 era column touches on pensions for army teamsters, President Harrison curbing public printing, rural mail delivery by automobile, and the dignity of professional titles. It notes Panama natives’ meals and drink costs, and Miss Aliia Koosave’s wedding gown details reflecting Washington and Baltimore fashion.
An Omaha arrow maker and a chief discuss three undulating grooves cut on arrow shafts to guide blood or lightning symbolism. The exchange includes a lesson about aging and craft, revealing a fatherly aim to teach the next generation the wisdom of imperfections and proper shaft seasoning.
The Missouri River headwaters lie at De Lacy or Shoshone lake in the national park. The Jefferson is formed by the Madison and Gallatin, and the six rivers including the Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin, Firehole and Beaverhead tributaries join near Twin Bridges to form a river system measured as the longest from gulf to Rockies.
Sneezing is a reflex action triggered by mechanical irritation in the nasal tissue. A nerve impulse reaches the medulla oblongata, affecting centers that control respiration and muscle use, delaying expiration until a forceful blast of air is expelled.
An Irish military tale recalls a noncommissioned officer entering a barracks gate in Dublin who saluted a colonel secretly behind him. The NCO justifies his action with sharp wit saying he always returns what he is not entitled to. The colonel is amused and lets it pass.
Dialogue fragment pits a friend against a plan to travel to Africa with humor about heat. A quip about staying out of the shade accompanies the exchange, reflecting witty banter from Fliegende Blatter.
Two women discuss appearances and money as Mabel notes her face is her fortune while Ethel adds that the man who marries her will not be accused of marrying for wealth.
A terse Sydney quotation notes that those who wield words as weapons rely on swift footwork for defense, highlighting a compact link between speech and movement in confrontations.
A London cabman remarks with exaggerated politeness to a fat lady who tipped barely enough. The woman questions him and he answers with a clipped, mock scolding about what he has “been carrying for a shilling,” implying a comical overreaction.
The line A bold, bad man as used by Spenser in The Faerie Queene is cited from I 1 377 where the archimage is described and the phrase is noted as worn and combed by later writers. The term labels a villain and echoes Shakespearean and medieval diction.
An exhortation on self denial as the key to success in life outlining how illness laziness and waste arise from its absence while industry promptness economy thrift and a successful career follow from it.
A historic note quotes Emerson on a single drop of water containing all water properties yet unable to show a storm. The aphorism contrasts the completeness of nature with the absence of a dynamic event.
The narrator recalls a Blackwood's Magazine anecdote rich in ancestral lore. A Macdonell party saved themselves after a weed caused a leak when a man cut off his finger to seal the hole, earning descendants the name Macintyre. A second tale explains the bloody hand in the coat of arms, where a rival cut off his own hand to prove rightful ownership of an estate.
In 1772 judges declared slavery contrary to English law though earlier years saw slave sales in England. A Birmingham ad offered a healthy negro boy for sale and a Richmond sale of a boy for 32 pounds is noted as possibly the last such sale in England. White slavery flourished in English colonies. Cromwell seized Irish people for Barbados markets.
A classroom joke from a grammar lesson when a pupil answers who built the house of the gods. The student recalls Vulcan as the smith but finally says I can’t think of his first name, last name Smith, in a moment of comic misunderstanding.
A historical overview of French Canadian New Year customs including La Quete de l'Enfant Jesus a charity collection led by a parish priest to aid the poor and La Guignolee a night-time alms serenade by masked youths also for charity. The practices involve gifts, songs, and theatrical begging with thresholds for refusals.
A Gala Day in France marks New Year with cards flowers and gifts exchanged in profusion. In the dining room the gentlemen greet the ladies with courtly bows and kisses to start the day. Children and youths prepare to visit carrying remembrances while elders sit by the fire enjoying quiet conversation.
A fragment from Larper's Weekly captures a professor and a student-exchange about English verbs and prepositions. The chatter centers on phrases like broken down broken into and broken up, highlighting confusion and misused terms.
A motivational note urges sustaining an atmosphere of joy for personal well being and the benefit of others. It emphasizes consistent cheerful effort over fleeting moods and invites readers to cultivate a positive environment in daily life.
A fragment quotes Coleridge asserting that pity is learned through shared suffering and fellowship.
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