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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
7
An editor and reporter exchange a quip about a jury acting as a body or a brain. The dialogue highlights skepticism toward treating juries as mere thinkers rather than collective decision makers.
A historic note recalls a noon ritual where a rich brewer invited local poor to warm at factory gratings and share food clothing or money. The brewery gratings stood empty as fumes kept others away and one evacuee recalls the rule about not smelling beery.
An aged Brother Bogus challenges a stranger while recounting a dramatic incident on the rail line. He boasts of being the town’s only extinguished citizen and recalls a rattrosa-als journey and a white passenger tossing a fine out the window of a train.
A husband and wife exchange quips over itemized entries in a domestic ledger. He notes missing entries for furniture, hairdresser, dentist, and a sea trip. She replies those are misnamed as repairs, delivering a light social humor vignette from Fliegende Blätter.
The saying notes that the unexpected always occurs, and by accepting this paradox people should train to anticipate surprises rather than resist them. It frames anticipation as prudent, suggesting readiness in the face of unforeseen outcomes.
Prof H R Smith retiring head of the University of Nebraska animal husbandry department was guest of honor at a banquet hosted by the South Omaha live stock exchange and other local interests. Scores of dealers who worked with him to improve meat producing conditions attended.
Tekamah residents on route No 2 surprised carrier W B Cutler with gifts including vegetables grain and dainties plus cash donations. The items praised his faithfulness delivering mail daily during a harsh spell with 42 below zero, bad roads and chilly winds.
The Lincoln The Christian Science church, nearing completion of a large new edifice in this city, asks the county district court for permission to mortgage the building for 25000 dollars due to added construction costs since operations began.
Columbus John Kipp a night watchman at the water company station in Platte Center was found dead in the basement with his neck broken by a fall. He was a single man and had served at the plant for one year.
The Bruning farmers' institute was the most successful yet held, drawing 2400 attendees across four sessions. Organizers reported exceptional interest and strong participation from local residents and visitors alike.
Six male patients in ward eighteen at the Ingleside state asylum near Hastings are quarantined after initial smallpox symptoms appear. Local health authorities act to contain spread as officials monitor staff and other patients.
State Senator J A Ollis Jr of Ord says he will not seek the state railway commission seat Chancellor Avery to speak at Holdrege Fairbury and Davenport commencements Taft as Red Cross head informs Governor Aldrich famine relief in China may prompt a proclamation State Auditor Barton cites bonds totaling 3 943 030 registered 1909 to 1912 seeks law to require reporting of paid bonds and remaining debt Déizell calls for clearer school notices and programs
A Waterloo Iowa woman testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased her severe kidney disease symptoms. She describes backache, swelling, discolored urine and frequent pain improving after using the remedy, saying doctors had given up hope and the pills saved her life.
A Scottish bailie humorously resolves a damages claim over a ferret left in charge of a neighbor. The neighbor opened the cage and the ferret escaped. The bailie declines to decide who was at fault, noting both parties were wrong and asking why the owner did not clip the ferret’s winged traits.
A child argues that since his grandparents died before his birth they cannot be his grandparents. An adult gently notes the logical twist that lineage remains unchanged by birth timing, prompting reflection on family ties and memory. The exchange blends innocence with a subtle puzzle about ancestry and time.
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Fragment reads a witty dialogue involving a church member asking about consistency between preaching and practice. A minister’s son replies affirmatively in a mirror scene. The snippet captures a humorous exchange from a Cornell Widow item.
A quip shows a comic exchange about charity and philanthropy. Rube notes charity cannot hire a press agent reflecting a humor piece on social concepts.
A collage of garbled lines and aphorisms. It mentions a police magistrate and a group for children, with vague references to illness and cure. The text is largely incoherent, offering cryptic phrases rather than a clear news item.
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, famed for hosting many parties at Mount Edgcumbe, spends spare moments designing intricate toy palaces. One model is powered by electricity, a remarkable feat for a gentleman of his standing. These toy palaces often pass to lucky children of his acquaintances.
A biovet note recalls a woman who has led the world from its start and played the leading role in the first drama Man and the Ser pent as cited by Paul.
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