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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
4
The Diller Record published weekly in Diller Nebraska by Franc T Plaxce. It lists mailing practices and subscription rates with terms and conditions for discontinuation and arrears. Advertising rates and business hours are noted, and delivery is by mail to subscribers until canceled or paid in full.
The Adams place near Ode bolt is described as the world’s largest corn farm with 105 steady workers who finished husking a vast field. An estimated 300000 bushels were raised this year. the crop is cut and husked and will be shredded for cattle. The article notes 37 double stalk Gutters and 200 mules used on the farm.
A report from the New York Engineering Record summarizes Iowa State College experiments showing wide tires 1 and 5/8 inches and 3 1/8 inches wide affecting traction differently by road type. On well drained earth roads snow and mud reduce advantage while well drained gravel or sand surfaces favor wide tires under heavy travel.
Ontario commissioner urges timely spring deployment of road graders to improve gravel and earth roads, reduce moving costs, and ensure consistent work across townships. Emphasizes selecting an energetic operator and maintaining year to year use for best results.
The article argues for using trained horses or traction engines for road grading, noting green horses hinder efficiency and recommending continuous use of the same team. It discusses road width standards, proper crown, and timing of grading to avoid waste, plus a consolidation method: grade, roll, lay broken stone, and roll again for durable road surfaces.
A London Saturday Review passage ponders vocab size from Leibniz to modern times, noting 20 448 701 733 239 739 360 000 combinations and arguing that many syllables become unpronounceable. It contrasts Chinese syllables with English lexicon growth, cites M Moncalm, references Johnson and Webster, and laments obsolete metaphors in prose.
An amateur chemist argues bread fermentation yields alcohol and that consuming bread adds to alcohol intake. He claims 490 loaves yearly equal 20 ounces of alcohol and 4,000 loaves in ten years equal about 2 1/2 quarts, comparing to nineteen quarts of whisky.
Dr John Aitken argues the sense of smell is excited by gases or vapors not solid particles. He tested musk and twenty three other substances finding no solid nuclei and noting noses respond to vapor phase, with solid particles producing harsher sensations such as snuff’s sting.
A Denver Post anecdote recounts a cigar salesman explaining why most right handed smokers hold cigars to the left side of the mouth. He says people use their lesser side for routine tasks so the stronger side stays free for emergencies, applying the idea to lips and muscle use.
In a cheeky exchange cited by the Cleveland Leader, Cholly Nitwit compliments Dolly Cutter, a kindergarten teacher, on an implied intellectual sympathy as they gauge each other’s tastes and whether she is a literary woman.
A quoted reflection notes that a person’s face reveals their life and moral character. It suggests inner thoughts and emotions continually shape appearance, implying beauty or ugliness mirrors life’s journey and choices.
A brief exchange pits a husband and wife against mistrust as the judge remarks on stars above and fidelity. The dialogue hints at a longstanding pattern of suspicion rooted in education and ignorance as a social remark.
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