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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1913
Page
4
A 1913 brief notes 5 cent per line advertising, subscription terms, and post office delivery near Diller. The item reflects a Kansas editor's church observation about a congregation greeting strangers and how people behaved differently at church and on the street.
A report describes a radical new paper currency design by Kenyon Cox. The proposed notes feature three draped female figures and labor, plus two partially draped male figures, all without background or value marks except for U S A under the central figure.
Investigations in Europe and America link feeble minded individuals to higher birth rates. States pursue drastic measures to prevent reproduction, citing heredity as a factor and noting experiments in several states though some laws face veto or controversy.
A speaker born of experience protests sartorial offenses by men. She condemns summer coats and trousers as uncomfortable and unfeminine. She notes women's garments like straw hats and derbies leave marks and laments rigid dress laws compared to a more modest attire for boys and mothers guiding fashion.
Washington experts study owl pellets to determine prey, concluding barn owls greatly reduce rats and mice. The article notes vindictive horned owls and calls for protection of owls as allies to farmers, despite man’s attempts to destroy them.
In Vienna an official notice calls the heirs of Count Franz Palffy, who died in 1852, to withdraw a 0.15 cent deposit from the oil court treasury. If not claimed, Austrian custom directs it be used to pay off the national debt.
Mrs Nellie Ud Weeks sues Doc Weeks a Republican city committeeman for divorce claiming she washed his face daily for five years and dressed him as she would a baby, shaving him each day except when his hair was cut and he was barber shaved.
A new politeness car appears on the Northwestern Elevated railway between downtown Chicago and Evanston. Passengers ride between enamel posts with no jostling, as officials say the design will encourage courteous behavior and reduce strap banging.
Hans N. Langseth of North Dakota, a Norwegian native, grows eleven feet six inches of whiskers praised as a chest protector and winter defense. His beard has developed over thirty six years and lengthens by about four inches annually amid local debate on fashion and utility.
Fragmentary report notes a diamond and a trout found in a speckled fish’s stomach during an examination. The event suggests an unusual discovery while inspecting the fish’s contents for diet and belt edvicatte details.
Francis Nefison former British MP spoke at the courthouse about land value taxation and its links to the American single tax movement. He noted 180 Commons signatures backing land value taxation, a policy fiercely opposed by peers who own about two thirds of the United Kingdom's vast estates.
George Ward, a 74 year old former long distance walker, is hospitalized in Middletown Donn after four months of living on a minimal diet costing 26 cents weekly. Doctors say his condition is serious but treatable, with hope of recovery under careful care. His regimen centered on oatmeal crackers and pancakes.
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