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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
3
A witty dialogue unfolds as Miss Million and Mr Sharpwit discuss Miss Tiptop the season’s belle. Miss Million tests recognition and Sharpwit boasts of his equally stylish circle. The scene hinges on social nuance and competing charm within a fashionable set.
A conversation shows an editor offering $10,000 to Madam Higart, a famous actress at the St Gabriel hotel, to write a short story. A trusted employee thinks she will accept, but the editor halts the plan saying Jee Whittaker but then decides not to proceed.
In a photograph gallery exchange a girl requests a larger photo cabinet while joking that freckles would fill a smaller cabinet. The photographer quips about camera size as the girl prefers not to have a freckles cabinet.
Kansas blacksmith N E Albertson cured of rheumatism in shoulders and arms after one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He slept better and has not had pain since. Neighbors report using the same remedy after seeing his recovery.
The quoted exchange questions Scriblet’s lasting fame asking if he ever wrote enduring work. The speaker claims to possess several of Scriblet’s promissory notes intended to pass to posterity, just as Scriblet gave them to him.
Salzer's new National Oats shows yields of 240 bushels per acre in Michigan 255 in Missouri 310 in North Dakota and 156 to 300 in 30 other states. If widely grown in 1905 the oat variety could add millions of bushels to production and millions of dollars to farmers.
A promotional notice urges farmers to send 100 in stamps to John A. Salter Reed Co. in Ta Crosse Wy Vis to receive catalog and seed samples of Yellow Dent Corn Salzer's Speltz Beardless Barley Macaroni Wheat Pea Oat Billion Dollar Grass Earliest Cane and related varieties.
A housekeeper recalls a salty potato batch saying they were too salty to touch. The new girl explains she added extra salt because she could not remember if they were salted, leading to a doubled quantity in cooking.
Mrs Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin shares a grateful testimonial about Cuticura curing her husband’s agony salt rheum on his hands. She says after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills his hands became smooth and completely healed. She hopes the letter helps other sufferers.
A fragment describes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar made from ripe mellow tobacco rich in oegare. It notes the product from Lewis' Factory and mentions a temperance crank who would not drink glue due to a stick in it.
A historical survey lists Russian rulers and officials murdered or killed from 1593 to 1904, including Fedor I, Peter II, Alexander II, and Bobrikoff, noting motives, dates, and surrounding political turmoil as Russia faced internal strife and changes in governance.
An account portrays Grand Duke Sergius as despotic and feared, marking him for death by revolutionaries. It notes his Moscow governorship, exile to Kremlin palaces, role in suppressing protests, and alleged influence over anti Jewish policies and Tsarist rule. It ends with Moscow’s Kremlin symbol and a Russian proverb.
The text lists attacks on Russian and Finnish figures: M. Van Plehve, interior minister, killed by a bomb in St. Petersburg on the way to see the czar on July 28, 1904. Soininen, Finland’s procurator general, killed Feb 7 1905 by a revolutionist in disguise. Grand Duke Sergius executed Feb 17 1905 by the Organization of Combat, with sentence proclaimed Dec 12 1904.
Miss Mamie Conway of Canton Ohio credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health and clearing her skin after years of weakness headaches and indigestion. The pills allegedly make new blood and improve complexion by correcting irregularities and banishing weakness.
Mrs De Style praises light airy bam boo easels as nature inspired but calls them disgustingly cheap reflecting the debate over materials and value in decorative items.
Two men, Wrubber and Klubber, joke about illness after Wrubber complains of a rough morning. Klubber suggests throat trouble, but reveals the real issue is a long conversation with his wife after returning home.
A dramatic call for help from a man overboard leads a stranger to offer guidance. The stranger urges learning quickly as a chance to survive, prompting a tense moment of instruction and peril.
A woman reflects on marriage two years in and queries the promises her husband made during their courtship. She recalls how trust shifted as time revealed differences in beliefs and expectations.
A La Crosse Wisconsin seed company advertises Salzer’s Warranted Seeds with a test offer. Readers may receive 20 cents of seeds per returned notice and a plant and goods catalog from Susoak seed grower, plus 1,000 fine cabbage, 2,000 turnip, 5,000 celery, 1,000 lettuce seeds.
An old advertisement promises relief from colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs. It notes a 25 cent price and B W Roe’s signature on each box, offering refunds if the product fails to cure. The piece weaves in comic lines about wealth, temperament, wine and teething.
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