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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1915
Page
4
A Des Moines editorial extols a Lincoln memorial highway across the United States. It envisions a 3000 mile route from New York to San Francisco with trees arches and statues linking oceans, a symbol of national pride and common people.
A moral wave in Grayville Illinois leads the girls high school team to abandon bloomers and play in full skirts. The school board bars use of the school name in games while bloomers are worn.
A concise admonition urges balancing focus between war reporting and other essential duties. The speaker cautions against overemphasizing conflict at the expense of broader conversation and daily concerns.
A fragmented catalog list features many magazine titles including Women World Popular Monthly Home Life and Farm publications. The piece reads like an offer round up with various CLUB numbers and free patterns noted for several titles.
Texas ranger Colonel Bill McDonald arrives at the White House with blue jean overalls for Francis Sayre the president's child. McDonald jokes that he sent the breeches though they are large for now and credits Mrs. McDonald with making them. President sends thanks for a gift of boxing gloves from Mike Donovan for the baby.
A farmer near Yorktown Indiana has kept a horse confined in its stall for eight years after it ran away with the farmer when the horse was three. The animal has had no exercise and became extremely nervous. The local Humane Society doubts a cruelty conviction but may file a charge and push for the owner to sell the horse to avoid prosecution.
Lumberton North Carolina J G Bundy reported eleven pigs in a litter born with tusks about three quarters of an inch long. Each pig had two to three tusks on each side. Bundy removed the tusks with pliers and the pigs are healthy otherwise. Some say the trait results from crossbreeding, though it remains speculative.
A reminiscence recalls Sir Thomas Chambers during an ISSO election meeting in St Pancras where Gladstone spoke for him. An inspector suggested he go over the crowd and he was carried on the heads of spectators before entering the venue. The tale includes Mrs Blanc praising durable shoes and a daughter quipping about her father. Also notes Paris siege era fist bombs improvised from nails and wire.
A writer notes that the word right originally meant straight or straightforward and that the term pnorima appears in this linguistic observation. The piece suggests that left did not start as the opposite of right but carried senses of weakness and inefficiency in early usage.
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