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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
5
The page lists subscription rates and advertising charges, noting one year and six months options and 5 cent per line local ads. It includes a jumble of 1913 items: New York City debt surpassing U S debt, Morgan remarks on banking, Wilson cabinet health talk, and refinery gold and metal refinery totals for 1912 with Yale and Taft law notes.
Rev P C Johnson of Tecumseh is reappointed as chaplain of the Nebraska State Penitentiary after a prior resignation following a disagreement with Governor Aldrich. Johnson is popular with prisoners and may return. The widespread abolition of the common drinking cup on Burlington depots and trains in Nebraska is set to begin soon on western lines, following a treasury order, once cups are distributed to agents.
A speaker decries a young man’s preference for leisure over work, arguing that habits formed in youth shape adulthood. He warns that laziness and easy living become hard to shed later, stressing the need to develop correct habits now to avoid ruin.
A fragment discusses flirt and coquette dynamics, contrasting physical allure and mental attitude. It critiques both male and female flirts, labeling them self-serving and dangerous to innocent women while praising sincerity. The piece warns of manipulation and societal judgment.
A Montreal story reports a four bird specimen sent from Odell Town Quebec to J B Innes secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Quebec Fish and Game Club identified as a wild pigeon or dove once common in Canada and the United States. The passenger pigeon once numbered in the billions but relentless hunting and forest clearance led to its disappearance, aided by cold winters between 1860 and 1879.
The London Lancet portrays Joseph Lister as a careful, conscientious surgeon who pioneered aseptic precautions after surgical operations. Like Harvey, he delayed publishing until he could prove his methods, fearing premature results without universal surgical discipline. He believed publishing successful outcomes without full asepsis would be criminal.
Dr. Weissenberger and German physicians near Berlin employ a $190 camera disguised as a small telescope to photograph unsuspecting subjects at right angles. The device records facial features by a hair spring trigger as the operator looks away, aiding police in matching suspects to existing images.
Teresa Carreno recalls fifty years of fame and a tale of Tschaikowski seeking a dedication for a piano concerto from Rubinstein. Rubinstein rejects the work as trash, Tschaikowski seeks Von Bulow, who accepts the dedication. The piece elevates Tschaikowski while Rubinstein’s fame wanes, showing time’s changing judgments on greatness.
The passage notes Seres as a key southern Macedonian town near Saloniki, recently occupied by Bulgars. It highlights Seres as the first European center for silk culture and silk cloth, with "Cloth of Seres" as an early Greek and Latin name. It contends history is being rewritten on Macedonian fields.
Mrs Agnes E Day a 21 year old matron collapsed after teaching her husband the turkey trot in Atlantic City. She sank to a couch and died a few hours later from a ruptured blood vessel brought on by exertion.
The artist asserts the new work as the best they have created while a critic counters that such praise should not deter the artist from further effort.
The Journal of the American Medical Association proposes a practical general book disinfection process. Books are to be treated with a mixture including machine gasoline and two percent phenol crystals for 20 minutes, then dried for 24 to 48 hours after brief exposure to an electrician.
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