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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
2
A collection of pithy statements and light news items reflecting early 20th century views. Notable items reference benevolent assimilation in India, meat prices reaching restaurants, Greenland gold discoveries, pay-as-you-enter streetcars, and a census note on federal employees.
A Gotham resident was held up and robbed of his gold false teeth. Police advise a safer approach by wearing natural teeth when walking at night to avoid attracting crime.
A Kremmling Colorado resident named Barker earns recognition for diverse roles as taxidermist horse doctor lawyer and undertaker. The remark labeled him a living proof that the Kaiser lacks any monopoly on versatility.
In Albuquerque New Mexico residents are barred from using telephones on Sundays. The piece notes Sundays are dull for party line users and mocks a traveling immigrant. It adds a blind stenography teacher advocates the trade as work for the sightless and cites rising numbers.
Florence Nightingale earned distinction in the Crimean War more than half a century ago. Her Order of Merit comes late, but perhaps it is better so than never. It will not outshine the luster of her simple name.
The piece cites Gen Booth predicting reporter questions after death. It mentions Reginald and a baroness in grief observed by an Indiana author. A Boston Globe quip mocks immigrants going west. Ansonia Senti nel extols room for migrants if better distributed.
In a London pantomime the Babes in the Wood fall asleep as trees shed their autumn leaves and stand bare with long branches swaying in the wind. Critics note modern stage realism grows more lifelike each year.
A motivational piece urges focusing on the main point, finding the germ or bull's eye in any venture. It cites a gold washing machine patent story, Corbundum polishing compound, and Rockefeller to illustrate how decisive focus yields wealth and success.
The west produces wheat for national bread and should favor local flour mills. Shipping wheat elsewhere then returning flour imposes losses from commissions and freight, and reduces local employment. Supporting home manufacturing or mercantile firms keeps wealth within the community, and the Liberia rubber tree note adds foreign detail.
A critic argues that outside capital in water works street cars and other utilities drains local earnings to distant owners. Homegrown municipal ownership keeps profits local, boosting investments and public welfare while commercial clubs often misserve community interests.
Editorial urges citizens to weed out social evils and oppose concentrated capital power. It calls for supporting home trade, limiting outflow of money, and uplifting the community through vigilant civic responsibility.
The article calls for cooperative action between business people and customers, emphasizing that farmers, laborers, and all workers must join tradesmen to build up the community. It warns that discord harms all interests and urges harmony over back-biting competition for progress.
The Billville Banner laments high coal costs and timber withholding while noting a few extra bales of cotton that can fuel the fire. This snippet reflects local hardship and resource juggling as prices bite residents.
A historical portrait of early doctors who faced disease with crude tools and homemade remedies. They bled patients heavily, used calomel and lobelia, punished by strong doses, and relied on common sense and self study. Despite rough methods, many patients recovered, reflecting hardy, practical practitioners.
The Sunday Strand argues Australia’s cities inherit strong governance yet face persistent city problems. It highlights gambling, youth chasing “something for nothing,” and drink as factors creating slums as reform efforts struggle to curb these ills.
Dumley and Wise debate a joke by Mutley in a brisk Philadelphia Press exchange. Wise laughs in self-defense to signal the point was clear, prompting the other man to repeat the joke.
A quip from Harper's Weekly notes Nelson is dead and asks what killed him. The line implies a grim joke about someone "pulling his leg" as the cause.
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