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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
8
A narrator recalls a Western romance set near a Montana lodge. Dane recounts Nan a daring rescue from a rattlesnake and a jealous rival Bailey, ending with the narrator marrying Nan in a light melodramatic tale.
A Scottish hunter recalls a deer that wandered near a crofter’s hut and became entangled in a tin pail that slid over its neck. The deer could not drink or feed, causing panic among other deer as it moved and clattered. The account ends with speculation on the creature’s fate from shock or nervous exhaustion.
A reflective editorial urges readers to drop constant complaints about rain or cold. It praises contentment, resilience, and a positive outlook, comparing chronic grumblers to a fly on a king's chariot wheel and urging acceptance of circumstances with optimism.
The piece recalls a journalist hosting students at tea in an expensive apartment while noting the shift from high society experiences to newer realities. It contrasts past glamour with today’s bleak truth that celebrity interviews often pay poorly, sometimes yielding only a quarter per story.
The Minneapolis Journal notes warm falls keep soil soft and fields full of worms and bugs. Turkeys roam from sunrise to dusk eating rich grubs, gaining soft flesh, while cold falls freeze ground and curb feeding, producing lean birds with less public demand.
A Prussian tale relates Baron Kom pesehy planning a capture using a lifelike cupboard to entrap a giant. The trap backfired when a corpse emerged, enraging the king who ordered death for the baron but later reprieved him when more giants were sought. The piece adds a scar treatment recipe using borax salicylic acid glycerin and rosewater.
A brief exchange about debt and credit features a boasting debtor and a borrower who defends his good standing, concluding with a note on credit perception and responsibility.
John Murray in a learned mono graph estimates the globe’s dry land at 55 000 000 square miles and the oceans at 137 200 000 square miles. He items volumes 23 450 000 and 8 800 000 cubic miles for land and ocean water respectively. Mean land height is 2250 feet and ocean depth 12480 feet. Rivers transport sediment yearly and the calc ulation suggests 684000 years to move all land into the sea.
A con man enters a lawyer’s office and mocks sign language. He asks why the lawyer prices himself so high and jokes that his first name is Adam, in a scene quoted from Lippincott's Magazine.
A Harper’s Weekly excerpt highlights a French observer’s confusion with English verb and preposition use. Dialog subjects include break break broken phrases like break down break up break into and broken out, illustrating misused forms and the speaker’s attempt to recall correct usage. The piece underscores language learning hurdles and cross language misunderstandings.
The heart lungs and digestive system operate without conscious control because they are essential for life. If a person had to think about breathing or digestion, they could not function. Without automatic bodily processes, a person would collapse and die.
A retold fable recounts the Roman consul Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa being questioned by friends about his wife’s virtue and wealth. He lifts his shoe to show a hidden flaw, arguing that outward beauty and wealth mask unseen discomforts.
A nature student recalls glimmers along the shore resembling fairy lamps. An elder explains the phosphorescence on a kingfisher's breast attracts fish, the bird using its natural glow to fish for itself and family.
Dr Edwin L Feese dentist offers free examinations and guarantees all work. He advertises the best painless tooth extraction method and notes offices at Diller on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. He will occupy space with Dr Neely near Bixbys restaurant with a home office over Bank of Odell. Call via Diller telephone line.
Miss L O Ballard of Chicago acts as MIT LINE FR Agent for Charles A Stevens. She offers suits jackets waists capes furs and related garments and also serves as agent for the Delineator magazine.
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