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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
4
Notice from the Diller Nebraska post office recording second class matter status and advertising rate terms. Business locals run until ordered out with charges of five cents per line per insertion.
Friday January 24 1916 political announcements show candidates for sheriff and county judge in Jefferson County. Sheriff candidate announces under Democratic primary in April 1916 and a $3.00 cash with order note. Louis J Nutzman runs for County Judge on the non partisan Judiciary ballot subject to voters in the April 1916 primary.
Charles H McGee announces candidacy for Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County Nebraska. Primary election set for April 18 1916 under Republican electors.
The piece urges 1916 as a year of plenty and peace and calls for rallying together to boost local money circulation. It proposes exporting excess, buying locally, expanding home businesses, increasing farm output, and ensuring farmers have cash to weather prices, with a focus on keeping wealth in the community. It warns against drones and advocates aggressive local revenue growth and self reliance.
If the report proves true that Gen. Villa has $130,090 deposited in an American bank, he will be welcomed to the United States by people who previously showed little goodwill.
A birthday dinner anecdote credits the President with cake baked by his bride, seen as proof of democracy and valor. The piece also notes a Chinese saying that meat fuels crime, echoing a humorous reaction to a butcher’s bill.
Wash gently to keep silk stockings white. Soak in cold water with borax, then wash in warm sudsy water using pure white soap. Rinse thrice, air dry, then smooth and roll once dry. Do not heat iron, and avoid soaking white with colored stocks. Cotton stockings may be washed similarly but press flat to reduce fuzz.
A hygiene note argues that good dental care impacts overall health and morality. It claims decayed teeth can hinder nourishment, affect physical and mental development, and increase disease risk. Dental floss, brushing after meals, and alkaline mouthwash at night are advised.
Instructions for several sauces built from drawn butter. Includes butter base with flour water for a white sauce then variations with eggs capers lemon juice parsley and cream. Also covers shrimp sauce with egg yolk and chopped shrimp.
A nostalgic indoor game guide suggests entertaining kids on rainy days. It describes making a wooden fish from calendar numbers and blocks, plus a fishing pole from a stick and string. Children compare scores by highest number fished and model pigs from gum on Bristol board with a toothpick.
A practical guide urges gathering lime wash, brushes, sawdust, and dampening sawdust to sweep and dust hard to reach areas. Begin by clearing rubbish and opening windows, then dust ceiling walls pipes and shelves with long and short handled tools. damp sawdust traps dust along edges and corners before final removal with ashes.
The text lists nourishing foods that do not create fat and warns against fatty foods like butter and lard. It advises lean meats, most vegetables, fruits, grains like oats and rice, beans, milk in small amounts, and eggs, while noting beer, malt drinks, and certain pastries can promote fat. It emphasizes exercise, hydration, open air activity, and daily perspiration.
Practical tips to store lettuce parsley and greens after washing in cold water then sealing in a tight tin with a cool place. Lettuce revives after a few hours of this treatment and raw greens can be purified with boric acid or salt in the wash water. Tomatoes ripened on the stem keep for long with brine made from salt in water.
In the era of Cyrus the Persians were Zoroastrians with primitive monotheism and no idols in temples. Jews showed less enmity toward Persians than toward other nations, likely due to shared monotheism. Cyrus, despite other claims, was not an idolater, per Christian Herald.
A New York Weekly editorial extols marriage as a woman’s extended sphere and posterity guiding her life. It argues culture purity and refinement shape the home and elevate family fortunes, while diligence and selflessness make a wife a treasure of treasures.
A London Times note argues for a universal approach to place names and calls out German and French habit for Cologne Mainz and Munich. It cites London Londra and suggests an international commission could settle Polish and similar names.
The hippo trots fast despite clumsy build earning the name river horse. Wide body keeps feet apart creating a ridge down its back. Hippos swim well and gallop in shallow water, stay underwater long, surface with spray jets. The cow tends calf. a young hippo sits on the mother's back as she swims.
A humorous exchange about owing $30,000. One party suggests marrying Miss Oldgirl to cover the debt. Jumper declines and jokes the other could marry her to pay the difference.
A playful New York Run item riffs on a storm incident where a Knicks fan and a rocker joke about being caught without umbrellas. The piece uses light satire to describe the soggy scene and social banter around the weather event.
A famous capitalist writes to M Tarbell in American Mag BAYS about avoiding speculation and seeking conservative investments. He notes risk of losing all, prefers trusted brokers or bankers, and believes long term gains outweigh uncertain large dividends. He fears the woman recipient cannot safely invest 6 percent and may only return thanks.
A fragment notes a belief among Zoitaster followers that the rose existed without thorns before sin. It also mentions a tradition in the east linking the burning bush of Moses to a rose.
A fragment from the Lonisride Courier Pournal notes a character enjoying opulence with a nurse at hand and a concerned grouch present, reflecting a tone of satire on wealth and service in daily life.
The term Naphine grew popular in France earlier than in England. At lavish French dinners a napkin was changed with every course, perfumed with roses, and folded differently for each guest.
A fragment narrates Halcyon Daya and a kingfisher myth about peaceful weather during breeding. The text mentions hat eron dars and a tranquil scene but is incomplete and obscure.
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