The Diller Record publication details
Friday edition of The Diller Record notes office location in Diller Nebraska and printing terms. Subscriptions are billed in advance with rates four, five, and two months options. Advertising rates are five cents per line per insertion and mailed to subscribers until payment settles.
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Farmland Notes and Global Facts From 1903
A miscellany of agriculture tips and world data includes hay cover buying in farms, coal depth in Victoria, Japan buying American horses, big ostrich flocks in Phenix, and life expectancy averages. It mentions a Beat Price convention, post offices counts, and Russia’s large army. A Brooklyn preacher cites wealth as a path to hell and a plan for saving money via small banks and alfalfa as feed.
Antarctic Progress Justifies Royal Geographical Society Expenditure
Collier's Weekly notes the first year of Antarctic work funded by the Royal Geographical Society. It highlights Victoria Land as a major discovery, Scott's Discovery expedition progress toward the South Pole, and compares polar distances with Ross Nansen and other explorers. The piece emphasizes vast remaining work to match Arctic knowledge.
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England
Royal Geographical Society
Arctic
Antarctic
James Ross
Victoria Land
Switzerland
South Polar
Antarctic Circle
Ross
Borchgrevink
Scott
South Pole
Greenland
Pole
Nansen
Duke of the
Abruzzi
North Pole
Collier’s Weekly
Social Veneer and Temper at Card Parties
A New York Tribune column discusses how social conventions mask temper and greed among women at card parties. It argues scratching gentility reveals true character, noting good and bad losers influence respect and that education does not shield behavior from anger or greed.
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Montesquieu
Biddy
Burgeoise
New York Tribune
Smokeless Noiseless Rifle Suppressor Described by French Soldier
A French soldier describes a device to suppress sound and smoke for ordinary life. It uses a thirty inch steel tube with partitions and orifices larger than the bore attached to the muzzle. Gases are retarded by each partition to reduce noise and smoke when fired.
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Es & Dayenai
African gourd telegraph system rivals modern tech
Reverend C A Rideout details an ancient African communications network using trained guards and gourd drums that transmit messages between villages over long distances. He cites its use in war and peace, noting rapid news from the Boer War era and a mobile marimba or African piano ensemble as part of the signal system.
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Marconis
Franklin
Morse
C. A. Rideout
M. E. Church of America
South Africa
Natal
Lerothrodi
United States
Kid
Basuto
Orange Free. State
Transvaal
Pondos
Africa
Wanted Several Industrious Persons for Nationwide Travel
Classified recruitment ad seeks several industrious persons to travel across states for a profitable line. Established eleven years with capital, calling on merchants and agents for permanent engagement. Weekly cash salary of 18 dollars plus hotel and travel expenses advanced in cash. No experience required. Include references and self-addressed envelope to Tile National, GH Dearborn St., Chicago.
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Tile National
Dearborn St
Chicago
Taking Care Of Her Own By The Green Family
A Vermont neighbor recalls Hetty Green as a youth solving a neighbor dispute with wit. When a threshing machine request meets a rigid refusal, she redirects by offering grain winnowing at the barn. A later request for a borrowed saddle is met with a sharp, humorous retort about keeping possessions on the farm.
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Hetty Green
Vermont
New England
Brute Husband Snubbed by Drunkard’s Lisp Test
A New York Times tale recounted by a broker tells of a newlywed wife who suspects her husband’s drinking. She tests him by presenting a list of long words, noting he misses many while reading aloud, proving his intoxication impaired speech.
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New York Times
Vordigrie Spots On Jackson Statue In Washington
For three years visitors to Washington have noted verdigris on the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square opposite the White House. The green corrosion stains the marble pedestal and the charger beneath the famed horseman. The bronze of the rider bleeds verdigris, while the Lafayette statue at the square's southeast corner shows similar discoloration to a lesser degree.
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Vordigrie
Jackson
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Lafayette Square
White House
Lafayette
Evansville Couple’s 21-Child Hoosier Family Record
Mr and Mrs Spradley of Evansville Indiana claim the largest family in the state with twenty one children. They wed forty five years ago in Coles County NL. The father served three years in the Forty second Illinois regiment during the Union era.
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William Spradley
Evansville
Ind
Spradley
Hoosier State
Coles County
Forty-second
Illinois
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