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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
7
In a playful exchange, Wigg mocks borrowing trouble while Wagg counters with borrowing anything else. The banter reflects lighthearted character dynamic and humor about planning and risk.
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents, precept no substitute, Sample mailed FREE. Address: Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Men who talk much usually say but little, and t bore-everybody except themselves.
Retailers say they do not stock Defiance because many shelves already hold 12 ounce packages of rival brands. Defiance offers 16 ounce bags for the same price, and stores fear slow sales.
A playful line notes that kissing a girl’s lips often can leave a lingering pleasant taste and memory, suggesting a teasing psychological effect of affection.
A former Arkansas circuit judge recalls a humorous early era incident. After sentencing a man to three months for larceny, the sheriff explains the prisoner remains at large because no other inmates are kept. The judge is told the jailer gave the man the jail key and allowed him to sleep there nights. Source New York Times.
Col. Suarez, Bolivian chargé d’affaires in London, recalls a country house incident. Women in the party pressured him to write Bolivia and then South America on his album, teasingly asking for more, amid jokes that Bolivia might be in Bohemia.
A fragmentary verse vignette describes a fisherman poet at dawn trying to fish from a murky spot. He recalls past anglers and labors over metaphor and form, failing to land a bite while the sun rises and sets, leaving only a single small catch, a minnow.
The article traces the historical sense of invention as finding or discovery. It notes the cross festival on May 3 commemorating Helena of Jerusalem and cites how seventeenth and eighteenth century writers used invention to mean solution or creation, such as blood circulation and the nervous system.
A noted passage describes how extreme cold affects Tibetan speech with very few vowels and many consonants. It cites the Tibetan name for Sikhim as Hbrashongs and explains that many words are spoken with the mouth almost closed to ward off the cold.
A collage of old advertisements touts Australian Leaf as a women’s remedy for female weaknesses and urinary issues with mail order options. Other items promote cigars, Defiance Stove, Piso’s Cure, Mother Gray’s nursery remedy, and various quack cures with prices and persuasive testimonials.
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