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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
3
A Mormon wife insists she belongs by her husband’s side as he lies dying. The doctor replies gently that all the best places are taken and asks her to come back later.
Hundreds of dealers tout the extra quantity and superior quality of De fiance Sta starch as surpassing all other brands. Mrs Byers and Mrs ONeil discuss the Irish struggle of 98, while neighbors joke about a bargain sale.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Swollen Hot Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions Sold at druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent FREE Allen S Olmsted LeRoy No
A man of high moral aims asks about using money for good. Senator Sorghum replies he started with $500 and is now worth millions, asserting that counts as doing pretty good. The exchange highlights wealth and ethics in public life.
A youth claims fitness for a post, but the veteran politician insists merit is less crucial than having war service. The exchange highlights a belief that political favors favor those who previously fought for opportunities.
A man asked a policeman if the fellow owns the machine as it crossed the street. The guardian of the peace notes it does not appear the driver has controlling interest.
A clipped dialogue reveals Sapley urging love while Miss Keene refuses, stating she is studying Spanish and French and just began swimming lessons. She adds she has no room to learn anything else. The exchange highlights a constraint on personal pursuits amid limited space.
A plain man questions guarantees for photographs. The photographer replies that while satisfaction cannot be guaranteed, a good likeness can be promised. The exchange centers on expectations for portrait quality and accuracy.
Sedgwick Arkansas July 11 reports W S Taylors little boy once swollen from dropsy and unable to walk recovered after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. The father claims he stopped other medicines and gave 35 pills in total over eight days, leading to full recovery and renewed energy.
A congressman debates how to craft explanations for constituents. The seasoned editor advises adopting an unusually long, dense approach so the message is assumed rather than read.
The Defiance starch claims its 16 ounce packages offer superior quality and are sold at the same price as 2 ounce packages of competing brands.
A humorous exchange shows a professional humorist balking at fencing work due to fear of fainting. The doctor asks the humorist to try fencing, but the humorist remains uneasy and declines.
A public notice touts Colorado Midland Railway routes to Colorado interior state Utah and California with affordable summer round trips. It invites inquiries to C. H. Speers Denver agent and ends with a quip about education and inferiority from Tommy Pop.
Advertisers claim Defiance Starch is sold everywhere with unmatched quantity and quality. A quoted line questions the Know Nothing party, defining it as the person at the railroad station door where questions fail to reach.
An advertisement style note from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 touts Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. A joke line follows about a mother and child remarking on academic standing themed around an ankle bruise.
The Defiance Starch Co offers 25 roundtrip tickets to the St Louis Exposition for the five top collectors in each of Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri who mail in the largest number of Defiance 16 ounce starch trade marks. Entries must be received by September 1 1904. Tickets mailed September 6. Starch sold by all dealers.
A pair of perspiring citizens exchange greetings as they discuss moving goods with only two trucks this year. A manufacturer touts a new product while a visitor contrasts his line with gunpowder. A young wife complains during breakfast about biscuit shortages.
In a clipped dialogue a father criticizes his daughter's suitor while she counters that neither has appetite or funds for a meal. The exchange highlights financial strain and social expectations shaping their future.
A customer complains a picture at an art store has been defaced by scribbles. The salesman notes the marks include the artist signature, prompting debate over whether to remove the ink or preserve the signature.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Sharpe and Cholly arguing about vegetarianism and beef. The snippet hints at a playful clash over meat preference and cattle growth.
A lifelong weak diges tion and capricious appetite improved after switching to Grape Nut s and cream. The testimony claims rapid strength gain and lasting health, with continued daily use and endorsement of the product from Battle Creek Michigan.
Two French marine engineers jailed in New Caledonia labored seven years to build a launch from driftwood and smuggled iron. They dug an underground chamber beneath their hut and forged tools before guards halted the scheme. A Paris embezzler aided them until betrayed. they received a pardon a year later.
Government plans to irrigate Idaho’s Snake River desert area with major dams and diversion canals. Project costs total about 2.6 million dollars with potential taxable property value of 12 million dollars. About 1,400 new farms would form a rural population of 7,000 and an expected total population of 14,000 with urban growth.
Glenn Russell of Hunter Pa traps hawks by November with first catch of 50 inch wingspan. He then records 54, 49, 51, 50, 48, 63, and 55 inch wingspans across dates from November to May. A decoy hawk on the same date yields 50 inches.
Col William Zeverley laments the weak human mind and recalls Ash Ewing once sergeant-at-arms in Missouri. A prank by Senator Walker had six colleagues question Ash about his face, each time provoking Ash to insist nothing was wrong until his weary reply about his blank face.
A reflective poem recalls lingering near a village church as a white slim tower promises faith. The speaker questions doubts and unrest while memories of early faith and absent sons temper the idea of returning along the highway to the faith’s guardian hills.
Passengers in a train were annoyed by a loud infant, with a boy named Bertie asking how old a child should be to keep its mouth shut. The mother replied sharply, telling him to ask his own mother.
Japan marks each month with unique customs. January begins New Year celebrations, February hosts the fox festival, March features the doll festival, and April honors Buddha’s birthday. May offers flower picnics, June temple festivals, July the Milky Way celebration, August moonlight banquets. September highlights chrysanthemum shows, October is desolate as gods are absent, November notes parents’ celebrations for children, and December focuses on work for the New Year.
George M Searle a teacher writer and astronomer has been elected superior general of the Paulists. He has served with the United States Coast Survey and taught at Annapolis Harvard Catholic University Washington and directed the Vatican Observatory in Rome.
A fragmented poem recalls a once vibrant fisherman of Nippon whose playful song ends as war rises. Cherry blossoms fall like blood as bees swarm, ships draw closer to peril, and the youth is replaced by conflict with Russ. The scene blends beauty and threat in a dated Century-era voice.
In Colorado near Golden, dredging for gold in Clear Creek sands draws attention from Chicago financiers prepared to invest nearly 1,000,000 in developing plans and constructing the large dredges.
Former Virginia governor William E. Cameron quits his bid for Congress in the fourth district due to ill health. He announced the decision at Boydton in a joint discussion with his opponent R G Southall.
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch make it next to impossible to sell any other brand.
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