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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1904
Page
4
The page lists a local newspaper notice from Diller Nebraska with subscription rates, postal details, and advertising costs. It surveys topics from prohibition conventions, railroading mileage, agricultural pride, and health fads, plus scattered remote quotes on farming, skipping rope, and telegraph history. It mentions Lincoln convention dates and various national and international curiosities in brief items.
Dr Yamei Kin, a Chinese physician studying in America, describes Chinese foods and eating customs. She notes soy is made from red beans fermented to a product sold as Worcestershire sauce after fermentation in England. Beans and vegetables form staple fare for laborers, pork is common, beef is avoided for toughness, and elaborate multi course dinners mark social entertaining. Rats and cats are rare delicacies, sea swallow nests are a luxury, and traditional poetry games accompany meals.
The Allerd buffalo herd on the Flathead Reservation in Montana numbers about 300 and is valued at a quarter of a million dollars. Started by Charles Allerd from two calves twenty years ago, it has grown with breeding efforts urged by Indian agent Major Peter Roonan. The herd has toured the country, appeared at fairs and the Chicago World’s Fair, and calves arrive yearly while some bulls are driven in Missoula streets for sport.
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt reports a philosopher claiming growling is a gift and necessity for some people. It recounts a rheumatic man who grew less and then grew angry, joking that his growling jostled away his illness along with his crutches.
The article traces the origin of cultivated roses with a Belgium planting in 1522 and lists damask roses from France in 1573, mos roses around 1724, and China roses in later years. It notes Britain’s wild roses as natives and compares counts of species across sources from five to twenty four.
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Press discusses drinking water versus hard water for a gentleman, with humor about using ice in whiskey on hot days, featuring Newitt Col Lusch and a nickname of Kentucky. A second item notes silk coloration using subcutaneous neutral red in Lyons, showing treated worms yielding pink silk.
The data presents per million homicide rates for England 6.13 Germany 6.45 France 11.55 Austria 15.42 Italy 3691 and Strain 44.70. These figures appear out of context and include an implausible value for Italy.
A Boston Record note recites an Caribbean legend of an island inhabited only by women to spare tribes from losing all mates in war, then shifts to a tale of illusion with a Hindu sage who claims nothing is real as friends tease him about an elephant.
A reflective line questions why women rarely discuss their formative memories. The phrasing hints at gender roles shaping personal storytelling and memory.
A tumbler combination lock for post office boxes is described as a aid for those prone to lose keys. Sweden sent three quarters of four million grease boxes of matches imported into this country last year.
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