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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
A Montreal Herald item notes six year old Margie from a Presbyterian family vows to fast from candy for Lent after being inspired by Episcopalian friends. Hours later she admits to a peppermint lapse and shifts her sacrifice to abstaining from profane language.
An attendant guides a visitor through a haunted asylum. A man sits on a three legged stool gazing at the wall after losing his love to marriage. In a padded cell another inmate is described as stark raving mad.
A narrator recalls early coffee exposure shaping routines at meals. Parents roasted and ground coffee as a substitute. The habit persisted into adulthood, influencing work life and daily consumption.
Limuel Jacklin watches a local suit at a crossroads store settle and muses on society educating quarrel. A young lawyer counters that bickering sustains civilization, while Limuel recalls a past horse-swapping dispute ending in tragedy and a costly legal clash.
A courtroom anecdote unfolds with a humorous exchange about a willing lawyer. The speaker shares a tale of a settlement involving a brother’s estate and a boastful, skilled county lawyer who jokes about putting up his property to settle disputes. The narrator criticizes lawmakers and reflects on lawyers as products of human restlessness and ignorance, pondering if ever a time will come without lawyers.
A Republican article notes mining is uncertain. Ged?the'A. W. warns investors that even established mines show risk as veins end and stock prices fall despite large dividends. The piece emphasizes caution in putting money into mining ventures.
A boy survives a near fatal gunshot after surgery but later dies when the bullet, kept as a memento, lodges in his windpipe during a coughing spell. The mother, who doubts the recovery, attributes the fate to occult beliefs and preordination by the very bullet.
In Millrift Pennsylvania the Loudner family German household mourns Pete the dog killed after he saved a child from danger. A rattlesnake concealed by a rubber ball was the actual threat as the child played nearby. Pete tried to warn and protect and was slain by the boy's father in mistake.
An old couple discusses the rise of women taking men’s roles, noting practical shifts like farming tasks and household work. The man predicts shared labor while the woman probes meaning behind the growing movement.
The Manila Times notes bathers scoff at shark warnings in Manila Bay after Capt R M Lasala reports a large shark near Malate beach. It adds a sawfish beached at Salinas Cavite measuring 12 1/2 feet from snout to tail and 44 feet fin to fin, urging bathers near ships to exercise caution.
Gossip swirls as audiences flock to hear the pianist while advertisers hype the musician almost as much as the piano brand he uses. The remark notes the high public interest and commercial enthusiasm surrounding the performer.
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