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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
8
A fragmentary excerpt argues for corn products over wheat and white flour, urging readers to overcome prejudice and taste corn bread. It highlights corn’s once overlooked role, the meatless diet, and the belief that corn is a delicacy when properly prepared. The text frame condemns reliance on white flour and promotes corn as healthier and flavorful.
A fragmented note describes Nebraska farmers adapting to a harsh winter by converting wheat land to corn to rest and rehabilitate soil. The text hints at improving soil conditions and a policy-like shift in crop choice based on past seasons.
Three more counties—Chattelton Gee Nocoke Cans Richardson Johnson Pawnee Gage Seward Saline Butler—now join the Lincoln internal revenue district total of thirteen. The Nebraska dry era trimmed collector work but new duties and action are anticipated as the war effort shifts duties to tax collection.
The readable text contains scattered words and phrases with no clear event or names. Context suggests a damaged OCR fragment from a local notice, lacking dates places or actions to summarize into a coherent item.
A fragmented note claims a cow laughs and a desler sells a silo to Jey in a quirky local transaction. The readable bits reference a hamaber and odd expressions, suggesting a misread OCR fragment from a rural ad or column.
A child friendly tale features the Moon telling the Earth it feels shy after shining brightly for the Fairies. The Earth offers its shadow as a hiding place during a total Eclipse while explaining the term to ensure the Moon understands. The Moon signs off by noting the event is a playful hide and seek, with Fairies observing from behind trees.
A brief meditation on mortality notes that death might become rarer as global conflicts surge and life journeys resemble crossing oceans to new lands. The piece suggests death may be nearing its end as a universal certainty, signaling a shifting era for humanity.
The Century cites exam papers showing humorous missteps in anatomy study. Victors include misread circulatory terms and body part causes, with comments on eating, water temperature, teeth care, and posture.
A fragmented desert vignette describes a landscape where cacti bloom like roses, side-winders move along sandy tracks, road runners race a horse, and ducks darken the sky. Vivid color imagery contrasts dawn and dusk across sagebrush and barren plains.
Fragmentary text notes evolving overland travel signs with signposts, guideposts, and a prize winning design using concrete, boards, and distances marked for western hunters and travelers, highlighting evolving signage in the region.
Charles S. Brooks reflects on picnics as a simple gathering with cloth laid by a stream. He contrasts rustic prep with city vices, describes a journey from streetcar to hilltop platform, and notes sunset as night wears jewels.
Xanten in the lower Rhine region is famed for a cathedral said to be its sole raison d etre. The church houses bones of 880 saints and martyrs, collected by a mother empress, giving the town its name and notoriety. The city lies on a flat plain with a sullen Rhine, its twin spires rising like exclamations against the monotony of the landscape.
A fragment shows a narrator scolding Jimmy for risky travel and planning a homeopathic remedy as punishment. The dialogue hints at parental care and a harsh consequence in a rural setting. The lines suggest a colloquial mood with casual references to travel and discipline.
The text outlines that birds continually seek food and can gorge beyond capacity. It notes reports by the biological survey showing birds like a bank swallow in Texas consuming 68 cotton boll weevils and a night hawk eating 340 grasshoppers along with other insects and a spider, illustrating birds’ role in insect control.
Ants may be driven away by tansy leaf infusion poured into areas they frequent. A second remedy blends tartar emetic with sugar placed on the floor. Hot alum water proves effective for red ants. For lawn ants, loosen soil holes and flush with kerosene and hot water.
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