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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
8
An Associated Press report from Paris describes a 100 yard line outside a grocery where four policemen keep order as women jostle for a quarter pound of chocolate. One mother with six children says the prize is worth the risk of pneumonia because her baby has never tasted chocolate.
A distressed husband seeks a renowned physician for his ailing wife. The doctor derides the pulse and prescribes a phonograph purchase, claiming new records would restore her nerves. The physician then phones a phonograph shop to find a small, brokish man with a pale bald head to deliver the goods and cash.
A garbled testimony from Jimpson Junction describes a wary return to the Big Burg with a bold money scheme. The speaker claims a planned safe hold in a shirt and money sealed for a court, warning of a possible theft along the line.
Incoherent text shows a garbled quote about camouflage and a patron addressing an admiral. The fragment mentions a beggar and a sense of blindness contrasted with a patron’s inquiry. Readable context is extremely limited.
Johnny Ingram, a fifteen year old, froze to death during a blizzard on Spring river last year. Two greyhounds guarded his grave and visited daily, lying by the grave with heads between paws as if praying. They later brought wild flowers to the site. The dogs fell ill and vanished after a vet could not diagnose illness.
Peace often comes through mediation by a nation or ruler. The document cites examples: Pope Urban VI before Westphalia, Sweden at Ryswick in 1697, Russia in 1814, Austria in Crimea, the United States in 1838 and 1860, and U S efforts in 1865 between Spain and western republics, with varying outcomes.
A narrator expresses humble thanks for the safe return of a lent book after enduring peril from multiple bookcases and potential misuse. The caller recalls gloom at lent loss and now rejoices at the book’s return in reasonably good condition.
Thomas F. Logan writes in Leslie's about the U A R supply role in victory. Hot meals reached troops under fire using airtight 107 pound containers for 25 men daily. An emergency ration, British iron style, fed troops in dire straits with ground meat cake and chocolate.
The Quill applauds Stars and Stripes as a powerful American expeditionary forces publication. It notes letters from home convey intimate scenes, but copies of the paper better capture the Yankee life in France, praising the editors for presenting both private and executive viewpoints.
Before common umbrellas, ladies used quitasols to ward off rain. Imported from India via Tugland, these oiled muslin parasols came in colors. Then umbrelas with oiled linen followed, but were bulky. In 1771 a physician and a preacher promoted sun use, yet public Gazettes mocked it as effeminate.
Charles Holster of Cradock South Africa reached 105. Born two days after Leipzig in Duisburg Prussia he lived in Cradock over 50 years. A Crimean War veteran in the British army he fought at Balaklava with the Inniskillings and sailed to the Cape, arriving East London on New Year’s Day after a 66 day voyage.
A dialogue between Mrs Fatpurse and a Great Artist reveals a request for a landcape featuring deer ducks quail reeds birds cattle and a lake and ocean. The customer insists on detailed wildlife and natural elements in the commissioned scene.
In Fairbury the County Court schedules July 10, 1919 at 9 a m for the hearing on Sophie G. Mathias administratrix petitioning for a final settlement and distribution of the estate. Notice of pendency to interested parties will be published in the Diller Record for three consecutive weeks. Louis J. Nutzman, County Judge. Heasty & Barnes, attorneys for Admin.
First publication June 20 and last July 14 1919 a notice of referee sale under a District Court order issued June 10 1919 in Jefferson County Nebraska. Referee W Fouts will sell at Fairbury Court House cash the described lands including sections 1 33 township 2 north range 4 east, and a 40 foot strip along Short Street with legal highways reserved. Names include Harry Ali plaintiff William G Bell defendant and C H Denney attorney. Sale set for July 23 1919 at 2 oclock p m at the Fairbury Nebraska court house.
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