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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
8
A London Express writer notes sheep mistaking a lamb wearing a dead lamb’s skin for its own offspring. Ewes sniff the coat to identify scent, often accepting the strange lamb as kin, producing a comical, half-flayed appearance in the pens.
German engineer cites future gas ships with onboard coal gas producers and a marine motor. He details Capitaine’s Franaxfort paper and a piston Otto Langen variant using air compressed to three atmospheres to drive return strokes while compressing the gas mixture to ignition.
In Kettering a fishmonger’s wife Mrs Althorp opened an oyster from a Liverpool consignment and found ten pearls. A pearl dropped out first, leading to the discovery of nine more. Local jewelers valued the pearls as excellent quality, ranging from pea to pinhead size.
A correspondent reports a household event where a nearly full grown chicken was dragged into a room by a cat. The bird lay motionless then suddenly rose, studied the room, and fled once it sensed the cat’s return, displaying wary awareness.
High prices prevail in Paris at M Guilhou sale in Bayenne. A gold enamel snuff box appraised at 1 600 dollars sold for 4 000. A pair of candelabra carved with aces once owned by Marie Antoinette sold for 3 000, far below expectations.
A Baltimore American snippet depicts a rough barber exchange with a mangled customer about skin kneading and a grim joke implying taking the rest of it. The brief line hints at a harsh streetwise humor typical of the era.
In Bits column the nurse notes the baby pleased with a remark by Mrs. Ducie about his resemblance. The dialogue suggests the baby’s amusement at a mistaken impression among relatives.
Penarth Wesleyans held a bazar to raise funds for repairing their church. The day after the bazar closed, the church burned.
A Chicago Daily News anecdote recalls San Francisco's egg scarcity in the era of high prices. Two Tennessee visitors ordered breakfast for two at Aldrich's, receiving a $10 bill against a $5 pocket, prompting a colonel to lend a $50 gold slug and remind them eggs here are precious.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quoted a statistician boasting seven years of marriage data. He claims a girl aged 20 to 27 can marry almost any suitor, with five of six bachelors proposing, while marriage chances plummet for older maiden ladies. He cites odds from 30 to 60 years, and near zero unless extremely rich at sixty.
The Brazilian government plans a hydrology division to tap vast subterranean water, with drilling already funded. Bermuda seeks U S expertise to access groundwater. Peru eyes underground water to irrigate arid coastal regions. Arabia reportedly hosts large underground water beds extending hundreds of miles from Hedjaz toward the Euphrates.
The New York Sun describes a visit to the aquarium where children marvel at creatures in the tanks. A small boy asks if the horned fish gives milk as a father explains he does not know, then they move to see more remarkable fishes.
France seeks control of northwest Africa with a Moroccan protectorate while Spain's interests and Britain’s objections collide. German Emperor Tangier visit prompts direct sovereignty stance. Negotiations grow tense but likely settle through diplomacy, not force.
United States Consul Swarm reports half year 1904 expenses for England and Wales poor relief totaling 21.46 million dollars including out relief and asylum care with an annual projection of 43 million. Number on relief rose to 75,046 as 128 unions shift children from pauper homes while London county spends 72 cents per person for the half year.
Attractive travel promotion inviting Americans to take summer tours with daily excursion rates starting June 1 to Denver Salt Lake City California Portland Puget Sound and eastern resorts. Advertises low summer limits for trips to the Black Hills Big Horn Basin and western scenic routes with details for agents Alt Watson and L W Wakeley in Omaha.
The passage discusses sacred stones as centers of the universe across cultures. It cites Mukden and the Manchu dynasty stone, the Doring in Lhassa, the Kaaba in Mecca, and references to Greek omphalos Delphi and the London Stone as historic centers of measurement and reverence.
A man who had attended a banquet the night before explains he recalls his wife's preference by focusing on the taste in his mouth this morning. A friend questions how he remembers. This exchange appears in the Tribune.
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