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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
4
The Diller Record of Diller Nebraska details weekly publication, post office mailing, and subscription terms while mixing community notices and editorial snippets. It includes advertising rates, a warning on adulterated seed, tax, congressional critique, a cautionary piece on manners, and a moral-leaning poem fragment.
Retelling from Truthful James describes extreme drought and dust in the Missouri River region. He recalls a year when the river ran dry enough to dust the boat, water mixing with dust to allow a keel to move, and a farmer hauling fresh water for miles to thin the current.
The word Omaha signifies going against the current and marks the split of the Omaha and Quapaw tribes during an ancient hunting expedition. The Quapaws, noted as down the stream, are traced to 1540 with De Soto’s account on the Arkansas River, living there until 1839.
Mary Eliza Betsy Smith rejects marriage and pursues independence. She works from dry goods to companion, then cooks, rising to command the household. The piece cites La Touche Hancock in the New York Press praising her assertive stance on women’s rights.
A shipboard tale recalls Bill and his father swallowed by a giant shark. After the crew cut the shark and opened it, they find Bill and the old man alive inside, working the grindstone, and the ship survives the miraculous escape.
The snippet shows a dramatic exchange where a count chides constant wandering and calls for marriage, with a character named Gaywood-Ah and a reference to a Count Ach Himmel. The Chicago News quotes the exchange as a humorous or melodramatic line about settling down and meeting a father-in-law.
The piece lists unique lawmakers: Senator Perkins of California the only whaler, Representative Washington Gardner of Michigan the only clergyman, and Anthony Michalek of Chicago the only grocer. It also notes Delegate Kalianaole of Hawaii the only prince and other single-item distinctions among members.
A Lady questions a new cook about a veil she wears to protect her complexion. The cook replies she does not want her skin spoiled while cooking, according to Fliegende Blatter.
A commercial traveler recalls a social gathering in eastern Ontario where a hostess played a Chopin nocturne at the piano. After the piece, she joked with an old gentleman, offering a sonata before dinner, eliciting his surprised pleasure and the quip that he could stand another.
A Milwaukee Sentinel fragment quotes a humorous exchange about dogs as man's best friend. The dialogue suggests steadfast loyalty even in hardship and ends with a zany image of offering a departed dog as sausage for breakfast with buckwheat cakes.
A Detroit Tribune note quotes a young man in a blue waistcoat recalling learning love in a correspondence school he took ten lessons from. He says he realized only he was a lobster after the girl kept the letters and sued him for breach of promise.
A Cleveland judge rules that 11 oclock is late enough for a man to sit up with his best girl The Yonkers man notes this is beyond the two hours allowed to say goodbye at the door.
An Adirondack physician urges sleeping in fresh air to bolster health and combat disease. He argues many fear cold but cites consumptives who sleep outdoors in zero weather with benefits. The piece also notes dangers from circulating libraries spreading germs via damp or contaminated books and reader habits.
Charles A. Conant in Atlantic notes investors like the Rothschilds profit by locking up stocks when cheap. A case shows an investor turning 36 875 into 157 000 over two years, a 120 000 gain, though few outsiders possess such patience and foresight.
An elderly London woman visits a crape shop after burying her fourth husband. She tours the counter as the clerk suggests mourning fabrics, remarking with humor that she has a grip of the subject after her recent loss. The exchange blends wit with social observation in a brief comic vignette.
The article surveys ancient mourning customs where hair and beard were shaved or plucked to express sorrow. It notes priests and mourners adopting such acts, cites Egyptian and Syrian practices at the deaths of Apis and Adonis, and mentions Olympiodorus describing hair as an ornament and mourning alters hair length.
Meteorologists report a record kite ascent to 21100 feet using six kites tethered by 45 foot lines. Instruments on the kite measured minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit while surface air was 18 degrees. Wind at peak altitude reached 56 mph, surpassing Teisserenc de Bort’s Baltic sea height record.
Paul Brun recounts a chief’s dreadful burial among the Baketn, noting a chamber tomb, a deep ditch, young girls thrown in with limbs broken, the chief’s weapons and gun broken to deter theft, and wives or enslaved companions accompanying the grave.
A correspondent argues Chinese cavalry are equal or superior to any in the world and that Japanese horsemanship is notably deficient. He claims the Chinese have native horses and riders well suited to warfare, saying the Japanese have much to learn.
The London Venetarians Messenger commends footwear described as without animal taint. It notes balata soles combining canvas and rubber, with uppers in canvas and bright American cloth used for toe caps straps and trim.
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