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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
6
In a London parlour drama, Cazalet recounts a staged murder scene to avoid police scrutiny. Toye provokes truth with bravado while Scruton Blanche and Fean weigh loyalties until a night climax ends with a confession and a plan to face justice.
South of Panama represents more than geography. it embodies vast virgin lowlands and uplands, barren mountains, forests, and fertile slopes. It reflects blended peoples from aboriginal to Spaniards and Germans, old architecture with modern cities, ancient ruins and new capitals shaping a rich, evolving civilization.
Describes winter partridge trapping methods in Virginia and North Carolina. A long shallow net is laid with a central hoop opening. The netter rides a horse to push birds toward the net without flushing them, driving them to the cone shaped entrance and capturing them as they reach the net.
The text describes guiding birds into a netted enclosure, comparing the process to driving sheep into a pen. Once the birds are secure, the netter dismounts and secures the game, completing the capture.
The Grenadiers and other guard battalions will sew regiment names in cloth on their uniforms replacing brass shoulder letters and switch to bone buttons on tunics. The Royal Flying Corps already uses cloth regimental names. The move aims to avoid glare from brass and reduce maintenance, not due to brass shortage.
The article notes Rugby School was founded and endowed in 1567 marking the origin of a historic English educational institution.
In a Pittsburgh store a fashionable shopper asks for chiffon. The floorwalker checks a notebook and replies they do not carry chiffon, prompting her surprised reaction and a quick search at other counters for the desired fabric.
The passage discusses how reading about food can stimulate desire and contrasts skilled writing with stage dining theatrics. It describes fast ten course theater meals, champagne on ice, and rapid service that creates a heightened, almost intoxicating effect on diners and spectators alike.
The author notes the United States has produced many fine voices but has not become a nation of singers. Choral societies exist in cities, yet large group singing is uncommon, which the author deems a regretful condition. The piece extols the beauty and inspiration of hundreds of voices singing together.
Explains how the dollar symbol originated from a monogram of the letters U eight S. Describes the historical practice of denoting Spanish dollars and the evolution into the modern symbol used today.
The article notes that South Australia has appointed the first English female magistrates in the British empire while recalling historical English precedent. It mentions the countess of Richmond as an early magistrate and cites a Lady Bartlet in Gloucestershire during Queen Mary’s reign. It also highlights Lady Berkeley who received a special commission from Henry VIII to judge poachers on her estates.
Two Rome Georgia parents could not agree on any of ten names for their son so the child received all of them. Now at twenty four, if he signs his full name he writes Mord Talmadge Zachariah Taylor Benjamin Franklin Eleazar Poole Stewart Breckenridge Carver. The Boston Globe notes this as a cautionary tale for parents.
A reader questions the identity of a notable female figure described as Mrs. Cincinnati Wombat. She is portrayed as stepping from a domestic setting to a powerful role in the senate, reflecting public curiosity about women’s rising influence in politics.
An old advertisement promotes a home hair dye mix using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine mixed with water. Applied twice weekly it darkens gray streaks, reduces dandruff, and softens hair without coloring the scalp or leaving a sticky residue.
A new production facility is proposed in Artores to manufacture alcohol from sweet potatoes. The project envisions local job creation and expanded industrial activity, pending regulatory approvals and funding.
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