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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
4
The fragment references Mabel, grace, a nursery, and a rejected/seconince scene. It notes a thankful line for a fairly good dinner in a Punch context, suggesting a satirical caption or cartoon caption from an old periodical.
The Diller Record in Diller Nebraska outlines weekly publication details, rates, and address. It ribaldly critiques policies and public figures, mocks political schemes, and notes local and national curiosities with playful, breezy observations.
Local items include eggs for hatching from White Plymouth Rock Empire strain at 75 cents per 15 and incubator lots of 120 eggs for $5.00 from Mrs. A M Sollenberger, Fairbury address. Also bank news from Lincoln notes First National Bank of Diller deposits exceed $180,000. Community notices cover fashion goods by Miss L O Ballard and a humorous Muskogee anecdote.
Mrs J M Price marked her seventy fifth birthday on March 12 with a family dinner for her three sons P W Price of Kansas City J A Price and T P Price of this city and their households. She has lived in Diller about 25 years and is praised for her helpful nature. Her sons presented a forty dollar Turkish leather rocker and a bouquet of flowers completed the celebration.
In a Civil War anecdote retold by El Perkins, a Twenty ninth New York drummer boy hides two turkeys in his drum to appease General Sherman visiting the Army of the Potomac. He explains softly that one turkey is for the colonel and Sherman, provoking mock exasperation and a playful hospital joke.
Little Tommy shows a craving for cake as the plate empties. His mother warns gluttony ends badly while the third piece is offered as the final portion. Tommy sobs that he cannot fit more, begging for room to eat what remains.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a girl returning home in distress after a school day. She reports that classmate Jimmy Treadway, ill with mumps, threatened to throw a mump from his pocket when denied a bite of her apple.
In Philadelphia Press lines the two women names Miss Knox and Miss Passay are noted. Miss Knox says she is not afraid of the dark while Miss Pepprey comments on complexion and darkness.
The text presents a brittle exchange about finances after marriage. Gunner notes being thrifty and says he never had money to his name. A count indicates married status changes finances and spending habits.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt warns about beauty ideals for a child described as not pretty now. It notes hope that she will grow handsomer with age and reflects social pressure to believe in aging beauty. An unrelated tip suggests a tin arabic drink to quench thirst.
In a Brooklyn Life snippet a woman recalls a letter from her father who has finished his will. He leaves all his money to an asylum for hopeless idiots upsetting the family and sparking questions about loyalty and care.
The text notes hot spinal douches as a remedy for sleeplessness offering soothing effects and brain blood draw to induce sleep. It then describes the donjon as the castle’s strongest inner tower with a secret tunnel used for escape or aid during sieges.
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