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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
4
Fremont Herald argues the silver dollar is becoming rare and burdensome. The piece notes the East favors paper currency, Western traders offer apologies for silver, and banks issue new notes, making the paper dollar a preferable, practical option.
The country roars over the Senate refusal to vote on arming merchant vessels and now considers a rule to curb debate to stop talking a measure to death as Stone and La Follette did. Officials expect the storm to push reform to prevent future obstruction.
The speaker blasts the Rural Credit law as a joke for farmers. He claims eligibility requires 1160 acres of land and a ten-farmer association paying $50 membership, criticizing the government program and its supposed cures.
An editorial argues for universal hygienic exercise and a structured athletic and military training system for youths. It contends that, under scientific supervision from age eighteen with periodic yearly drills, Americans would become healthier, patriotic, and law abiding soldiers, fostering national strength and pride.
A concise explanation of snake locomotion describing how ribs attach to belly scales and muscles propel the body forward. The snake moves in a wriggling side to side motion, not up and down, enabled by a flexible backbone that is delicate and prone to breakage.
France weighs creating a lepers colony on an offshore island after authorities discover over six hundred cases. A special commission from the French Academy of Medicine will decide, case by case, who is banished to the island or treated at home.
An old Virginia man sweeps the east steps of the Capitol and studies legislative talk. Tourists find the Senate absent and joke he suspects the lawmakers have "taken an abscess" as the reason for the session delay.
An old remedy for a cold recommends heavy water intake. Drink at least two quarts daily, slowly with glasses spaced at least 30 minutes apart. Do not drink with meals. take water 30 minutes before or after meals. Rise with a glass of water, and hot water in the morning. Avoid iced drinks.
The London Mail reports John W. Holden once led royal magic, performing before Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales. Now poor and using an old-age pension, he says the favorite trick Edward liked was the sword through the body and recalls Sandringham and a royal cigar chat about tricks.
A Cleveland party toured Newburg asylum with the superintendent guiding them through cells. He notes a man who believes he has the motive power of the universe, harmless but certain the world would not move without him. A guest jokes her husband shares the same idea.
A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts Andy Lewis, a Black man in Manhattan, explaining he does not want help eating a possum. He tells how a white man once joined but only got the pickings, as the possum was too big for both to finish, repeating his preference for solo company.
A young Englishman Enver Bey imagines his future bride from a photograph while Turks maintain a betrothal veil. The bride may briefly glimpse the groom outdoors but should remain veiled before marriage. Duckett Ferriman notes a groom enraged to discover his bride is a brunette rather than a blonde.
The daub and wattle cottage once linked to Old Parr near the Shropshire border has been restored and converted into a village museum. Parr died during the reigns of several monarchs including Edward IV, Edward V, Edward VII, Edward VIII, Mary, James I, and Charles I.
Five men from Edmonton Canada completed an 800 mile automobile journey to Peace River Crossing near Lesser Slave Lake in subarctic terrain. A photo shows them fishing through the ice with the car nearby. The trip is framed as a sign of modern progress despite remote wilderness.
Explorers observe regular night routes of kakapo parrots in New Zealand ranges. The nocturnal birds create and maintain clear paths along spurs and ridges, snipping grasses as they travel and even leaving visible tracks when snow covers the ground.
A simple craft to make salt beads by heating salt with cornstarch then mixing in hot water and coloring. Form a paste, mold into beads, and dry on a cushion ready for threading with sizes varied by using different bead diameters.
Engineering News notes that long hoped for European and American employment in Chinese railway construction is fading. China, after adopting western methods like Japan, is placing major projects under Chinese engineers trained in Europe and the United States.
A hospital will be erected in Pyong yang Korea by the board of foreign missions with an estimated cost of about 10000 dollars. Part of the funds are already on hand and additional subscriptions have been received.
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