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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
4
Subscriptions offered for one year in advance and six months in advance. The publication is mailed as second class matter from Diller Nebraska. Advertising rates available on request. Business locals run until directed out and billed at five cents per line per insertion.
A 1916 explainer outlines that voters choose electors, not the candidate, with electors totaling 401. States send certificates to Washington, votes counted in February, and if no majority the House selects the President from top contenders.
Fred C. Kelly's May American Magazine article attacks railroads for decades of discourtesy. It argues that frontline employees were unmotivated and harsh, costing railroads millions as customers spread negative sentiment across communities and generations.
The text defines farming as a business and science where farmers produce goods to sell for profit. It equates farmers with manufacturers and merchants, noting income depends on selling the produced goods.
Chester Herald quotes a saying about foreign soldiers overwhelmed by the country’s splendor and magnitude. The remark envisions would be conquerors abandoning arms to apply for citizenship papers.
A wartime verse by John Jerome Rooney honors the sailors who man the guns. It recalls the shipboard courage, the thunder of shells, and the resolve of the crew as they endure battle and seek peace in port.
The piece urges households to match fuels and heat with practical rules. It notes blackened stoves heat best, bright pipes lose less heat, and kettles should be black on the bottom and bright on the top. It stresses keeping heating surfaces and flues clean for efficiency.
Samuel Crompton, a sixteen year old apprentice, copied features from Hargreaves and Arkwright to build the first spinning mule after three months of secret work. He faced theft by cotton lords who robbed him of the credit and profits, though years later they secured a parliamentary grant of £5,000, which came too late to help him.
The article discusses 1800 B C weighing machines used to settle Abraham's sale to Ephron for 400 shekels of silver including land and timber. It explains early scales like the steelyard or Roman balance and notes their antiquity and method.
Andrew Lang’s initial reaction to Robert Louis Stevenson is recounted in Clarton Hamilton’s On the Trail of Stevenson. Lang recalls spotting Stevenson in Mentone and forming a quick judgment as a flamboyant aesthete, later noting Stevenson’s charm despite an initial dislike.
A North Carolina state board of health bulletin links a forty inch waist to overeating and low activity. It declares “fat and forty” signals abnormal diet and energy, predicts gallstones and kidney issues, and warns overfeeding causes more disease and early death than underfeeding.
The dollar traces to the Joachimthal silver mine in Austria, via the Jochimathal thaler. The term was shortened to thaler then to dollar, combining ideas from guiden and groschen but rooted in Bohemian silver. The Bohemian source later linked to global fame for silver and radium.
A passage from Outing Magazine notes Bob White is fully protected in many states and praises his resilience. It argues his main threats are animal predators like polecats, weasels, foxes, minks and cats, with coons particularly hungry for eggs. It emphasizes the need for the bird’s cunning to raise its brood to maturity.
The Argonaut notes that Certon faces a surprising condition where rice is not grown in sufficient quantities for home consumption. British India ships substantial supplies to Certon, while vast irrigable lands remain uncultivated and potential paddy fields remain unused, with no solution yet found.
Two rocks on a ledge in Acushnet Maine attract attention for their glacially placed arrangement. The larger mass weighs several hundred tons and locals recall stories of tilting it by pushing, with smaller rocks used as wedges to hold it steady.
Live stock prices at Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb for May 10 1916 show extremely light sheep with very active trade. Lambs set records with prices up to 11 90 per cwt and lamb offerings plentiful. cattle receipts about 5800 head and hog trade firm with tops near 9 75.
The text recounts Alaric the Goth as the first barbarian king to sack Rome, describing his departure price recorded as 468? 8,000 pounds of gold, 3,000 pounds of silver, 3,000 silken robes, 3,000 pieces of scarlet cloth, and 4,000 pounds of pepper. To furnish ransom, some ancient statues were melted down.
A college president, in an address on pedagogy, notes one of the era’s notable shifts over thirty years: the abolition of corporal punishment. He contrasts a generation never whipped with a prior belief that instructors held the motto The avwish is father to the faught.
In a brief Baltimore American note a playful exchange about slipping away into a potato patch unfolds into a lighthearted moment. The dialogue emphasizes a shared, intimate moment away from the fields as nature witnesses a sweet secret.
A light quotation from the Boston Transcript notes a breach of promise dispute between a manicurist and a dentist. The remark frames the upcoming legal contest as a direct, stubborn fight.
A terse appeal directs the boatman to pull the nearest available oar as tension rises around the rou situation. The call emphasizes immediate practical steps over debate.
The text argues memory alone does not make a philosopher or ensure liberal education. A person may know many ideas yet lack sensitivity to their interrelations. Well read or statistically versed individuals may be useful but risk narrowness of mind if not matched by culture of mind and broader liberal education.
A Pall Mall Gazette note reports a domestic exchange where a mother reveals a husband's hopeless financial state to his wife, prompting talk of property transfer as the daughter reacts with enthusiasm. The item reads as a social gossip snippet from a period newspaper.
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