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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
4
Local business notices run until ordered out with five cents per line for each insertion. The message appears in a Diller Nebraska newspaper through the mail.
A moral comparison links butter value to ignorance and knowledge, contrasting cheap butter with geese products and praising knowledge for wealth and respectability. The piece cites the creamery movement as knowledge born in the West and urges early fly control to curb disease transmitted by flies such as typhoid and cholera.
The Atlanta Journal notes 82000 cars, about a third of national output, owned by farmers. It describes how rural residents once viewed autos as luxury or danger but now see them as essential for travel to town, joining farm animals as a needed agricultural tool. It recalls scenes of farmers hiding to rope joy riders on country roads.
An Englishman claims to have invented an apparatus enabling an aero plane to hold equilibrium automatically. The device keeps the craft so stable that the aviator can lock controls and read or write while the aircraft flies straight. However the craft is slower than typical planes and can only navigate obtuse or long corners safely.
A cryptic OCR fragment discusses Dr Wiley pursuing headache remedies that may numb the body and affect the heart, suggesting concerns about the safety and mechanism of certain headache drugs. The readable text hints at critique of headaches or their treatment and potential harmful effects.
An 1900s opinion excerpt condemns divorce mills as social plagues. It contrasts flimsy grounds for separation with duties of spouses, arguing rights require corresponding obligations and that lawful divorce undermines family life. It cites a Newport confidante and urges moral responsibility to protect children.
Giacomo Puccini defends his work claiming there is no American music and labels perceived African American influences as savage. He notes critics praised his opera overall but complained of insufficient American tone in parts.
Cut flowers last three or four days normally but can keep a week with four steps. Submerge stems in water for hours, clean the vase and change water daily, keep cooler than 70 degrees, and plunge stems in water at night. Trim about a quarter inch from each stem each morning under water to prevent air bubbles.
The loggerheads are giant Atlantic coast turtles weighing up to 1000 pounds. They swim rapidly and drift far from land while sleeping on waves. Carnivorous by nature, they feed on crabs and fish, including a large conch. The shell gives a strong oily odor and smell of maak.
The New York American traces the Eddystone lighthouse saga from Winstanley’s 1696 start to the present 1882 structure. It notes four successive towers near Plymouth, England, each battered by storms yet followed by safety beacons along world coasts, guiding sailors across perilous seas.
Dull ormolu can be cleaned with a paste of powdered whiting moistened with gin. Rub on with a hard bristle brush to work into the chased design. After it dries remove with a hard brush and polish the piece with clean leather.
A Germano woman prepares string beans with a sprig of mint. Beans are cut lengthwise, parboiled, rinsed, then simmered in final water with the mint for flavor.
Turquoise that has faded to green can be restored by seating it for two weeks and then applying sawdust for a week. If the color changes again, repeat the process.
FIERE is a furniture dealer who uses A clothier's ad to steer buyers to clothing purchases. A dry goods merchant’s bill on the same item is settled when the butcher and grocer pay with the same money. The piece adds that local dealers who advertise stay ahead.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle telegraph item recalls an amateur actor in a religious play who tried to dim lights for a storm scene. Despite saying the line Lord deliver us from the powers of darkness the lights stayed bright until he shouted for sense to turn them down, and the gas lights finally dimmed as the audience roared.
Dr. Jessopp recalled in 1882 how an East Anglian master used a macabre ritual to identify a thief. Servants stood around a circle while a rope and Bible hung from the ceiling with a church door key spun to point to the suspect. The accused proved an alibi, but the test offended the servants.
The text estimates average human life at thirty three years and outlines survival benchmarks. It claims a quarter die in the seventh year and only a few reach 100, with small fractions reaching 65 or 100. It also cites global mortality: 60,000,000 per year, about 138,000 daily, 5,750 hourly, 95 per minute.
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