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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
4
Published every Friday at Diller Nebraska office in EF L Loock building upstairs rooms 4 and 5. Paper mailed to subscribers until ordered to discontinue and arrears paid. Advertising rates available on application. Business locals run until ordered out and charged at 6 cents per line per insertion.
Summary of 1905 items include Russia exchanging 1,866 Japanese prisoners for 64,000 Russians, Lewis and Clark exposition attendance of 2,545,509, a financially successful exposition, Princess Louise’s shoe collection and divorce, a massive Caucasus tunnel plan, fraternal orders with billions in protections, pneumonia mortality and immunity, a Chinese mother’s view on daughters, Archbishop Messmer’s Catholic military stance, presidential postmaster appointments, and German cattle quota talks affecting American farmers.
The article traces ancient use of arrow poisons from Strabo, Pliny, and Aristotle through Celts, Gauls, and hunter gatherers in the Americas and Australia. It notes method of envenoming via animal liver toxins, serpent venom, and putrid blood serum, with the Smithsonian citing hundreds of examples mainly using rattlesnake venom.
A travel narrative portrays Yezd in central Persia as a rare city built almost entirely of mud. It notes a 50 000 to 60 000 population with little contact outside, with mud forming houses furniture beds and utensils and even shops and ovens made from mud as locals may even eat mud.
A family line shows two half sisters, daughters of Sir Stephen Fox, born 1653 and 1727, who died 1825 and 170 years apart. The elder sister died the same year as her birth year, while the younger lived to 98, highlighting a remarkable century-spanning gap in a single lineage.
A minister at Zion church admires a finely carved goose, praising it as a fine bird. The carver replies that when a preacher delivers a particularly good sermon he does not ask where the goose came from, deeming the question trivial.
The Jewish World revisits the claim that Japan houses the lost ten tribes of Israel. It cites Japanese engravings claiming Jewish landings in Nippon, including a procession with an ark and priests in biblical hats. It notes pictures of Solomon and the queen of Sheba and a dynastic link between Japan’s emperors and Hoshea.
A medical note explains that longevity signs appear in the body. Large heart, lungs, digestive organs, and brain suggest a tall trunk and shorter limbs. Eye color and nostril shape indicate temperament and lung capacity, with exceptions noted.
An editor quotes a toast offering guidance to save editors from starvation by timely pay, from bankruptcy by generous advertising, from despair by supplying news, from profanity via clear correspondence, and from mistakes by burying dead people as a reminder that no one is perfect.
Five year old William asks which spouse gets alimony in divorce. His mother explains alimony rules as they role play, while William and Sadie pretend to divorce to test the outcome.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette captures a tense moment as an irritable employer demands exact wording, while a writer quips that her typewriter lacks the catarrh to mimic his voice. The brief exchange satirizes authority and wit in a single-page cartoonish line.
The saying urges one to pursue a clearly defined mission with earnest effort. It links a lofty purpose to personal enrichment and broader contributions to society as skills grow.
A quoted aphorism from Fielding defines a rich man without charity as a rogue and possibly a fool, implying moral critique of wealth without generosity.
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