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Newspaper

The Diller Record

Location

Diller, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1903

Page

3

When Reformers Start a Crusade in City Politics

A dialogue shows a wary officeholder and a business agent of the grafters union debating reform schemes. The exchange suggests the public may endure schemes by joining in only during crusades. A billiards joke interrupts as a balk line is introduced.

Grafters’ Union

Fruit to Health: A Bite Now, a Dividend Later

Cartoon dialogue riffs on health economics as a pusillanimous elder rejects fruit advice. A playful exchange contrasts cheap produce with potential medical costs, implying future dividends from better eating without stating concrete benefits.

Hall's Catarrh Cure and Testimonials Declared Effective

An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface treatment taken internally. It claims to be prescribed by top physicians, with testimonials available, and promotes Hall's Family Pills as well. Also includes miscellaneous local column banter.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Props Toledo Beena

Dealers Praise Defiance Starch as Unique Cold Water Product

Dealers report that once a customer uses Defiance Starch it becomes impossible to sell any other cold water starch. They note it can be used cold or boiled and positions the product as the sole option for those seeking a cold water starch.

Inappropriate Prompt Fragment

The readable text presents an explicit, sexual fragment about a woman and a man. It contains no discernible news event, dates, or identifiable persons to summarize into a newspaper card.

Why He Merely Took a Drink

A Boston Herald clipping recounts John E. Russell joking about knowing tariff duties. A Massachusetts manufacturer seeks the duty, Russell offers to share it for a bribe of refreshments, then declines as not a lawyer. The piece ends with a jibe about piano players and brains.

John E. Russell Massachusetts Washington Russell Boston Herald

Has He Found It Rheumatism Cure Promised

Polk Arkansas November 9 A remedy claimed to cure rheumatism is described by George Hiland who says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his acute rheumatism after a physician failed to relieve pain He asserts the pills are a perfect cure and let him work without pain The report ends with a dialogue line about cleaning the city and tackling the furnace

Dodd

De fiance Starch Gains Buyers Amid Brand Preference

Hundreds of dealers report De fiance Starch outselling rivals due to extra quantity and superior quality. Some say they cannot sell other starch brands as demand rises and retailers praise the product.

Defiance Starch Tops Sales Claims in Stores

Storekeepers report that fans of Defiance Starch buy more due to its extra quantity and superior quality, making it hard to sell other brands. Vendors advertise Red Cross Ball Blue as a whitening product and promote ethics as essential to avoid getting caught.

Kipling Hunger Fronts With Morning Breakfast Plague

Kipling once visited Cecil Rhodes at Lekkerwijn South Africa. Hunger drove him to create placards on Rhodes’s walls reading famine and feed us. The signs grew larger and led to a breakfast room where Kipling read, amid a scene of hunger and satire.

Rudyard Kipling Cecil Rhodes Lekkerwijn Paarl South Africa Rhodes

Muskdeer Musk Supersedes Musk Rat in Perfume Trade

A London Tit-Bits note explains that most musk used in commerce comes from the muskdeer reared in India, not the musk rat. It states the secretion is used in perfumes, both as musk and to add strength to floral fragrances. It also mentions two native plants, a yellow blossom and bloodroot, with musky odors, and a musk bean as a cheap substitute.

India London

Smart Man Fooled by Mania in Old Guard Fair Talk

A debate at a cafe centers on a boast about matching six names to six men. Jim Kennedy recalls a friend whose talent claims to identify each man’s name from a list. A husky stranger interrupts. the name Suliyai appears, but the narrator corrects that the fragile name is Glass, ex guard at Yale.

Jim” Kennedy Old Guard Suliyai Glass Yale New York World

Merely Mothers and the Dreaming Boys

A reflective verse about mothers tending asleep children, mending torn toys, and guarding sleep from danger. The speaker Jethro Lew imagines a peach-teacher moment as his mother kneels at his bed, offering safety and comfort, with a closing note on mothers’ divine role in aiding humanity.

Jethro Lew

Violence at Florenza municipal vote counting in France

Extraordinary scenes erupted during a Florenza election count near Montpellier France as officials allegedly pocketed ballots. Hundreds of peasants armed with pitchforks gathered to storm the school where counting occurred, demanding action and threatening to lynch the officers. 100 gendarmes repelled the crowd with drawn swords on multiple charges.

Florenzac Montpellier France

Peruna touted in 19th century testimonial letter

A fragment from a Marshall Field manager's testimonial letter praises Peruna for kidney symptoms described as Bright's disease. It cites success after four bottles and includes other endorsements from J T Sheahan and Jacob Fleig. The text mentions catarrhal inflammation of the kidneys and urges readers to obtain a free book from the Peruna Medicine Co.

John T. Sheahan Marshall Field & Co Kegiment Infantry Indiana Avenue Flat Six Chicago Peruana Medicine Co Columbus Ohio Jacob Fleig Sumner Avenue Brooklyn N. Y Bright Perund. Medicine, Co Columbus, CO

The Great Doctor and the Pocketbook Question

A friend recalls the famous physician as he treats a new patient. The doctor jokes about charging based on the patient’s pocketbook while warning that a poor opinion can harm you.

World's Fair Information Bureau Opens in Omaha

An information bureau for the St Louis World's Fair has opened at 1601 Farnam Street in Omaha Nebraska led by Harry E Moores. The bureau offers free cheerful information to the public and promises helpful guidance.

A.st. Louis Farnam St Omaha Nebr Harry E. Moores

Sensible Housekeepers Prefer Defiance Starch Quality

Sensible housekeepers choose Defiance Starch for its extra value and superior quality. The copy hints that one third more for the same money appeals to finicky cooks. It adds a moral note that a man’s reform hinges on his conscience.

Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Quality and Value

An advertising snippet touts Red Cross Ball Blue from leading grocers at five cents, urging good housekeepers to choose the product as the best option. A closing joke line notes a woman's interest in the point of a joke.

Red Cross

Fragmentary Ad Copy and Social Commentary

The snippet mocks perceptions of beauty and social behavior with ironic lines about women and status. It references a cold laxative product and a price, then pivots to a cynical observation that appearances fool or mislead, noting that even in high society a lack of courage can appear.

Fragmentary Ad Copy From Historical Page

A garbled OCR segment mentions a seashore breeze and hotel victims and includes stray phrases about syrup for teething and remedies. The readable text is mostly incomplete and lacks a coherent event or clear entities.

Cordelia

A Peculiar Lobster Lobster Speech on the Beach

A beachgoer recalls a peculiar lobster joke and a man tanning on the sand. The tale contrasts sea freshness with human vanity as a speaker and spectator observe the scene.

Private predicted naval battles spurring ocean racing test

The speaker noted that public interest would grow as the main idea was to test abilities in ocean racing after dismissing ideas of war. He recalled British naval defeats as proof of foresight and implied a connection to 1812 era sentiment.

Madison

Suburban Servant Privileged By Family She Serves

In a quiet suburb a domestic worker is described as known by the household she serves and treated with deference by the family that tolerates her presence. The piece explores class and social hierarchy within a modern urban home.

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L. €. Glover Milwaukee Wis Business Woman's Association Lydia E. Pinkham Pryxaam L. C. Gover Grove St Milwaukee Business Woman's Ass'n Indiana Lydia E. Se Lizzie Hinxie Salem Ind Forbes Lynn Mass THE Defiance Starch -Co Omama, Neb W.N. U Lincoln Blobbs Mr. Knicker Maria Johnny Jimmie Dolly Panese Paeace M.L. Rayne Marshall Field Peruna St. Jacobs Oil Pooria Ewer Bo Bae Chesebrough Mfg. CO State Street New York City Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence Washington, D. C Kuhlman CO Maryland Badenhoop Sec Y State Board, of Immigration Baltimore AW Furs Boe Landon Jennatt Galen Oocums Skunk Racecon Ipisees A. K. Burkhardt
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