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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
4
A compact 1905 column notes social sayings and curious stats from bad water myths to beekeeping and stove ideas. It highlights women’s influence on farms, jokes about rheumatism massages, and a mix of humorous observations on crime, religion, and credit. It closes with a quip about a man asking when to find his friend’s wife at home.
A 19th century observer recalls hawks and kites gliding along cliffs and hillsides. He describes a hawk using a sharp upward air current to ride wind and gravity with little wing flapping. In Fuchan China, kite birds exploit sea breeze eddies to coast repeatedly and rise hundreds of feet.
In a Philadelphia Record excerpt a cartoonist argues that hurried newspaper art often bears flaws. He cites left handed turkey carvings and improper period costumes as common errors and recalls a Cuba famine image misrepresented, noting medical evidence of abdominal distortion in starvation.
The article notes that in Venice women of lower classes accept tributes to their beauty from strangers as routine. It cites polite compliments from passersby and waiters, who address women with descriptors like beautiful eyes, blond, or brunette as they offer seats.
A fragment from the Dallas News notes that one of the town's brightest men is running an intelligence office. The quotation suggests recognition of his abilities and role, though details are sparse.
The Detroit Free Press explains the soft shell clam Neck extends up to eight or nine inches while the shell remains small. The neck connects to the water above for feeding, with tubes drawing in and expelling water. A turtle like foot aids digging through sand to reach subsurface food.
A Chicago News excerpt recounts Gretna Green marriage traders across the English border. It notes workers from stonemasons to poachers, poor earnings, and the famous Pirates of unions like Joseph Paisley who mixed up two weddings in one ceremony. Prices ranged from a half crown to two and a half pence.
St Nicholas describes a badger as a rapid and formidable digger. It prowls at twilight on western plains to attack prairie dogs and ground squirrels. Using blunt fore claws it loosens soil, throws dirt behind, and pushes debris out with chest and shoulders as it digs.
Historical belief holds that killing a robin brings misfortune. Ancient myth linked the storm cloud to a giant bird and Thor's bird was the robin. Killing a robin was once thought to invite lightning and death.
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