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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1903
Page
4
By Franc T Pearce publisher announces weekly Friday issues from Diller Nebraska with office details and mailing info. Subscription rates and advertising costs are listed and payments required in advance with mail distribution until discontinued and all arrears paid.
The item notes Carrie Nation appearing in the stage drama Hatchetation similar to Ten Nights in a Bar Room. In the fourth act Nation mashes a saloon as part of the dramatic unfoldings.
A New York doctor advertised to graft a disfigured friend's ear for 5000 dollars and received about 300 offers within 48 hours. The rapid interest shows strong demand for a cosmetic ear transplant.
A silver dollar of the 1804 mintage sold recently to Mr. Brown of Portland Oregon for 2000 dollars. Only seven remain. The rent funds were sent to North Africa to pay soldiers and the ship lies at the Atlantic bottom.
An exchange contrasts a man with $100 and a man with seven daughters. The wealthy man seeks more while the man with seven daughters is content, illustrating different satisfactions with possessions and family.
A child's quirky essay medleys duck lore with humorous misstatements. It describes a duck as heavy built and hoarse singer while noting anatomy like legs and bill and contrasts ducks with drakes and quack doctors.
A successful man outlines essentials for a young man entering business. He highlights spelling, writing, letter writing, rapid addition, making ordinary accounts, calculating percentages, issuing receipts, newspaper ads, promissory notes, and interest calculations. He stresses neat, correct entries and handling bank deposits to advance in the world.
A strong plea urges substituting polite language for swearing and argues farm homes should have windmill sourced water piped to faucets. It claims plumbing costs equal city costs and highlights benefits for houses and stock barns, promoting modern conveniences in rural areas.
A Nebraska Farmer writer praises an outdoor game called Improved Ping Pong to be popular this fall. Players rise at dawn and join vigorous farm chores before an urban style contest in the corn field where corn is hurled into a wagon via a glove device, scoring with a ping or pong on impact. The piece touts low cost and entertainment value over gardening tasks and other games, urging Nebraskans to adopt it to improve health.
The Beatrice Democrat cites Department of Labor figures showing Nebraska leading in progress. Sixty-two towns above 1,000 population, excluding Omaha South Omaha and Lincoln, with total indebtedness $1.55 million. Water plants in 50 towns and lighting plants in 49. North Bend and Fremont plants highlighted. Beatrice indebtedness $375,892. Zip of stats include churches schools saloons town halls parks and sewers across the towns.
A New Yorker and a Manila resident compare tropical and temperate rain, recounting extreme downpours and sea of water, with anecdotes of monsoon winds, rainfall measurements, and meteorological notes from Manila observatories. The exchange highlights differing perceptions of what counts as a heavy rain.
A Kansas City Star reminiscence recalls Don Pedro of Brazil visiting the United States after the Civil War. At Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave a hotel owner, Jack Thompson, refuses to remove his hat for the emperor, declaring I am an emperor myself. The exchange leads to cordial relations and shared toasts during a three day visit.
A San Fernando Valley operation unveils the world’s largest combined harvester. A 100 ton, sixty six foot long traction engine powers a mowing, threshing, and shelling system driven by a thirty horsepower boiler share. It handles 100 acres a day, with eight workers, and can climb 20 percent grades.
The article notes Cardinal Oregna as the sole present Vatican cardinal not elevated by Leo XIII. Created by Pius IX, he is now 82 years old and remains in a current church position.
Plodding Pete asks what he would do if owning a railroad with Meandering Mike. Mike replies he would do the same as always and simply wake up, a quip cited by the Washington Star.
A fragmentary line recalls a conversation about consent and change of mind. It hints at a dynamic between two individuals and a test of whether one party would alter their stance. The text remains ambiguous without broader context.
The Pittsburgh Gazette reports Capt John T Pershing, now a datto in Mindanao, guiding the Lake Lanao district. He is described as a white American who Charms Moro chiefs, dispenses law, and is regarded as prophet and counselor amid sultanate power.
A blackbird with a white head and speckled back has been spotted near Tiverton in Devonshire, England. The unusual plumage draws attention from local observers.
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