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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
3
The article describes versatile Christmas presents including a pleated jacket of denim with built in blotters and compartments for writing items. It notes a portable kit with a pen pencil strap and snap fasteners and suggests embroidery initials for service members to distinguish kits.
Carl and Pat with Gretchen and Hortense unveil a new order of rag dolls made from discarded socks. White socks form heads, colored socks bodies, with jackets, ties and buttons outlined in heavy stitching. Two toned silk socks add bright accents as eyes, nose and mouth are drawn in black and red.
A compact portfolio designed for soldiers to hold stationery, pen and pencil as a practical gift. The item emphasizes portability and usefulness for field or desk use, highlighting its neat design and suitability as a thoughtful present.
A playful Victorian style note describes patriotic toys for a baby. Uncle Sam appears among home made Christmas dolls with a hidden rubber ball. Dolls have limp bodies stuffed with cotton and dressed in cotton fabrics. The ball acts as the head on one doll and the body on another, with blue eiderdown and pearl buttons.
A decorative thimble case crafted from four wishbones salvaged from a Thanksgiving turkey wreck. Heavy silk or mercerized cotton crochet lace forms a wide border around the bone in a unique keepsake.
Beautiful painted wooden coat hanger shown in stores with a white base and a black outlined figure ready to color in. The item features a decorative motif that buyers can customize with their own color choices.
National and state home mission societies and boards in the United States appropriated over 11.756 million dollars in 1916 for church and manse building evangelism and immigrant and negro outreach. The total activities among colored people amounted to 833.8 thousand dollars.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as fast acting relief for eczema eruptions, itchiness, and burns. It urges a hot bath with the soap followed by ointment, and offers free samples by mail with a booklet from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A witty exchange between two lovers ends with a clever practical hurdle. She values prudent choices like hats and furs over romance, while he proposes marriage as lasting union. Her measured reply hints at balancing affection with real-world needs.
An old advertisement note mentions a medicine marked for infants and children with the signature H Chanerera Hitech and the name Fletcher's Castoria. The fragment references its use for young children and includes callouts about crying and suitability.
A reflective note on life full of surprises and the joy found in discovering another.
The ancient city of Giessen in Hesse Darmstadt Germany will be remembered by Britons and Canadians as the place where thousands of allied soldiers captured at St Julien in 1915 were held as prisoners of war. Survivors from regiments that delayed the German advance were starved and without ammunition before being taken to Giessen where about 10 000 to 12 000 captives later gathered.
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue as the only blue that makes clothes brilliantly white. It asserts that ordinary soaps work, but this product yields a dream-snowy white result and notes a dislike for liquid blue.
Billie asks about pay to calculate losses, while Mr. Hirem insists the job will not be done. The dialogue centers on compensation and refusal, highlighting financial stakes and denial of work.
A vivid line notes rural youths seeking romance at a rattling gate, capturing rustic courting customs and privacy challenges in a compact, evocative phrase.
The ad urges women to help in nursing the wounded and assembling soldier kits, pitched with claims of widespread weakness among women and anemia. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription tablets and includes testimonials from Mrs. Wm. A. Beastng and Mrs. Ida Moe Elwain praising relief for "woman's weakness" and nervous exhaustion.
Mrs Exe objects to charging Willie with taking money from her pocket arguing not all was taken. Exe counters that some amount remains unexplained. The exchange implies tension over ownership and responsibility in a domestic dispute.
A man bent on wrongdoing is described as seeing clearly in darkness. The passage emphasizes that misdeeds are more likely planned at night.
Dialogue excerpt shows a man teasing Tommy about the missing coat buttons and the boy revealing the buttons are on his father’s trousers, with the mother knowing their location.
A reflective note condemns dishonest gains and the idea of keeping silver or gold reminders of past crooked acts, arguing such prizes are worse than worthless. The quotation underscores ethical judgment and remorse over wrongdoing.
A fragmentary line suggests a revived call to arms with a chant about more troops. The garbled text mentions Uncle Sam and a desire for ten hundred thousand more, indicating wartime recruitment rhetoric.
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