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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
3
An elderly hack driver disputes his passenger’s destination asking repeatedly to confirm the intended stop. The traveler insists on a haberdashery, while the driver doubles down on trust and questions what the man truly wants to go.
A mother counsels her quick tempered nine year old Mary to answer softly. Later the girl fist clenches when provoked by her brother and she retorts Mush. The item reflects a children’s classroom or family anecdote from The Watchward.
Dialog fragments reveal a boastful exchange about chasing a woman with a threaten to punch a brick on the head if persistence continues. The language hints at a confrontation and insults in a casual phone or street encounter.
Mrs. Margaret Gunn of Roxbury Massachusetts describes a severe itchy widespread rash on her baby during a trip to England. After doctors failed to help for months, a household use of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured the sores and relieved itching, ending with a free sample offer from the Cuticura Company.
A funeral misinterpretation causes amusement when an old friend misreads funeral crape for a towel. The head partner’s death shocks the flourishing firm. a clerk reveals the office boy’s towel hung to mourn. But the joke pivots on mistaken etiquette and office humor.
An old woman in a satirical tale complains her household space is roomier than a summer hotel room. The lines evoke a kitchen joke about crowded living conditions and a familiar shoe figure in a playful verse.
The readable parts reference the biblical proverb about selling a birthright for a mess of pottage and a distant echo of Bana era imagery. The text is heavily garbled, with stray letters and missing context, offering no clear event, date, or identifiable entities.
In New Orleans a derelict Fort McComb site is cleared for a $75,000 Louisiana Motor League clubhouse. Workmen will begin next year after the crumbling ruins reveal underground chambers crowded with seven foot rattlesnakes and venomous reptiles. The area includes a white headstone for an infant born in 1888 who lived five weeks.
Albany reports the 1911 legislature enacts a dangerous weapon statute aimed at reducing homicide in New York City. It makes it illegal for anyone over 16 to possess a revolver or firearm without a license to carry, with penalties specified for violations.
A fragmentary column quotes witty maxims about time, dress, and the tailor as a gauge of character. It juxtaposes playful lines about suburbs, fruits, and the wisdom of laughing at antiquated jokes, hinting at social humor of the period.
The fragment from Health Hints hints at a remedy named Dr Ssaieaaal said to cure born conditions in infants. It promotes a purported quick relief claiming attentive readers can obtain the syrup free or at low cost.
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