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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
7
Captain Solomon recalls a foggy night when his schooner Polly P. finds a runaway submarine. A Rooshan lieutenant negotiates with him aboard after the flag is raised and a bag of loot is exchanged. Polly P. is renamed Submarine to record the event.
A stray kitten at Louisville’s Central police station is hailed by officers as the most intelligent cat in the city. The cat, nicknamed Puss, hisses at dogs, patrols the alley, and keeps watch from the phone exchange board. Officer John Ola trains the cat to wake him at 2 a.m. by licking his face, while station keeper Heinzman finds company in the cat during quiet night shifts.
A correspondent questions correct usage of if you were I versus if you were me and the subjunctive mood. The London Chronicle discusses copulative and transitive verbs and how words like become can shift meaning from being to action. The piece notes ambiguity and the evolution of language including a playful dust becomes us example.
A retrospective contrasts life forty years ago with today noting the telephone electric light and rail travel advances. It recalls earlier communication by telegraph letter and the rise of continuous night lighting and safer money and stamps. It highlights changes in postage coins and counterfeit notices from the era and the impact on daily commerce.
A New York Press note argues longevity is inheritable through breeding and intermarriage. The writer suggests examining tombstone records in country graveyards to identify long-lived families and persistent longevity across generations.
An old fire covering about ten square miles feeds from an oil spring beneath the gulf. Its origin remains a mystery. The spectacle is grand and awe inspiring, especially at night as the sea glows brilliantly for miles.
A Calcutta census note states two thirds of the population are male with the rest female. The matter highlights gender distribution in the city.
Quote noting that happiness comes to those who are sufficiently conceited.
Chicago delegates to the American League of Municipalities meeting rejected municipal ownership of utilities. The rejection, echoed by many cities, follows repeated failures in water works, gas, electric, streetcar projects and a Staten Island ferry case. Delegates warned that municipal control can foster graft and ward politics, and several Indiana and midwest cities reported costly collapses or reversals back to private contracts.
Fireflies in Jamaica glow so brightly that a dozen under a tumbler let a person read or write at night. They are as large as a hive bee and harmless. Their unusual numbers signal approaching rain to locals.
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