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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
6
In a Goodleys household a parrot named Polly amused the family but was covered with a cloth during a Sunday visit by Mr Saintly. On a Wednesday half holiday he returned and Miss Mary Goocey quickly draped the cage. Polly squawked at the unexpected cover remarking it had been a thunderous short week.
Rose Matilda scrubs window sills and reveals an injured finger. Mrs Greene uses tweezers to extract a sprinter from the finger, praising the tool as the best for removing splinters in a tense moment.
A humorous exchange hints at a mystery in a cellar as one character questions how dozens of empty bottles ended up there while another woman playfully replies she never bought an empty bottle in her life. The dialogue mirrors a light domestic moment.
A dialogue notes I will not let my wife attend fashionable bridge parties. He responds that he is glad she takes a stand and questions whether gambling is immoral while calling her a wretched player.
A fragmentary note on pursuit and inquiry follows a terse quote about wooing and honesty, with a Shakespearean aside. The text hints at ongoing suspicion seeking revelation and a wary approach to conversation.
In Wymore Nebraska a coalition of nineteen churches and organizations met at city hall to organize the associated charities, with Moran as president and Harris as secretary. The group will oversee all aid to the needy, scrutinizing each request to aid the deserving and refuse the undeserving, addressing concerns of a growing professional pauper class.
Scotts Bluff district voters approved a 2.59 million dollar bond issue by 183 to 27 in an election Monday. The irrigation district covers 70 000 acres under the Tri state canal and involves water rights.
In Tekamah a southwest of city incident left the five year old son of Mr and Mrs George Gray with severe injuries after he attempted to climb into a moving manure spreader. His arm was torn and pulled into the machine and his head struck sharp projections, suffering multiple crushing injuries.
Reports from Hastings describe a sudden appearance of large numbers of soldier bugs around outdoors. Professor Kent notes their rapid, dense emergence and equally rapid disappearance within two to three days.
Lincoln officials of organized and affiliated agricultural societies select W R Mellor W S Whitten E A Burnett Frank G Odell C G Marshall and C W Pugsley as the arrangements committee to prepare for the associated state agricultural meetings in the city from January 20 to 24.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Tihen of Lincoln celebrated a solemn high mass at St Patrick’s church and confirmed a class of about sixty. The church was crowded to witness the confirmation.
In York a movement develops to organize an Economic League with prominent citizens soliciting members at no cost. The purpose is to discuss public questions. In Tecumseh a prospector drills test holes on the Cashier Barnes farm in Nemaha County in search of gold ore. evidence of gold was found about a year ago.
The body of E L Zeigler Fairbury Neb was recovered from debris after a wreck on the Chicago and Northwestern railway near here. Zeigler was crushed to a pulp under the engine and it was not known he had lost his life until the discovery by wreckers.
A letter from a Western Canada immigrant describes rising fortunes in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It details farm growth, large holdings, high crop yields and improvements in living standards, while noting hardships and determination of smallholders seeking land and prosperity.
A wary wife frets each time her husband takes the car out while he admits they saved long for it. The exchange hints at lingering tension and the significance of the vehicle in their relationship.
Marblehead residents note a grocer, Mrs. Frank Brown, keeps a large flock of game birds. He hatches thousands each season in incubators, using paper houses painted red outside and white inside for warmth and ventilation. Paper houses reportedly prevent frozen combs and use gas heated water.
A Royal Navy sailor returns to his native Liverpool and uses a bugle call to locate a shipmate. The man explains he forgot the exact house number but the bugle signaled his friend, who reveals he is courting a girl and claims to be a teetotaler. The tale appears in London Tit-Bits.
The article notes Guiana in South America holds a vast placer gold field but poor laws and weak policing drive prospectors away. About fifteen thousand marauders from the British Antilles now dominate mining, with over 20 million francs of French gold allegedly leaving for Dutch and English Guiana, Trinidad, and Saint Lucia. It mentions a growing settlement called Inini on Saint Lucia due to the gold rush.
The text traces the invention of the panorama to Robert Barker of Scotland in 1786. It notes his Edinburgh exhibit in 1788, the first circular panorama, subsequent London displays named panorama, and his Leicester Square quarters. Barker died in 1806, leaving the art to others.
A brief dialogue shows a man recalling a question at a missionary bureau about assignment. He says he was offered a choice and preferred a posting where natives were located.
A method for sterilising cistern water uses one tenth of a grain of hypochloride of lime per gallon. The guidance notes this does not guarantee the water is suitable for laundry or bathing, warning of limited effectiveness.
High grade Aeolian piano player from New York cost 250 in near new condition fits any piano music rolls valued at 225 included. Willing to sell both piano player and rolls for 200 due to family breakup. Address Box 898 Omaha Neb. Adv. Dull. Was your aviating meet a success No there were three accidents and no fatalities.
A Louisiana Missouri woman with twelve years of illness reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She suffered cramps, monthly pains, bilious spells, and weakness, saying doctors warned of possible death during attacks. She backs the product as valuable and asks others to seek confidential advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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