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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1915
Page
4
Frank T. Pearce reports on Boy Scouts of America training emphasizing endurance self reliance and discipline rather than arms. The paper notes November 1 as state fire day promoting school fire prevention and urges property owners to clear inflammable materials to cut two million dollars in annual fire losses.
The Valley Times argues that boosting a town is futile if citizens sit idle while capitalists ignore efforts. Editors can advocate, but real progress requires collective action from business leaders and town residents to push for improvements and new enterprises. One person's effort faces stiff opposition from skeptics.
The 1816 record notes a no summer with June and July freezing and heavy snows in New England. Frosts, ice, and destroyed crops hit corn, wheat, and fodder. prices rose with flour at $13 a barrel in Philadelphia and wheat at 97 shillings per quarter in England.
Washington leaders defend woman suffrage and cite benefits to tone and character of politics. John Pattison, national Democratic committeeman, notes initial opposition turned to support with 90 percent of men favoring suffrage today. Spokane school board president Arthur Lee and Great Northern attorney Charles Albert stress practicality and improved civics while Washington women gain responsibility without harming government.
The article outlines early tanning technique for skins with hair on. Stretch the skin fur side down on a board, tuck edges, scrape flesh with a blunt knife, rub with chalk, then powder. Remove beard, rub in alum, wrap and dry for several days to keep hair and pliability. Philadelphia.
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller recalls starting as an assistant bookkeeper in Cleveland on Sept 26 1855 earning 50 dollars and working until Jan 1. He notes thrift and hard work pay off and suggests today’s youths would fare similarly with dedication.
Shasta California resident Newbill, an evangelist, recalls the 1861 gold rush era. He mined briefly, earned from fiddling at dances, traveled with ox teams selling whisky to fund the journey, and later earned seven fortunes before losing them all. Twenty years ago he became a preacher after years of hard luck.
New Westminster British Columbia prospectors press on in Pitt range seeking the elusive Slumagh mine. Wilbour Armstrong, aged seventy two, undertakes his tenth annual ascent, vowing this may be the last if barren. Historic claims trace to 1891 and 1901 discoveries by others, with auctioned charts and a canyon bedrock of gold.
Wahb the famous bear made in stories by Ernest Thompson Seton is dead. A. A. Anderson, ranch owner, killed the animal after a years long pursuit on his Wyoming property. Anderson has also slain four bears this summer on his ranch.
Wabash Indiana the Miami Indian princess Kilso Zuah reputed to be 105 years old died at her home after weeks of illness. Her son Anthony White Loon Revarre and daughter Happy Fawn Johnson were present at the time of death.
A London Answers summary explains how projectile speed is measured using a 100 foot test shed. A rifle fires to cut two wires at each end. the time between wire breaks is recorded by electrical pointers, yielding bullet speed estimates. The article notes cannon balls reach about 1626 feet per second while rifles average around 1275 feet per second.
A meditation on happiness from the Charleston News and Courier cites how people seek large bursts of joy or settle for smaller pieces, noting happiness shapes friendship, neighborliness, and self regard. It argues that understanding life’s shadows heightens appreciation for everyday joys and urges attention to overlooked moments of joy.
A report describes rifle shots directed at thick walls in Aurillac France. Bullets were fired from fifty five yards and each ball was halted at a five and a half foot penetration depth.
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