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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
10
An article explains naval slang such as chips for ship carpenter coppers for coppersmith and seagoing for at sea. It defines terms like busted straggler sea lawyer rope yard Sunday and old salt, plus phrases like shut up pipe down and shove off.
The mother scolds Theodore after a repeated washing where the two hands appear equally soiled. She questions his daily chores, noting the persistence of dirt and the need for improved care.
The observatory at Greenwich England maintains the precise clock that sets Europe’s time. It never lets the clock drift more than a fraction of a second fast or slow, using an electromagnet near the pendulum to adjust the swing and correct a tenth of a second over thousands of ticks.
The article explains a party game where players sit in a circle and pass questions and answers along. Each person asks the right-hand neighbor a question and then repeats the question and answer that the left-hand neighbor sent to them.
An advertisement urges readers to buy fall and winter suits or overcoats from Clothcraft, touting all wool fabric, color retention, and durability. It emphasizes Clothcraft as the oldest clothing makers with a guaranteed all wool product and a price range from 10 to 25 dollars, urging early purchase before stock runs out.
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