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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
2
A discussion notes that diamond imports to the United States surged in 1897 and last year reaching about $1.9 million in round numbers. It argues diamonds reflect national wealth and rising consumer purchasing power as prosperity grows with higher earnings and demand.
A Chicago Sun commentary argues that adequate sleep is essential for students. It cites newborn and adolescent sleep needs, warns against late bedtimes, and stresses that nine hours of sleep supports better academic outcomes.
In reply to claims women lack mechanical ingenuity, the piece credits female minds behind key patents. It cites Eli Whitney’s cotton gin via a widow, the Cotton light used by mariners, Miss M. E. Knight's satchel bottom paper bag, and Frances A. Dunham’s bee hive foundation machine which shapes worker-bee genetics by design.
A sergeant Morton and his squad occupy a ruined house on a main highway. Two privates pilfer apples from an orchard. Morton's muttered tirade against army discipline clashes with a brutal battle as the post comes under fire. Patterson and Knowles are among the wounded and dead. The sergeant stays defiant amid chaos.
A tense scene unfolds as a wounded defender urges battle amid gunfire. A soldier Mortor falls after a throat wound while a sergeant collapses on the floor. An approaching enemy subaltern surveys the scene and notes the defenders’ strength with a rueful shrug.
A boy Robbie asks his father for a printing press and grows older waiting. When asked how long God took to make the world, Robbie jokes that six days seem quicker than his dad's delay, highlighting childlike perspective on time. The tale appears in The American Boy.
A bachelor complains about women’s fashion and full coverage, while the pretty girl, teased about attire, replies that long gloves look nice on a hot day, as she raises her long-wristed kids with a charming gesture.
An editor ponders the single most famous remark in history and considers Caesar Socrates Lincoln Nel and Euclid. Euclid visits Alexandria to teach King Ptolemy Soter but replies there is no royal road to learning.
A business man claims women who read newspapers do so in a scattered, absent minded way. He describes how they hold the paper glance around and awkwardly open it causing disarray and disrupted sensing of the content.
Professor Drummond faced cannibals during his Central Africa journey. To deter them he used a magnifying glass to start a fire with sun rays, declaring it fire from heaven. The tactic frightened the natives, who then offered gifts as he continued his expedition.
A father asks his son about six peaches in the cupboard. Tommy denies eating any. The mother finds five peach stones in his room and one peach left on the plate. Tommy explains the last peach he did not touch was the one he took.
Quick guide to assembling herring sardine salmon and lobster salads with step by step prep tips. Includes ingredients, measurements and method for each salad plus serving and dressing details.
The recovery of a long lost 1648 Massachusetts laws edition printed in Cambridge and its sale to E Dwight Church of Brooklyn for over 5000 dollars highlights how the earliest New England prints are among the rarest and increasingly valuable, comparable to William Caxton's first English imprints.
The article lists crab apples, quinces, grapes, blackberries, raspberries and peaches as top jelly fruits after currants. It notes using fruit before full ripeness yields clearer jelly and advises a gentle simmer with no stirring for finer grain.
A Daily Thought reminds readers that self judgment rests on ambition not deeds while others assess us by what we have already accomplished.
English women suffragists have contributed to gaiety of nations with a striking mixed metaphor. One speaker compared the movement to a flea bite on the ocean and urged women to arise and nip it in the bud, noting their experience has taught them where the boat pinches.
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