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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
7
A humorous monologue recounts the burdens of dogs and dog ownership. The speaker laments loss and ruin caused by canine antics and a string of misbehaving pets, recalling a monk Bernard dogs with booze and a cranky pug causing chaos at home.
Electric sleep produced by low voltage intermittent currents has been studied by Prof. Stephanie Leduc of Nantes and others. The method can induce calm, reguar sleep in dogs and rabbits with general anesthesia.
A maxim warns that frequent giving may harden into selfishness. The speaker, John A Howland, cautions against deriving pleasure from charity and urges mindful generosity.
The article notes Sir Thomas Urquhart 1653 introduction to a universal language and Bishop Wilkins ideas. Public anticipation faded as later volumes never appeared. Wilkins believed language could reach the moon by flying machines.
Mrs Upmore points out a photo mix up during a call. She laughs at mistaking Fido for a baby in Mrs Highmus’s lap, noting the image is a fine likeness but not of the infant.
Capt. John L. Ely of Co. E, 17th Ohio, now Newton Kansas, recounts suffering kidney trouble from the Civil War. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills, started in 1901, with curing his chronic condition after years of pain and crutch use. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
A humorous tale recounts a Thanksgiving misstep where Mr Johnson allegedly took two hens after being told to take one. The piece reflects on holiday excess and a confession of Johnson's holiday habits. It includes a reflective note on rivers and fish from Isaac Walton.
The passage lists sailors nicknames for ships including Muriel renamed Mer ry Hell, Georgia as Jaw Jaw, Pennsylvania as Billy Penn, Kearsarge as Cuss Age, Washington as Papa George commanded by John Adams, Indiana as Red Annie, Terror as Tear Hero, Cleveland as Grover, Des Moines as The Mine, Galveston as Shirtwaist, Amphitrite as Ample Tight, and Solace as One Ace.
Congressman James E. Watson recounts a home‑front letter from a supplier who buys five barrels of brown sugar yearly to illustrate how the pure food bill should urge better conduct. He notes the man’s reply that the law is needed to ensure others do right.
Mrs Kate Keim of West 29th Street New York describes all three of her sons suffering eczema for five months with itchy sores on the scalp. After little improvement from the N Dispensary they used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and within weeks the condition cleared, leaving no trace of sores.
Local volunteers mined two years of shooting by the hill behind a rifle range in Yarmouth England uncovering four and a half tons of bullets. The bullets sold for 122.50 dollars per ton.
The article notes Holland's population around 5 million while the Dutch East and West Indies host about 40 million. Emigration from the Netherlands is limited with 105000 people of Dutch birth in the United States at the last census and around 12000 Netherlanders in the Dutch East Indies.
A Wilkes Barre nurse testifies that Postum Food Coffee relieved her headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee. She notes benefits for mothers increasing milk flow and warns servants must boil it 15 to 20 minutes before serving with cream. She also recommends reading The Road to Wellville and mentions There’s a Reason.
Request for full information on land character access routes and October drawing details for Lower Brule and Rosebud land openings. Send one dollar to Chas H Burke Pierre SD to obtain brochures and reservation details. Includes unrelated ad text and miscellaneous quotes.
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