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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
4
A satirical piece contrasts the vermiform appendix in humans and horses noting humans can live without it while the horse’s appendix stores water and aids life. It also touches on Taft Bacon Cuba politics and quirky notes about bank directors meat labels and early egg trays.
Speed mania grips engineers as the Burlington road plans cyclometers on engines to enforce a fifty mile per hour limit. Once celebrated for fast runs, engineers faced halts as crews pushed times too far. A recent phenomenal Burlington Chicago run drew praise but led to caution from officials.
A Montreal Herald summary extols Canada's vast size and global scale. It states Canada’s population about 6 million, width 8 500 miles, north-south span 1 400 miles, seacoast rivaling half the earth’s circumference, and land area larger than the United States by 250 000 square miles. It compares Canada to Australasia and British India and notes a 3 000 mile boundary with the United States. It claims Canada spans twenty three degrees of latitude from Rome to the north pole and equals thirty United Kingdoms in area.
A Chicago News item reflects on human folly and pretended virtue. It notes people answering questions before asked and the waste of time by the user who fears low earnings. It jokes that politeness hides calling others fools.
A compact collection of old sayings on law from Italian Dutch Scottish German English and Danish traditions. The quips contrast the costs of litigation with virtue and fairness and note how laws can burden the poor while enriching lawyers.
The report notes Mexico aims to develop banana cultivation. It observes steamers slow in shallow depths. It contrasts tropical Colombia’s cool highland climate with Vermont like air year round. A Maine man received Seattle peas after a 3000 mile trip. Maine’s St. Louis exposition cabin becomes a club clubhouse. A man rescuing a young robin faced attack from older birds.
The Bombay population nears one million by under twenty thousand. Southern England police are barred from wearing rings on duty. Empire population up about 40 percent in forty years. A sixpence from Charles I was found in a bullock in Yarmouth. Bluejack sets from Australian ships travel free on New Zealand railways to attract immigrants. About 500 soldiers yearly leave the British Army due to heart and other issues from illogical physical training now under review.
Virginia Staunton joins Marie Cahill in Marrying Mary. Joseph Brooks is engaged for Barbara’s Millions with Ferdinand Gottschalk. Miss Margaret May, praised for Winchester as Virginia Randolph, will play a leading role.
Margaret Gray and Guy Lindsley engaged for Robert Mantell's company. Gray to play Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Lindsley as the fool in King Lear. Chicago production Vindication by Henry Gardner Hunting features Charles Richman Sarah Truax and Robert T. Haines.
A legend tells how a fierce beast created to eat humans was restrained by a good spirit who wrapped it by the tail then struck its snout and decreed that humans would eat the beast. Hence the pig’s downturned nose and curly tail.
A traditional circle game for children requires an odd number of players. All but one form couples and march in a circle singing as the inner partners try to grab the neighbor in front. The isolated child at the center then attempts to switch into the circle by capturing a partner.
The article describes palm leaves from the Amazon, Ceylon, and cocoanut palms reaching lengths up to fifty feet and widths up to sixteen feet. It notes the umbrella magnolia of Ceylon sheltering many people and mentions a thirty-six foot wide specimen. Victoria regia leaves in temperate climates reach seven feet in diameter and can bear 395 pounds.
A writer describes a math trick to guess a number a girl thinks of. By doubling, then multiplying by five, the final product ends in zero, and removing the last digit returns the original number. The example uses 17 to illustrate the method.
The description explains a newspaper prank where ten letters chosen by the hostess form a paper header. Writers must craft a ten word telegram whose initial letters match the header. Example shows initials T T P A W I N B D and a sample line beginning with those letters.
In the matter of the estate of William H. Diller deceased Anna C Diller petitions for execution of a purported last will and testament and administration to her as executrix October 15 1906 at 1 p m hearing assigned. Notice to interested parties via Diller Record newspaper for three weeks prior to hearing. County Judge C Borie assigns the date.
Attractive September travel deals to New England and Canada with daily low excursion fares. Cheap one way options to the Pacific Coast and Montana areas, plus round trips to California and Puget Sound. Homeseekers' tours to Western Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, and Big Horn Basin. Free Kinkaid Lands offer via D. Clem Deaver at 1004 Farnam St Omaha.
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