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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
4
The church reports moderate interest in special meetings and urges all members to participate. Services will be held each night through Easter Sunday except Saturday, with Sunday services starting at 8 o clock in the evening.
The Federated Community Church reports a good gain toward the 150 goal and outlines upcoming events. The Junior Endeavor begins with oversight by Mrs. Clarence Steffen and Mrs. Frank Frisbie. Children not yet in the program are invited to join Sunday at 4 PM for guidance in Christian life. Evening services include stereopticon slides on Christ's last hours followed by a brief sermon. Palm Sunday and Easter plans are announced along with a missionary meeting of the Women’s Association.
A fragment notes Mrs. O. C. Diehl being involved on Thursday afternoon, April 17, but no further context or details are provided.
St Pauls Ev Lutheran in St Pauls reports the pastor has accepted a unanimous call to Hooper Nebraska and will resign between May 15 and June 15. A Sunday business meeting will discuss the resignation and field re filling while theology students conducted services for the first time.
Baltimore police described a nightly crime school run by John Besisi that taught burglary pickpocketing and shoplifting to a band of youths led by Rosario Provenza. The class organized loot from warehouses including Baltimore Candy and Tobacco and Lee Morgan Coffee, with a signaling system and hidden rooms facilitating theft.
A white customer asks Uncle Dave how he will live into another year. The reply claims his habit of surviving into a new year, saying he always lives another year after New Year’s. The exchange is recounted by Judge.
Humorous exchange notes sheriff may shoot to scare a fleeing robber but in practice the robber stays safe in a crowded street. Cactus Joe debates humane policy with a City Council decision cited by the Washington Evening Star.
A boy scrubbing his front porch answers a visitor asking for his mother with a witty reminder that chores imply her presence. The brief exchange captures a homey moment with a sharp local tone.
Experts from the national industrial board in New York City project twenty one thousand deaths from industrial accidents in the United States for 1924. The board launches a safety education program to reduce fatalities and promote workplace safety.
The piece notes how hard it is to judge Chinese women's ages with features remaining unchanged from girlhood to old age. It cites beauty practices from rouge to eyebrow plucking, praises slenderness, and lauds poised, timeless temperament as a defining charm.
Detroit girl Miss Genevieve Smith chosen as prettiest at Wellesley. As senior class member she will lead the free day exercises at the college.
A salesman offers gilt valentines and lace to an unsympathetic druggist. The pharmacist rejects the display saying he stocks drugs for sick people, not gimcracks. The salesman insists the valentines are for the lovesick.
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