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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
8
The article outlines wedding rituals from church and home settings, detailing processions, seating, gift etiquette, and duties of the bridal party. It covers entering and leaving ceremonies, reception flow, attire considerations, and how gifts and introductions should be handled, with anecdotes about social behavior and decorum.
An old guide suggests bright color limited to accents in tiny rooms. A plain white heavy bedspread is decorated with cut paper roses at corners and center, finished with feather stitch, plus matching linen scarves and curtains with floral corners.
A London Chronicle piece recounts a Polish friend teaching the author to say tricky Polish and English words. The exchange highlights how Polish pronunciation eases and English vowels and consonants hinder. The friend then reads a newspaper line about relative strengths, seeking help to pronounce a word of eight consonants and one vowel.
The excerpt describes Noah and his wife in a Chester cycle scene about the flood. Noah quarrels with his wife who mocks him for the flood prediction. After a struggle they enter the ark and Noah laments about crabbed women.
Oregon residents dispute an Hawaiian writer's claim that Haleakala crater is the largest. Cra ter Lake National Park in Oregon features a six by four mile crater with a 4000 foot depth and a lake 20.25 square miles in area discovered in 1853. Geologists estimate the extinct volcano once stood above 16,000 feet high in the western coast region.
A London Graphic record recalls a Nepali rajah who vowed offerings to deities for his wife’s recovery from smallpox. Disfigured by the disease, she killed herself, prompting the rajah to align his artillery before the gods and fire. Officers fled as first shots shattered the idols.
Peyton Henry F. Peyton, longtime executive clerk of the United States senate, interrupted Senator Conkling during a closed session. Conkling paused, then invited Peyton to continue, signaling the senator from New York would proceed after the interruption.
A Javanaite authority asserts that earrings were worn by all male residents in the Euphrates provinces. The passage also recalls Uncle Roger’s struggle with patent medicines and a casual greeting from an old acquaintance highlighting his diminished appetite.
A humorous exchange in the Youngstown Telegram features a fat plumber and a thin carpenter debating how women react to labels. The plumber argues women dislike being called a hen while a carpenter counters with lighter labels like duck or chicken. The dialogue pivots on gendered nicknames and social perception.
A walker can traverse seven small German states in four and a half hours starting from Steinbach Bavaria. The route goes Lichtentanne Saxe Meiningen, then Rauschengesees Reuss elder, Gleima Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, Altengeseees Reuss younger, Dragnitz Prussia, and finishes at Saalthal Sare Altenburg.
The article notes peanuts thrive in southern estates and show promise in the midwest and southwest with California also a major producer. Despite large domestic output, the U S still imports about 20 million pounds annually valued near 1 million dollars. Peanut cultivation is established, with clear farming practices comparable to citrus groves or vineyards.
Government to open irrigated Lateral A lands from the Shoshone Project near Powell Wyoming for entry by settlers in April. 465 farmers in the locality, 51 choice farms declared, about 15 remain. Lands priced at 90 to 100 dollars per acre, 352 dollars for perpetual water right, 20 years, no interest. Act quickly and write for details.
Incorporators form Shea Equity Exchange in Shea Jefferson County Nebraska on April 7 1915. The firm will trade farm products grain lumber livestock and other goods, own buildings and real estate, with capital stock of 100 shares at 100 each and 3000 paid up. Board of five directors elected by stockholders and officers president vice president and secretary treasurer elected by stockholders.
The article outlines that the association’s board shall have five to nine directors elected at the annual meeting. Directors must be members residing within the territory, with majority present constituting a quorum. Board and member meetings follow by law provisions, with ballots for elections and changes.
In compliance with Nebraska law, Jefferson County Mutual Insurance Company of Diller Nebraska amends its articles and changes its name to Jefferson County Assessment Association of Nebraska. The principal office remains in Diller. The entity will continue its business and assume obligations under the new name. The articles set the name and 50 year duration from state Insurance Board approval.
A manager of a traveling theatrical company writes a letter describing a long voyage and a delayed delivery of scenery. He reports safe arrival of ordered goods in excellent condition, weather strokes, and requests bay, forest, clouds, and sun to be sent, noting a burned bay and lost scenery. The letter is not a prank.
Polly Molly recognizes the seriousness of marriage in a light hearted Puck style quip. Dolly notes sixteen would be bridesmaids but she can only choose eight, choosing among many eager friends.
A brief reflection notes that truthfulness and integrity uphold the world, asserting that when good men stand firm they keep the earth wholesome and just.
This excerpt defines the Jefferson County Mutual Insurance Company of Diller Nebraska as an Assessment Association to insure farm property country schools churches parsonages and contents against fire lightning wind storms and tornadoes. It states membership grants one vote per member and allows proxies. It covers officers, their election terms salaries, and states members are not liable beyond the association’s obligations.
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