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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
2
The notice lists subscription terms and post office classification for Diller Nebraska with advertising rates in advance. It notes business locals can be ordered out and priced at 5 cents per line per insertion. Foreign advertising representative is referenced.
The Reed-Norval or American Language act won House approval 65 to 1 on Monday April 4 after a heated session. Opposed by German language interests, the bill strengthens English as the official tongue, bans foreign language teaching in common schools, and bars discrimination against English in meetings, though church services may use other languages. The act, already cleared by the Senate, becomes effective immediately with the governor's signature and is hailed as an Americanism triumph by the American Legion and allied groups.
A poem by Walt Mason praising teachers while lamenting low pay. The speaker notes the noble calling of teaching, the pride of the profession, and the frugal wages that force teachers to seek other work. It blends affection with critique of compensation and can be read as social commentary.
The text argues that Americans spent vast sums and sacrificed many lives to defend liberty and civilization, and that victorious outcomes demanded nothing in return. It asserts the nation will fight for independence and unity and cannot be defeated under any circumstances.
The passage recounts an early hydraulic organ keyboard with eighteen level keys and notes that the modern chromatic keyboard was in use by 1361, marking the start of recorded keyboard history.
Accredited schools meet criteria set by accrediting bodies and college boards. They demonstrate satisfactory courses and graduates capable of required educational standards for admission to higher institutions.
The Fourteenth Division of the American Red Cross covers all U S territories outside the mainland. It reports 80 808 paid members in 1920 and runs chapters in many countries and ports. The division coordinates home services, disaster relief, and plans for sailor aid, establishing service clubs in foreign ports.
An article discusses waste in food and how better analysis of nourishment could reduce waste. It notes wartime science progress at Teachers College New York and experiments with animals and humans guiding rationing for soldiers.
A National Geographic bulletin notes that Negrito men in the Philippines shave the crown of their heads to cool the head. They are described as aborigines with dark skin and woolly hair, wearing small cloaks for men and knee-length skirts for women.
Captain A H F Young a noted British shipping official argues the straight stem on modern cargo vessels increases loss of life in collisions. He says cost drives the design and urges an act to require the stem to recede to about 15 degrees, claiming it would prevent waterline breaches in most collisions.
Lieut. G Garrood of the Royal Flying Corps recounts a perilous East Africa journey after bombing a German ambush on the Rufiji river. His propeller broken, he landed in a bog, hid from wild animals, climbed a tree at dusk to evade a leopard, and entertained himself with songs from the treetop before continuing his trek with nail scissors as his only defense.
London merchants in a bold social experiment banish gloom from trains. A traveling colony of good cheer now travels daily to London, with two placards declaring only cheerful faces welcome in their compartment. Passengers read the notice, then switch carriages if they cannot smile, leaving the cheerful group to form a jolly traveling community.
William Franz of Seltzer City, Pennsylvania, held on 300 dollar bail charged with interfering with his sister Lillian Frantz's courtship by Theodore Kull. The alderman said it violates Pennsylvania law to interfere with a sister's wooing. Frantz allegedly threatened Kull if he continued calling on Lillian.
A kitten crawled into the rim of a large flywheel at Great Norther mills in Burlington Nebraska and slept as the wheel ran for nine hours. The cat remained alive when the mill stopped for night. estimates say it traveled about 600 miles inside the wheel.
Public notice for Jefferson County Nebraska estates court on May 26 1921 at 9:00 AM regarding Sophie G Mathias petition to deem Oscar L Mathias intestate and to grant fee simple title to undivided two ninths of certain land in sections 24 25 36 township 2 3 range 4 with homestead rights. Names J Nutzman Hartigan and Fouts appear as official and counsel.
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