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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
4
The article extols church allegiance as a moral anchor and urges regular attendance. It emphasizes taking visitors to worship, valuing the old home church, and setting a churchgoing example for children and neighbors. The message ends by quoting a Bible verse about going to the house of the Lord.
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m. Evening union service at the Federated church. The Womans Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs L M Cavett on Tuesday Aug 7. A mite box opening featured instrumental music readings and recitations followed by refreshments.
A new bear species dubbed the Lava bear was reported after two sightings in southeastern Oregon. Backers include Henry C. Wallace and Jewett of the biological survey with Merriam confirming a distinct new species from grizzly kinship.
Painting the outside of the goldfish bowl dark green to two inches above the bottom helps the fish rest and feel comfortable. Build pebble and cement castles with water-safe cement. nooks and tunnels please fish and children alike.
Rev W F Clark presides with Sunday school at 10. The morning sermon titled A Good Constinence. Evening worship at 8 with sermon by Rev Mrs Innis. Special music by the union choir. Many express appreciation and there is room for more.
Miss Esther Everett Lape appointed chairman of the policy committee to administer the Edward W. Bok American Peace Award valued at 100000 dollars for the best plan for the United States to cooperate with other nations to end all wars. Officies opened in New York and Bok and the policy committee disclaim any aim to promote the League of Nations.
A past era saw brides receive ten or twelve large parlor clocks as gifts. Today wrist watches dominate. Clocks remain needed for dressing tables desks and kitchens with smaller quieter models in demand.
The French ministry reports nearly half of 102 billion francs in war damage has been spent on reconstruction in liberated regions. France has received less than one twenty fifth of that sum from Germany.
The article argues civility costs nothing and pays richly in business life. It likens civility to a vital introduction to jobs and sales, noting even the brilliant may fail without it. It urges cultivating civility to attract notice, impress superiors, and sustain buyers, with a note by John Blake.
England’s 1921 crime statistics show fewer drunkenness cases and minor offenses, more burglaries and personal crisis reports, and 35 double tragedies. Violence offenses fell to 966 in 1921 from 1,107 in 1920, while convicted prisoners received numbered 46,871 versus 166,283 in 1913.
A tramp who seized a policeman’s motorcycle while fleeing after killing the officer crashed at a curbing in Freeport Illinois and broke his neck. The incident follows the earlier slaying during the escape attempt.
The Romans used quails as well as cocks for fighting and compared them to gladiators. Quail fights were common in Athens and the Chinese and Sumatrans also used birds for gambling contests. Stakes included money or the birds themselves. One method tested the bird by plucking a feather after flicking the quail.
A young traveling man of effeminate appearance arrives at a local hotel. He powders his chin and nose with a puff and mirror after explaining coal dust from Pittsburgh requires frequent face washing. Patrons laugh at the display and the exchange continues.
A mining company engine house keeper delays a trip to fetch a forgotten item. The cage cable breaks on the next ascent, causing the deaths of all aboard. The Chicago Journal recounts the deadly incident and its cause.
A village tea party ends with a riddle about warlike nations. The village doctor answers Vaccination, noting it is nearly always in arms. The quizzing guest seeks explanation and the doctor explains.
A movie hero lighting a cigarette may instead snap a switch to a hidden wire and "baby arc" that illuminates his face. The idea uses electricity run up his sleeve to reveal his features more clearly than a flame would.
Plans to reconstruct the Ste Anne de Beaupre shrine at Quebec after last year’s fire are completed. The new sanctuary is expected to cost over 1,000,000 dollars, be larger than the previous structure, and require more than a year to finish.
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