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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
2
Notice states one year or six months advance payment options and a 6 cent per line rate for news locals, with entries run until ordered out and entered at the poet’s office in Diller.
The senate investigating committee invites all state officers to justify their existence and the payrolls they manage. The goal is to identify overlapping duties and remove employees deemed unnecessary.
A measure now before the state legislature would discipline teachers who resign without meeting formalities by potentially revoking their certificates for the balance of the year. The House favors the bill.
John Dorn, prominent Filley area farmer who bought the Ferdinand Hoyle quarter section in a record last fall for about 56 000 dollars at 350 dollars per acre, has been released from his contract. He paid 6 000 dollars down, which is forfeited as consideration for the release.
Farm credit experts warn that borrowing should only occur for productive enterprises. The key rule is to ensure the borrowed funds produce a return surpassing the debt service. A high interest rate is irrelevant if the enterprise fails to be profitable.
Births deaths and marriages in 1920 affect tax returns with exemptions of 200 per child. Widows and widowers are single for tax purposes and get 1000 exemption unless head of family. Divorced or separated persons are single. Status on December 31 1920 determines exemptions. married and living with spouse yield 2000, single or not living with spouse yield 1000. Taxpayers reaching majority and earning thresholds must file and pay tax by March 16.
An elderly farmer, hostile to taxes, faced a visit from a rate collector who demanded taxes already paid. The collector insulted him, sparking the farmer to remonstrate, ending with the shovel in pieces, a tale recounted in London Tit-Bits.
A western town librarian recalls a boy who asked for a book on whales and misread the topic as the country. The exchange highlights a playful misclassification of the creature as a land or national entity.
The film corporation near bankruptcy found a bold pivot. The president used a scoop shovel to earn money by charging $5 admission to watch movies being made, shifting from selling pictures to selling the production process.
A humorous linguistic exchange likens stealing cars to auto theft and then plays on words by asking if stealing boots would be a hoot fack. The joke hinges on rhyming and misheard phrases to provoke a laugh.
In India, Amberican X W A secretaries search for a camp ground for their girl guides and are amused by hundreds of chasing monkeys at their weekend bungalow. One writes they could enjoy monkey hunts instead of bird hunts. Indian girls, like American schoolgirls, like weekend tramps with swimming boating and loafing.
By order of the District Court of Jefferson County Nebraska entered January 4 1921 John Lottman et al plaintiffs and E L Loock administrator et al defendants I will February 28 1921 at 2 pm at the south front door of the court in Fairbury Neb sell for cash the real estate Lot 13 Block 9 First Addition to the Village of Diller Hartigan Fouts attorneys for plaintiffs Referee.
The remark recalls Mrs Passy arriving after a motor trip, looking like a thundercloud. Her escort, praised for driving at lightning speed, underscores the contrast between appearance and pace.
The clumsy boy let the galley fall with the big murder story, and made pt of it. Don’t blame the lad. He was only breaking bad news.
In a Hamilton Herald quip, the line claims that when two men share a bed the one with a toothache will sleep first, while the other in love stays awake. The wry observation contrasts physical pain with romantic distraction.
A husband traces a cross and places honey over the door before his bride enters their home. The ritual is said to guarantee their eternal happiness.
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