Diller Church Notices and Congregational Gatherings
Diller H J Diekhhoff pastor presides at Sunday School 9 30 Divine services 10 30 German Lent services Friday 7 30. Congregational W E Ludwick pastor Sunday School 10 00 Preaching 11 00 Young People's meeting 6 30 Evening worship 7 30 Patriotic services planned. Easter program and church attendance urged. Keystone class and Loyal Women Kensington meet March 1 at Christian church. Mrs Ludwick sister died in Bucyrus Ohio.
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Nfar Diller
H. J. Diekhhoff
Congregational
W. E.ludwick
Eople
George
Washington
Congregational Church
Fellowship of Prayer
House of God
Bucyrus
Ohio
Kensington of the Loyal Women
Keystone
The
Christian Church
Radio Driven Cars Loom in Electric Auto Future
Marmon Motor Car Company president GG M Williams envisions radio driven cars with each vehicle assigned a radio power wavelength. Drivers would tune in via a switch on the instrument panel and control power with a rheostat. A car meter would log usage and owners pay to the radio power station.
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GG. M. Williams
Marmon Motor Car Company
Williams
Dehorning Calves With Caustic Potash Instructions
A Nebraska Experiment Station Circular outlines a method to dehorn calves aged three to five days using a vaseline ring and caustic potash or soda. The process requires controlled application to the horn button only and notes severe burns if misapplied. The text also mentions Col. Lindbergh’s recent Gulf of Panama fishing outing.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Abraham Lincoln lecture at Methodist Church
Rev Wm R Velte hosts a Sunday program at the Methodist Episcopal Church with a 7:30 PM evening lecture titled Abraham Lincoln Citizen Statesman Liberator. The talk uses 65 color slides to illustrate Lincoln’s life from birth to death and aims to inspire patriotism and youth.
Good Fruit Crop Is Predicted This Year
Horticulturists John Selk and Louis Selk predict a strong fruit season as frozen ground covered by snow delays sap rise. A late start reduces frost damage to peaches apricots and other early bloomers, while extended cold slows blooming until safer warming occurs.
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John Selk, Sr
Louis Selk
Plymouth News
The Talkies and the Native Language Debate in Hollywood
A writer argues that talking pictures threaten actors who do not speak English fluently. He contends foreign stars lose work to Americans, fueling revenue for U S interests while reducing foreign talent in Hollywood. He claims American actors will reinvest earnings locally, aiding domestic circulation.
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Heath
Talkies
Hollywood
Allied powers seek fair German demilitarization after war
Allied powers plan to settle Germany's indemnity with cool mature judgment ten years after the war. Emissaries will study the matter carefully to restore Europe to normalcy as soon as possible, setting aside prejudice and hatred.
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Germany
Europe
University students visit families and repairs begin after fire
Eleanor Diehl, a senior at the state university, returned to Lincoln after spending the weekend with her father Dr. O. C. Diehl. Lynn Waggoner, also at the university, stayed with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Waggoner. H. E. Green has started remodeling the J. H. Emerson residence and bakery damaged by fire, adding a north bakery room and converting the front for living space.
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Eleanor Diehl
the State University
Lincoln
O. C. Diehl
Lynn Waggoner
The
State University
Chas. Waggoner
H. E. Green
J. H. Emerson
Woman's Club Meeting on Status of Women in Public Life
The Woman's Club meets February 27 at 8:00 PM with hostess Mrs Hill and assistant Mrs Siekmann. Leader Mrs Hill outlines topics including Status of Woman as a World Factor in Politics with Mrs Northup, Government Employment with Mrs Hill, Education with Mrs Long, and Home life with Mrs Ashcraft plus parliamentary drill.
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Hill
Siekmann
Mrs.Hill
Northup
Mrs Hill
Long
Ashcraft
Bethel News Highlights Local Socials and School Event
Mrs Alfred Beran has been sick. Bethel School District 8 held a Valentine's program on Feb 14 with readings songs and a pantomime The cast included Elva Wymore Lucile Gart Adelia Garrets Martha Henrichs Molly Hiatt and others A plate supper followed raising $10 above expenses for needs in the community Local visits included confirmations with Odell and Beatrice residents and various households in Bethel and nearby towns.
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Alfred Beran
Jack Armstrong
Bernadt
Odell
Walter Hauver
Matilda Hauver
Joe Armstrong
Max
Adolph. Beran
Patrica
Joan
Beatrice
Idola Ramsey
Alfred Bevan
Valentine
Bethel School
Bethel School Dist
Dorothy Hiatt
Elva Wymore
Hitty
Evelyn DeVere
Molly Hiatt
Ralph Grayson
Mrs. DeVere
Martha Henrichs
Herbert Vanderslice
Adelia Garrets
Reader
Helen Penner
Walks in Her Sleep and Robs Neighbor
Julia Jackson twenty is charged with theft of twenty dollars claiming she acted in her sleep. A somnambulist defense is set, with tracks from her room to a neighbor's house a quarter mile away. The money was found in her hand as she slept two hours later. The justice of the peace remains doubtful about the sleep defense.
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Senatobia
Julia Jackson
Cha Ge
Justice of the Peace
Julia
Tite
Cat Tales Of Edith And A Ground Floor Window
Two cats recount a day of mischief and luck with a girl named Edith who shares cream and tea. The first cat recalls a trying day, then Edith offers toast, jam, cookies, and cream, leading to a moment of real cat luck at the window.
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Asd
Edith
Acainbridge
Fiame
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
The text discusses relationship advice with dated slang and humorous imperatives about calling, catering to a woman's tastes, and the idea of patience in romance. It weaves playful metaphors about fruit and flavors to imply better happiness with moderation.
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Viola Brothers
Old Maids Share Long Life Until News of Death
A pair of lifelong residents lived in apparent harmony for over four decades. One sister reached ninety eight and died. A relative planned to break the news to the survivor, fearing shock might prove fatal, but the eighty nine year old sister remained unfazed and joked about future treats.
First Use of the Expression Once in a Blue Moon
The phrase traces to Roy and Barlow in England 1428 in Rede Me and be not Rothe. Brewer notes a December 10 1888 blue moon associated with a mild winter. Today the term means something that happens very rarely.
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Roy and Barlow
Rothe
England
Brewer
Volcanic Locations Along Coasts and Islands
Volcanoes are mainly located along coasts and islands such as Stromboli off Italy. No active volcanoes occur in continental interiors though some are distant from the coast as part of coastal mountain chains in California and Alaska.
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Italy
California
Alaska
Chronometer and the Timekeeper’s Myth That Named It
The chronometer is a precise timekeeper used to determine longitude at sea. It is larger than a watch and hangs in gimbals on ships to resist motion. Its name derives from Chronos the Greek god of Time, linking myth to a modern timepiece.
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Chronos
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