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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
7
A quote from H. E. Manning on how every duty, even small ones, forms obedience and strengthens the will and conscience. It argues daily duties train the heart and make the common life capable of heavenly ministry, emphasizing discipline in ordinary life.
Stomach discomfort from constipation is described with indigestion and bad breath. The remedy combines Pepsin to digest undigested proteins and Senna laxative to trigger bowel movement, claimed to ease belching acidity and nausea. It touts easy taste for children and urges buying Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin at druggists.
A compact reflection on how contagious laughter and good humor uplift spirits amid illness and sorrow, echoing Dickens’s view that joy can spread beyond adversity and bring people together.
A reflection on wisdom noting that true contentment comes from valuing what one has rather than mourning what is missing. The maxim emphasizes gratitude and steady cheer through possession rather than desire.
Roosevelt moves to seek peace by dispatching Sumner Welles to Berlin Rome London and Paris while Myron Taylor is sent to the Vatican. The plan follows warnings of wider conflict in the Balkans and Near East as nations realign and pressure mounts on Russia and Germany amid Finnish battles and new U S defense measures.
A Syracuse University student analyzed speeches of great men noting I pronouns. Hitler used I every 53 words, Mussolini every 83, Roosevelt every 100, Chamberlain every 249. Senate approves Roosevelt picks Marriner Eccles as Fed chair and Chester Davis as board member.
Ohio State engineers find five cents of electricity can run a fanning mill for 100 bushels, a washing machine, a milker for 20 cows, or other farm tasks. Motors from one sixtieth to seven and one half horsepower fit rural lines, with quarter horsepower units priced $6 to $18 and larger motors restricted by utilities.
Prof. W. S. Myers of Cornell urges rethinking farm design to boost field efficiency, farmstead economy, and land use. He notes New York farms need rearranging for machinery, larger orderly fields, and improved fences and lanes to raise productivity per worker.
United States honey and beeswax production is valued at 100 million dollars annually. Roofs with shingles that lift in wind can be secured with putty applied to the underside. Cows graze about eight hours daily with the remaining 16 spent resting and cud chewing. Sweet potato starch is emerging from experiments and is rated superior to imported root starches, which Americans have been using about 400 million pounds per year.
The piece strings together wry maxims about marriage flaws, logic used to prove others wrong, and the quirks of bargaining. It notes that misfortune and success shift with effort, and mocks a revue producer snagging more than an inch with chorus costumes.
An old chair is given a chic makeover with a new dress of soft red cotton, dove gray binding, and an inch cut from the back edge for comfort. Padding replaces curves while the back and arms stay intact, covered by unbleached muslin for a smooth finish. Mrs. Spears offers four thrift homemaking booklets with 128 ideas, orderable at ten cents each, or forty cents for a set plus a free quilt block pattern set.
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