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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
8
A retrospective notes rail work plans of H E Green Joe Mann and jett Fox heading to Montana. It mentions Greenwood postal clerk Joe Greenwoods New Year with his mother in Diller and a Denver wedding of F W Frisbie and Zadie Dowling.
Fifty years ago Mr James J Conniff and Miss Carrie Waggoner were married by Rev F F Thomas at the bride’s parents home near Diller on December 31 1892. Details were not published but it was described as a large ceremony.
The text outlines that a dedicated laundry area should be provided in new homes. It notes basements as a good option for laundering and chores, but emphasizes placing laundry on the first floor when possible. It also mentions that laundry work can occur in kitchens, utility rooms, and even garages, though conditions like dampness increase burden.
Thomas A. Morgan president of Sperry Corporation, the world’s largest maker of aeronautical and marine instruments, recalls early technical training in the U S Navy. The Navy Train Schools offer 50 trades and a path to advancement, travel, and steady pay and benefits in regular or reserve service.
A fragment references August 8, 1829, and a second builder Peter, associated with engine work for Toa Grd engines. It mentions Nicholas W eer and Darrell, and a trial trip on November 2, 1830, tied to the phrase Best d raw Frien ds Charleston.
The schedule lists January 4, 5 film cartoons and a stage cartoon featuring Hedy La merr in H M Pulham Esq. On January 6 and 7 Orson Welles Citizen Kane screens along with a comedy and late war news.
Edn G Robinson Edward Arnold and Lorraine Day star in Upholy Partners Friday and Saturday January 9 and 10. Tim Holt leads the showing of Dude Cowboy in the same program.
The Majestic Theatre presents Father Takes a Wife and Major Barbara this Saturday and Sunday January 3 and 4, alongside a Dick Tracy crime serial. Tickets priced at 25 cents.
The filament of a small six watt 115 volt lamp used for night lights is thinner than human hair with a diameter under five thousandths of an inch.
Seymour Taft of Flushing New York claims a new shoelace design that stays tied. The American Magazine reports tiny bumps along the lace to stop slipping and prevent accidental loosening.
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