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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
2
Public notices announce basic advertising rates at six cents per line for insertions from the Nebr 0A offices. The listing refers to seating arrangements and second class advertising at the pier office.
Liberty moves toward electric service as power will flow from the Barneston hydro plant through a new transmission line. The project outlines a future grid upgrade enabling municipal lighting and electricity distribution.
With generators placed and most construction complete the Barneston hydro electric plant awaits final detail work before starting to turn its wheels.
Creighton University officials announce a Venus eclipse Saturday morning between 5 08 and 6 09 o clock. Professor Wm F Riggle says the event will be visible from anywhere on Earth with no telescope needed and last for about an hour, the first visible eclipse in ten years.
A medical notice asserts blackleg kills six million dollars worth of cattle in the United States annually with one third of losses in some states from the disease. It claims vaccination is safe and permanent, usable at any calf age, and that saving one calf pays for vaccinating 100 head.
The Coromandel coast chintzes were famed in Marco Polo’s era and noted by Barbosa after Vasco da Gama’s voyage. Chintz refers to printed cotton cloth with floral designs in five or more colors, once valued in Queen Anne’s time, later misapplied to inferior imitations.
A timid church member Masie Soding failed to read aloud during a meeting. She tried with Scripture verses but misread Bring hither the fatted calf, saying catted half, causing giggles from the audience of home folks.
During a Cara van club address, Representative William D Upshaw of Georgia recalled a vaudeville performer famous for barking like a dog. A youth challenged him by claiming louder dog noises, and the performer replied he had learned the act.
A discussion on changing social norms about talking bluntly in public. The piece notes shifts since the war toward avoiding violent political debate at gatherings and suggests restraining war talk to preserve social ease.
This excerpt critiques social behavior and attitudes through witty aphorisms. It touches on manners, finance literacy, ambition, emotion in work, courting, language, aging, and memory, using concise observations and ironic humor.
The article explains how the term turncoat arose from Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy. To signal shifting allegiances between Spain and France his blue and white coat was worn on opposite sides, earning him the surname The Turncoat and giving the word its lasting meaning.
The Kansas City Star quips about Lester Lobstock as he wears many hats in town life. The caption mocks his array of titles from undertaker to professor, judge, colonel, doctor, and civic leader, noting his juggling of roles leaves little time for leisure.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a magician who borrowed a gold watch and used a hammer ruse. The professor's helper says he returned the real watch to the audience member, getting even and costing the trickster $200.
A mother recalls a playful moment with her son Theodore during a summer visit. After returning from Bay View Michigan, the child woke and cried “Save me” in a comical mispronunciation, delighting all.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls compensation and goose at table, mentioning names Frits Luatige Bleetter Berlio and a discussion with Hustand-Ah and a wife about past times. The lines hint at cultural nostalgia and domestic scenes in a bygone era.
Creditors of George M. Myere deceased must meet the administratrix before the county judge in Jefferson County Nebraska on March 22 1923 at 9 00 AM to present claims for examination adjustment and allowance. All claims not filed by March 2 1923 will be barred. By order of the Court dated December 1922. Louis J Nutzman County Judge. F L Rain attorney for the estate.
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