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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1934
Page
4
No clear news item headlines from fragmented column
Fragmentary lines mention NRA critics, racketeers, weather codes, crime down grade, Santa Claus, mild winters and coal dealers with George giving thanks. No identifiable events or persons forming a cohesive report.
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George
Life Worth Is Measured By The Good One Creates
A reflective note argues that life gains value from the good a person contributes and that worth is a matter of choice rather than fate.
Preacher Varied Sermons Challenge Jokes say Church
A Midwest Free Press note urges trying church sermons when tired of friends' repetitive jokes. It hints at social concerns and asks where grass grows in city streets, referencing a predicted view by a gentleman named Herbert.
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Herbert
Midwest Free Press
Uncertain Times Shape Careers and Patient Care
A reflection on workers choosing government positions over private jobs and the pressures faced by doctors. The piece notes how physicians risk upsetting patients by avoiding unnecessary prescriptions, or risk accusations of wrongdoing when treatment isn't provided.
Nebraska Judge Good seeks re election to high court
The Nebraska Supreme Court judge Edward E Good files for a second term while no opponents have emerged. Babe Ruth aims for ten thousand dollars per season though he earned fifty two thousand in 1933 and seventy five thousand in 1932.
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Edward E. Good
Nebraska Supreme Court
Babe Ruth
Diller
Ruth
Home Building Permits Rise 138 Percent in November
The Department of Labor reports a sharp rise in residential building permits issued in November versus October, with a 138 percent increase compared to November 1932.
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Department of Labor
Government seed loans cannot be seized to pay debts
The government argues seed loan advances to farmers are held in trust to buy seed and cannot be diverted to settle old debts. Colorado courts will decide after a bank attached a loan to cover obligations, a ruling with wide implications for farmers facing seed shortages amid four years of hardship.
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Colorado
J C Penny Declares Extra Dividend on Stock
The J C Penny Co declares an extra dividend of one dollar per share payable January 30 due to an upward turn in business.
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J. C. Penny Co
Inventions and Taxes Threaten Gasless Car Dream
The idea of a car running without gas could be the most alarming invention, yet government and state taxes might eliminate any savings from such a vehicle.
President's silver move stuns inflationists and financiers
The president's policy shift unsettles inflationists and major gold backers, while Mr. Bryan would smile from his grave. The paper offers gold or silver or both on subscription as a playful endorsement.
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Bryan
County corn hog meeting draws 1100 at Seward
Seward Nebraska reports 1100 farmers attended Monday’s county corn hog meeting. K C Fouts, Seward county agent, was chosen secretary of the temporary committee.
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Seward
Nebr
K.C. Fouts
Seward County
Matrimony’s Knock on His Brainy Plan
A wry note suggests a man who avoids marriage faces a greater stumble. It says the Lord overlooked him in brains distribution, so without matrimony he might not exist.
Polish townsmen break up nudist dance in Kowel cold
Enraged residents of Kowel strip the nudists from a dance and drag them into the street in freezing weather. Police intervene as naked participants are detained. Clothing was hard to come by that day.
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Poland
Kowel
French funeral customs observed by visitors
Arthur Brisbane notes French men stop and remove hats for funerals. He contrasts with behavior seen at home where some people do not stop or honor a funeral. He remarks on an American hearse drawn by horses and an automobile hearse moving at speed, eliciting surprise.
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Arthur Brisbane
Municipal bankruptcies spur call for RFC relief loans
Cities burdened by corruption seek federal aid from the RFC to cover vast sums. Taxpayers, bled dry, demand municipalities finance themselves or seek bank loans. Banks offer funds only with solid security, else government funding would be unwise.
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RFC
Sam
Stretching the Dollar and the American Spending Habit
The piece argues Americans waste money and overbuy after holidays, noting some resist the urge to overspend. It contrasts frugality abroad with waste at home and suggests one dollar could stretch further, if discipline were stronger.
Early Illustrated Book Links to Ancient Egyptian Heritage
The article notes that the first illustrated book connected to the Egyptian Book of the Dead predates the common era by about 1,500 years. It contrasts ancient works with modern writings, suggesting some contemporary books are as dead as dead text.
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Peerree
Subscriptions Drive Offers Heaven Benefit for First 100
The editor promises a heavenly perk for the first one hundred readers who renew or start a new subscription to the paper at the new year. Benefits apply after the official kickoff time.
Counterfeit bills frighten Pittsburg newspaper boys
In Pittsburg a stylish woman paid two newsboys with counterfeit dollars for papers. Each boy kept ninety cents in change, then realized the bills were fake, leaving them shivering from the cold and the deception.
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Pittsburg
Senator Reed Questions Debt Payment Honesty
Missouri Senator James A Reed questions the idea of paying a one dollar debt with a forty nine and a half cent or two Fifty cent dollars calling such a proposal delicate and unlikely to be accepted by any man in the country.
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Missouri
Kansas Leads Us In Highway Awards Under New Deal Plan
Kansas reaches 100 percent of its allocated highway funds under the National Industrial Recovery Act, leading states with 400 percent awards for contract work. Nebraska ranks seventh at 828 percent. 24 states average 89 percent with remaining funds shrinking. By year end 61 percent of $400 million appropriated is under construction, employing about 130000 workers.
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Kansas
Nebraska
U. . Bureau of Public Roads
Emergency highway work under NIR Act delays and auto sales rise
The report details 5,287 projects worth 273.8 million dollars under the NIR Act, with 20.16 million for day labor and 74 percent higher retail sales of new passenger cars in November 1982, marking five years of year over year gains.
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Bureau
Department of Commerce
Fisherman Hooks Coyote In Mexican Waters
In Brownsville Texas J W Wison from Sherman claims he nearly hooked a coyote while fishing near Santa Maria Pass in northern Mexico. He cast a baited book on a strong line 50 feet from camp and tied the other end to his wrist when a violent jerk woke him. The coyote was caught in the jaw but slipped free.
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Brownsville
Texas
J. W. Wison
Santa Maria Pass
Mexico
Wison
Woman posing as man marries twice in Ohio unions
Lillian Hoffmann a 48 year old Ohio woman known as Harry Harold and Lili wore men's clothes to marry twice in Akron and Cleveland without revealing her sex both times. She said one marriage was annulled and she married John McCarthy a 54 year old crew boss for the same company after meeting him six years ago in an alley.
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Cleseland
Harry
Harold
Lili’ Lillen Hoffman
Ohio
Akron
Lillian
Oman
John
McCarthy
Home Company
Justice of the Peacé
Tve
Dentist in Own Office Hit by Mechanical Drill
In Dr. J A Steinmeyer’s office a drill machine malfunction caused fear as a patient suffered a sore neck and tearful moment. The incident drew attention to failed equipment while the dentist treated the patient and addressed the scare.
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Stu
Pr. J.A. Steinmeyer
Steinmeteris
Fishermen recover glasses after sea donning by fish
Report describes an odd incident at sea where glasses are lost, found on a fish worn by a sea creature. Fishermen Baldwin and Mehis involved as the incident unfolds near the peer and is noted with puzzled reactions.
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Baldwin
Firemen Refuse Canary Capture Request Amid Rescue Dilemma
Firemen refused a plea to capture a pet canary during a high rise rescue. They cited lack of suitable equipment a net and the only available net used for rescuing people jumping from a burning building. The call highlighted the limits of their tools during emergencies.
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Pet
Ness
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