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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
4
St Pauls Ev Lutheran announces Sunday School and Bible class at 9 30 and Divine services at 10 30 in English The newly elected officers will be installed at the end of the services Public invited to attend
The notice from St John’s Lutheran Lanham Kansas invites parishioners to a 9:30 law school session and a 10:30 English service with a sermon on The Blessedness of Great Faith. The invitation quotes Sydney Smith on reason for faith.
W E Ludwick pastor and W A Snyder superintendent report Sunday attendance down slightly from previous weeks. A pleasing duet by Mrs Mary Green and Larie Bristol plus a fine orchestra number uplifted the morning service. A suggestion arose for a small church lawn presentation to match building improvements.
The pastor and wife will attend the convocation of Nebraska pastors in Lincoln Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. A report will be provided next week.
Rev S A Draise and Mrs L M Cavett lead services at 11 and 7 30 PM next Sunday with S S Church School at 10. Attendance was strong last week and the church urges forty regular attendants to sustain the school. Scouts are preparing registrations and touting the Boy Scout movement as a key youth program.
Primary pupils report absences due to illness and progress in reading and penmanship. Fourth graders work on arithmetic thought problems and Black Beauty is in reading. Eighth grade shows perfect spelling results while the tenth grade writes character sketches and studies Cyrano. Ukelele and Home Economic projects begin as chemistry lessons explore sulfur.
A whimsical fragment contrasts a six hour day with a one eyed horse and an old horse named Dobbin. The jokey dialogue notes that six hours feels long and mocks scattered travelers on the highway as an odd, humorous aside.
A light joke contrasts a groom’s doubt about his bride’s cooking with a scene of her telephoning her mother to ask about using soft water for soft boiled eggs. The quip showcases domestic banter and a playful view of marriage expectations.
The piece recalls evolving urban services with nicknames for trades and notes a large truck bearing the label Kelly and McGuire truckologists rolling down Third Avenue New York City.
Christian leaders from China India and South America join a Lincoln Beatrice Nebraska conference event titled The World Mission of Christianity. Bishop Frederick D Leete directs a two day program at Second Methodist Church Lincoln February 11 12 with sessions from 10 a.m. to evening and special talks by Dr George P Howard Willard Max Gentry Dr Benson Baker and H K Mondel. The second day opens to ministers for evangelism discussion.
The article urges farmers to build a balanced program for 1931 by growing their own food and stock feed. It argues a garden, milk cows, hogs, chickens, and ample pasturage plus hay and corn reduce reliance on outside aid and ease distress caused by low prices. It critiques reliance on external relief and stresses practical self sufficiency.
The article notes portable electric sewing machines that fit in a box and deploy wherever a plug is available. It highlights handy accessories like folding triangular screens and sewing tables, plus compact stands for the machine and storage pockets for needles and scissors.
A Bell Syndicate note explains the wartime phrase to have one's back to the wall as a reflex to face an enemy when odds are against you. It describes the instinctive urge to protect the back and make a last stand in encounters.
A Washington Star quote shows Uncle Eben saying you cannot judge by sound as a locomotive whistle might mislead about the mother’s suffering, highlighting a caution about appearances versus reality.
A dog at a Delta Center farm stole a chicken from a farmer and jumped back into a car after the driver opened the door. The animals startled the household and no livestock body was harmed.
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