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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1931
Page
4
Overview of the Nebraska Legislature's new auto traffic law known as the Financial Responsibility Law. It requires motorists to show the means to pay damages from accidents or have acceptable insurance. The law stresses prior financial readiness and bans operation of vehicles until judgments are satisfied.
The article notes a superstition about the two dollar bill and describes how the bills may be mutilated to invoke a jinx. Many such notes are returned for redemption, prompting discussion of ending the two dollar bill.
The Hoover report on 1930 American industry and commerce notes stock market crash effects, minimal wage cuts, and a persistent rise in production efficiency. It argues that productivity gains underpin living standards and expect the pre recession growth to resume once the downturn ends. Employment dropped 3.7 percent while wages declined 5.3 percent due to increased part-time work.
Friedrichshafen. Captain Hans Lehmann says the Graf Zeppelin will fly direct from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco in August as part of Luft Hansa tests to prove regular airship service can handle South American traffic. The mail will return via Lufthansa planes from Berlin.
Oakmont ferryman Jack Weber has aided about 200 people from the Allegheny River over 15 years. He keeps a fast motor boat ready and his alert ear answers cries for help, especially busy during vacation season when canoeists crowd the river.
About 40 000 trees will be planted along 140 miles of Los Angeles main boulevards within four months. The effort uses funds from a $1,000,000 allotment of a $500,000 bond issue for relief of the unemployed.
A pullet owned by Otto Lebeck in Astoria Oregon laid a breakfast egg measuring 0 by 7 inches. The report notes the egg's unusual size as a farm curiosity for local readers.
Spectators watch as dynamite is placed in rock holes for a new skyscraper foundation in New York City. A steam shovel lifts a heavy steel carpet over the blast site while dust and smoke envelop the area and a whistle signals safe distance.
A collection of pithy maxims and observations on work, luck, publicity, patience, faith, age, speech, government waste, gender roles, honesty, and social norms. The aphorisms mix humor with social commentary and reflect casual crowd chatter.
Johnny Jones a Yukon big game guide based in Skagway leads 30 to 60 day trips with wealthy tourists. He keeps forty horses at headquarters and travels with small parties usually two to five, carrying a complete camp outfit including a stove and a bath tub with a French cook along.
A whimsical column recalls a courier of stories from New York, including a manicurist defender, Nat Goodwin at the Lambs club, a publicity shy couple who married to dodge notice, a child’s view on stepfamilies, a small page boy at a hotel and a reflection on superstition from the era. The piece zips through light vignettes, linking humor, fame, and beliefs in a nostalgic tone.
In a brief crime vignette a shop is robbed of $45 from a till by five bandits. A customer purchasing a cold remedy loses his overcoat and $25. An astrologer notes Jupiter brings luck and Saturn misfortune, joking that the druggist must have Saturn and its ten moons in his horoscope.
A baby seal must be taught to swim as water is not its natural habitat. The mother seal Béal provides encouragement and demonstrates proper conduct in the sea, guiding her young to enter the water and learn.
The National Probation Association promotes development and assistance of juvenile courts and probation services across the United States. It is supported by memberships and contributions from earnest men and women dedicated to juvenile justice.
The Valley of the Kings sits on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor and Karak? near Thebes in Upper Egypt about 320 miles south of Cairo.
Records indicate average nitroglycerin for an oil well ranges from 10 to 30 quarts. The largest documented shot was 1,000 quarts placed in a Texas well.
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho, a sage of Chinatown, warning that untruths bring difficulty. He says truth is sensitive and avoids those who treat it with discourtesy, stressing careful speech.
An author from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette comments that modern Americans lack time for hatred, suggesting the speaker may have limited experience with a street tar whistler, reflecting a social critique.
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