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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
2
Public notice from a Nebraska town urging residents to support local businesses and institutions. Emphasizes pride in home trades and treating visitors well. Explains second class matter status and subscription terms for the town paper.
The piece reflects on campaign spending and the high cost of politics, praising Lindbergh for advancing aviation while contrasting his youth with Carol of Roumania who abdicated for love. It notes American cultural export to Paris and highlights Fisk Jubilee Singers captivating European audiences.
The per capita cost of running Nebraska was 7.90 dollars in 1927, up from 7.04 in 1926 and down from 8.86 in 1917. Congress adjourned on Tuesday.
The author argues tourists seek grander American scenery than Europe offers noting Niagara Falls compares with other world falls and praising Colorado’s Wind Cave Pike’s Peak Bryce Canyon and Mount McKinley as superior destinations. He laments Western neglect in promoting U S attractions versus Europe.
A safety notice lists twelve driving cautions. It warns about fresh air in garages, exhaust gas danger, not starting in gear, brakes check, clear backing, avoiding speeding, yielding to others, obeying traffic laws, not passing on danger points, horn use when passing, staying attentive to pedestrians, and avoiding left-side driving. It also stresses stopping at railroad crossings, careful parking, not riding crowded front seats, and promoting Safety First.
In healthy individuals scalp hair grows from 0.375 to 0.75 inches per month until reaching 2 to 14 inches, then growth slows by half. Hair lengthens faster in warm weather and during the day than at night.
The Chimes of Normandy first produced in 1877 is revived by a famed comic opera star for the Chautauqua second night. The Paris run set a record with four hundred consecutive performances and the work, text by Clairville and Gabet with music by Planquette, is famed for its gaiety and French charm.
An Iowa farmer and his son tracked farm finances for a year and compared results with other farmers through extension data. Strong points included high crop yields and hog profits with livestock returns of 170 dollars per 100 dollars of feed and hog receipts of 149 dollars per sow.
The passage explains how foolscap arose from Charles Prot Engkind selling monopolies including paper manufacture. Royal arms appeared as watermarks, and Cromwellian changes led to a fool’s cap watermark in place of the royal arms. The size 17 by 14 inches remained associated with Parliament journals.
A Nash sedan carried a well dressed man, a woman in an old blue cape and bonnet with tambourine, and a little girl as they targeted the business district. The woman posed as a Salvation Army lassie while the man offered trade magazine subscriptions for garages and lumber yards, tipping a half dollar to signal generosity before a business man hesitated.
The text describes a clandestine meeting between a couple driven by a disguise and an early encounter with a child awaiting them, with a suggestive passage about attire. It places the action in Mound City, Missouri, as reported by the Independent.
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