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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
4
A fable where two dewdrops on a rosebush contend over how to gain beauty. One seeks sun and rainbow colors, the other stays with the rose to nurture growth. The sun-drawn drop disappears as the rose thrives, while the lingering drop blesses the rose from within. Mr Bee and the narrator reflect on virtue and consequence.
Sheriff Clem Crowell returning from Kahauiki recounts how with two Hawaiian boys he prevented a 25 foot shark from grabbing the body of Hun Sun Young, a Korean fisherman, as it rose from the cliffside waters. The rescue followed a 68 hour disappearance with the body surfacing near the rocky coast.
Sheriff Crowell recounts a perilous reef chase as a 25 foot shark threatened to reach a body ashore. Hawaiians pulled the corpse onto a rocky ledge in time, avoiding danger from the predator while the shark swam away. The episode ends with Crowell warning against shoreline fishing near the sighting.
British investors plan large scale dogfish oil production at Friday Harbor Washington. San Juan deep waters yield easy catches as oil serves lubrication needs in the mechanical industry. A substitute oil from Alaskan mud shark livers is mentioned.
Dorothy Keller of Newark placed a personal ad to learn word from her sweetheart George Keller who had not written for a month. The note revealed his death though they were not related. A Bloomfield sister noted the family never learned his marriage.
A sharp customer tests a florist by insisting a palm thrive in sun and shade. The clerk and manager concede the plant is artificial, revealing a humorous confrontation about honesty and sales.
A mother plans a party nudge to curb her eight year old son Charlie’s swearing. He promises to behave and attend, but returns home early claiming the party was yesterday, not today, after being sent home for profanity. The humor hinges on the boy’s blunder.
Paris correspondent notes Prof. E Pittard and collaborators studied 30301 Bern recruits. Data show average height drops with altitude up to 1000 meters and rises with population density, from 1636 to 1677 millimeters in larger communities.
A tale from a dance centers on a man who would have been wealthy if not for three words spoken ten years earlier. The woman’s father owned coal mines and the family wealth would have made him Croesus, but she refused his proposal with the blunt line No, you fool.
In 1863 London, William Banting adopted a meat and fat based regime avoiding starches and sweets. He reportedly shed eighty pounds, inspiring others and noting the term Banting entering common usage though dictionaries often label the idea Bantingism.
Pola Negri born in Bromberg Poland. Her father owned a fabric business and died in 1905 leaving her mother to raise her. Sent to Warsaw school, she decided to act at ten and debuted in a Warsaw theater at sixteen before entering films.
While visiting in town a rural Kentucky woman says her niece is in the thick of World War II fighting as a soldier rather than a Red Cross nurse. The hostess asks if the niece is a nurse. the reply clarifies she is a soldier.
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge says he is nearly through swapping with neighbors. He explains that a man who does any good at it ends up spending too much time afterward hiding from those he swapped with.
John Galsworthy in Virtue explores a glance from a policeman as a chilling moment. A door opens and a striking girl enters triggering Hetty’s nerves and a subtle tension in this scene from a Boston Evening Transcript adaptation.
Travel ad promoting summer trips to New York Coney Island Atlantic City and New England resorts. Highlights include Niagara Falls Adirondacks Catskills Blue Ridge and national capital with round trip excursion tickets on sale now. Agent W I Filley offers route options liberal stops and literature on regions upon request.
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