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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
7
A collection of aphorisms and quotations on light truth pity and motherhood. Notable lines include Ruskin on shading in sunlit landscapes Miller praising courageous mothers and La Rochefoucauld on good copies reflecting original flaws.
The clipped text features quips about singing a familiar tune and a comic exchange with a recruit asking for a raise after two months. It includes character tags like Jean Jones and Jinx and a humorous line about brunettes versus blondes, offering a snapshot of playful dialogue.
A terse dialogue shows a man asked about his mood replying with a line about a wife. The fragment hints at personal sorrow and strained emotions between two individuals.
A gadget pattern offers flower holders cut from plywood shapes of a dachshund birds cat hound owl deer and a knight visor salute note. It mentions Camel cigarettes as a favored gift and Army Navy Marine sales, with orders 15 cents to pattern.
A quiz item asks nine trivia questions on quotes history railroads politics state sizes royal families and ship heights. Each query targets a specific fact such as a motto armada furlong railroad entries into Chicago Free Soil aims and the Queen Mary versus Chrysler Building height.
The list identifies: 1 Thomas Edison as a notable figure. 2 Philip II of Spain and the 1588 Armada against England. 3 one eighth. 4 forty one. 5 slavery. 6 California. 7 the Japanese and their present emperor as the 112th in a line back to 660 B C. 8 about the same ship lengths 1018 and 1046 feet.
Mrs Bjones critiques her maid Clarice for not answering the telephone. Clarice answers reluctantly and the caller remains unidentified. The scene hints at a domestic tension over responsibilities and communication norms.
The American Red Cross reports a six fold rise in aid through its 3 700 chapters aimed at service members dependents. Local home service workers address emergencies from discharges and relocations to wartime adjustments, while volunteers at military and naval stations provide information and material support.
This fragment offers practical household advice: treat leather goods with vaseline to extend life, use eggs to balance omelets, adjust curtain springs, bake apples in pineapple juice for dessert, reuse paper and soap for saving resources, and repurpose leftovers. It reflects era guidance on thrift and domestic tasks.
Horace Greeley the famed editor of the New York Tribune was notably absent minded. One cold Sunday he sat by a hot air register in the Tribune office reading papers and warming his feet until the janitor announced the boiler repair making him snap at the miscommunication.
A wartime slogan proclaims courage as the path to victory. The fragment hints at a strong, important persona framing bravery as crucial to triumph.
A stool can look better in front of a desk or telephone stand than a high back chair. A sturdy wooden box, well padded and covered, can be attractive. Use materials on hand such as moss, horse hair, or feathers from old upholstery, sewn in a cheesecloth bag and washed. Reuse worn draperies or bedspreads for covering a small piece.
A historical aphorism notes that wealth earned with effort lasts longer than inherited riches, arguing that those who earn fortune tend to be steadier and less prone to reckless spending than those who inherit wealth.
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