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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
4
Four pillars form a home foundation Love Truth Thrift and God. The verse argues a house stands firm only when belief in others, honesty, prudent planning, and divine care anchor life, warning that without these pillars a home will fall.
Hawaii lawmakers consider a bill to spend 75000 dollars on a Makawao to Haleakala summit road to Maui’s Haleakala crater the world’s largest dormant volcanic crater. The seven mile from Olinda route remains steep with three and a half hour pony travel. The summit hosts a concrete rest house for twenty visitors. Haleakala rises 10082 feet with a 19 square mile crater.
Old Mr Gunnysack complains of delays at slot machine telephone booths in railroad terminals. He deposited a nickel and got a busy signal and a refund while a hurried stranger’s 85 cents also returned, solving his grievance at last.
A long ago campus tale at Indiana University describes a coed and a bachelor who tied two maple saplings during a walk. The saplings grew into a single entwined trunk, their spiral marks still visible when later found by the student’s son, now a professor, who kept a photo of the tree.
Interior department findings reveal about 117000 undelivered land patents dating to 1800s across Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Alabama and Florida. Some 80000 patents originated in Montgomery and Springfield offices affecting 17720000 acres. The issue stems from homesteaders treating final certificates as proof of ownership and lack of patent notifications in early republic days.
Mr and Mrs Wombat help a poor neighbor woman by giving five dollars for a crayon portrait of a boy. They urge her to buy shoes but the boy ends up with roller skates, not grounded feet, after a later sighting.
William Hayes of Colusa California presented a nine year old check at a local bank. The check was issued to Hayes by C Cecil of Colusa who employed Hayes. Cecil claimed the check remained good and the bank honored it after a long delay.
Sir Percy Sykes recounts a Royal Geographical Society tale from Bandar Abbas in India. Locals feared the first overflight signaling Judgment Day and confessed their sins aloud. After the plane landed unharmed they debated privately and swore the earlier statements were privileged.
A reflective essay urges strict time management arguing money can be replaced but time cannot. Arnold Bennett is cited on spendthrift ideas but the author stresses prioritizing reading, conversation, and rest. Plan daily hours, avoid waste, and treat each moment as part of a finite life.
The New York Herald correspondents discuss who wrote Little Annie Rooney with James Thornton as the best claim to authorship. The Nomad recalls the song in spring 1890, with it likely older, and notes its popularity in summer 1890. The tune is praised as a strong original composition built to endure.
Walter Hague seven of York Pennsylvania asked President Harding via his cousin Warren to authorize a police badge. Warren replies the request cannot be granted now citing regulations and suggests waiting until he is taller to join the force.
In Mansfield Center Connecticut a slander suit seeks $10,000 from Deacon Archibald W Buchanan Sr of the Congregational church. Rev Harold W Tillinghast, former pastor, alleges the deacon claimed sermons were not his and damaged his reputation causing him to resign. The deacon’s auto was recently attached but reportedly recovered.
The American Museum of Natural History will pay $25 cash for a good nest of the American mole with young. Farmers and commuters are urged to look for mole nests on lawns and gardens and report them to the museum director to aid science. The article notes mole life habits are not well known among scholars.
A humorous syndicated feature portrays a man pleading for a wife to steady his life and share a frame of living. He speaks of loneliness and a wish for a home with someone who can provide support and companionship.
A Burlington promotion extols low cost travel through Pacific Northwest and California via two routes forming a grand circle. The ad highlights daylight travel, vast scenery, diverse landscapes, plant and animal life, mineral wealth, and potential home or opportunity prospects in the American West, inviting readers to learn more from their home-town railroad this summer.
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