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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1924
Page
2
A postal notice from Diller Nebraska states that advertising rates are 5 cents per line and apply to second class mailings. Rates are available upon application and the business locale can be run until ordered out.
The quote laments overuse of sports pages by youths and warns that ignoring daily papers harms political and financial understanding. It notes many young men read only sports sections, implying a broad deficit in civic literacy and engagement.
Debates over discontinuing legalized betting on race tracks arise as records show about 40 million dollars wagered in racing months. Of this total 36 million dollars are placed on Ontario tracks while Quebec losses mainly stem from English speaking bettors and U S visitors, with businessmen urging caution.
The article notes the historic expansion of women voters across states in this election and compares anticipated turnout to Harding's landslide, suggesting the total vote could double from last election as women gains reshape the electorate.
President Coolidge, after vetoing the soldiers bonus bill, urges rapid administration of the act with no new funding. Cabinet officials tied to the bonus are told to bypass Congress and cut red tape to deliver bonus-insurance certificates to soldiers without delay.
President Coolidge will push tax revision and the world court into the summer and next winter's policy clashes. He plans to renew his insistence on the Harding Hughes world court and Mellon backed tax reform, but Republican leaders split on both issues while Democrats back the court.
A board of education member laments divorce's reach into schools. Seven year old Billy becomes a classroom problem after a substitute hears of his home life. He quips that his first mother is on honeymoon with his new father and his old father is with his new mother.
Bhester Rowell argues in the San Francisco Bulletin that the street car motorman must be carefully selected and strictly regulated for safety while the automobile driver is viewed as a careless risk needing stricter standards.
The Detroit News notes distinct uses for candles in China with imported white candles for illumination and red Chinese-made candles for ceremonies. Red candles highlight weddings and gala events while white ones mark funerals for elders and blue or green for younger deaths. Wedding decor includes wax flowers and dragon phoenix figures with reed wicks.
Lieut. Col. Harrison P. Herrick, commander at Columbus general depot, Ohio, wrote an additional stanza for the Star Spangled Banner. The verse expresses peace through world unity and international comity, urging liberty light, unity, and a world union as the national dream.
A medical expert notes men today are more active than ancestors as traffic dodging increases daily activity.
Arabella derived from Icelandic eagles with meaning eagle heroine. First bearer traced to William the Lion’s granddaughter and Robert de Quinci. later holder of Magdalen Laver manor. Norman changes shortened to Arbell. Arabella Stuart titled My Lady Arbella. Diamonds bless courage and love. Thursday and violet as lucky day and flower.
The sixteenth century saw knighthood given to civilians for valuable services to the crown or community. Sir William Walworth, lord mayor of London, became the first civil knight for killing the rebel Wat Tyler in the king's presence.
A traveling salesman, told he was off his game, replies that his usual game is honesty. He then signs a contract, insisting he is an honest man despite the golf course setting and a merchant’s gentle ribbing.
The article states Spain and the United States are the chief mercury producers. California and Texas supply the entire output locally. Cinnabar is the main ore mined for mercury, while metallic mercury occurs only in small quantities.
London reports a second attempt to salvage the Spanish warship Almirante di Florenzia buried in Tobermory bay Argyllshire for over three centuries. Using latest submarine salving devices, the mission aims to recover cash gold silver plate candelabra crucifixes and the crown of gold and jewels once intended for a Spanish king.
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