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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
2
The notice advertises subscription terms for one year and six months in advance. It states the paper is entered at the Diller Nebraska post office as second class matter and that advertising rates are available on request. It notes business locals run until ordered out with a five cent per line charge.
The piece argues that tariff policy should protect American workers rather than serve political aims, citing per capita duties 2.85 in the US versus 13.87 in Great Britain. It notes immigration limits set to 2 percent of the 1890 census, with consular selection and broad quota cuts, reshaping flows from Italy Poland Russia Greece and beyond.
The policy signals a hard cap drastically reducing intake from 54 thousand to 250. Officials stress the aim is a lasting restraint on immigration affecting future generations.
A discussion notes that fruits contribute vitamins like vegetables. It mentions many fruits are laxative and that berries such as blackberries contain tannin which can act as a mild astringent and may cause constipation.
The United States senate approved the soldiers bonus bill by a veto-proof margin. Amendments to add a cash bonus were defeated, but the bill offers cash payments to veterans with adjusted compensation up to 50 dollars, based on 100 dollars daily for domestic service and 1.25 dollars daily for overseas service. The policy also includes 20 year endowment insurance with a loan of 90 percent of cash value after two years.
The president, governors, city officials, ministers, and millions of parents will unite on May Day to dedicate America's 35 million children to health and happiness. The American Child Health Association coordinates the event from headquarters in New York. President Coolidge approved the plan in a cordial letter.
The battle fleet left San Pedro for Caribbean maneuvers with four months of motion picture film. Each ship received 12 complete shows from the fleet movie exchange officer, who distributes from the flagship Procyon. The Navy operates exchanges on the Pacific coast Manila Honolulu and a floating fleet unit.
A Florida editor copied Poe's Annabel Lee from a poetry volume and hung the page on the copy bonk before leaving. Compositors deciphered only the lines Annabel Lee and home by the sounding sea. The foreman guessed it as a society item and sent Miss Annabel Lee home to West Palm Beach.
A lordly arrival at a North Wales railway station ends with porter John Evans Jones hauling portmanteaux a camera fishing tackle and golf clubs plus a ferocious bulldog. The lord cites a cab and questions if the dog will bite as the porter responds cautiously about the animal’s behavior.
A shrewd mechanical devices maker reads six poultry journals to aid sales. When a friend questions the relevance, he explains that knowing a man enters the chicken business prompts him to visit with a tabulating machine.
A reflective passage argues that thinking on noble things fosters love, which in turn creates longing, and this longing drives pursuit of those ideals. The text emphasizes mental cultivation as path to virtue and action.
A reflection stating that deterioration follows loss of self belief and capability to achieve dreams, not merely the loss of possessions or failed efforts. Emphasizes inner confidence as the driver of endurance and success.
A reflective snippet notes that science can improve taste through adulterations and humorously contrasts helping at funerals versus weddings. It ponders happiness from not needing to persuade others and hints at women seeking secrets themselves, ending with a thought about aging and silence.
A compact collection of aphorisms on human folly and virtue. The notes comment on how adults suffer disappointment like babies yet endure, the vanity of knowledge, the limits of reform, and the stubbornness of anger. Several lines caution against pride and impulse while stressing humility and restraint.
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