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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
3
A longtime restaurant patron, an elderly man, notes today that he did not receive as much food as usual. The restaurant staff, including a dishwasher, discuss the shortfall while the man adjusts his basket and brow, saying Eddie fell down on him today.
Spectator and jockey exchange quips about racing pace and neck margins. Monk says victory often comes by a neck. The exchange highlights lighthearted banter at a race event.
Farmer Corn tassle says he will send his son Josh to college. He admits Josh lacks much sense but hopes exposure to big words will help him fool people.
A whimsical notice quotes a talking house-butter requesting a small isolated place five tiles from others. The agent misunderstands as an invitation to simple living, while the butter declares its real aim is to practice the cornet, as printed by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A witty scene from Louisvile Courier Journal depicts Sir Walter Raleigh exposing a mud puddle with a new cloak. Newsreel cameras flash as a crowd member faints and Essex teases Elizabeth about payment for the cloak, highlighting court intrigue.
A witty exchange questions a man’s fishing claim as impossible to both fish seriously and memorize a vast array of trout flies, suggesting skepticism about his real hobby and time to pursue traditional angling.
A fragment quotes the old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows and notes a witty response implying even bunk can shape alliances. The exchange hints at skeptical views of political coalitions and the humor of observers.
Senator Sorg hum questions the custom of booing or pressuring a single man while a silent crowd could choose to shake hands and show restraint. He argues against crowd targeting and calls for measured conduct in public discourse.
OCR text shows a dialogic exchange between a sergeant and sentinel with racial language and hostile tones indicating a confrontation or street encounter with unclear context and participants.
Frederick Simpich outlines gold's evolving influence on civilization in a National Geographic Society communication. From adornment to money, tariffs and debts grow with gold, while inventories, production totals, and historic hoards reveal a vast, shifting monetary system.
Finland frets over language policy as Swedish protests grow against shifting university instruction to Finnish. The debate spans education and government, where both languages persist in the Diet and officials must know both. A government panel weighs removing Swedish professors to boost national culture.
A Washington Star quip features a gardener who reads magazines promising a perfect backyard garden, using humor to critique self improvised gardening wisdom.
East Rochester farmer W. O. Woolf and his son T. C. Woolf trapped six six foot black snakes after hunting near an abandoned quarry. A seventh snake escaped into rocks and the pair returned with a shotgun to finish the attack.
Captain E J King, a flying officer, succeeds the late Admiral William A Moffett as head of the navy's bureau of aeronautics. Named by President Roosevelt, King has logged more than 400 hours in piloting and previously commanded aircraft carriers and naval flying stations.
Experts predict a rapid travel future with a 100 mph highway spanning the nation. A resilient nonskid surface and curved free routes would cut accidents and congestion, enabling high speeds as demand for efficiency grows.
A 28 year comparison between 1905 and 1933 Red Books shows hotels in Manhattan dropping from around 800 to over 500 establishments while restaurants grow from about 350 to nearly 5,000. A few old hotels remain in original locations, including the Sherman Square, Martha Washington, Mills, Utah House, and Chelsea.
A cat named Toby owned by a railway refreshment room in Carlisle received a one way and return travel ticket on the L M S railway. The collar ticket allowed travel anywhere to and from Carlisle and is believed to be the only railroad commutation ticket issued to a cat. Toby was found dead after an adventurous career.
Advertisement praises Red Cross as disaster aid and reminds readers that paying members support relief. It promotes Du Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver bowels and stomach health.
A reflective musing contrasts youth’s view of age with the deeper lessons learned over decades. The piece hints age’s role in wisdom, contrasting blunders from forty years ago with current perspectives.
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