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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
2
A collection of homemaking tips covers pie crust flakiness with vinegar water and fudge flavor with cornstarch. For marshmallows a butter cube on the fork prevents sticking. Raisins are easily stoned by a brief boil. Cauliflower stays white and tender in half milk half water to reduce odor.
Stripes dominate slip covers with center back and seat patterns. Use paper templates for small chair parts, cut % inch outside outlines for seams, and gather edges to shape rounded sections. Details from Ruth Wyeth Spears book and how to request a copy from Mrs. Spears in Chicago.
A string of humorous and paradoxical maxims on truth telling training discipline public cheer happiness and conversation. The speaker riffs on motives and social dynamics with references to elephants and a rich uncle leaving money. No clear event or person is specified.
Pepsodent with Irium is advertised as fast thorough and safe. It emphasizes no bleach grit or pumice and invites consumers to try a toothpaste for a natural sparkle and brighter smile.
A terse exchange hints at jealousy and suspicion in a domestic scene. The dialogue plays on trust and money as a metaphor, with a wry line about the wife’s skepticism and money’s elusive nature.
A brief restaurant exchange features a diner requesting fresh eggs or none, while the waiter suggests pork sausages as an alternative. The dialogue highlights menu item preferences and service responsiveness.
A brief column questions the fuss over singer Miss Smith while noting Miss Jones has a richer voice and a wealthier father. The exchange highlights taste and social connections in musical circles.
A grocer's boy carrying packages climbs a staircase. The housewife asks if his feet are clean. He replies that his boots are dirty, not his feet, revealing a humorous misdirection.
A tired man enters a barbershop and asks for a shave but is told he is too far down in the chair. He then requests a haircut, accepting the barber's assessment.
An elderly man tries to halt a fight between two boys offering a nickel each. The boys bargain then agree to increase the prize to a dime for the winner, adding a small stake to settle the quarrel.
A tense scene unfolds as a furious passenger confronts a chauffeur at the station. He accuses the driver of failing to locate him, while the chauffeur laments the common presence of many bald headed old buffers with red noses.
The article recalls Nicolo Paganini’s astonishing violin skill earning the Order of the Golden Spur and wealth. It notes myths of a devil’s aid, his disciplined practice as a youth, and Guarnerius instruments aiding his development in Italy and Tuscany.
A brief cut from a larger passage notes marks in borrowed books and unconventional uses like vases or child experimentation. The tone questions such habits and ends with a reflective, rhetorical point.
A discussion of the classic paradox asks what results if an irresistible force meets an immovable object. It argues both conditions cannot coexist, so predicting the outcome is impossible. The piece emphasizes intuitive limits and the logical inconsistency of the two ideas.
A fragment from a longer discussion asserts that thought governs progress and retrogression in human life, linking mindset to all desirable or undesirable outcomes. The text presents a philosophical claim without clear attribution or context.
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