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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1922
Page
2
The notice lists advertising rates for second class mail matter at the Diller Nebraska post office. It states business locals run until ordered out and charged at six cents per line per insertion.
A Oklahoma pastor was suspended by his church for conduct unbecoming during a swimming pool wedding in bathing suits. The article denounces cheapening marriage and urges reverence for the sacred vows and the social order tied to family.
A reflection on a busy world where people chase justice, housing, love, divorce, and security in contrasting ways. The piece contrasts one man's pursuit of justice with another fleeing it, and pairs savings with costly splurges, ending with a wry note on human quirks.
About 230000 autos are registered in Nebraska, one per 5.5 people. Roughly 94000 belong to farmers, with about 80 percent of farmers owning autos. In addition, 6000 trucks are owned on 117000 farms. If all autos were used, every resident could be moved out of state in half a day.
It is estimated 13,500,000 gasoline engines will be in use in 1923. With 420 gallons of fuel per engine per year, the petroleum industry would supply about 5.67 billion gallons of gasoline in the year starting January 1. At the present rate of one barrel of gasoline to four of crude, crude oil production would need 510 million barrels.
A poem reflecting resolve to face the present with strength and optimism. The speaker rejects fear of future hardships, asserting personal control over today and the power to shape a dignified life despite limited fame or riches. It emphasizes resilience, effort, and purposeful action.
A National Geographic bulletin explains thunder and lightning are not uniform globally. Tropics host most storms with up to 200 thunderstorm days yearly, while temperate and polar zones see fewer, creating regional blind spots especially along the Pacific coast and in Alaska after volcanic eruptions.
The article reviews thunder and lightning origins, noting few thunderstorms on the Pacific coast and debunking older ideas of atmospheric electricity. It describes a newer view: rapid air movement breaks rain into particles, creating negative ions that rise, with positive charges below, forming a discharge path. It explains thunder as rapid heating along lightning paths, causing expansion and explosions. It adds that well grounded metal areas suffer less damage from strikes.
A friend notes Senator Sorghum stopped telling humorous tales in his addresses. He admits the comedy was so effective that audiences paid less heed to his serious arguments.
The article explains star twinkle results from atmospheric conditions. Twinkling grows as temperature drops and barometer rises. Humboldt notes stars shine with mild light in the tropics.
The article traces the origins of words like mob and sham to London clubs near the end of Charles II’s reign. It cites North and The Spectator noting mob as a contraction from mobile vulgus and discusses their eventual acceptance in respectable usage.
The porcelain from Arita Japan holds high rank for its artistic finish and durability. It is made from kaolin white clay with extensive local deposits. Pottery works in Arita date to the sixteenth century and the town lies in Kiushiu, 58 miles north of Nagasaki with rail links.
A New York Sun quip highlights the town’s growing fashion and appeal as residents remark on the abundance of good looking girls. The casual exchange captures local pride in changing styles and social life.
Mark Twain, in a Harper's Magazine Autobiography excerpt, argues the human race bears a coat of arms showing beggars in various forms. He satirically outlines how people beg for power, favors, or status while judging others as more mendicant than themselves.
The Philadelphia United States Mint makes coin dies for all coins and destroys them every year on December 31. Each die stamps a specific coin and bears the current year’s date. In a final hammering, they are broken so no coin can bear a prior year’s date. New dies are prepared with the new year’s date.
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