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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1924
Page
4
The F M society met last Tuesday at Mr and Mrs Charlie Hays home with strong attendance. A social for church youth is planned next Wednesday evening. Regular services are expected next Sunday.
The official board votes to use the Federated church building for social work. Lights are being installed for evening services including baptisms. The first social use occurs Friday with a waffle supper hosted by the Ladies Keystone class. The tennis court is being prepared for play.
Otto Bergfelder leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m with How God Exalted David and Made Him King. Worship at 10 30 a m Christ the Light of the World. Ladies Aid 2 30 p m Japan and our Mission There. Catechetical instruction Saturday 9 a m. Dinner and supper party hosted by Mr and Mrs H Weasel with several guests including Rev Bergfelder and families.
Community church invites all to Sunday school at 10 o clock next Sunday with public worship at 11 and 7 30. Sermons titled Gods Poems and Behold the Sower. Juniors meet at 6 30. Activities may grow as fall weather continues.
Visitors in the 1st primary include Mrs. Diller and Mrs. Northup with Carol Henrichs. Pupils take home scrapbooks and work on fruit baskets this week. Second grade does color cutting circus posters. Several teachers visited and Fire Prevention program enjoyed. Intermediate played baseball against Diet No. 56, 17 to 6 in our favor. Grammar room notes illness absence of Bethel. Nine weeks exams prep. ninth grade lumber and drills received. Sopho mores hosted a party at Longe’s home with games and refreshments. Chemistry experiments include chlorine gas and crystallization. American Literature improving oral work. Pearl Thompson taught Grammar grades. Charlie Nickeson absent with sprained ankle. Girls Chorus sang at Woman’s Club. more join for music. Annual Diller school track meet set for next Friday Oct 24. Maybon supper guest at Pearl Fasnacht’s grandmother’s home. All School Circus preparations under way for Oct 31 24.
A look at declining turnout from 80 percent in 1896 to under 50 percent by 1920 prompts reflection on civic duty. The piece notes 25 million Britons failing to vote and recalls a Chicago police fingerprint identification sent from New York by wire in four minutes.
President Coolidge is paid for expenses related to piloting the dirigible Shen a on a pro trip toward the north pole conducted a few months ago.
Benedict Clark head of the state bureau of charities learns from a new commissioner that human contact with people, not mere cases, defines charity. He adopts a habit of stopping to talk, reshaping bureau work and earning the commissioner’s approval.
A youthful speaker recalls teasing about marriage sparked by a remark to a girl. She ran home to tell her mother, but he never repeated the statement. The anecdote from the Chicago Journal captures childhood bravado and its humorous consequence.
A deaf man asks for a large bone for soup at a butcher, who agrees to a price cut. The man complains and the butcher offers the bone for 25 cents.
The quote urges staying vigilant and concentrated on current work, warning against letting thoughts drift to past actions or future plans and emphasizing steady, present effort.
A reflection praising the invaluable laws guiding liberal education for youth, deeming the aims humane and generous and suggesting little expense is extravagant for this purpose.
Fragmentary line mentions a helmet under the chin and a person indicated by I cannot write or put my tongue out. No clear event or identifiable subjects present.
The 1715 act of the General Court appointed a commissioner to draft a code of laws for New Haven. Governor Eaton used Massachusetts laws and Gorton’s Civil Government discourse to shape the code. Blue paper envelopes gave rise to the term blue laws, marking New Haven’s code as distinct from Connecticut.
A Youth's Companion writer explains kerban or carabao bull fighting in Malay culture. The water buffalo charges at intruders, driven by scent, ears laid back, as a riderless scene unfolds in a rice field with a naked Malay boy guiding the bull away.
Fragmentary notes discuss the Iberian peninsula name origins from inhabitants along the eastern coast by the River Iberus, the modern Ebro. The text hints at the term Iberian deriving from an ear heard name and mentions the population in a general sense.
Fragmentary note praises a free republic and favorable living conditions, citing a long history of liberty and a sequence of unusual events referenced as rare.
Readable postcard lines announce a Kansas City hotel with images and auto show features. The fragment hints at a promotional display inviting visitors to view fully equipped rooms and a nearby auto exhibition connected to the venue.
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