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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
2
Entry at the Diller Nebraska post office indicates transmission through the mails as second class matter. Advertising rates are 6 cents per line for each insertion and business locals run until ordered out.
The article notes a shift from the old rustic farmer to a more connected, sociable figure. Grange halls and farm bureaus curb loneliness, bringing meetings, amusements, and discussion. Automobiles shorten distances, families return from town events sooner, and fashion and neatness improve across rural communities.
A political exhortation argues the nation is being ruined by opium and alcohol habits and calls for drastic drug laws. It urges severe penalties for traffickers and insists officials must enforce them to protect the nation's mentality and future.
The speaker denounces excessive profits as a drain on the American public and urges a government-imposed wealth limit. Surplus above the cap should funnel to the federal treasury, not confiscation, framed as common sense to avert radical redistribution and preserve national prosperity.
A reflective verse fragment speaks of parting and memory as travelers part at night. The speaker muses on destiny and farewell, noting that dawn may bring silence and a departing friend’s swift sail into the distance. The tone is somber yet hopeful about what sunrise may reveal.
A Rhodesian jury convicts four people of murder after a two day inquiry into the sacrifice of Manduza, son of Chief Chigango, by Mtawara tribal rites. Chigango and Chiswiti face execution while the paramount chief is cleared. The case highlights long standing witchcraft practices and colonial legal reach.
During a thunderstorm meteorites weighing about six pounds each fell in the garden of Cr. P. Fitzgerald an expert metallurgist. He notes the fragments are so hard they can cut glass and resemble diamond bearing quartz from South Africa. He sent the finds to a lab for examination.
Prof A O Rankine reports speech can be sent by light over several miles using selenium as the transmitter. Bell earlier invented the photophone achieving 700 feet. The technology shows promise but daily reliability remains an issue as control improves.
Story portrays a rival to the Pied Piper of Hamlin figure in Bert Modgers, a dam tender from Appleton Wisconsin. Modgers reportedly faced persistent rats at the dam and retaliates by flooding the boards with lye to deter the pests with fatal results.
The article traces crab development from larval tadpole like beginnings to the final crab form. It describes the armor plated shell the early stage wears and the tail tucked beneath at adulthood. It notes molts change eye placement tail paddles and gait leading to the familiar crab.
Assistant Cashier Herman J. Maerck of Connecticut River Bank Hartford received for redemption a $5 bill issued in 1845 bearing the signatures of President W. H. Imlay and Cashier Edwin Spencer. Imlay led the bank 1838 to 1851 and Spencer 1838 to 1849. It was the last of its series presented for redemption. Connecticut River Bank and Chemical National Bank of New York were the only banks to redeem all their own notes in gold during the Panic of 1873.
Twice yearly at the Bangkok temple near the royal palace the royal family and officials perform a water oath. Participants kneel and drink from a golden jar containing war instruments, sprinkling the holy water on the forehead to pledge loyalty. Foreign employees have joined the ritual in recent years.
Smithsonian investigators led by J. P. Harrington unearthed the soapstone canoe prow in an ancient Bur ton’s mound grave in Santa Barbara California. The find is said to be unique in American archeological history and suggests stone boats were used by regional aboriginals.
A government aviator over Quakake valley ran low on gasoline and descended with his Airedale dog aboard. The dog guarded the plane by keeping motorists at bay while the pilot searched for fuel.
A quarrel over a toy horn in Memphis ends with A. M. Mitchell, 42, shot to death. Three other men were arrested and charged with murder, two of them wounded.
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