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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
4
An editorial urges fathers to model high ideals at home to steer sons away from bad language and poor conduct. It argues children imitate parental behavior and faith, noting some boys mimic home influence to stay in church and study, while others justify skipping church when fathers skip. It emphasizes training a child in the right way for lifelong impact.
Rev W F Clark announces Sunday school at 10 and Rally Day on September 30. Young people plan a Friday social and work program for the year. Constitution Week honors George Washington with a note from the pastor on its meaning and a morning sermon on Does Religion Keep Up With the Material Progress of the Race.
A poem reflects on saying farewell and the fragile certainty of tomorrow ending with a reminder to value the present moment. It contrasts fleeting time with lasting memories and the human urge to part with laughter despite impending goodbyes. The piece comments on language and the risk of assuming endless days.
The United States Department of Agriculture tests at Whitesbog near Brown Mills New Jersey report about 25 000 blueberry hybrids fruited. Some berries reach three quarters inch in diameter others four fifths inch and one nearly seven eighths inch this year according to Scientific American.
The largest camera in the world sits in the Interior Department in Washington weighing 7,000 pounds and occupying two rooms. It takes a picture one yard square with the lens bellows and copy holder in one room and the plate holder and dark room in the other.
G F R Duhrkop is pastor. Sunday school in English at 9 30. Divine worship in English at 10 30.
There will be no preaching services next Sunday morning or evening due to the pastor attending a conference. Sunday school will meet at the usual hour as planned.
The famed Washington elm in Cambridge Massachusetts has died. Harvard Arnold Arboretum director Sargent said all life signs are gone and it may be cut down at once. Cambridge Mayor Quinn plans a schoolchildren funded shaft to mark the historic site and distributes small trunk souvenirs to museums.
Lancaster records a ten hour construction of a two story brick house at 533 South Prince Street by 100 workers led by Dr. Benjamin Mishler. Erected in ten hours from sunup to sundown, the eight room dwelling stood complete before noon and was inhabited the same evening by the doctor’s son.
Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar and will celebrate Christmas with other nations. The council of commissars fixed ten church holidays to be observed under the new calendar in Moscow.
Spiritualists at a camp meeting near Vicksburg Michigan sought relief from ten loud hounds on Almon Shears farm. The court granted an injunction requiring the dogs be kept as quiet as possible.
Cairo reports King Fuad and King Hussein of Hedjaz dispute doctors accompanying the annual Mecca pilgrimage. Egypt demands Egyptian doctors with the Holy Carpet while Hedjaz cites own medical staff. Britain politics loom as diplomacy fails. The Carpet resides in a Cairo mosque, keeping tensions high.
The Philadelphia zoological gardens superintendent C Emerson Browne claims polar bears and other animals thrive in hot weather. He says animals are not harmed by heat, enjoy lounging outside, and even regain vigor from returning to sunlit areas despite crowds.
In wartime Britain a couple accuses a hotel waiter of spying using a pencil plan they believe outlines Kensington Gardens. The waiter explains he drew a private restaurant plan for his own use and shows the accidental navigation of his own sketch, revealing no espionage.
In a Wayside Tales vignette a merchant and a parson golf together with the parson usually losing. He jokes that one day the parson will preach his funeral sermon and have his revenge on the hole. The parson’s mood darkens as losses mount.
Question about summer plans leads to the reply Sea Girt and a follow up asking where Gert will summer. The pun hinges on Sea Girt sounding like seat her.
A cartoon caption from Life shows a weary worker named Andy responding to a question about business with irony, noting unprecedented dullness and a bleak economic mood.
Echo spoke quickly as Grace yawned and questioned plans. The brief exchange centers on timing and whether they should leave soon.
A witty caption from the Binghamton Sun notes the only thing I must rely on in these soft times is a rubber band, implying flexible resilience during economic stretch.
A cautious merchant suspects a rhyme book affects his mind and alarms his family. The doctor must discuss the issue delicately as his wife grows worried. The man then jokes about a new children’s romper style to cope with the situation.
The Royal Institute of British Architects awards a bronze medal for the finest street frontage within four miles of Charing Cross. This year W C ustle Green wins for Wolsely house Piccadilly. Jury included Earl Crawford Sir Aston Webb Paul Waterhouse Sir Reginald Blomfield and F Guy Dawber.
British School of Archaeology workers in Egypt report opening over 8 000 tombs this season. Among the finds are thousands of bones including a fossilized pigmy skull and remains possibly dating from 10 000 to 20 000 years ago.
London. Advice from Charles H. Dyke of the Royal Historical Society urges sending flowers tailored to illness. He recommends blue blooms for inflammatory ailments and red flowers for nervous conditions, plus a square of blue silk to ease head pains when flowers are unavailable.
The United States government hydrographers finish the first contour map of a deep sea zone. It covers the Pacific bed detailing submerged ridges valleys and cliffs over 34 000 square miles.
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