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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
4
Entry made at the Diller Nebraska post office for second class mailing. Advertising rates listed at 5 cents per line. business locals run until ordered out. Rates available upon application.
C W RowRBAUcE declares candidacy for County Commissioner First District in Jefferson county with Aug 18 1914 primary. Gov Morehead enters race for Congress. Beatrice Express notes a fast motor car joke reflecting local wit.
A dispute erupts when a shopper tells a woman bringing in butter that her produce cannot be bought for human use. The exchange highlights tension over quality and eligibility of items for sale inside the grocery store.
A California inventor patents a rural mail box with a loose bottom that closes a circuit and rings an electric bell at a distance when even a postal card is dropped on it.
A concise guidance urging young people to delay play until duties are fulfilled and to avoid spending money before it is earned. It emphasizes discipline, responsibility, and prudent financial habits as foundations for a prosperous life.
An exhortation to prioritize education above all investments. The speaker urges planning early spring work to keep boys in school, arguing education is invaluable and increasingly vital each day. The message stresses the enduring importance of schooling for youth and society.
Kansas lawmakers pass a rule denying county poor fund relief to residents who own a dog. They argue that owning a dog is a luxury and those who can afford luxuries do not need public assistance.
The House approved repeal by 247 to 162 with 220 Democrats backing the president. Twenty five Republicans and two Progressives supported the president, while 52 Democrats including Speaker Clark and Leader Underwood opposed. The bill moves to the Senate.
Misinformation has spread about orchard spacing in Nebraska. The horticultural department of the state agricultural college clarifies optimal distances: cherries and peaches twenty feet. pears twenty to twenty-five feet. apples thirty to forty feet, with upright varieties like Whitney crab and Dutchess potentially needing special spacing.
A column discusses concerns that increasing athletic participation among girls, including hockey football fencing and tennis, could erode femininity. It contrasts American clubs with emerging European trends and questions whether emancipation and athleticism threaten marriageability and dainty refinement.
A Frenchman seeks a lucrative post under the empire and gets it granted by the infant king Napoleon II. The petitioner presents a petition at the cradle, the child’s noises are ignored, and Napoleon smiles before approving the request through the emperor’s consent.
A London Standard excerpt recalls the minuet era with social duties. Ladies distinguished themselves by lappet headdresses and wore pristine gloves for formal dances while keepers of two pairs for different occasions.
A woman recalls to a club how her cousin Miss X left a man deeply impressed after a dinner at the Dashes event. The man admits he cannot recall his dinner partner, revealing a humorous lapse in memory. The exchange, sourced to the New York Globe, highlights social intrigue and flirtation.
A Boston household exchange features the cook wishing to use salt sparingly while the head of the household defends using the minimum necessary for cooking. The exchange was noted by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
In Stray Stories a nurse remarks on a baby’s hair, and the Windy, surprised, orders the infant moved from the nursery. The scene mixes domestic humor with a dash of melodrama as the lady reads her novel.
An English army officer reports his cocker spaniel can deceive to obtain sugar. The dog fetches the mat to the mess table and learns to bury and retrieve the morning mail one piece at a time for treats. The clever spaniel’s trick culminates in the dog delivering a muddy letter and being rewarded with sugar.
A Harper's Magazine idea describes using electrodes to monitor a patient’s emotional state during discussion. The gas wavometer records when intimate topics arise, revealing how past and present experiences trigger feelings.
The islet of Tenedos, removed from Greece by power, gained fame from mentions in Homer’s Iliad and Vergil’s Aeneid. Since ancient times its location at the Hellespont’s entry has marked it as strategically important. Classical laws and civil institutions of Tenedos were celebrated for their wisdom and cited by Aristotle.
A man asks at the ticket window if the upcoming picture is suitable for his daughter. The booth girl reassures him saying she has seen it and it didn’t hurt her. Chicago Record-Herald reports.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes that certain voices irritate listeners, prompting phrases like Move on and Pay up. The column laments repeated nagging and urges patience amid public admonitions.
Fragmentary line reads as a cryptic reflection on danger and doubt attributed to Denham, with no clear event, person, or place to anchor a news summary. The text appears literary rather than an incident report or public notice.
Andrew Boss argues farm management mirrors retail business with full control of costs, markets, and capital. He urges farm managers to inventory capital, assess soil fertility, crop demand, and profit per enterprise, potentially using departmental organization to track profitability and prune unprofitable lines.
Barnyard manure is indispensable as a fertilizer on thin and sandy land to be farmed. It supplies humus and nitrogen, and the humus effect is often more desirable than mere plant-food increases, though both are needed for improving poor soils.
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