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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
4
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The Sidney Telegraph reports that gasoline prices vary due to crude oil supply dynamics and refinery costs. Local price wars among stations also influence what buyers pay, while broad fluctuations reflect supply levels beyond company conspiracies.
The message quotes Rice Miller, president of the Illinois coal operators, arguing unions must reassess strikes if nonunion fields can meet national needs. He warns miners against sacrificing wealth and family welfare for small gains and notes postwar price pressures and efforts to curb costs.
A broad discussion on wage cuts and coal strikes notes nonunion miners keep work while soft coal mines idle. South Dakota faces fiscal strain as the legislature adjourns, Gov Bulow vetoes the appropriation bill, and a supreme court challenge questions the veto power amid retrenchment talk.
The Panhandle of Texas surged from obscurity to oil giant status as rapid radio and air infrastructure linked distant headquarters with remote field sites. Companies use wireless networks and airplanes to move people and freight, saving substantial time and money.
The article notes U S national debt around 27 billion in 1919, down to about 19 billion by 1926, with interest costs cut through refunds. It argues a decade more will shrink the obligation, while state and city debts rise due to new taxes on autos gasoline and sales, boosting revenue beyond prewar federal costs.
Motorists have rarely objected because most funds funded road building. Now rising burdens spark protest with fears that squeezing the source could end the funding for road projects.
The Nebraska Wheat Improvement Association cautions that pasturing wheat should be selective. Early sown, abundant rainfall growth may benefit from pasturing, but excessive grazing reduces soil moisture and nutrients, risks winter blow and spring setbacks, and should be avoided when feed is plentiful or growth is strong.
Six states increased gasoline tax rates this year with New Mexico moving to five cents. Four states still have no gas tax and several southern states now tax at five cents.
Jack Dempsey says he is wise to Tunney and can tick him, while Tunney enjoys golf and training and says it can’t be done. The two plan a meeting within the year and promise a world reveal. Gene calls Jack a real fighter and Jack counters the bout was Gene’s from the start. Both are game scrappers, bets advised cautiously.
Publications from the Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture note birds as vital helpers in agriculture horticulture and forestry. They operate nationwide with flickers blackbirds robins thrashers and other species targeting insect prey near the ground tree trunks foliage and in the air.
A playful desk scene unfolds with the pencil teasing the sponge the waste basket full and the scissors slicing as the paper weight holds them down. The ink appears blue the bill black on file and the calendar fresh after a month off as the blotter absorbs it all.
A fragment states the year 1927 would mark the freeing of the last legal slave worldwide. It notes slavery’s harsh practice in parts of Persia and praises a decree banning selling girls for marriage, urging broader abolition by powerful nations.
Burrowing crickets blend cricket traits with mole like habits. They dig winding burrows near ponds and ditches, raise ridges, feed on roots worms and larvae, and include the Porto Rican pest and eastern U S species Gryllotalpa borealis and G longipennis. They have large brown bodies velvet hair short wing covers fossorial front legs and an ear on the front leg below the knee. They are non poisonous.
A description of papier mache as a pulp based material mixed with oil glue or resin to bind fibers. It notes additives like copperas quicklime or white of eye to enhance water resistance, outlining basic composition and treatment steps.
Physicians report that nearly everyone carries tuberculosis germs. A study of 500 adults who died from various causes found 97 percent tested positive for the germ in their bodies.
A Lincoln deputy game warden visited town to probe a pheasant killing. He plans a return visit to continue investigating. The penalty for killing a pheasant is $100, making the offense costly if proven guilty.
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