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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
2
Entered at the post office at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mails as second class matter. Advertising rates made known upon application. Businesses are run until ordered out and are charged for at the rate of 6 cents per line for each insertion.
The article laments rising gas and oil costs driven by demand from automobiles and pleasure, warning of looming shortages as oil fields dwindle. It contrasts past abundance with current limits, criticizes waste, and questions why utilities should raise prices while delivering light and heat.
The piece argues most high prices stem from sharply rising unskilled labor pay and that major cost reductions require declines in unskilled wages. It cites a labor shortage due to limited immigration and emigration, plus shorter hours and job bidding, making meaningful labor cost cuts unlikely while government costs imply higher taxes.
Financial Grain Report notes outlook suggests no major reduction in living costs in the near future unless an unforeseen calamity occurs. It emphasizes caution on inflation trends and potential economic shocks.
A saying emphasizes production as the remedy to high living costs insisting on a full day’s work for full day’s pay and equal effort across the economy.
Figures from the North Dakota State Tax Commission show state taxes jumped 261 percent from 1916 to 1919 amid Non-Partisan League rule. The era featured large bond issues for state owned banks and other industries.
The article notes that history can correct social and industrial unrest by showing periods of both high and low prices, strikes, soviets, speculation, extravagance, and varied production, concluding that abnormal conditions and normal are parts of the cycle. Beatrice Sun.
A recluse in Trenton New Jersey died leaving only 15 cents a day to live on. He held cash of 690000 and nearly 1.5 million in stocks and bonds. His sole beneficiaries were a 74 year old sister and a nephew. He rented a room for 50 cents a week and walked everywhere including a 700 mile voyage to save car fare.
The piece explains rabbit fur aliases such as coney and kolinskey and notes dyed grey fur. Professor Hadley of Wisconsin says furriers use these names for rabbit fur. The demand for rabbit skins to wrap babies is growing into a real industry.
The Philadelphia Academy of Science once lost a California condor egg reputedly stolen. Condors inhabit steep southern California cliffs and have scarce eggs, making procurement dangerous. Poisoning of carcasses by ranchers endangers the species, which has been nearly wiped out.
The text recalls Rames Nefertari as a great matriarch of the New Empire at Thebes around 1700 B C. It notes her status as wife of Amon-Ra and mother goddess symbols, with references to Thothmes warriors and builders and Hatshepsut.
The article recalls Ida Pfeiffer born in Vienna in 1797 and her four famous journeys that spanned the world and beyond. It notes a failed love affair and an age-differed marriage triggering her voyages through Cannibal Islands, Peru, El Dorado, Bagdad, Otaheite, Panama, and the United States, praising her power and endurance as a writer.
The discovery of canned pineapples sparked the great Far East pine farming industry. Two Englishmen in Singapore assessed canning suitability and uniform size. The trade soon passed to Chinese growers and became a staple export in warm Chinese regions with fields planted to pine and reproduced by root suckers.
The passage extols mountains as vast cathedrals of the earth where schools and cathedrals, works and worship, reflect Ruskin's vision. It describes rock gates, cloud pavements, and streams of stone with snowfall vaults and starry skies as continual witnesses to awe.
The house wren is noted as a confiding bird that nests in little houses near human habitations. It feeds on insects, helping protect trees and garden vegetables from pests. The wren builds its nest from grass or weeds stuffed into any crevice that serves its purpose.
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County notes a petition by Onka Lottmann alleging the April 23 1920 will is valid and requests administration to E L Loock. The hearing is set for June 6 1920 at 9 o'clock A M in the Fairbury County Court to determine and grant letters testamentary.
The document cites Louis J Nutzman as County Judge and H W Fouts as attorney for the estate, noting three successive weeks prior to the hearing day. The seal indicates official action in a local probate or estate matter.
In the matter of the estate of David R. Kelley deceased Magnus Callander administrator petitions final settlement and distribution. May 25 1920 at 9 a m hearing in County Court Fairbury to show cause. Notice to interested parties by publication in The Diller Record for three weeks. Louis J Nutzman County Judge H W Fouts attorney for estate.
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