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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
4
One year in advance six months in advance terms. Advertising rates made known. Local business notices run until ordered out and charged at five cents per line for each insertion. Entered at the post office at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
Stores hold 20 percent more food than last year though prices offered are considerably higher. The motive appears to be profit taking by a holder.
The text reports that brotherhoods told Congress they pose no danger. It notes a declared desire to avoid Bolshevik Soviet influence and asserts the nation does not want such a regime for the time being.
Organized labor on the railroads warns Uncle Sam to act or face a transportation stoppage. The stance critiques democracy as swayed by doctrine and warns that force could be used in industry.
Baron Rosen former Russian ambassador at Washington expresses frank admiration for the American form of government noting it attracts foreigners who have missed liberal politics and value freedom from despotism.
General Pershing contends British and French leaders agreed the German line would not be broken, yet he believes otherwise and trained American troops for open warfare reflecting that conviction.
The American Red Cross fall drive to enroll members for 1920 and raise 15 million dollars to fulfill war obligations at home and abroad will run from November 8 to Armistice Day, November 11.
Judge Morning of Lancaster county district court grants writ directing the secretary to receive a petition seeking the reference of the prohibition ratification resolution to Nebraska voters. The decision if not reversed by the supreme court means Nebraskans will vote on the national prohibition amendment by ballot.
Opinion piece argues against federal intervention to curb packers, warning the Kenyon bill could unleash broad government control beyond meat markets. It claims such regulation fails to promise lower prices and threatens individual initiative and American enterprise.
A call for sane legislation that supports legitimate industries and avoids destruction of viable sectors. The message emphasizes timely measures by the government to provide practical assistance and economic stability.
A letter argues that when the government sets railroad workers’ wages on merit it should also assess the threat posed by the Brotherhoods, implying potential labor pressure or disruption alongside pay policies.
The text states that hard surfaced highways would save gasoline and pay for themselves, estimating a yearly saving of 36 dollars for each motor car owner using the paved roads.
War department rules state lapsed war risk policies can be redeemed anytime within eighteen months. Payment of the discharge month premium and the current month will restore the policy if the applicant remains in good health.
The report from Automotive Industries lists June passenger car output for major Michigan and Ohio makers. Ford leads with 3009 units, Chevrolet 750, Buick 500, Dodge 450, Oakland 265, Chandler 100, Dort 100, Hudson 100, Scripps-Booth 60, Studebaker 165, Essex 100, and others including Packard, Cadillac, and Liberty with smaller counts.
The federal effort to lower living costs is active and may succeed if communities assist. Newspapers report a grocer fined $500 for 15 cent sugar per pound. citizens must stay vigilant lest penalties return indirectly. Wholesale price publication shifts focus to retailer profits and a license system may limit per unit gains.
Charles Edward Russell praises Reconstruction era socialist ideas and North Dakota state ownership moves. He condemns press and bankers as parasitic, envisions state owned banks mills elevators and insurers, and predicts public funds moved to politically controlled state banks. He foresees a farmer labor alliance and eight hour day under a new political machine.
A constitutional warning declares a new feudal system and industrial rule in the United States. It argues railroad unions threaten government with strikes to force legislation and criticizes government ownership and control of railroads as dangerous to liberty.
The piece argues public support would rise for the Plumb plan a revenue raid for railroad workers and notes a push for six months pay for all veterans. It contrasts direct cash gifts with Secretary Lane's homestead plan to reclaim and farm waste lands with credit and long terms.
Miss Eldridge A Niro of Yarmouth Mass inherits between 50 000 and 75 000 from her uncle Fred Williams of Aberdeen Washington. Williams 64 a bachelor and recluse saved money for over 80 years and died after cancer illness after she came East to care for him.
It claims to host the first barber shop where customers may be shaved by appointment. A telephone by George Edward Starner links callers to the specialist at a set hour, similar to a doctor's visit, with a higher price.
A fragment notes a dispute about bolshevists and their affairs conducted in Russian. It suggests that the language barrier and alleged illiteracy contribute to misunderstandings, calling them inevitable.
The hundredth anniversary of the first U S missionaries sailing to the Sandwich Islands will be celebrated in Honolulu on October 23. The brig Thaddeus departed Boston in 1819, landing missionaries Asa Thurston Hirman Bingham and others in Kailua Kona on April 5 1820 to begin civilizing and converting the natives. The event marks the start of modern Hawaii history and includes dates, names, and ties to Kaumuali the Kauai king.
A large device dispenses bottled beverages sandwiches and chewing gum. It features a 96 bottle cooling chamber and an equal precooling tank where bottles chill in draining ice water. A gum stick is released for each returned bottle to encourage deposits. A counterfeit detector rejects fake coins and a cases register records all transactions.
A front correspondent reports the army emergency ration remains a mystery to soldiers. Described as ground oatmeal with concentrated calories and protein, it supposedly includes juices from meats and vegetables plus gluten. Soldiers rarely taste it as court martial threatens eating rations unnecessarily. hot meals from rolling kitchens were often poor.
A compilation notes historical forecasts about Europe. Napoleon at St Helena foretold no kings in Germany within a century after his death. Lord Roberts warned of a great European war with Ferdinand Foch rising as a famed figure. Henri Rochfort foresaw Alsace Lorraine loss and a British French alliance to reclaim it.
Many locals answer the government appeal for bigger crops as Europe and Asia face hunger. Nebraska's Victory State Fair in Lincoln from August 31 to September 5 reports a surge in inquiries about exhibit space and premiums reflecting strong local participation.
The American Red Cross erects barracks at Dijon France to serve as a carey nursery for children of French women employed at the U S Army camouflage factory.
Notice is given that under an order of sale from the District Court of Jefferson County Nebraska the Citizens State Bank of Diller Nebraska Plaintiff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on September 2 1919 at 2 00 P M at the south front door of the Coast House Fairbury Nebraska the property of Jacob C Stucker Lydia B Stucker Oren F Rigdon and Grace described as Lot One Two and Three in Block Eleven First Addition to Diller to satisfy a decree for 276600 with 10 percent interest from July 1 1919 and costs of sale 2800. Dated July 26 1919 Sheriff F Tippen Heasty Barnea Attys for Plaintiff.
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