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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
4
The Diller Record lists subscription terms for one year and six months in advance. It notes post office mailing at Diller Nebraska as second class matter and states advertising rates at five cents per line per insertion, with charges applicable when ordered out.
Frank G. Odell returns from a trip praising Nebraska as the safest and best corner of the world for farmers and homes. He warns Nebraskans not to be swayed by western boomer literature and notes a looming apple industry boom in the northwest that could flood markets. He cites Lewiston orchards and asserts Nebraskans can rely on alfalfa and standard crops without market glut fears.
A traveler and farmer discuss a strange building during a farm stop. The traveler misreports a silo as an asylum housing a man named N. C. Sage, while the farmer clarifies the enclosure is for ensilage.
A whimsical estimate claims six million turkeys could form a single file from San Francisco to New York and back, totaling about 54 million pounds of turkey for Thanksgiving. The piece also notes political digs at Taft over tariffs parcel post and business concerns.
A contributor laments the high cost of burial and funeral services in relation to the real value of caskets and conveyance. He urges a crusade against what he calls rank injustice and forced purchasing that can bankrupt grieving families.
December bargain offers the Nebraska Farmer, a weekly Lincoln publication, at 1.50 for three years plus a New Year Number and a 1912 Nebraska Farmer Boy Calendar. Regular price is 1.00 annually. Subscribers may pay later and start on trial until March 1.
A limb from an unfamiliar tree allegedly fell from an absolutely quiet day near the T.H. ranch southwest of Lingle. The 200 pound green fruitlike limb, about an inch thick, appeared 1000 feet up and drifted as if from an airplane before landing. Theories cite a hurricane or cyclone lifting it from elsewhere, with experts to identify the wood.
The piece urges careful handling of stock and strict economy as feed prices rise. It highlights silos as progress, endorses ensilage, and calls for scientific feeding, better methods, and fewer wastes to protect farmer profits amid high consumer costs.
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