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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
2
Advertising rates and business locals details for The Diller Record, Nebraska. Rates shown: 5 cents per line per insertion. Foreign advertising representation noted by The American Press Association.
The piece traces repeated state challenges to federal authority under the transportation act. It notes Illinois passenger fares intrastate versus interstate, and similar suits in New York. It recalls constitutional limits on state discrimination and asserts Federal administration governs railroad affairs, despite ongoing state resistance.
Ole Hanson warns Europe draws migrants as Senators and Representatives file immigration bills. The Bureau of Immigration urges suspending most inbound arrivals for a year. AFL backs rapid legislation to curb cheap labor and aid Americanization efforts while Wilson outlines budget, tax, and veteran provisions. A Kansas Nebraska farmer moves across state line to secure school transport for his children.
The slogan America for Americans is echoed by extremists who demand an immigration stop. No immediate action is seen, yet officials plan stricter controls than ever before.
Two Kansas bankers discuss the tight money market as farmers strike for higher wheat prices. A farmer unable to pay renews after another depositor covers the debt, illustrating strain on rural credit. The country bank borrows from a city bank to fund loans, then loses customers by pushing immediate payments.
Forty years after his gas service was cut off Edison began work on electric light to rival gas. Forbes quotes Edison saying the dispute spurred him to study gas economics and aim to replace gas with electricity, a pursuit that took four years.
The Portugal cabinet has seen 866 changes in under a decade, with the current record noting 366 alterations in the cabinet since the last reshuffle. Officials indicate frequent reshuffles reflect political instability and reform attempts across ministries.
Mrs. Mabel King Hickman of San Francisco wears diamond fillings in her teeth as symbols of her husbands' love. One diamond came from William King on his deathbed with a request to keep it always. Augustine Hickman provided the second diamond to match the first.
The 1919 death rate in the registration area fell to 12.9 per 1000, down 5.1 from 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Total deaths reached 1,006,436 with heart disease causing 111,579 deaths, tuberculosis 106,985, pneumonia 105,218, influenza 84,113, nephritis and Bright's disease 75,005, and cancer 68,551. Delaware, Florida, and Mississippi joined the registration area, totaling 33 states plus DC and 18 nonregistration cities.
A class clash at Waukecan High escalated into a gunfight and melee after sophomores and freshmen clashed at a party. Carl Ambrose drew a revolver and shot Theodore Liex before Neil Dickson disarmed him. Ambrose was beaten unconscious as two girls joined, one firing two shots and the attackers fled.
Shanghai fire trucks will be equipped with wireless telephones to keep in contact with firefighters during blazes, aligning with practices in the largest cities and promising improved coordination at all times.
Eugene Kitzmiller seven, son of Mr. and Mrs. E P Kitzmiller of this city, may own the smallest hen for her age in Oregon. The black-breasted red game breed weighs seven ounces and is six months old, strutting among Rhode Island reds as if owner of the poultry yard.
Two friends holidaying in a farm house secure quarters and, after waking to bats in the room, shut each bat in a drawer. After 16 bats are trapped, they show the drawer to the landlady who quips there was no need to keep them.
In a 31,000 population area of western Samoa, demand centers on hard candies and boiled lollies as whites and half-castes number under 1,000. Lozenges are rare, while taffies and chocolates struggle with humidity and must be shipped in sealed tins, selling for 50 to 75 cents a pound.
A crying boy on a doorstep explains his new trousers are dust covered. An old lady consoles him and reminds the child they are clean now, but he laments that his mother would not let him remove them after she beat the dust out.
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