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Entry filed at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
Entry filed at Diller Nebraska for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
The 1918 Nebraska constitution amendment requires five years of residency and full citizenship to vote. Governor Kieth Neville declared the amendment part of state law on December 21, ending foreign-born residents’ ability to vote after six months residency and declaration of intent.
President Wilson favors the earliest possible resumption and extension of highway construction under the Federal aid road act and has written Secretary Huston to that effect. The Secretary of Agriculture also favors highway work.
A fragmentary poem recalling the Great Cross of Mercy on the field of strife. It celebrates the Cross of Red as a symbol of love and courage, offering life to stricken townsfolk and children, and urging humanity to lift and keep its flaming message high.
A Belgian colonel praises the American Red Cross for rapid relief work in Belgium. The agency established dining and reading rooms in Le Havre, provided meals for munition workers, set up recreation rooms, canteens, libraries, and showers, and equipped messes for various units. It funded cinema equipment, distributed 60,000 enameled plates, and supported athletic prizes, with a total appropriation of about 1,250,000 francs.
The Food Administration surveys world resources as peace arrives. Wheat and rye appear sufficient for normal demand while a 3 million ton dairy feed shortfall may tighten supply. America must boost exports to about 20 million tons, with North America providing over 60 percent of world needs and a return to white wheat bread through efficiency and conservation.
A 1918 wartime call from Herbert Hoover urges every man woman and child to take up the test and contribute daily to victory in the war effort. The message frames public duty as essential to success and frames the national resolve.
The essay speaks to European hardship and describes how consumers and housewives have learned extensive food values. It asserts that women now understand food handling buying and substituting, adopting a practical education to safeguard against starvation.
The government calls for continued care and wise economy in food use to aid world relief. It highlights stimulating production of wheat and pork, arguing peacetime needs require strong policy. Europe's starvation threat remains vast, with North Russia's 40 million people at risk due to transport and port freezes.
A wartime scene shows a YWCA hostess house with a warm hearth and welcoming staff near a military camp. A young mother visits her husband John on furlough, aided by a caring hostess who ensures a proper homey welcome and a plan to reunite the couple. The article highlights the role of YWCA hostess homes in supporting soldiers and their families as a stabilizing wartime presence.
A wartime scene at the Great Lakes naval training station shows a shift in class and service as hostesses, once pampered, now follow Democracy's lead. A shopper from a department store helps a sailor brother amid cafeteria duties while workers’ wives influence relief efforts and social ranks.
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