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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
4
Predictions of disaster to American fighters are noted. The Fuel administration plans longer power saving measures. The Red Cross canteens in France serve over 15,000 daily. Gasoline output doubles since 1914. The Kaiser presses ahead as allies urge swift action.
Effective today the president will take possession and operate all U.S. railroads under war authority and has named McAdoo as director general.
The nation urges country and city merchants to close stores by six at night to conserve coal vital for the war effort. Regular light and energy waste undermine war efficiency. only Saturday evenings warrant extended hours, with aims to speed victory and bring boys home from over there.
A National Emergency Food Garden Commission message urges Americans to save butter beans bacon bread and meat to support troops. It stresses that waste risks defeat, urges home front efforts, and offers free literature on food conservation from the Washington DC commission office.
The government has adopted Thomas A Edison’s plan to modify merchant ships to reduce U boat losses. Ships would have hinged masts and removable funnels to lie flat and blend with the deck, while neutral hull tones and a featureless silhouette would render them nearly invisible at short distances, making them disappear below the horizon and evade eye contact.
The text states fourteen pounds of dry food produce one pound of chicken or eggs, twenty pounds for pork or cow beef, twenty-four for another meat, and sixty-four for steer beef. It argues that feeding raw grain to humans would be far more efficient, suggesting meats are a luxury economical in scarcity and could be dispensed with in urgent need.
California growers' market association runs a cracking plant to shell culled small nuts and sell the meat to grocery bakers and candy makers. This year's cracked nut meat is estimated at 1 600 000 pounds.
Orville Wright conducts experiments on a small aeroplane intended to occupy a similar niche in aviation as low priced cars do in autos. The project aims at broadening access to powered flight through a compact, economical craft.
The article urges Americans to join the Red Cross and support war relief in Europe. It outlines building homes, supplying food and clothing, running hospitals, and caring for civilians and soldiers. It promotes 15 million members and a one dollar yearly membership with optional magazine.
The passage recounts a myth explaining why owls are nocturnal. In Polynesia a red pigeon and in French folklore the wren figure in a tale where all other birds give a feather to warm the wren, leaving the owl punished to hide by day and endure cold by night. The note cites Raymon Crawford in The Lancet London.
Marion asks if Albert jilted her and Dorothy fears poison. Dorothy admits she became engaged again yesterday and hints at a troubled romance in this dramatic dialogue excerpt.
A Milwaukee Journal essay argues fault finding harms self and others. It urges forgiving, avoiding constant nitpicking, and directing others with respect and self-respect.
A simple wax preservation method using ordinary candles. Cut candles, melt wax, wick removed, keep blossoms dry, dip briefly then fully, submerge stems, remove and hold until dry. Do not rest on surfaces to avoid crushing.
Tommy, promoted by the chemist to serve behind the counter, helps a middle aged lady seeking cream for restoring her complexion. He corrects her miswording and she buys six boxes, delighted by his polite wit.
In Diggeville a reader cites a vintage marriage notice claiming it sounds like a “troubled sea of matrimony.” The editor replies that the sentence is a good figure of speech, while the writer worries it could invite his wife’s relatives to meddle.
Creditors of Joseph Silas Diller deceased must file claims with the Jefferson county Nebraska county judge by March 6 1918. A claims meeting with the administrator is set for March 7 1918 in the county court room. Claims not filed by March 6 1918 are barred. Published in the Diller Record for four weeks. Louis J Nutzman county judge. Heasty and Barnes attorneys.
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