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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
4
A critical riff on rising criminal laws across states mocking eugenics, anti liquor, and dancing bans. The piece argues cliques push punitive measures, imprisoning Americans for minor acts, while questioning whether penalties fit offenses. It laments a trend toward jail as default remedy in society.
The government has opened a farm in the Canal Zone for unskilled laborers displaced by Panama Canal completion. About 100 men work there earning a living. most are crippled from service. The farm grows bananas, oranges, coconuts and tropical crops, with livestock, under the U S Army medical corps management. Each worker receives a lifelong position.
Lieut General Miles foresees polygamy as a possible outcome in Europe after the war. He argues the high male death toll could leave too few men to rebuild homes and notes Germany allowed multiple wives after the Thirty Years War. He warns war is destroying men as never before.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke before unemployed New Yorkers at the Metropolitan Opera House causing a surge in charity. Box office receipts dedicated to relief totaled seven thousand dollars. a matching collection added another seven thousand. Roosevelt contributed ten thousand dollars himself.
The department of agriculture reports unusual losses among cucumber growers due to several distinct blights including downy mildew anthracnose and a sporadic pickle spot. Wisconsin Michigan New York and the U S Department of Agriculture coordinate to test spraying and crop rotation as defenses while seed spread is not evidenced.
J C Whitten of the Missouri station advises on storing apples for winter. Use an underground cellar or outdoor pit with ventilation above freezing. In fall open vents at night, trap water drains, and keep straw covered heaps well drained. Cover outdoor piles with earth as cold weather nears to prevent freezing.
A compact wooden slat cylinder with hinged top hangs in a trough for washing roots. It holds up to one and a half bushels and can be lined with wire netting. Fill with potatoes or parsnips, cover, turn a minute, then lift and drain. From Cecil.
A scanned list showcases magazine clubs and titles including Woman's World, Home Life, Farm Life, Farmers Wife, Prairie Farmer, Gopertensome and McCall's. Free patterns are noted with several entries, highlighting subscriptions and club numbers across periodicals.
A column advises self inventory to curb worries and moodiness. It suggests personal fault may color experience and urges releasing burdens rather than carrying the old man of the sea on your back. Indianapolis News.
At Versailles, Herr Forckenbeck and a colleague met King William and were invited to supper by Bismarck. He predicted the last shot would be fired at midnight as German troops and French forces exchanged the final volley, marking the end of the conflict as Mont Valerien replied.
A Louisville Courier-Journal humor item notes that Charlie, after marrying, was surprised to discover his wife could buy a satisfactory hat for five dollars, illustrating how comic papers shape ideas of marriage.
Laura Spencer Porter argues that a frugal reader can begin a personal library with ten standard works by ten great authors. She suggests one book each from Emerson Eliot Bronte Ruskin Carlyle Dickens Thackeray Lowell Shakespeare and Keats, with sample titles such as Essays Mill on the Floss Jane Eyre and David Copperfield. Read them.
Fresh air is vital for successful poultry culture and reduces disease risk. Provide shelter during rain, avoid soaking birds, and support molting hens as winter layers. Include meat meal in the diet when insects are scarce, use hot meals in cold weather, and ensure a balanced ration as the white of eggs indicates feeding quality.
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