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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
4
Political Announcements for Jefferson County 1916
A set of 1916 primary campaign notices announces candidacies for Sheriff and County Judge in Jefferson County. Names include P. H. Shea Charles E. Gilmour and Chas Franz seeking Republican and Progressive or Democratic nominations. Louis J. Nutzman seeks non partisan ballot for County Judge at the April 18 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeferson
E Mill
Charles E. Gilmour
Sherif
Jefferson County
Chas. Franz
Louis J. Nutzman
Jefferson County Nebraska 1916 primary election notices
Clerk of District Court candidates Charles H McGee Oscar N Garnsey and appointments for assessor Oscar N Garnsey and W G Wooster announced. County Attorney candidate E A Wunde files to run in Democratic primary set for April 18 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District’ Court
Jefferson’ County
Nebraska
Charles H. McGee
Jefferson County
Nebr
Osscar N. Garnsey
Artes
W. G. Wooster
E. A. Wunde
Different Miles Across Nations and Regions
The passage lists varied mile lengths by country and region. England uses 1,760 yards while Iceland uses 2,240 yards. Highlands may retain 1,976 yards. Switzerland favors 9,158 yards and Vienna’s post mile is 8,296. Other values include Flemish 6,869 Prussian 8,227 and Denmark 8,244. Turks 1,826 and Italians 1,766 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Iceland
Highlands
Switzerland
Vienna
Denmark
Alfalfa Boosts Corn Yields Across Midwest
USDA data from farms in the corn belt show planting clover or alfalfa before corn yields 45 to 60 bushels per acre, comparable to 80 to 85 bushels after a corn or oat crop. Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station notes 31 farmers averaged 34.5 bushels before alfalfa and 68.2 bushels after plowing and reseeding to corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station of
Nebraska
Quakers Fight Advertising Use of Their Name
Quakers oppose liquor advertising that uses their name and back a congressional bill to ban the term Quaker from whisky and beer labels. They argue the name misleads and harms the Society of Friends and urge action to remove Quaker from poison branding.
Calendar Anomaly 1916 Surpasses Most Years
In 1916 there are 53 Saturdays and 53 Sundays, a rare calendar quirk not seen for 40 years and not repeated until the year 2000, according to a calendar note.
Leap Year Proposal Customs Through Seven Centuries
The piece cites a Scottish act circa 1228 making a man who refuses a proposer's offer liable to a fine and notes a 1606 work referencing the practice. It explains that in leap years women may express courtship, while men cannot claim clergy protection if they treat proposals with contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
People's Home Journal
Promoted the King by Zovares and Sardinian Zouaves
A 1859 Piedmont tale recounts how King Victor Emmanuel II was made corporal by the Sardinian Third Zouaves after a daring defense at Palaestro. The left column threatened, but Chabran and the king led a counterattack across the Sesia, drowning many Austrians at Sasetta canal, while troops cheered and celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palaestro
Scala
Chabran
Emmanue Il
Sesia
Sasetta
Srcuaves
Dolar
Zonates
Victor Emmanuel
Sardinia
Castle Torione
Pearson
Personal Flags For The President And Other Officials
The article explains changes in flags for the president and vice president, noting the 1882 Navy directive creating the blue flag with the U S coat of arms for the President on ships and in boats. It also mentions a white field vice president flag and similar distinctions for cabinet officers and assistant secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maintmast
Secretary of the Navy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Simple Weekly Allowance Plan Proposed in Conversation
Mr Newedd Well suggests regular weekly expenses payment while Mrs Newedd debates the method. She offers a simpler plan to compute costs for car fare lunches and rent. A historical note mentions giant hailstones fourteen inches in Hertfordshire England in 1697.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Newedd
New York Weekly
Hertfordshire
England
Florence Nightingale Voted Most Enduring Crimean Hero
At a dinner recalling Crimea troops return, Lord Stratford asked attendees to name the person whose Crimean reputation would last longest. Not a single vote differed. every paper bore Florence Nightingale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiorence Nightingare
England
Crimea
Lord Stratford
Florence Nightingale
Manhattan Island and the old water front explained
The article clarifies the distinction between Manhattan Island and Manhattan as a district. It notes the old one acre island near Corlear’s Hook with Henry Eckford’s shipyard, and maps and street locations that mark the ancient tidal stream and feebly connected waterways between Manhattan Island and Burnt Mill Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magazine of American History
New York
The
Magasine
the &Py
Ty James Fenimore Cooper
Manhattan
Corlear's Hook
Manhattan Island
East River
Henry Eckford
Egbert I Viele
Rivington
Houston
Columbia
Stanton Streets
Atvenue
Sixth Street
Tompkins Square
Burnt Mill
Brand@ Manah Point
Third
Lewis Streets
Alaska's Fertile Lands Described for Homesteaders
Johan A. Bleich er surveys Alaska's vast territory noting its size, climate, and fertile valleys. He highlights southern cities, arctic belt soils, and 320 acre free homestead options, contrasting Alaska with common snowbound stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
Arctic Circle
Europe
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Johan A. Bleicher
Leslie
How the Picture Hard Hit Got Its Name
The story recalls Dr Pellegrini’s remark to Sir William Orchardson at a private view of Hard Hit, the ruined gambler portrait. The artist calls it the greatest compliment, while the model’s card-playing misfortune inspired the title after an exchange about being hard hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchardson
Pellegrini
William Orchardson
Shelley's Drowning Echoes at Spezia Bay
Spezia the Italian naval base near Genoa, likened to Portsmouth, recalls Byron Shelley Leigh Hunt and Mary Shelley. Lever lived there briefly and wrote three books. The bay’s fame includes Shelley’s drowning while crossing to Lerici in a new boat, a tale tied to the gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Spezia
Italy
Genoa
Portsmouth
Byron
Leigh Hunt
Charles Lever
Mary Somerrike
Lever
Magnificent
Bay
Gulf
Lerici
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Diller Nebr
P.H. Shea
Quakers
Off Dae MI
BIG Business
Auctioneeritms
Stafan Zovares
Ier
John Gallsworthy
Littledale
Demet
Mrs. Newedd
Island of
Juneau
Ketchikan
Cordova
Valdez
Seward
Baltimore
Washington
Rush Printing
Jefferson County Abstract Office
R. Monroe Davis
Borded Abstracter and Notary Pub
First National Bank
Fairbury
Claude Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
John Pulec
Kielsmeier
H. R. Royle Auucttii Cancer
Col. J.B. Wright
Franklin and
Gage Counties
Beatrice, Nebr
Waggoner Bros
Wiers
Diller, Neb
Curie Gage
Gresences
Seventh Street
Washington, D. c
Dan Ac
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