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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1926
Page
4
A Baltimore rector argues for a fair trial of the Volstead Act, saying support should wait for effective enforcement and that if the law is of God it will prevail, otherwise it may fail. He stresses restraint amid temperance society advocacy and public debate.
Representative Martin L. Davy of Ohio attacks federal civilian employees calling them loafers time killers and buck passers. He cites long vacations and sick leaves claiming 100,000 or more tax eaters should be eliminated. The piece notes political pull could shield many from loss while honest workers face layoffs.
The major U.S. railroads earned 1.136 billion dollars net in 1925, aided by freight growth and efficiency from 1921 capital investments. Tax payments by leading systems exceeded 363 million. Burlington plans a 750000 dollar new yard at Lincoln in 1926, while a poultry demonstration train tours eighty Nebraska towns.
The article claims rising land from the Pacific seabed will create a new U S territory across Hawaii and adjacent shoals. It asserts a vast land area from San Diego to Queen Charlotte Sound possibly forming a productive, strategic base with Java like population figures and abundant sugar rubber copra coffee and tea.
The old time Sunday suit with a cutaway coat and stiff collar is a relic. Modern Sundays see men in business suits for church then switch to loose flannels and sports attire for leisure. The aim is a clear change from weekday dress to feel like a different person one day each week.
The Issae Valley Creamery Institute reports pure bred dairy cattle now sell at sharply lower prices. Prices for pure-bred bulls drop from 222 to 158 dollars and cows from 211 to 124 dollars since 1922, with surveys across 577 farms showing higher labor income for farmers using purebred bulls.
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