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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
4
A Senate amendment would require future Parcel Post rate changes to pass Congress, stripping the Postmaster General of unilateral rate adjustments with ICC approval. Burleson has already reduced rates, aiding public service but angering Express Companies. Critics warn the change could delay further reductions.
F A Sherzinger of Nelson promotes farming as a lifelong calling. An editor farmer for twenty five years, he runs swine exhibits at the state fair and is seen as a livestock authority. He debunks tomato disease claims and discusses seed corn insurance and Nebraska beef production at University Farm experiments.
The article argues that spending on vice and corruption surpasses military budgets in China and criticizes taxes funding armaments. It envisions a future where national wealth grows if military expense shifts to productive enterprises and notes Carnegie peace funds oppose war financially, urging broader global restraint.
The piece notes rising prohibition sentiment across the nation with nine states already dry and four more possible this year. It highlights congressional caution, the Webb-Kenyon and Jones-Works laws as pivotal victories for temperance advocates, and describes Sunday dryness in Washington after the Jones Works act.
Edwin Sanderson, cutting ice on a pond near Whippany, New Jersey, found a purse frozen in a square of ice. The purse held $53 in bills and 48 cents in change, with a postal card addressed to Lillian Hoffman bearing a now faded taunting line about Hades and skating.
A local newspaper ad promises a complete chicken feast with pie and vegetables delivered by parcel post. Orders started arriving, prompted by the ad and a playful editor's note wishing a poet well after receiving a poem titled My Birth.
Washington reports designs for new paper money prepared by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for John Skelton Williams. Three kinds are planned: emergency notes, federal reserve bank notes, and one year gold notes. The five dollar bill would show Lincoln, ten dollar Cleveland, twenty dollar Jefferson, and fifty dollar Grant with varied back designs.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture warns that hog cholera accounts for about 90 percent of hog deaths in the United States. Prompt anti cholera serum is vital, and early recognition of the disease is essential for serum to protect and save the herd.
Secretary Houston abolishes the Pure Food Board, once led by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, to streamline enforcement. Dr. Carl Alsberg becomes chief and will handle appeals with Dr. R. L. Emerson assisting, centralizing authority to administer the pure food law.
A living man who vanished prompted a general alarm. Authorities consider the possibility he was killed by his sons-in-law over a money dispute, a theory linked to the missing person investigation.
A classroom scene centers on a pupil asking what A. D. stands for in the date of George Washington. The student admits uncertainty, while the teacher presses for the meaning as the schoolday concludes.
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