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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
4
The issue notes advertising rates and mail transmission in Diller Nebraska. It mentions a quiet Christmas business day, census work being affected by automobiles and a football game, and that the state legislature will convene on January 4 1909 with new officers taking office soon after.
Post office department rules allow destroyal of sale bills attached to posts supporting mail boxes and those found in boxes with no postage. Patrons advised to heed warning and place bills where they may remain.
A Massachusetts editorial laments whiskey as ruinous and links crime to drunkenness, while a separate report notes farm prosperity driven by good crops and livestock prices. It warns only drastic policy shifts reducing producers’ purchasing power could threaten the home market within four years.
Report says many who drew farms in the Tripp county land drawing will not file on the land. One man says paying 1000 for land 1000 for a team and implements and 1000 for improvements is paying too much for the whistle. About twenty fellows near Hildreth may be consoled.
The article presents the Nebraska farmer as nearly heavenly in status with guaranteed meals and self sufficiency. It notes cattle flocks crops and fields supplying food clothing and revenue while most farmers overlook these provisions. It contrasts farmers with ordinary businessmen who struggle to balance ends meet by year’s end.
Two members of the incoming Taft administration cabinet have been decided on. Philander Knox of Pennsylvania is chosen for the top post, with Mr. Hendricks slated for Postmaster General. Knox is described as a wealthy man.
The article notes that cabinet posts demand lavish social expenses, with Representative Burton declining a cabinet role due to costs. It cites the high salaries of $12,000 and echoes the Roosevelt era’s hospitality. It highlights Mr. Reid as a rich, accomplished figure famed for foreign service and journalism, asking where to find a similar multi millionaire in government circles.
Nebraska Experiment Station issues Bulletin No. 108 detailing two years of milking machine experiments and the factors affecting machine milking. Free copies available to Nebraska residents by writing the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lincoln Nebraska.
A Long Island farmer recounts hearing the Panama Canal cost of 300,000,000 and fears for his family as bankruptcy looms. His son Sam calculates their share as eleven cents and proves calm with a chalked barn door sum. The tale ends with plans to mail the president and buy a jack knife for Sam.
Mr. Mads Anderson of Howard County cites a three year old alfalfa field turned under before potatoes and yields 295 bushels per acre this year versus 75 on an old field. Another farmer reports sowing oats on alfalfa ground and harvesting 85 bushels per acre of high grade oats.
The poem tells of Jim Vorks leaving Hopkins Corner farming for town life. He starts a small grocery but grows weary as the business strains him and wonders how a man can keep a store that won’t keep him, reflecting on the tension between work and life in retail.
Creditors of Sofa Fox deceased must present claims to the administrator before County Judge in the Jefferson County Court Room on June 10 1909 at 1 0 o clock P M for examination adjustment and allowance. All claims not filed by that date will be barred. Notice published in Diller Record for four weeks prior to June 10 1909. C C Borzz County Judge.
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