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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
8
A girl kidnapped from Green City Missouri in August 1916 was found by Sheriff Raches with a band of travelers near Diller. She had fled beatings for refusing to beg and was taken to her parents in Pairbury after a nationwide search failed for years.
The Leaper family lost their Farm near Obsern to a March 7 blaze. Neighbors and town volunteers fought the fire but the dry conditions and large fuel load overwhelmed efforts. Insurance covered only $1,000 on the house and $300 on contents, with rebuilding costs estimated at about $10,000.
Round up all farm implements and machinery and store them under cover. Inspect each item to identify needed repairs parts or tools and take immediate steps to secure them for the upcoming crop production campaign.
A Nebraska mother with two sons in the service sent each a dozen pairs of woolen socks but learns her son shared four pairs with a comrade who has no mother or sister. The story urges mothers and sisters to knit for soldiers who lack warm clothing, reminding of many boys in the army needing warmth.
The United States Food Administration issues home guidelines limiting wheat and meat use. A weekly wheatless day Wednesday, a meatless Tuesday and daily meatless meals, plus a porkless Saturday, aim to curb consumption. Sugar intake should drop with fewer sweet drinks as part of the program.
In a wartime column Uncle Dan persuades Billie to consider compulsory military training at government expense, citing his son Howard's success at a military academy and urging action through the Chamberlain bill to fund training. Billie schemes a plan to secure funds and involve friend Jimmie.
Archaeologists note that in tropical regions a hollow gourd could serve as a natural baby bottle filled with milk. The British Museum houses archaic vases dating six to seven centuries BC, often globular and decorated with knobs thought to hold bells, making the bottle double as a rattle and visual toy for infants.
Icebergs form clusters and long lines driven by currents and storms. Some lines stretch hundreds of miles east of Newfoundland and even cross each other while preserving independent courses. Ice advances into spring ocean lanes in some years, while other years show little ice.
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