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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
2
Public notice from Diller Nebraska post office about second class mail transmission rates. Rates are 6 cents per line per insertion for business locals and advertising rates are available upon application. Post office will continue running locals until ordered out.
An 1917 era summary notes U S Supreme Court rulings voiding declarations of intention after seven years affecting Nebraska voters. It highlights Boy Scouts of America aiding war information efforts and sugar beet pricing disputes in North Platte Nebraska with growers seeking $12 per ton for 1918 beets amid labor issues in northwest Nebraska.
Secretary Baker announced that at the start of 1918 the United States Army included 1,428,650 enlisted men and 110,865 officers, far exceeding any prior mobilization. He noted that during the Spanish American War the peak Army had 272,000. current forces are about six times larger. About 45,000 officers were commissioned from civil use in two training camp series, about eight times the Regular Army count on April 1, 1917.
Secretary McAdoo urges merchants to stop accepting Liberty Loan Bonds in payment for merchandise. He believes such bartering undermines bond sales, discourages thrift, and raises current expenditures by pushing bonds onto the open market, hindering future issues. He calls for purchases with savings to fund the government and conserve labor and materials.
A wartime call urges Americans to save wheat and switch to corn to feed France, England, and Italy. It highlights corn surplus, easy shipment, and patriotic duty, claiming huge bushel surpluses and that saving a quarter of last year's intake could sustain fighters without personal sacrifice.
The council modified its order on German language catechism in parochial schools. It allows pupils to finish the year in German and extends the deadline until Easter before switching to English, as requested by the Missouri synod.
The Kansas City Star reports the new draft law does not raise the national army age limit. It adds those who turned 21 since June 1917 to registration. The War Department rejected increasing the limit beyond 31. The army seeks young, carefree men to serve abroad, with seven hundred thousand more potential recruits estimated.
The Canadian food controller denounces widespread Made in Germany stories as baseless. Officials note such tales echo earlier U S denials about fake salt and blueing products and rumors of seizing home canned goods. The statement warns these fabrications erode public trust and urges individuals to refrain from spreading them.
The United States Food Administration emphasizes voluntary action by all citizens to conserve food. It calls for equal sharing of burden through minute savings and substitutions in millions of homes and catering establishments nationwide.
Union Stock Yards Omaha Neb Jan 23 Cattle receipts about 7 400 head, demand restricted by transport, prices unevenly lower. Best beeves around 1306, most trading 10.25 11.75 or 15.25 lower than last week. Hogs 19 500 head, steady to lower, later firming to near Monday levels, 16.15 top, most 15.75 16.00. Lambs light sweep 18 600 head, light weight sold 16.75 17.00, heavy and rough lambs lower, aged stock steady, feeder trade steady.
Auction figures show lambs and ewes offered at varied prices. Lambs feed and shorn categories range from $11.50 to $19.00 with culls around $14.00. Yearlings and breeders appear, including mothers and ewes in fair to choice quality priced between $7.50 and $13.00, with broader ranges noted.
U S stock raisers urged to conserve flocks and herds to meet Europe s vast postwar meat demand. England France Denmark and Holland reduce cattle and dairy herds due to feed and price constraints while American production shifts toward meat animals and dairy outputs to fill the future gap.
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