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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
2
The Diller Record lists subscription terms of one year in advance and six months in advance with the price of $1.50 for six months. It notes post office registration and second class mailing, with advertising rates by line and business locals until ordered out. Advertising replication details are provided by THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Two thousand women delegates at the California Mothers and Parent Teachers Association meeting in Oakland urge improved home influence for children amid urban housing and modern life. They warn sex and cigarettes dominate the girl’s life and stress purposeful training beyond school for boys and girls to prepare for adulthood.
The piece argues there are only two classes in America the American and the un-American. It highlights a belief in progress through voting and law rather than direct action. It notes a government figure says wartime compensation disbursements total 226 486 891 34 to veterans disabled and surviving dependents.
The disbursements for disability total $192 677 589 48 and death disbursements $33 809 301 86. May disbursements for compensation were $10 575 416 with disability payments at $9 145 288 and dependents of deceased soldiers at $1 430 128. Between June 1 and 15 the Bureau mailed 221 612 checks to cover these disbursements to former service members.
A newspaper-style reflection notes cattle ticks costing 100 million dollars yearly, rats and other vermin causing similar losses, fires costing 240 million and preventable diseases draining resources. The piece urges stopping leaks through better prevention and management.
Naval experts report battleships maneuvering by wireless without crews as firing by wireless enters experiments. They predict a future with man less navies enabling war while citizens stay home.
The remark suggests that when liberty is squeezed on currency some people face a prolonged grim period and an aging, overripe era. It implies frustration with economic or political pressures affecting national ideals and future prospects.
An old saying notes armies march on their stomachs. the passage adds that this comes at the expense of the inhabitants in occupied territories. The observation links supply strain to conquest and occupation impacts.
Dr Hollister of the Pennsylvania health department argues that modern women must maintain gleaming regular teeth to keep male interest. He asserts crooked or unsightly teeth deter men and that a well cared for smile signals attention and desirability.
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt notes that rapid public expectations for chemistry outpace real research limits. It argues analyzing a canned soup’s full chemical makeup would need many chemists for many years, even with top laboratories.
The text explains the extreme rarity and cost of radium. It notes that processing one million pounds of ore may yield only a grain of radium, with a ton of ore giving six to seven milligrams. An authority claims over 50,000 tons of raw material are needed to produce an ounce of radium.
Duquoin Illinois physicians report Doctor Bartz a prominent Campbell Hill surgeon released from the Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Anna after delirium believed caused by defective teeth. Extractions led to rapid recovery and return home.
The French government outlines a program to develop about 4 million horsepower from rivers annually by 1934 to electrify railways and major industries. The Rhone water power project dominates with a 3 billion franc cost, and over 20 smaller schemes are under way, aiming to cut coal imports by redirecting energy use.
In Jeffersonville Indiana the Pastors Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church completes a quilt of unusual design. The project designed by Dr Giles E Mowrer formerly physician at the Indiana reformatory includes emblems of every Masonry branch from the Blue Lodge to the highest rank.
Mrs John son proclaims he is the twentieth child as her husband returns from work to cradle the new baby. The Johnsons mark twenty three years of marriage in East St Louis with a growing brood and city attention.
In Chillicothe Ross County a hill of maple sugar analog found near Chimney Rock. Clinton F. Houser of Chillicothe High School notes sandstone layers with a peculiar hard middle rock yielding a maple molasses like solution. Researchers suggest historical shoreline deposition and a guim like formation washed ashore.
A conductor yells for a passenger to board a New York Central train at once while she delays to kiss her sister. The scene captures the conductor’s practical aid during travel and a brief social moment aboard the railcar.
First publication June 10 last June 24 1921 notice of hearing in Jefferson County Nebraska. A. H. Colman petitions that James M. Price died intestate around July 9 1891 owning Lot 2 Block 10 First Addition to Diller and other Jefferson County real estate. Heirs at law are Mary J. Price Purley W Price Joseph A Price and Thomas P Price. Hearing set for July 12 1921 at 9:00 AM in Fairbury Nebraska. Louis J. Nutziman County Judge Heasty Barnes attorneys for petitioner.
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