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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
6
In a Missouri Valley county, Beatrice area German farmer a seventy years old died from injuries when a mowing team ran away while he cut grain. A son witnessed the accident as the horses bolted and the farmer was thrown and fatally cut.
The Custer County Democrat has been sold to local buyers who will present it to Horace M. Davis of Ord to manage the paper. Davis must invest several thousand dollars to improve the publication.
In Richardson county near the Kansas line Frank Saylor reports a wheat yield reaching fifty two bushels per acre on a ground measure. The crop is described as high quality and unusually productive for the region.
Dr. B. L. Shellburn is cared for at home after injuries from a Fourth of July accident in Peru.
Beatrice will dedicate the Mennonite hospital this Sunday. Other items note Minden voters approving 15000 in municipal light plant bonds and remarks by Hon. Champ Clark at the Nebraska Epworth assembly. A Fairbury hold up occurred Thursday night as a stranger was relieved of several dollars. James Mooney injured when his binder horses bolted near Beatrice. Conrad Bimer dies on a DeWitt street from heart disease. Mrs. Maddox fatally injured near Carr dies after walking toward a farmhouse. Beatrice petitions circulate for a three year old Charles Glenn's son Frank burned to death. cause listed as accidental ignition. Spontaneous combustion alleged in a fire near Plattsmouth.
The Nebraska Rural Life Commission, invited by the Omaha Commercial Club, designates July 21 or 22 as the meeting date. Secretary Odell notes about thirty to forty commissioners are expected to attend the Omaha gathering.
The text references wheat yields and averages over five years, a possible pardon board decision, and state banks under bank guaranty law. It notes a certificate and notices from Secretary Rouse and the state Banking board, plus unclear remarks about bats and a normal draft. Entities include Ben, Krause, and Wena Nora.
Brooklyn and Newport News yards advance two super battleships named the New York and the Texas. Each displaces about 28 000 tons, carries 14 inch guns, 21 knot speed, over 3000 tons coal, 75 officers and 1500 men. The ships cost about 11 million dollars each and will form the strongest navy in gun power.
The article describes a broad program of federal investment and infrastructure in the early 20th century. It highlights a vision of Uncle Sam as a guardian and driver of economic growth through reclamation, dams, canals, and river development. It notes large expenditures, the Roosevelt dam, and extensive canal building, including links between the Great Lakes, Mississippi, and sea routes. The piece portrays a sweeping mobilization of public works expanding national wealth.
The City of Magnificent Distances earns the label as a booming metropolis with bridle paths boulevards and extensive real estate speculation. Dealers push stakes far from the current limits while the dream of a linked street plan gains traction and investors forecast vast front-foot values. Pierre L. Fant’s Washington of the future is cited as overly optimistic.
The agricultural appropriation bill faced scrutiny as the secretary continued seed purchases on the open market. Reports claim some seed stock was adulterated, prompting farmer responses and questions from the press.
A British Canadian recruitment drive offers harvest laborers routes to Western Canada with rail rates from listed U.S. cities. Agents in Detroit Marquette Syracuse Boston and more will guide applicants to work on Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta fields. Projected wheat yields and profits cited, with application window to last five to six weeks ahead of threshing season.
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