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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
2
Russian economists expect emigration to the United States to drop after the war with Russia having sufficient labor for industry and a surplus. In Washington the sinking of the Lusitania era widens strains with Germany as the British steamer Orduna carrying Americans was allegedly torpedoed.
The state department filed a caveat with the London foreign office insisting that American vessels be judged by international law in British prize court cases. It warns that any orders in council or proclamations not conforming to these principles will not be recognized. The move seems tied to Chicago packing house interests complaints about British prize court methods.
Tse-Ne-Gat a Piute Indian renegade was found not guilty by a federal jury in Denver after four hours of deliberation on the murder of Juan Chacon, a Mexican sheepherder, in March 1914 in southwestern Colorado. The verdict frees him to return to his desert homeland.
Frank, sentenced to life for Mary Phagan murder, was attacked by fellow inmate William Green at the state prison farm. His throat was cut, jugular vein partly severed, and his condition is serious but potentially recoverable.
Ed Kinney, 40, shot and killed Charles Meyers, an insurance agent, on a crowded Grand Island street. Meyers fell in front of the State Bank building and died instantly. Authorities investigated the late afternoon incident on the city’s busiest thoroughfare.
The commission ruled the 18 cent shelled corn rate from Arlington to Kansas City via Omaha was unreasonable and set a maximum of 10.6 cents. A $63 reparation was awarded to Nye, Schneider, Fowler Co of Fremont.
A Sunday hail storm near Fremont Nebraska caused extensive crop damage with corn fields riddled and some losses possible. Hail stones the size of eggs shattered skylights and 396 electric lights were broken. Charles Green and Andreeson Bros. greenhouses were ruined with losses around ten thousand dollars.
Speculation in war shares surges as stocks of companies tied to allied armies surge to record prices. The boom follows news of large contracts for arms ammunition motor vehicles and rail equipment with total sums estimated near five hundred million dollars. Foodstuffs cereals also moved in large shipments to England France and Italy.
The United States plans a reply to Austro Hungarian notes disputing arms shipments from the U S to belligerents. Officials expect Turkey to protest next, with a delay tactic to inform Germany and Austria of the U S stance. Germany acknowledges individuals may sell munitions in neutrals, stressing U S explosive industry growth.
Four dead and scores injured as torrential rains flood central Ohio. Over two million dollars in property damage reported. Hundreds of acres submerged and embankments weakened. Floods of March 1913 exceeded in places but current streams are on the rise.
Washington Postmaster General Burleson raises the parcel post size limit to a combined length and girth of eighty four inches to allow standard fruit and berry cases. A new receipt system is authorized. for one cent the mailing postmaster may issue a receipt with postage stamps affixed and the sender noting the recipient’s name and address.
Vienna dispatches report Austro-Hungarian foreign minister conveyed to the American ambassador that major commercial exchanges occur between the United States and Britain and its allies, while Austro-Hungary and Germany remain shut off from the American market.
Washington reports growing prospects for a billion bushels of wheat. Spring wheat showed its best week of the season across the belt while winter wheat faced unfavorable weather delaying harvest in key regions. Harvesting in southern belt and Pacific coast states proceeds with satisfactory yields.
A girl asks to borrow a new mechanical tune player for the afternoon. The request cites a sleeping baby and aims to keep noise down for a few hours, though no dance is planned.
Advertises Cuticura products for cleansing the skin scalp and hair. Claims trial free samples by mail with a postcard to Boston and notes availability everywhere. Includes phrases about soothing and healing rashes itchiness dandruff and roughness with fragrant emollients.
A portrait-like line praises a man with a steadfast nerve and a compassionate heart. The phrasing elevates him as a sturdy yet humane figure, described through contrasts of strength and kindness.
A tale of jealousy and scandal follows a husband who seeks vengeance after the suitor who won his wife’s heart marries her. The event centers on a troubled marriage and the social fallout.
Venustiano Carranza asserts constitutionalists seek a Jeffersonian Mexico and that President Wilson will back their government. He cites reoccupation of Mexico City and an orderly regime as basis for U.S. support, noting Villa Zapatista capital moved to Cuernavaca and Toluca after the loss of Mexico City.
In Hastings Nebraska H B Stein of Stein Brothers reports fifteen to fifty thousand dollars in goods stolen yearly by shoplifters and clerks. A clerk and his wife have been fined and convicted after signing confessions of recent thefts. The couple resigned and fled to St Joseph with the husband’s father who arrived to settle the fines. The pair wed on July 8.
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