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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1914
Page
4
Notice indicates advertising rates and transmission terms for second class mail at the Diller Nebraska post office. Business locals run until ordered out, charged at five cents per line per insertion, with rates made known on application.
A set of notices announces candidates for County Commissioner in Jefferson County Nebraska First District. George F. Riddle Sherman Rowe Aues C. W. Rower Gill Omer Yeakle seek Republican Progressive or Democratic support in the August 18 1914 primary. Each pledges to serve if nominated and elected.
Clyde O. Marthis announces candidacy for Jefferson County Clerk Nebraska subject to Republican primaries on August 18 1914. A Fehlman also proclaims candidacy for county clerk in Jefferson County Nebraska seeking party support.
Jefferson County voters hear candidate notices from C. G. Catlin B. Cropsey and Igaig Ege. They publish intent to run for county treasurer subject to Republican primary in August 1914. Official notices list candidates and election context for the comi election.
County Judge Louis J. Nutzman announces candidacy for the nonpartisan county judge nomination at the August 18 primary. He asks voters for support from friends and urges participation in the election.
L R Lambert announces candidacy for a Jefferson county seat pending Democratic Party approval. He notes thirty six years residence in Rock Creek precinct and asks voters for support. Blauser joins in seeking party endorsement and public backing.
A candidate announces on Republican and Progressive tickets from Jefferson County district. Joan P. Triessen appears as a key name in the filing and campaign report across party lines with district level implications.
Candidate L. Shaffer announces run for county supervisor in Jefferson County and for county superintendent in Nebraska. Both statements request support from Republican and Progressive electors in the upcoming 1914 primaries on August 18 for the county and August 18th, 1914 for the superintendent race.
A Springfield man rose early to light a fire but collapsed and died before completing the task. The report notes no wife would urge her husband to take such risk.
A Missouri newspaper relays a report from a correspondent who admits he can either drink or abstain, but remains actively drinking. The piece highlights ongoing struggles with alcohol and the reporter’s personal conflict in reporting the tale.
Mexico covers 750000 square miles while the United States proper exceeds 3000000 square miles. The figures highlight the size difference between the two nations.
Delegates at the International Sunday School convention pass resolutions urging a federal marriage and divorce act a single gender purity standard strict vice laws a ban on lotteries gambling censor moving pictures abolition of under sixteen child labor the destruction of liquor traffic and the promotion of international peace with Sabbath observance.
The article notes thousands of cattle and horses die each year from contact with energized fences during thunderstorms. It advises grounding fences every few rods and suggests iron posts as a cost effective grounding alternative every six to eight rods, replacing ordinary posts to provide a proper ground.
An Italian mid wife in Chicago leads a ward with two generations of dark-skinned babies born under her influence. Her husband, a machine politician, guides her vote. She commands about 500 Italian women voters and uses an auto and driver to canvass election day. The women admire and would die for her.
Experiments in Nebraska Experiment Station Bulletin 5 show disking after the binder conserves moisture and fights weeds. Disking loosens surface soil to retain water and kills most weeds, though very dry harvests may require weights to deepen the cut.
President Wilson names Thomas D. Jones a director of the International Harvester Company to chair the Federal Reserve Board under the new currency law. Jones told the Senate Banking Committee he voted against terms sought by Attorney General Wickersham against the Harvester trust and noted his election involved George W. Perkins Cyrus McCormick and Mr Deering. He affirmed alignment with the International Harvester policy.
Government experts say 1,694 men own over a hundred million acres of timber lands, about one twentieth of the land between Canada and Mexico. Sixteen holders hold 47.8 million acres, while three railroads could grant fifteen acres to every eligible male in nine western states. The piece notes lax enforcement and calls into question restoring the lands.
Henry Abrams, a long time Jefferson Reed resident, seeks the Democratic nomination for Superintendent of Schools. He graduated from Fairbury High School in 1908 and Peru in 1910, holds a teaching certificate, and has five years of experience teaching in rural and village schools.
The concise counsel urges moderation in daily habits. It covers减少饮酒多呼吸少吃多嚼少骑多步少穿少洗多烦恼少工作多浪费少给予多写信给杰斯多读多讲少练习多。
The reader is encouraged to act on the high cost of living by tending crops this season and securing a garden plot for next spring. Questions about potato crops, bean rows, corn stalks, beets, cabbage, and chickens prompt timely action and planning.
Paris faces a looming exposure targeting a top French statesman. The private life scandal fuels a moral reform push affecting President Poincaré and other officials. The case ties to the Caillaux murder and broader calls for stricter marital standards in politics.
In Waterloo Iowa seventeen year old Glenn Trapp earned about 800 dollars from two acres he leased near Des Moines during a single summer. He lived in a tent on the plot, grew onions, melons, potatoes and sweet corn, and sold nearly 600 bushels of onions receiving a good price. He hopes to fund college with proceeds from farming experience.
Thomas J. Dixon, a Denver attorney, frightened a burglar at his home by brandishing a silver mounted hairbrush and ordering him to surrender. The intruder fled over a fence before police arrived, vanishing from the scene.
Dr J Crumbine secretary of the Kansas state board of health urges men to wear white in hot weather and avoid dark fabrics to reduce heat stress. He likens black clothing to heat absorption and says white attire promotes health and calm, discouraging ice water as a health menace.
Three years ago Patrick J. Kerrigan helped a young woman near Deer Trail Colorado by killing a rettiesnake. Later he killed coyotes threatening her stock. They fell in love and married at St Patrick's church in North Denver.
In Janesville Wisconsin clubwomen set a local drive offering 10 cents per 100 dead ties for a campaign. Despite aims, the committee mailed 00 cents to a Boy Scout in Star Mississippi, nine year old Wayne Rogers, who had read of the Janesville fight and started an envelope with a note to a young fan.
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