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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
4
Local notices announce candidates for Jefferson County Nebraska County Commissioner First District. Names include Geo F Riddle Rohrbaugh Gill Homme Yeakle and Peter Gill. Primaries at August 18 1914 with party backing and voting guidance.
A candidate for Jefferson County Clerk in Nebraska announces his bid. Clyde O. Arthis, aged 6, states he will stand in the primary on August 18, 1914. Signed by A. Fehlman.
C. G. Catlin announces candidacy for county treasurer subject to electors in the Republican primary. B. Cropsey also files as candidate for treasurer in Jefferson County to be decided by the August 18, 1914 election.
Representative candidate from Jefferson County announces his bid for the 82nd district on Democratic, Republican, and Progressive tickets. He has resided in Rock Creek for thirty six years and appeals to voters for approval and endorsement.
A primary election was conducted on August 18 1914 with Mr. Harrison as a leading candidate. The brief notice records the event and references the official role overseeing the race.
An anecdote recalls a man praising a department store window display as a jewel case while his companion scolds him for a curset. Another passerby follows and derisively calls it a chicken coop, highlighting a clash of remarks.
A brief overview notes Mexico's structure thirty-one states five Atlantic fifteen inland eleven Pacific coastlines and an area of 767005 square miles. It lists the 1910 census figures 15063207 people with 20 percent white 37 percent Indian 43 percent mixed and cites Mexico City with 470659 inhabitants.
The U S consul at Chihuahua estimates American owned property in Mexico at 1 057 770 000, Mexican property at 793 187 242, and British owned at 321 302 800. U S exports to Mexico in November 1913 accounted for about three quarters, while U S imports exceeded 50 percent. Rail orders in June reached 210 000 tons with 30 000 tons for export. car orders totalled 16 500, the highest monthly total of the year, including 8 400 for New York Central Lines and 2 000 box cars for Merchants Dispatch and Transportation Co.
Nebraska residents will vote on three amendments. The first allows the legislature to decide tax rules for property, potentially exempting homesteads. The Norton five sixths jury amendment would permit a civil verdict by five sixths. The third would raise governor salary to five thousand dollars and attorney general to four thousand with small boosts for other officers.
The university campus anti removal booklet argues against displacement if voters order removal. Fifteen pages explain costs and outcomes, with Regents Coupland and Haller’s reply included. It notes four regents oppose removal versus two in favor, cites required funds, campus expansion costs, and dormitory concerns, and mentions urban campus advantages.
New bills before Congress push for a national university. The National Association of State Universities has long urged such a measure. Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown of New York University argues the time has come for broad public discussion of the university’s scope and national impact.
John Fortune, a mall carrier in Atchison Kansas, created a 5 by 9 foot canvas map of the United States using colored postage stamps. The work features state outlines, great rivers, the Canadian border, and a central Virginia depiction of the Declaration of Independence. Fortune plans leasing it to stores for contests and to support his idea of a national university backed by government and private funds.
The passage calls for centralization of government and academic findings to strengthen national unity. It argues that state and private universities both in the U S and abroad should contribute on every subject affecting the country, acknowledging the impact of interlinked industries and international commerce.
Madison reports Dr. William Allen head of New York municipal research warns against banning public discussion of vice for ten years. He argues the anti vice crusade injures poor girls and cites no evidence of rising vice. Rev. E G Updike notes moral conditions and student conduct improving.
Ninety nine railways of the United States operated about 120,901 miles and carried 409,808,488 passengers in the last fiscal year without a single passenger fatality. The combined mileage matches major European totals, and the group includes 299 lines contributing to the immunity record.
In Wichita Falls Texas a county convict risked his freedom to rescue Joe Perdue who drifted beyond his depth at the Fort Worth end Denver railroad lake. Perdue’s cries drew the rescuer to plunge in and bring him ashore before drowning. The convict earned his liberty as a reward for the lifesaving act. Also from Janesville Wisconsin forty two year old Philo Thomas, born 1833, still wears knee high boots bought in 1872 noted by bootmaker Gilbert Evenson who recalls they cost twelve to fifteen dollars and were handmade of French calf.
A Cleveland Leader snippet records a witty exchange about a skirt described as a perfect symphony yet criticized as poorly conducted. The humor hinges on the quip that the garment drags, prompting playful banter.
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