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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
A wartime exhortation notes the importance of Liberty Loan Bonds as safe investments and tax exempt, urges enlistment and registration, and warns Nebraskans that 130000 residents will register with a 6000 quota soon to be drafted. It emphasizes Uncle Sam’s readiness and the penalty for failing to register.
The quote asserts that capable leaders at the helm possess superior knowledge of ongoing events and will guide society to safety, underscoring trust in experienced authority.
Government directive orders all alien enemies who leave after April 2 to surrender firearms bombs or explosives and those residing within half a mile of forts camps arsenals or yards to relocate by June 1. Immediate removal with summary arrest for those deemed dangerous. United States marshals empowered to enforce.
National Emergency Food Garden Commission delivers seeds to the White House executive office to start a White House farm on Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Place Washington. Secretary McAdoo calls thousands of Treasury employees to cultivate land amid wartime food shortages and rising world demand.
Members of the Council of National Defense weigh urging President Wilson to halt liquor production and sales nationwide. Fiscal year 1916 figures indicate 1332 breweries and 66 distilleries would close under war prohibitions, tying liquor output to food needs for the nation. Executive power hinges on Attorney General Gregory and possible congressional legislation.
Colonel Tom Majors of Peru reports a U S Army cannon kept at Brownsville from the Civil War era will be moved for the Semi Centennial Celebration parade. The gun, once feared during a feared Indian raid, remains Uncle Sam property and will be returned to service for the event.
Fragmentary text hints at a Nebraska themed verse with hopeful lines and distant references to a gate or doorway. The readable portion evokes evening imagery and local pride without clear events or names.
The committee will bring together governors from Iowa Illinois New York Kansas and other states for a large Republican gathering in Nebraska. Governors Harding Lowden Whitman Capper are expected to attend with speakers addressing farmers and voters across Illinois Iowa Kansas Colorado Wyoming and South Dakota.
The piece highlights Henry Holcomb Bennett’s poem The Flag Goes By and ties its spirit to Nebraska’s SemiCentennial Celebration in Lincoln June 12 to 14. Nebraskans pledge loyalty to the Union as the capital city prepares a red white and blue display for National Flag Day on June 13 and a statewide jubilation event.
The Nebraska Museum of History plans a large display in Lincoln city auditorium for June 12 to 14. Among items gathered statewide are Pawnee Coffin collection of household utensils and crafts, Whitcomb Civil War relics, Searle Philippine relics, Morrill chipped stone implements, and Hemple dollec.
Tuesday receipts rise to about 7 500 cattle with beef steers and butchers' stock down 10 15 as prices break. Hogs trade about 50 60 cents lower with tops at 15 55 while sheep and lambs fall about 1.00 for the two days amid uneven demand and demoralized markets east.
Treasury transfers funds to sub treasuries to maintain cash flow. The excerpt outlines the movement of money from central accounts to local financial offices as part of government liquidity management.
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County Probate notice directs creditors of the estate of Sarah A deceased to meet the executor on July 14 1917 for allowance. Publication appears in the Diller Record. Dated May.
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