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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
4
A wartime poem by Emma Finty Cox praising the Red Cross role in war and urging readers to support it. It links home front sacrifice to relief for soldiers abroad and emphasizes mercy across enemies and allies alike. The piece underscores the Red Cross as essential to morale and victory.
Italian soldiers study The Star Spangled Banner translated by the American Red Cross. A memorial postcard bearing the Allied coat of arms will circulate in the trenches signaling Allied unity. Paul A. Kellogg lauds Red Cross relief in Italy and urges continued support for reconstruction and refugee aid.
Harbine notes cover visits by the Campbell and Cuthbert families to Fairbury, local events with Miss Ella Sturmer, and Addie Sandman returning from Manhattan Kansas. Banking family Arnold and weekly social, church, and school items are listed with health updates and community notices. The piece reports weather, travel to camp Funston, a children’s day program, and the school term closing with 50 pupils.
Nebraska exceeded its Red Cross campaign quota of 1,000,000 dollars by 6 pm the Saturday before opening night on May 20. The drive, launched Monday May 20, reached 100 percent over subscription within a week, signaling strong public support.
The Bureau of Standards at Washington warns that some merchants use dishonest weights. Every kitchen should have small scales for weighing articles bought by the pound. Scales can be purchased for two dollars or less and honest merchants will welcome their use.
The Agronomy Department of the College of Agriculture advises using the harrow to combat weeds that appear after rains and when labor is scarce. It should be used on corn while plants are 5 to 6 inches high and continued as soon as the ground dries enough.
The note explains continuing work until the corn is large enough and seeds face a setback. It emphasizes shaping the ground for the cultivator and maintaining progress to ensure productive planting conditions.
Federal Food Administrator Gordon W Watters announces that every retail merchant in the state buying eggs from producers and selling to others must obtain a license and candling the eggs before settlement with the producer. The aim is to reduce eggs unfit for human food entering the market, since eggs have rarely been candled before reaching the wholesaler or commission man.
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