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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
The piece laments rising costs and urges strict thrift in daily life. It contrasts grandparents careful penny pinching with modern overspending and highlights trimming meat, seeking bargains, and watching ads to stretch limited resources. It notes economy at the butcher and cautions against frills in dining and shopping.
The government of the United States funds itself by taxation or by selling bonds. A bond is a printed promise to repay borrowed money at a set time with periodic interest. The loan terms come from legislation approved by the President, backed by the nation’s taxing power and wealth.
The readable text is garbled and offers no coherent event or names. It mentions reduction, mowers, and a promise, but lacks verifiable details to summarize as a news item.
In wartime reporting a fragment notes strikes and labor actions amid tense cycles. The text hints at workers seeking terms and authorities weighing responses while the public watches economic and social impacts unfold.
A fragment hints at a royal bread line led by a king figure with peers offering support. The text is fragmented and names are unclear, but suggests a charitable or ceremonial setup involving daily sustenance.
A historic call states that African Americans will prove loyal to the federal government and fight for human rights as the nation enters war. It urges defense of the nation and the ideals of right and fair play, despite ongoing discrimination. It emphasizes courage, loyalty, and trust in Black citizens to do their part.
A wartime appeal urges readers to DIG IN for the price of a war bond. It ties personal sacrifice at home in the garden to national effort in the trenches, framing savings as support for families and the war’s glory.
In modern conflict nations fund futures by issuing long term bonds for descendants to pay. The remark contrasts scarcer immediate sustenance with finance driven survival, signaling shift from material hardship to debt laden rebuilding across generations.
The statement argues that Congress cannot suppress free expression regarding the man voters chose. It frames the issue as an enduring limit on legislative power over public discourse and political accountability.
The notice lists items and quantities such as pounds of potatoes and sugar, coffee tea butter beef beans, ammunition and rifles, blankets cots tents socks shirts shoes and suits. It notes that $50 buys a cooking range for 150 men and $50 equips one soldier for the front while $500 sustains him for a year.
Government plans absolute control on munition price changes and proposes a federal commission to regulate food prices and jail price boosters. A Confederate Union soldiers reunion at Vicksburg, Oct 16 to 19, was canceled per railroad officials in Lincoln after talks with veterans, likely due to scarce rail equipment during the war hindering large crowds.
Ruth Law, famed aviator, declares the advancing school for flying essential to master tricks once viewed as daredevil acts. She asserts that modern flying demands disciplined training and skill beyond showy stunts.
A historical letter argues against the slaughter of millions of calves yearly many under three weeks old. It claims cities face high meat costs while farmers slaughter calves to meet demand, suggesting saving calves would ease shortages and alter the national meat supply.
A fragment in the June 3 issue explores Liberty Bond purchases and their real value for funds and consumer goods, highlighting government bonds as wartime finance and consumer impacts in New York.
Miss Law, an expert in aerial maneuvers, discusses loops dives tail spins and other stunts. She notes these are not dangerous when done properly and cites France's Pau flying center where advanced training shapes modern fighter pilots.
German POWs at Fort McPherson will tilled land to boost food production in the United States. Authorities plan compensation under international law and allocate nearby land to grow enough to feed the prisoners and U S soldiers if possible. The prisoners no longer salute the flag and stay in their quarters after the war declaration.
Free Methodist minister the Rev. Arthur Co. Palmer from Followsbee West Virginia credits his life to his Bible after a rifle shot from an ambush failed to wound him. The bullet lodged in the Bible he carried under his arm following threats demanding reforms in the city.
A miner who died in Bolivia, where timber is scarce, was placed in a coffin made from empty dynamite boxes. The coffin arrived unplaned and unpainted and bore warnings to keep cool and stow away from boilers. Local mining customs required the company to supply coffin timber.
Receipts were moderate for Tuesday with about 4500 head at Union Stock Yards South Omaha. Active buying by packers and shippers pushed prices higher by up to 10 cents. Choice heavy beeves brought 13.00 to 13.20, choice yearlings 12.50 to 12.86, cows and heifers steady around 12.50 to 12.85.
The report shows cattle and hog prices with ranges for good to choice cows and heifers, veal calves and stockers. Hogs decline 10c with tops at 15.50 and most sales around 15.15 to 15.45. Sheep and lambs trade slow and lower with lambs 13.50 to 14.35, spring lambs 15.50 to 17.00, and feeders 12.00 to 14.25.
Notice of sheriff sale in Jefferson County Nebraska in the case Milner v Ballard. On July 9 1917 at 2 PM the lot seven in block thirteen of Diller will be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy a judgment of 645 70 with 10 percent interest from May 29 1917 plus 18 50 costs and accruing costs. Sheriff John G Rawlis handles the sale. attorney W J Moss represents the plaintiff.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Sarah deceased to present claims to the executor before the Jefferson County county judge in the county court room on November 14 1917 at nine oclock for examination adjustment and allowance. Six months from November 14 1917 to file claims. Published in the Dillera ee for four weeks.
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