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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
4
F M Tippin files analysis of a political notice announcing Sheriff I Wesely as a candidate for the Republican nomination. The declaration sets August 10 as the primary date and frames the bid as subject to Republican voters.
The column muses on how times have improved in Diller over the last fifty years. It notes comforts such as labor saving devices radio telephone telegraph railroads autos airplanes and access to books and entertainment. It also highlights advances in medical knowledge and care from doctors and surgeons that once meant certain death.
The excerpt extols present comforts and conveniences and argues against longing for the past. It urges readers to stop and consider current blessings, asserting these are the best days for humanity regardless of nostalgia. The tone is reflective and emphatic about progress.
Nine hundred and one thousand persons left American farms last year for cities yet farm output remains ample. Nearly half the departures were offset by births over deaths, leaving a net loss of 479,000. Modern machinery and farming methods reduce needed labor without famine, while moving surplus workers to cities improves farming for those who stay.
A discussion on auto accident victims and the need for state funded injury relief. It notes that owners may face liens on vehicles when drivers cannot pay damages and cites automobile funds as a just provision for protecting citizens.
A column argues that profits from farming should be reinvested in the community through better schools, equipment, homes, and infrastructure. It cautions against Iowa residents buying distant property with surplus earnings and emphasizes local duty. The piece lightly comments on women writers and a peculiar anecdote about a man seeking to talk first at a neighbor’s door.
The passage argues that quitting a venture when it fails earns more respect than continuing futile efforts. It notes that a man who fails is judged harshly like a drunken gambler, while successful men are vilified for greed and seen as targets of abuse.
Fragmentary note suggests a discussion of a map and possible new insight beyond common knowledge. Details unclear but hints at exploration, origins, and a reader’s remark about novelty under the sun.
A speaker recalls a past voyage experience in a steam ship room and misery. The steward suggested a remedy that supposedly never failed, and the speaker had used it for several days. The narrator notes that good advice often does not apply to their own situation.
Popular Science Monthly notes a rising demand for germs from laboratories and hospitals. Lister Institute workers culture and bottle millions of germs for shipment worldwide, with varied tastes as beef tea and eggs, while the flu germ requires constant incubator care to avoid dying.
A St Croix Courier poem extols the horse as a simple reliable companion free of maintenance woes. It praises self starting vigor no engine parts to fail and steady inner tubes and spark plugs while contrasting with modern cars and their costs.
Article discusses 1925 US and state highway funding through motor vehicle licenses gasoline taxes and related taxes. It highlights federal aid expansion under the 1921 act, bridges built with federal help, and rising gasoline tax receipts projected to reach about $200 million annually by 1926. It quotes Thomas H. MacDonald on modern road development and the shift to a national highway system.
The article estimates excise, wheelage, gasoline and car taxes at $749,930,760 and total motor industry costs near $1.0949 billion, excluding land, corporate, and state taxes. It notes federal road aid of about $100 million annually, $460 million over eight years, and motor taxes of $873 million during 1918–1925, arguing federal support spurred a national highway system with higher standards and unified planning across states.
The article states states have built 65 000 miles of highways without federal aid, about two thirds of the 200 000 mile national system, with federal supervision over construction and maintenance and authority to require proper upkeep.
A woman asks a lover for clarity on past relationships and learns he counts five prior female relatives including his mother and sisters. The exchange reveals his distant, blunt attitude as she reacts with disbelief and resolves to probe more precisely.
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