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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
2
The page details subscription terms and local advertising rates. It highlights President Wilson urging farmer cooperation for the war effort and notes tax filing extensions and penalties. It also reports Y M C A war work, letter campaigns, and Nebraska town records in farming and industry.
Citizens urged to file returns and pay income tax promptly as a patriotic contribution to fund the war, likening tax payments to purchasing Liberty Bonds and aiding the effort to make the world safe for democracy.
Jacoes de Tourzel, sieg neur of Ambert, issued a 1481 decree ordering a funnel to be placed in the mouth of anyone selling watered milk and pouring it out until a doctor says no more. The impure butter seller faces a pillory with the butter crushed on his head until melted by sun.
President Wilson set government guaranteed prices for the 1918 wheat crop with interior markets from 2.00 to 2.28 per bushel. Omaha handles 2.15, beating 1917’s 2.09. Chicago stands at 2.20.
A fragment notes progress in self government versus imperialism in the world war context and cites a Chicago man who challenged an auto salesman for a sample as an example of nerve.
The passage notes Secretary McAdoo must raise a billion dollars in liberty bonds revise railway time cards manage wage demands and ensure freight moves efficiently while meeting job seekers and contractors.
Maj. Arthur Black with the Greater Des Moines committee and 200 soldiers husked 440 acres of corn near Camp Dodge. The unit cleared 40 acres in 40 minutes, averaging an acre per minute.
At Wilber the Saline county council of defense chaired by B V Kahout reports over 30000 in war savings stamps sold last week and an equal amount pledged. Wilber residents back the United States war effort with only two draft eligible men left. Several young men have joined the Bohemian legion bound for France as others prepare for military service.
A railroad official touring a town station house found two wooden pails with a handmade sign reading These pails for fire and sinking water. The sign caused surprise and amusement during the inspection visit reported by the Indianapolis News.
Union Stock Yards Omaha February 27 cattle run light at 4700 head with two days’ supply about 3000 short of a week ago. Demand from packers and shippers was active with steady to stronger early prices. Late trade slow to 10 cents lower amid talk of railroad equipment shortages. Best lambs at 16.86 and feeders steady amid stronger overall market for sheep and lambs.
Quotations on cattle show ranges from good to choice beeves at 12.50 to 18.25 dollars and hogs lower by 25 to 40 cents with tops near 17.15. Lambs and sheep were active with prices 16.25 to 16.85 for young lambs and ewes priced up to 16.50, overall modest gains and steady demand through the day.
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