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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for the Diller Record with a one year advance at $1.50 and six months at $0.75. It states mail transmission as second class matter and advertising rates upon application. Local business ads run until ordered out at 5 cents per line per insertion.
Friday March 19 1915 report credits New Republic with noting a swift shift from a poor year in 1914 to widespread order backlogs in U S shipyards from Bath Maine to Newport News Virginia. Firms have contracts for forty eight ships with sixty more negotiations. prices up about 15 percent and a British company orders two ships locally, signaling expansion in passenger cargo tanker and oil carrier construction.
A columnist urges youths to pursue farming and other paths with intelligence and persistence, noting abundant opportunities and the need to work ten years to secure a lasting livelihood. The piece also highlights a Department of Agriculture bulletin on eradicating the housefly, urging early action and sanitation to prevent disease. It ends by critiquing naturalized citizens who push the US toward the European war.
The article outlines how a farm or workshop youth becomes a navy recruit through a training station. It details selection, ashore and afloat drills, physical and moral screening, and a six month probation leading to service as a capable bluejacket.
A vivid account of naval recruit instruction shows rival companies staging a lifelike battle with warlike props to persuade the public of service quality. The piece highlights high return rates, character development, and the Navy’s role in disaster relief. It cites floods relief from a midwest Indiana district and the praise of relief workers and flood victims for the training station’s crews.
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