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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
4
An 1915 advertisement and column digest discuss the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco and plans for parkways, then pivot to cautionary notes on speech, stock futures for unborn calves, and social commentary. It appeals for unity, notes private land contributions, and reflects wartime American sentiment and humor.
The author argues that justice requires the state to provide a public defender alongside a public prosecutor. He cites the axiom that it is better for ten guilty men to escape than for one innocent to be punished. He laments the prevailing rush to prosecute on mere accusation and urges balanced legal defense as a state obligation.
The article traces English Persian walnuts growth in the United States from early curiosities to commercial crops. It highlights California’s rise as a major producer, yields rising from 6 million pounds in 1897 to over 12 million by 1905 and nearing a million bearing trees by 1912. It notes grafting on black walnut stock improves hardiness and yield, with Maryland testing and purchasing 1,200 English walnut trees for experiments.
Rural article urges gradual feeding changes, promotes corn as king, and warns against scrub stock. It cites rising English walnut plantings in California and western states, noting 24 million pounds of nuts produced, 10 000 bearing trees in Oregon, and steady prices around $300 a ton. It discusses soil, moisture, climate needs and regional potential from Massachusetts to New Jersey for walnut farming.
Deep soil orchards show grass mulch less harm than shallow soils where roots cannot escape drought. On ordinary soils grass weakens trees, reduces vigor, and lowers fruitfulness. pasturing offers partial relief but cannot fully overcome the damage. A long, practical DIY note follows on constructing a roller from old parts and iron rods.
The note warns of seed shortages for crimson clover due to war and reliance on Europe. It describes a low cost hand harvester a farmer can build for one dollar, and advises sowing in hull, using 12 to 15 bushels per acre, and avoiding seed over two years old to prevent heating. It urges timely sowing and保存.
Fertilizer manufacturers plan to use current potash stocks to raise fertilizer mixtures to at least two to three percent potash for next spring. Belief is strong that sufficient supply exists in the country. In the interim farmers are urged to utilize their own farmyard manures to take advantage of potash locally.
London officials report British aeroplanes conduct successful scouting flights as winds roar at ninety miles per hour half a mile up, highlighting resilience and testing in severe weather conditions.
A man named Jerkins was said to be cured of severe insomnia purely by suggestion after his wife advised him to sit up and amuse the baby. The anecdote highlights a striking, simple remedy yielding rapid relief.
A witty exchange is attributed to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer fragment where one speaker teases a friend who believes life has nothing left to teach him. The line frames the friend as the sole living alumnus of the school of experience.
A Life newspaper cartoon scene shows a wife urging her husband to hurry as she struggles with buttoning a dress in the back. The husband replies that he has never dealt with a dress buttoned behind before.
Mrs Ida Mae Hastings Smith seeks to adopt four year old Patrick Warren Hastings to secure inheritance. Frederick L Smith joins in the petition. Warren Hastings is deceased. The child was found at a mission by Mrs Lee C Hackett and placed in guardianship of Emily F Roley.
A 14 year old boy, Dacy Bambrick, rode from Houston to New York with stopovers in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Washington, spending 50 cents for the journey. He rode in trains and on brake beams, lived on water bread, and now prefers staying home. He was remanded to the Children's Society for contact with his grandparents.
The rock lies at the base of Jebel Musa in Sinai, eighteen to twenty feet high with worn indentations and slits. Revered in the Bedouin tradition and referenced in the Koran, it has drawn Christian pilgrims since the Middle Ages who carved crosses on its side.
A Scottish writer protests in a London journal against the plural kilts for Highland dress. He argues the proper term is a kilt, a single garment, and notes soldiers in greatcoats and Persian vashmaks as parallels. The piece presses linguistic accuracy in reference to Scottish attire.
A Milwaukee Journal reflection urges readers to earn others respect through personal virtue. It warns against tearing others down to feel superior and notes that pointing out flaws does not prove virtue. The piece advises self-improvement as the path to deserved esteem.
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