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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
3
The universal service bill outlines a two million strong force through a draft or volunteers with ages 18 to 40 eligible. It provides for a 300000 Regular Army, 625000 special troops, and two drafts of 500000, along with exemptions for officers ministers and those opposed to war.
A sweeping draft plan would mobilize about 2,001,000 armed men including a 1,000,000 man conscript army with 500,000 initial quota plus 655,000 from regulars and National Guard. It also imposes drastic prohibition rules near camps and clubs and notes Roosevelt’s limited role. expects Germany to fear this buildup while Britain and France eye American training first.
Journal notes list a series of professional and religious gatherings across Omaha and Lincoln. Events include state medical and press associations, postmasters, funeral directors, holiness camp meetings, Sunday school conventions, a semi centennial, golf tournament, and railway police meet.
A light exchange notes a cold damp spring with strong sun roasting the land. The brief comments capture a stubborn chill followed by unexpected heat in a regional climate pattern.
An advertisement claims a small bottle of freezone will remove corns and calluses from feet with a few drops directly on the lesion. It says the ether compound dries and shrivels the corn, allowing it to be lifted off with the fingers, with quick relief and no skin irritation.
Dix-The one who loved and lost hints at the wedding’s twist revealing a fortunate man. The brief item centers on a romantic couple and social implications within the ceremony setting.
Custer county farmers will plant hundreds of acres in beans this year led by Charles Armstroy Dry Valley with fifty acres and H F Burnham Clear Creek with thirty acres J G Beard and Clifford Lomax Sargent adding a combined one hundred acres. Prairie land is best for growing beans with expected yields of fifteen to twenty bushels per acre as prices range from 18 to 22 cents a pound.
A campaign to inaugurate a silo on every village county this summer aims to aid farmers in stock raising and food conservation. The Union Bank will loan the necessary amount at 2 percent to enable farmers to construct silos.
The Fremont Gun Club voted to aid food production by turning its ten acre shooting tract into navy beans, dedicating the land to agricultural use for the war effort.
The Alliance chapter of the Red Cross has been enlisting volunteers and organizing community relief efforts. Local leaders urge residents to join drives, provide aid, and support emergency response training for forthcoming weather events.
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