Registration for War Service Begins in June
President Wilson issues the selective draft proclamation setting June 5 from 7 AM to 9 PM as the registration window for men aged 21 to 31. Exemptions apply to certain workers and dependents. aliens must register. prisoners and inactive workers face penalties for noncompliance. Recruits receive $30 monthly, with pay increases for those already earning more.
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Wilson
United States
War Department
Army
Navy
Marine
National Guards
Baker
Bei Hogen
Select Service Army
Otenoue
Allied Powers Rally to Halt Axis Naval Advance
The article warns that the United States must marshal its full energy to defeat Germany as France England Italy and Russia assist. It contends Japan could be emboldened and may strike, potentially bringing captured British and French fleets into Axis hands.
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United States
Germany
France
England
Italy
Russia
Farmers urged to plant big crops for war effort
The message calls on farmers in 1917 to plant a large corn and potato crop as high prices persist for a year after the war and to aid the war of human liberty.
Sixty Columbia Students Pledge Against Conscription
Sixty Columbia University students sign a pledge denouncing compulsory military service and calling for peaceful action. The pledge expresses concern over conscription and urges student solidarity and lawful protest.
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Columbia
Colonel Roosevelt Acceptance and Earthquake Courtroom Controversy
The article notes Colonel Roosevelt accepting the Semi Centennial invitation in typical strenuous style and a typewritten letter. A San Francisco courtroom scene follows with an earthquake shaking chandeliers and ceiling, prompting a jawed exchange about continuing cross examination and divine wrath.
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Roosevelt
Ress
San Francisco
Roosevelt Letter on Americanism in Centenary Speech
Theodore Roosevelt accepts an invitation to speak at Nebraska's semi centennial in mid June 1917. He calls for absolute national unity and preparedness, praising a Swiss style militia and urging loyalty above race creed or foreign ties. He condemns divisions by German Irish or English American lines and urges Americans to judge nations by their conduct.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
America
Nebraska
Lincoln
Avery
Bushnell
Raise the Standard and Seek a Higher Self
The text urges individuals to constantly raise their personal standards beyond past ideals. It argues that one should aspire and push for greater openness, patience, purity, and power, lest they fall behind newer, higher benchmarks set by society.
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Nic
Modern overwork blamed for fatigue says Dr Lee
Dr F E Lee of Columbia University says fatigue stems from the intensity and frequency of muscular acts. He notes labor-saving machinery raises the muscle workload, as workers at machines perform more intense repetitions without rest.
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F 8. Lee
Columbia University
Spider Locomotion Revealed By Leg Movement Study
A naturalist observed eight leg motion by tiring spiders to swim then letting them walk slowly. He notes the longest legs travel along their own path by vertical knee bending while shorter legs move forward by rotation from the body joints. He details leg pair coordination among near and off legs.
Lesson for Fathers in Court Questions About a Horse
A father testifies in court that he does not know how his son spends evenings. The judge asks if he keeps a horse and where it is, noting the father takes the barn door to the horse safe and cares for it, implying scrutiny of parental responsibility.
Art of Politeness and Self Sacrifice in Royal Courtesy
A New York Telegram piece discusses true artistic politeness as self denial and equal sacrifice. It cites Lord Starr and Louis XIV yielding precedence in royal processions and an English ambassador obeying his sovereign, illustrating mutual magnanimity and restrained prerogatives.
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Lord Starr
Louis XIV
New York Telegram
Strange Inscriptions on Tombstones in English Epigraphy
An Indiana writer recounts witty and pensive epitaphs from England and America. Lines commemorate Sir James Fullerton and his wife, a long life, faith, and sorrow, with playful and moralizing tones.
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Waltham Abbey
England
James Fullerton
Daniel
Merideth
Thomas
Huddlestone
Alice Dodge
Indiana
Evolution of Windows Through Centuries
The text traces mullioned windows from twelfth and thirteenth centuries using small elliptical or diamond glass pieces in ordinary houses, through the eighteenth century to the early Victorian rectangular sash with wooden frames and glazed squares, noting many examples still seen in New York's old quarters.
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New York
Development of Monarchy in Christian Europe
The conception of monarchy arose from Christianity and the East’s theocracies, underpinning medieval empire and the papacy, with the papal monarchy term used for the popes at height. The old view of the prince as representing God within his realm culminated in the seventeenth century with the divine right of kings.
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The
Modest Goldfish and the Humble Water Plant
A columnist laments ignorance about goldfish behavior and the cruelty of keeping them in clear bowls without hiding moss. The piece argues caretakers neglect to study their habits and subject the fish to torture, suggesting adding a water plant as a simple enrichment.
Live stock prices set records at South Omaha market
At Union Stock Yards South Omaha Nebraska on May 28 1917 traders reported a heavy cattle run about 10 000 head with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents lower due to ample supply. Cattle good to choice sold 12 40 to 13 25 per hundredweight while cows and heifers averaged 9 75 to 11 40. Hogs showed steady to higher early, then steady. sheep and lambs rallied with wool lambs at 20 25 and clipped lambs 16 80 to 16 95, California spring lambs at 19 60 up from 19 25.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Nebraska
Probate Notice in Beeson Estate of Jefferson County Nebraska
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County 58 In the matter of the Estate of Sarah A Beeson deceased creditors must meet the executor before the county judge at the county court room on July 14 1917 and November 14 1917 to present claims Six months are allowed from May 14 1917 to file claims All claims not filed by November 14 1917 will be barred Notice to be published in the Diller Record for four weeks By order of the court Dated May 14 1917 Seal
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State of
Nebraska
Jefferson County
Sarah A. Beeson
Said
Diller
Otto Schmidt Visits New York Son at Hotel Astom
Otto Schmidt travels to New York to visit his son Hane. Hans shows him the Hotel Astom and its magnificent rooms and furnishings, leaving Otto amazed.
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Otto Schmidt
New York
Hane
Hans
Astom
Otto
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