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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
2
Telegraphed notice explains second class mailing for Diller Nebraska, subscription terms for business locals, and 5 cents per line for each insertion.
The piece argues thrift as a wartime and postwar virtue for Americans. It notes waste reduction through wheatless and meatless days, stresses patriotic saving via Liberty Loans as a form of savings, and claims thrift will yield long term benefits greater than new colonies, urging continued sacrifice and prudence.
Aged corn selected by Nebraska farmers in September and October shows very poor germination. The defense council urges careful selection now and immediate drying to preserve viable kernels. Farmers with good 1916 corn on hand are advised to store it for next year.
A concise wartime admonition emphasizes that withholding aid to the United States in the current conflict indirectly benefits opposing forces, urging citizens to choose support over neutrality.
The University of Nebraska seeks the name and address of every student former student and alumnus serving in the war. Provide names and present addresses to Prof. G. R. Chatburn University of Nebraska Lincoln for roster compilation.
Gage County starts a sorgum project led by the county agent planting 35 acres of cane. A fine molasses is produced and interest grows in expanding the cane acreage next year.
The department of animal pathology at the College of Agriculture urges vaccination against blackleg. Cattle up to two years are most at risk and should be vaccinated twice yearly. Government vaccine is free through the University, reducing possible losses from the disease.
An American regular army soldier who went to France in June assaulted a French girl and was tried convicted and sent to Leavenworth. The Oskaloosa Independent editor condemns Prussian kultur and wartime brutality against Belgians and women, calling it our war's moral failing.
Beatrice students collected several hundred pounds of newspaper to make trench candles for French soldiers. Eight sheets of paper heat one candle, enough to heat soup for a soldier, with Italian pupils reportedly making 3,000,000 such candles. Beatrice pupils rolled papers this afternoon from 1 30 to 8 and plan to dip them in paraffin at the high school Monday before sending them to France.
A state survey shows seventy-five to eighty percent of normal winter wheat acreage sown. To return to normal, refarmers must increase wheat to cover ash losses, with ample corn aiding spring sowing and securing seed wheat for planting time.
Uncle Dan explains how warfare evolved from simple hand to hand combat to modern techniques including airplanes submarines tanks poison gas and heavy artillery. He condemns the Kaiser for war crimes and calls for overthrow to defend liberty homes and global security. He stresses the food supply and farming as essential to victory.
A wartime editorial declares loyalty to the United States and contends in the crisis everyone is either pro American or pro German. It urges citizens to defend the flag and stand behind the nation, warning against dual loyalties.
World Outlook describes severe peon labor on the west coast of South America. Indians act as burden bearers in cities and on plantations, taking low wages of ten cents daily for four days of work. They may work their own small plots the rest of the time to feed and clothe families.
The Marine Journal notes that ships are masculine in French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while gender is neutral in Germanic and Scandinavian tongues. It suggests tracing feminization to ancient Greeks who named ships with feminine signs, though ships remain a male entity to some, yet called a lady even in war.
An American Magazine feature profiles a New Jersey and eastern New York nature photographer who chronicles a forest encounter with black snakes. A boy companion and the photographer observe snakes climbing trees to elude pursuit, looping from one trunk to another as they hide.
The article traces multiple origins of the salary phrase twenty three in relation to skidoo meaning to escape. It highlights a notable theory from the era of old theater and vaudeville, suggesting stage slang influenced later usage.
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