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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
4
The notice records an entry at Diller Nebraska indicating mail through the postal system as second class matter. It notes the location and status of the submission within the postal classification.
A Lincoln man with naval service says U S coast defenses are highly fortified with mines and disappearing guns. He notes strong coastal fortifications protect major harbors like San Francisco Bay making it hard for warships to damage them. He warns hidden guns and mines could devastate hostile ships entering the bay.
A local Lincoln druggist shows a window exhibit on how the European war pushes medicine costs. Items like Digitalis and gum camphor rise sharply with percentages listed from 85 to 350 percent reflecting war effects.
The description likens Europe’s conflict to a fierce cat fight that leaves nothing but tails, suggesting a brutal clash with potential silence on casualties and a grim, mythical ending. The remark frames the war as an exhausting, nearly exhausting struggle with uncertain narrative to follow.
The text urges speaking well of others for better health, noting that dwelling on faults makes you grouchy and suggesting you focus on people you can praise rather than criticize.
In Los Angeles a judge permits a wife to decide her husband’s penalty and she sentences him to one year on the rockpile. The remark suggests future judges should perform the task themselves when their turn comes.
Eyewitness accounts from both sides create conflicting narratives of a recent battle. Allied reporters describe maneuvers and outcomes while German sources contest the details, leaving readers to weigh competing perspectives.
The piece notes that today’s warfare creates long battle lines and that rivers increasingly serve as labels for conflicts, illustrating how geography dominates naming of battles in contemporary combat.
The engraving shows one of 15 University structures on Lincoln's city campus. The removalists urge Nebraskans to abandon these buildings and convert them into junk, arguing against wasteful preservation and urging a business view of the campus assets.
The University of Nebraska Administration Hall is described as built in 1905 06 of common brick with terra cotta trim and a temporary metal roof. It cost 35000 and is praised as an efficient office building near Lincoln's commercial center. The note adds the city campus could be expanded with a 300000 investment to about 40 acres.
H M Bushnell argues in Trade Review that the college of agriculture and the school of agriculture are separate. He says most farm youth seek practical instruction at the school level, not university study, and warns that moving the university to the farm would favor the 5 percent who pursue higher education over the 95 percent who need practical farming training.
A brief voting note instructs marking an X in the second square on the ballot labeled Little ballot University Location. The fragment urges participation in a campus extension vote and reminds voters to follow the second-square mark.
The piece argues that moving the national capital is impractical and unwise, noting Washington's advantages and the high costs of relocation. It extends the point to the University of Nebraska, stating the university should not be moved due to disruption, loss of efficiency, and lasting negative impact on students and programs.
Mesers Haller and Coupland propose abandoning part of fifteen state university buildings and moving the Supreme Court and State Library there. The question is what to do with the remaining fourteen buildings and whether removing the Supreme Court and Library a mile and a quarter from the Governor and Attorney General offices is wise.
A University Home Campus Extension Committee reply argues that removal arguments hinge on selfish motives. It compares critics to Clay Clement’s old philosophy and contends some selfishness drives progress and the push for a top ranked, improved campus.
In a 19th century college editorial the campus faces crowding with fifteen brick buildings valued at a million and a half. It argues adding forty acres nearby for up to 300 000 would relieve congestion without disturbing current facilities and would speed new buildings. It contrasts removal and abandonment with a plan to expand on site and notes long time and cost implications.
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