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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
4
The article notes Nebraska 1915 winter wheat totaling over 67 million bushels, surpassing 1914. It discusses Carranza recognition by the Pan American conference, questions Villa’s status, and comments on neutrality, aviation progress, and public exhortations to promote schools churches and professionals.
The third Imperial German 5 per cent war loan closed in Germany on September 21 with subscriptions around 3,000,000,000 marks. Extended receipt to November 1 in the US is expected to bring at least $20,000,000. Bonds pay interest semiannually, offered at 210 per 1,000 marks, about 84. The piece criticizes war prep and prepaidness, arguing against broad military spending and stamp taxes.
Colorado public opinion shifts as John D. Rockefeller Jr visits mining camps dances with miners wives and children, tours a coal mine, and shares meals at labor tables. Newspapers hail his welfare stance and calm labor unrest, with The Denver Post praising his modesty and impact on industrial welfare.
A Tribune passage praises John D. Rockefeller as a major national figure and urges him to fulfill vast opportunities and obligations. It calls him a Christian example and honors Colorado’s view of him as a key future asset for the younger generation.
William P. Gardiner, a prominent Patchogue resident, left a Jeffersonian Democratic club dinner at Avery's hotel on the Blue Point beach. He wandered onto the veranda and did not return. His body was found in a hotel lawn flower bed. Coroner E S Moore ruled heart disease caused by extreme laughter, noting an insufficient heart to handle it.
Huntington doctor E W Grover head of the city health board backs a pat pat greeting replacing kissing. His three nieces in Los Angeles write derisively about his oscalatory pursuit and his reputation as a kisser. A Cleveland man calls him a superannuated old stick.
The London Chronicle notes Odessa as a major Russian seaport and commercial hub born in 1794 after a Turkish fort seizure. It highlights its grain exports, Greek Orthodox archbishopric, university, Seventh army corps headquarters, and its mix of poor quarter caverns with grand Italianate streets, churches, opera, and Palais Royal along the Black Sea shore between Dniester and Dnieper estuaries.
The six follies of science are the equaling of the circle perpetual motion the philosopher's stone the elixir of life magic and astrology. In all ages men of ability have toiled to unravel mysteries connected with these problems. Figures like Bacon Boyle and Newton sought the philosopher's stone. Astrology also drew pay from parliament for Lilly. These follies often aided science by revealing new ideas while attracting many.
The United States Public Health Service warns polluted swimming pools can spread disease. A study by Dr. Wallace A. Manheimer from Columbia University analyzes six pools, noting that unfiltered water raises drowning risk and that refiltration plus calcium hypochlorite disinfection yields excellent sanitary conditions.
Evansville Indiana report of Joseph Parrott fifty of Wichita Kansas and Penelope Riggs fifty of Evansville who were sweethearts forty years ago and married at St James M E church reunite after forty years apart and become engaged in a brief courtship before planning to live in Wichita.
In Altoona Pennsylvania M A Kaufman in a jewelry store completed what may be the world's smallest penknife. It measures 5 32 of an inch long with a blade under 2 16 of an inch. The handle is solid gold and the blade and spring are tempered steel. The knife is kept in a bottle to prevent loss and the craftsmanship is visible only under magnification.
A perceptive comment from a writer notes that women should understand what their suitors earn. The piece cautions that, unless change has occurred, the girl receives only a fraction during courtship and then much less after marriage.
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