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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
3
Ex President Taft visited Fort Omaha's balloon school and praised its work "eyes of the artillery" as 800 trainees prepare to operate airborne observers. The program aims to direct American artillery fire in France and Belgium as others depart for active service.
The United States Army Balloon School at Fort Omaha offers commissions as observation balloon pilots. Applicants must be U S citizens 19 to 85, energetic with good morals. After exams, they enlist as first class privates, attend training, and, upon qualifying, become first lieutenants in the Aviation Section Signal Officers Reserve Corps. They receive 100 dollars monthly and allowances during training, with 2 dollars annual preference stock can be secured by addressing the Aviation Examining Board at Fort Omaha Nebraska.
The State Farm school loans leaves of absence to help husk corn. County council chairs warned about more telegraph operators for the army. Dental students may finish studies before serving in the army dental reserve. University of Nebraska Patriotic league forms a student division pledging support to the liberty bond drive. Norfolk’s Northwestern round house waste water allegedly spoils Elkhorn river fish. Nebraska seed beans prove ill suited for local soils with frost risk. State workers may buy liberty bonds on six month terms with interest at bond rate.
Land Commissioner Shumway proposes turning several timber tracts owned by the state into parks. The sites would serve auto tourists, picnics, gatherings, and other public uses without generating revenue.
Keith Neville Thomas, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Thomas of Gresham, has been commissioned by Governor Neville as the regiment mascot. His likeness will adorn regimental headquarters since he cannot attend due to his age.
About one hundred Omaha stock yards representatives attended the Notre Dame Nebraska football game in Lincoln. They paraded through the streets led by a band and were entertained at the state farm in the morning. The note mentions a new hospital opening and unspecified enlistment opportunities with Uncle Sam offering aviation and motorboat service with starting pay of 32 dollars 60 cents monthly plus food clothing and medical expenses.
Total disbursements of 1,465,396 have been made by all state departments institutions boards commissions and associations receiving state aid during the third quarter of 1917, as shown by the detailed report of State Auditor Smith just issued.
Assessors in Nebraska found 102,220 automobiles during April property checks and admit they likely missed some. Currently 143,000 automobiles are licensed in the state.
The Four Minute Men division of the United States information service has organized statewide activities in Nebraska with Prof. M. M. Fogg named state director.
Washington. Lou D. Sweet head of the potato division of the United States food administration outlines main causes of potato spoilage and stores methods for small growers to cut losses. He warns against sweating, moisture, frost damage, disease, and sprouting and recommends dry, well ventilated storage at 34 to 40 degrees and sorting diseased tubers before permanent storage.
Mr. W. S. Brown of Rogersville Tennessee writes that after a bad la grippe and cough he used Peruna for five bottles. He reports his cough stopped toning away and catarrh cured and his weight increased from 115 to 148 percent. He urges others with catarrh to try Peruna.
In Kobe the rise in temperatures during warm weather is linked to two deaths at a fashionable bathhouse. One woman died around mid June and two days later another woman died after being taken to the same establishment.
Promotional ad promises relief from itching burning and eczema with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Includes offer for free samples by mail with a booklet, address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston, sold everywhere. The rest is a humorous newspaper dialogue about historical nations and war.
Polluted oysters may be purified by brief immersion in water with calcium hypochlorite. The process is said to render the oysters safe to eat and preserve flavor.
A playful exchange features a Poetic person and an unpoetic person. The Poetic person laments fallen leaves while the unpoetic observer notes the change after moving into an apartment where leaves no longer affect them.
A humorous office anecdote about Miss Bizness who, while skilled in work, cannot spell. Her employer buys a dictionary for her and she shields it with cloth, scribbling Dictionery across the cover, highlighting the comic error.
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