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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
8
Nebraska launches a statewide pledge card campaign through teachers to enroll every American in the food administration. Wattles forecasts ninety percent participation as schools may close next week and urges housewives to sign, practicing food conservation by wise eating and substitutions.
Figures from the chemistry department of the Nebraska College of Agriculture show wheat straw has a fertilizing value of 2.60 per ton and potassium and phosphorus add 3.10 per ton. Using straw for feed or bedding yields big dividends by saving haulage labor and enhancing soil organic matter.
Estimates by specialists place western district harvests at twenty million bushels of wheat with proportional quantities of other grains. A team near a fanning mill earned about $500 in a week after threshing, highlighting the season's labor productivity.
President Hoover argues victory hinges on sustained food production and shipping. He says higher farm output and prudent consumption bolster ally supply, strengthening overall war effort against the submarine threat.
Editorial notes that fixed wheat prices heighten interest in production costs. It lists an average 15 bushel per acre cost around 20 dollars, with detailed breakdowns for labor, land, seed, fertilizer, and other inputs, and suggests margins under a $2 per bushel price.
The article extols liberty bonds as a patriotic privilege and smart investment, noting returns with interest and the broader impact of supporting the government. It contrasts this with modern domestic life, describing a woman managing housework with labor-saving devices and neat routines.
The document urges concentrated foods wheat beef pork dairy products and sugar to be saved for Allies this winter. Eat less of these and more abundant foods, cut waste, and use leftovers. Emphasizes bread rules meat substitutions poultry fish and seafood, beangy and soups, and full use of milk and dairy products.
The article recalls how rough unbleached cotton cloth called Mericani served as money in parts of Africa and the Mohammedan world. It notes New England cotton cloth dominated early trade, Turkey sourcing from New England, and the decline of Mericani due to cheaper English grades. It also cites a New York paper urging American manufacturers to re-enter Muslim markets.
Old Davy Skinner, a Cape Cod fisherman, was famed for self-possession and economy of speech. While rowing one summer day he noticed a capsized float with five or six young people adrift, prompting a calm, decisive response.
A rural tale from Youth's Companion recounts Ezra Tetlow removing a shallow well in front of his house by digging alongside it with a shovel. Each fill created a new hole, pushing the well progressively into the highway as a four foot wide furrow followed the digging.
National Geographic Magazine notes Virginia opossums breed five to fourteen young that cling to the mother's teats, then detach as they grow. They use free toes to grasp and are slow, nocturnal, and nonresistant, giving rise to the term playing possum. The animal is a Southern game staple and features in local folklore.
Eddie asks why a Methodist church hosts a Baptist lesson. Mamma explains the lesson about John the Baptist appears in a Methodist Sunday school, highlighting a religious mix up in a Christian Herald item.
The piece laments the reluctance to pursue adventure and the weight of convention. It contrasts dull conformity with fleeting yearnings for danger and mystery embedded in everyday life.
The article explains how monkeys from Asia Africa or South America are trapped using simple devices. It cites greed curiosity and imitation as key traits exploited by senders who use glue boots and a corn laden gourd to capture the animal.
To the east of Sweden lies Gothland and Wisby, once Europe's wealthiest northern port. Now a quiet town with ivy covered houses, it recalls Norse trade voyages and the medieval wealth the city once enjoyed, as archaeologists uncover coins across diverse nations.
First publication October 5 and last October 26 notice of hearing in Jefferson County Court for the adoption of minor Irma Clara Bracken. The petition names Carl Pransen and M. Bis as alleged adoptive parents with objections due by a September date at the room in the county courthouse.
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