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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1921
Page
3
United States Department of Agriculture urges precise billing for hay shipments. Include car weight and bale count, date of shipment, grade, and price data when available. Follow routing and invoicing instructions, forward bills promptly, and avoid delays from demurrage by proper document handling.
Forest Service advises woodland owners to study timber markets to protect their interests. Seek local expert advice, contact state forester, county agent, and reliable market researchers, and compare prices through outside buyers to maximize value.
The U S Department of Agriculture advises that well ripened onions be cured in the field sheds or trays before storage. Avoid immature or bruised onions to prevent decay. Store in slatted crates or shallow bins and cool quickly to 82 to 36 degrees, using ventilated frost proof cellars or above ground cold storage.
At the Illinois station researchers report that one acre of sweet clover pasture can support about twice as much livestock as one acre of permanent blue grass pasture based on careful observations of carrying power.
Community cooperation is essential for successful plant disease control as cooperation from residents, farmers, and local groups enables monitoring, rapid reporting, and coordinated actions to protect crops and gardens.
The article urges generous use of well rotted fertilizer for onion, rice barb and asparagus beds for the coming year, stressing no amount is excessive for soil health and yield.
Cattle last week in Omaha showed mixed results with strong to higher prices for fed steers in parts, cows and heifers down, veal steady. Hogs declined in heavier weights while medium and light butchers fell 25 to 50 cents. packing grades $6.15 to $6.50. Lambs weakened 75 cents to $1, with western and native lambs trading around $7.50 to $8.00. Grain saw wheat, corn and oats price moves amid rising supply. potatoes moved slowly with prices easing. Butter stocks declined, dairy prices steady to lower. eggs declined sharply with limited storage. Poultry markets remained steady with modest gains in eastern markets and favorable demand for spring chickens and broilers.
A quirky dialogue explains a social scale as a place where money is weighed. A note on wartime price doubling for cotton and linen contrasts with a laundry tip to lengthen fabric service using Red Cross Ball Blue. An advertisement line hints at grocery postings.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to cleanse a child’s bowels. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness, notes the fruity taste appeals to kids, and warns to ask for the genuine brand to avoid imitations with directions printed on the bottle.
A New York Sun report notes a stationer near a large high school observing students now tote brief cases. He says the change from lunch boxes and books to a single case is efficient and flattering, resembling working fathers.
A witty exchange has Dante asking what happened to the man who rocked the boat. Virgil replies with a punchline about an asbestos canoe placed on a brim stone lake to encourage rocking as he wishes.
A wry Life quip about a wife who is called a great linguist yet speaks only one language. The exchange hinges on wordplay around multilingual skills and marital humor.
A fragmented excerpt contrasts “The good die young” with “the others get and wish they had” in a terse, cryptic dialogue. The line hints at fate and inequality, contrasting virtue with fortune in a pithy social remark.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse dry and dust Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Price listed as 25c each.
In a nighttime exchange, Festus Pester questions a new neighbor about playing the saxophone. The man, revealing a bald head, explains he lost his hair through natural causes as a quiet response to the disturbance.
Dorothy Jane, a three year old, insists on a late night snack. She originally chooses raw Irish potatoes but is told they cause bad dreams. She counters by asking for sweet potatoes, hoping they will give her sweet dreams.
A Youngstown Telegram quip reports a little girl revealing that her father's famous humorous stories are not real stories but created from his own imagination. The child speaks frankly about the writer's practice, turning a boast into a candid confession.
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