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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
4
The Diller Record by Frank T. Pearce announces subscription rates and advertising terms. Subscriptions: one year $1.50 in advance six months 75 cents. Price list for business locale ads 5 cents per line per insertion. Paper published Friday September 22 1916.
Argument cites saloon as a moral wrong harming families and society, blaming brewers for political influence and urging Nebraskans to reject liquor. It lists alleged social harms including crime, disease, adultery, and lost wages, and cites extreme incidents as proof while noting Ford Motor Co profits as context.
The Democrats and Republicans each spent about $150000 in Maine, placing total campaign outlay near $300000 and signaling another election cycle approaching.
Congressman Sloan notes a new widows pension bill elevating eligible widows of Civil War Mexican War and War of 1812 veterans to twenty dollars monthly. Requirements include age seventy and marriage prior to June 27 1905 or remarriage after loss of first husband. Applications via the commissioner of pensions with details on service and marriage.
The Lucky Number Seven states California Montana Michigan Nebraska South Dakota Idaho Missouri will vote on prohibition November 7 with Missouri having a dry amendment on the state ticket. Alaska also votes wet or dry. Baltimore and other Maryland cities will vote separately on the question. Idaho appears both dry and slated to vote on a constitutional prohibition amendment due to current statutes.
In London a desolate scene from Albert in France shows the gilded Virgin with the infant hanging from Notre Dame de Brebieres. The statue tilts about fifteen degrees downward toward the street, fingers still extended, a symbol in French belief that when the figure falls the war will end.
In Chicago a recent Illinois statute let judges place defendants on probation and permit fine payments in installments to support families instead of prison labor. Only fourteen instances recorded with mixed outcomes: two paid in full, five paid part, two seek remittance, two paid nothing, one not fined, one abstained, one fee not full.
Washington report on the federal mediation and conciliation board created July 18 1913 to settle wage and employment disputes in interstate rail transport. It has no coercive power and relies on mediation or arbitration. In 47 cases, 39 were settled by mediation and 8 by arbitration. Members include Chairman William L Chambera, Martin A Knapp and W W Hanger.
Cattle receipts were liberal around 12,000 head with steady demand for native cattle and moderate supplies of cows and heifers. Hog prices steady with some orders filled by packers. lamb and sheep demand broad with prices around 10.40 to 10.50 for top lambs and various ranges for feeders and ewes.
The term coldfish aristocracy describes a social distinction in New York between the old Knickerbocker elite and the newly wealthy codfish merchants. The latter, formed from wealth in the whalefish cod fisheries, were dubbed the codfish aristocracy and viewed as lower status by the established line.
State of Nebraska Jefferson County notice of hearing on the last will of Anna C. Diller deceased. Petition by O J Mayborn to prove the August 1916 will. Hearing set October 10 1916 at nine in the county court. Local publication in Diller Record for three weeks. Lois J Nutaman County Judge seal.
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