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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
3
A grand event in Omaha heads toward a $500000 price tag as Nebraska's prominent Masons plan the ceremony. The affair will feature notable lodge members and a public viewing of the rites, underscoring the group's influence in civic life.
A compact list of fall events across Nebraska and Omaha Hastings Lincoln and Grand Island. Ak Sar Ben Fall Festival in Omaha runs Sept 26 to Oct 7. National Swine Show in Omaha Oct 2 to 7. Many conventions follow in Hastings Lincoln Omaha and Long Pine including women clubs teachers associations Luther Synod and more.
Arrangements are made for laying the cornerstone of the new $500000 Masonic Temple in Omaha on October 4. The ceremony will be led by Most Worshipful Grand Master Andrew H. Viele assisted by Nebraska Grand Lodge officers including Frederick L Temple and Ambrose A. Epperson. All Masons are invited to attend the event noted as a major public Masonry function in Nebraska.
In Dixon county and northeastern Nebraska farmers invest in high quality stock. Calves reach 150 dollars each while cows fetch double that. Missouri is not the only source of mules as nearby Brenna farm operations show. H. S. and F. I. Moses run the Brenna farm with annual mule sales surpassing 15 thousand dollars at about 250 dollars each.
Chadron will start free mail delivery on November 1 as work begins on a new federal building planned for a 60 by 150 foot site. Congress allotted 125000 for the building and 15000 was paid for the lot. The city council seeks plans for a new city hall with bonds approved recently and a building cost of 15000.
Lincoln city plant reduces minimum monthly charge from 50 to 40 cents and rate per kilowatt hour from 6 to 3 cents. The change, costing 2 cents less than private firms, is expected to save the average light patron 20 to 30 cents monthly, according to the city commission.
Sheriff Hedge of this county nabbed W. S. Benz alias W. S. Baker after an extensive chase begun Nov 6, 1913. Benz had sold a farm and business block, left his wife and two children, and carried nearly $20,000 in cash. He was found near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on a fine farm with stock. In a preliminary hearing he agreed to a $10,000 settlement to his wife and was released after paying costs.
In Butler county district court, George Dobson owner of a bank chain faced a judgment around $50,000 in favor of eighty three farmers whose grain stayed at the Ulysses Grain company elevator in 1915. Trial spanned seven weeks during July and August with hundreds of witnesses. The losses stemmed from grain stored when prices were low in July 1914, attracting broad attention due to the number of farmers and potential value if reimbursed.
The cargo from the Deutschland arrives in its original container bearing Unter Sea Boat Deutschland marks. Lincoln-Lincoln takes its portion of a long-standing one-year order with a Chicago firm linked to a German factory. The box shows a gray circle emblem with the words Unter Sea Boat Deutschland.
Omaha breeders push for hog pens as the National Swine show attracts entries from across the country. With upwards of 400 pens requested, the event beginning October 2 and running five days may overwhelm space in the city’s large South Side horse barns.
Fremont convention of the Nebraska State Federation of Labor adopted resolutions endorsing a new state capitol building enforcing Sunday closing of barber shops and an eight hour day for workers on public works.
Eighty head of horses and two hundred men are employed in rushing to complete six of the twelve miles of city street paving contracted for before winter weather sets in.
A drive to raise 250000 for retired Methodist preachers was launched at the Nebraska conference session. The fund will use an annuity plan and aims to raise 100000 in the coming year.
An onetime encounter in Dobbs Ferry ends with police Captain Cos tello deciding to arrest a man after a humorous exchange. The Bowery resident John Hasch reads First Timothy five twenty three from a tattered Bible at a street lamp before being locked up for the night to await the police Court session.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for an itching scalp caused by dandruff and eczema. It suggests washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, followed by Cuticura Ointment applied to the scalp, with a free sample offered by mail through Cuticura Dept. L in Boston. Sold everywhere.
Massachusetts Representative Gardner denounces soft citizens before praising hard patriotism. He contrasts early rising rural discipline with city laxity, using a farmer and boarder parable to illustrate civic duty and readiness. The Washington Star reports the remarks as part of his address.
Two soldiers at a golf course amuse themselves during leave. One man repeatedly swats at the ball without moving it, while his companion urges him to hit. A pear tree on the J. B. Engle farm in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, 163 years old, bears fruit.
South Omaha records a top hog price of 11.10 per hundredweight paid to George Grotelu echen of Creston for a lot of 53 hogs averaging 255 pounds.
Belvidere resident Harry Buschong suffered severe injuries when a potato kettle exploded aboard the battleship West Virginia in Seattle Washington. He is expected to lose one eye.
Norfolk citizens from seventeen streets meet to plan eight miles of paving next year. About six miles of paving were laid or are under construction this year.
A Ford car was stolen from the R. V. Sisco property near Columbus marking the sixth such theft in the city and surrounding area within six months. No suspects were named and police are investigating the auto theft.
An examiner notes a 50 year old man with blood pressure of a 20 year old and renewed vigor after taking nuxated iron. The ad extols iron as the best strength builder, claims dramatic gains in two weeks, and promises refunds if results fail. It urges readers to buy Nuxated Iron through druggists.
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