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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
2
News review notes Ismet’s push for Turkish forces into Thrace and Greek evacuation drives. Allied troops monitor areas like Adrianople and Lule Burgas. U.S. dispatches destroyers to the Near East and officials caution against full war involvement while Greece seeks cabinet unity and potential recognition. Reginald McKenna urges debt postponement talks.
Turkish nationalist leader in Thrace and Greek forces clash as Ismet Pasha shifts demand to allow Turkish army entry. General Harrington and M. Franklin-Bouillon push for a peaceful settlement with Britain and France mediating. Allies seek instructions as negotiations stall and Greek evacuation of Thrace looms. Venizelos warns of Greek safety needs. Washington urged to press allies.
Moscow reports indicate rapprochement between France and Russia as distinct policy goals align and pre war debts may be recognized. A French business mission and M. Herriot, Lyons mayor, press hopes for easing tensions while Austria seeks 2.0 billion in bonds guaranteed by four powers and Czechoslovakia.
Governor Hardwick of Georgia taps Mrs. William 4H Felton as the first woman U.S. senator appointee, though she cannot be sworn in before the November 7 election. Authorities debate whether she can receive salary and privileges. Separately, a UMWA policy committee presses for continued coal mine wires and a six hour day by 1925. Railroads settle shopmen strike. Chicago Great Western joins. Northern Ontario fires devastate Halleybury and surrounding towns leaving thousands homeless and flooding North Bay. Minnesota forests blaze threaten settlements.
A compilation notes multiple crises: Ontario and Quebec forest fires kill or wound dozens and displace refugees, Bengal floods claim many lives, and clashes and political tensions persist worldwide. It mentions allied conferences, market optimism, and regulatory moves amid ongoing turmoil.
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed its case alleging unfair competition from the proposed merger of Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company Republic Steel and Inland Steel. Treasury officials warn higher tariffs could raise next year’s deficit by 100 million dollars. Trade experts foresee a drop in customs revenue due to heavy imports by American buyers amid the new tariff law. Senator Caraway of Arkansas urges immediate recognition of Soviet Russia and broader international accords on exchange, armament limits, and Versailles treaty monitoring. A non stop flight from the Gulf Coast to the Canadian border is planned for October 8 by Lieut. Leland S S Andrew as part of a White House announced industry study.
Lions terrorize the Kenton area as a pursuing aeroplanist and posse hunt them, while a string of items reports on Judge Landis backing umpires over a dark play, Fairbanks’ Robin Hood stunt injuring a man, and a broad sweep of early 20th century events from Minnesota wildfires to rail wages. Included are Isadora Duncan’s Russia visit, a C-2 airship voyage, a Greenwich fare dispute, and insurance agent conventions.
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts genuineness by Bayer name on packaging and tablets, noting safety for colds headaches and other pains. It markets handy twelve tablet boxes and larger bottles, naming Bayer Manufacture of Mononacetylsalicylic acid as the trade mark and listing plain directions. A separate quip shows a brief dialogue on women’s rights with a bowlegged girl commented upon.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap for hot baths and Cuticura Ointment for itchy red skin, plus Cuticura Talcum as a scented dusting powder. A later line notes a boy’s evening social whirl with oyster stew, and a bald man’s humor about not being gray.
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