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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
2
The Nebraska Farmer argues farming can return to profitability by highlighting successful farmers in Cass County and elsewhere. It critiques emphasis on losses, notes differing returns on similar acreages, and suggests only capable farmers will thrive while others exit.
Dr. Robert F. Griggs of George Washington University recounts his first trip to the Var of Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska. He describes three days of awe, a lifeless central ash valley, lush edge growth, and enduring heat near perpetual snow belts, with motion pictures shown.
Refined private home in Memphis area requested for a gentleman wife to stay with meals provided for him when in town. Terms and location to be specified. Reference P 48.
A Yale Record humor line quotes a suitor asking the professor about insanity in the family after a marriage proposal. The wit notes the daughter accepted the proposal, underscoring campus humor and social customs.
Washington reports from state mine inspectors to the Bureau of Mines show 2,452 coal mine deaths in 1923, with 2,249 underground, 46 shaft, and 157 surface plant accidents. Production reached 641,476,000 tons, yielding a fatality rate of 38.82 per million tons, a drop from 1922’s 4.15. Non fatal accidents total about 200,000 per year, with substantial lost production and value estimates per incident.
The report notes deaths and permanent disabilities make up under five percent of mine accidents, while temporary disabilities comprise about 95 percent. Roof and side falls cause 29 percent of temporary injuries and 35 percent of time lost, averaging 21 days. Haulage injuries account for 28 percent of temporary injuries and 80 percent of time lost, averaging 19 days. Explosions and fires cause about three tenths of one percent of temporary injuries and similar time lost, averaging 12 days.
A house plant grows toward light and reorients when turned. The leaf stalk joints act as eyes, with bright green tissue at the joints enabling phototropism. Blind the joints with black paper and the plant stops turning. other stimuli at joints can move leaves.
The article states that Roman roads from the Second to Fourth centuries AD were 8 to 15 feet wide and built straight, often leveling was ignored due to burden animals. Soldiers, slaves and criminals built durable highways, some lasting 2,000 years. The forum reportedly connected 24 roads totaling 52,904 Roman miles, with roads learned from Carthaginians.
Washington bulletin notes Nejd remains largely unknown due to vast desert and a strict exclusion law. Wahabi rule bans Western contact and enforces blue laws including tobacco and luxury goods in mosques. Riad, the Nejd capital, is described as a forbidden city rarely visited by Westerners.
France maintains seven first class battleships while eighty six admirals and rear admirals are on active duty. The Ohio State Journal notes a rare balance of power akin to Mexico where six generals commanded seven hundred soldiers. France aims to resolve the paradox without losing dignity.
A traveler aboard a Northwest train asks his seatmate where he is from. The man responds Saskatchewan. The traveler then jokes about not speaking English, prompting a light moment of cultural miscommunication.
Ferdinand Reyher cites thrift driving German peasants as the nation reports a record harvest of almost 40,000,000 metric tons, 47 percent up on last year, with vast storage on estates. Despite widespread hunger and near-zero banked wealth, peasants and junkers propel exports that burden the common German while Armenia’s needs are overlooked.
A physician praised an aerated water purely for humanity and expected nothing in return. A surprised company sent a generous hundred as thanks, but the doctor refused, deeming it improper. He then moved on to the next page seeking information about distributing their circulars.
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