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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
2
A candidate announces re election bid for County Commissioner from the 1st district subject to Republican nomination voting on July 18.
The Farm Journal outlines three farmer credits Investment Credit Market Credit and Productive Credit. Investment credit uses land as security and the Federal Land Banks provide such funds. Market credit funds crop storage with short terms and security on insured crops. Productive credit finances groceries clothing and stores, often the hardest to obtain and frequently abused.
The government spent 87 million dollars for Muscle Shoals wartime powder plants. Henry Ford offers 5 million dollars for a clear title to the property now useless for its original purpose. Ford offers 1.68 million annual rent and 39 thousand annual set aside for 100 years to recover the Wilson dam and related costs of 17 and 55 million.
The nation spent nearly eight million dollars last year to protect Tennessee river power sites without income. If Ford secures the property, he would hold a vast asset and may build an industrial empire focused on fertilizer production, changing mining and energy dynamics in the region.
The Ohio State Agriculture Experiment Station reports Osage orange posts show exceptional longevity in fences across Nebraska. A 40 year old fence contained 100 percent Osage posts, with black locust, red cedar, oak and ash following in durability. Steel posts lack long term data.
The text notes vast investments and counts in the telephone industry. It cites over two billion dollars invested since the year began, 53 000 organizations, 14 300 000 telephones, 32 000 000 miles of line, and 22 000 000 000 conversations. It mentions underground conduit, poles, and yearly installation figures.
Barr Spangler of Marietta Lancaster County Pa celebrated his 100th birthday. Likely the oldest bank president and active merchant in the world, he runs the First National Bank of Marietta and co-owns a large general store. Born in 1822, he has never worn a hat to the bank or store and favors fresh air with little medicine.
A Pencil recounts a rough day: taken to school, broken points, jagged letters, teeth bites, and stepping on, ending with exhaustion. The Penholder, Fountain Pen, and blue pencil lament, urging children to respect belongings. The tale ends with the Pencil asleep, symbolizing its sad fate.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports a 50 percent rise in alcoholism deaths in 1921 versus 1920, while overall US and Canada life-insurance mortality fell to 8.54 per thousand. Tuberculosis decline, fewer deaths from pneumonia and influenza, and rising automobile fatalities dominate a year-end health bulletin. The diphtheria and scarlet fever rates also climbed, prompting calls for stronger disease controls.
The text explains stars are suns emitting light that passes through air and vapor layers causing flicker. Different layer thickness alters intensity, making stars appear to twinkle like a slow film. Dust magnifies twinkling and seeds raindrops, underpinning the saying when stars twinkle rain soon follows.
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