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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary notice indicates business mail rates and second matter classifications entered at Diller Nebraska. The readable portion references applications and local rates being made known to addressees.
More than two hundred Nebraska farms have established accredited poultry flocks and more will be added as farmers recognize higher results from the program. The flock must include at least fifty standard bred birds, with culling for poor layers and disease. First year goal is eighty five eggs per hen, rising to one hundred subsequently.
The first coin of the Peace dollar series was presented to President Harding. The obverse bears Liberty, the reverse shows a mountain top figure with olive branch and the word peace. Officials say the design changes for 25 years, with 500,000 coins dated 1921 and later, and total Peace dollars around 180 million.
A four year old boy in Berkeley, California, made a notable gesture during a disruptive incident, helping calm a tense scene. The report highlights a moment of restraint by a very young participant amid ongoing tensions.
At Wood Green a defendant praised his wife for seizing every chance to gather subscriptions from neighbors to support her and the children while he served a sentence. He left with a small amount.
The Bear River marshes in Utah host eleven duck species and about 100 Canada geese. The area yields 25 000 to 30 000 ducks per season, with migratory patterns showing a fall exodus then a new influx for hunting season.
In Pueblo Colorado a church opens its basement to a temporary switchboard after floods destroy the central office. The First Baptist Church led by Rev Frank B Eden offers space, transforming the building into an emergency central office with telegraph tools and Morse code crackling as operators work to reestablish outside communication.
Two railroad lines along the Columbia river near Wallula Washington abandon attempts to keep tracks clear of windblown sand. After months of horse and scraper work, they will move bedlines to bluff summits to escape seasonal sand deposits from the river floodplain. On Ostrom farm a pen and shed with four hundred sheep were buried overnight.
The vicuna, native to the Andes high plateau, is hunted to near extinction by Indians. Its fine tawny wool is used for ponchos and rugs. Vicuna rugs from Bolivia sell for 150 to 250 bolivianos, about thirty eight cents each boliviano.
A staged comedy trick instructs asking a woman to write a sentence for all to read except the performer Then place the note on the floor and have a man step on it After a pause the performer pretends to read the owner’s mind and reveals the foot as the content of the paper The gag ends with the performer exiting the room
Capt. Alexander Martin, a Bisley rifle representative, reportedly shot the largest wild duck in Calgary history near Morrin Alberta. The bird measured 31.5 inches from bill to feet, 41 inches wing to wing, 8 inches around the head, and 17 inches across the chest, and is being mounted for display.
Cheyenne Wyoming state game and fish commission halted issuing permits to hunt 100 antelope over the next two years after protests from national game protection groups. Applications will still be considered for 50 bull moose however.
Roanoke Virginia seven year old Russell Smith was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse. He was turned over to probation officer I. E. Watson. This is said to be the youngest offender arrested in the area for nine years.
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