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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
2
Conferees announce agreement on the soldiers' bonus bill with four major changes. The plan eliminates financing from foreign debt interest and the land reclamation feature, sets January 1 1928 as the filing deadline, and caps farm aid advances at 125 percent of adjusted service credit. The measure goes to the House after tariff action and then to the Senate.
Washington reports this year's important farm crops valued at about 6.6 billion dollars on September 1 prices, with corn cotton and hay each exceeding a billion in aggregate. August weather reduced bumper crops and cotton prospects, and corn loses 142 million bushels valued at 89 million dollars, with forecast production at 2.875 billion bushels.
The prize winning babies at the Nebraska state fair include grand champion rural boy Mark Steinhausen Route 1 Lincoln grand champion rural girl Susan Schobert Springfield grand champion town boy Dolan Diedricks Havelock grand champion town girl La Verne Ottedosky Cedar Bluffs grand champion city boy Jack Moreland Lincoln grand champion city girl Apna Needham Lincoln. There were 200 entries.
Lincoln Nebraska Lieutenant Governor P A Barrows who served as strike guard for Burlington filed a claim for 985 61 with ex auditor George W Marsh for salary as acting governor during thirty nine days of service in the last year and a half The claim is at 23 99 a day.
Carl Gray, president of Union Pacific, states that strikers who return by September 15 will have pension rights guaranteed. He adds that seniority will be restored, describing it as a faithful commitment and not a grave injustice to those who supported the cause.
Reserve Officers Association of the 7th Corps Area will hold a three day meeting in Omaha from September 18 to 20. The Area comprises North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa Missouri and Arkansas.
Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania reports the tri district convention of hard coal miners ratified the anthracite wage agreement sending miners back to work immediately after more than five months of idleness.
Washington reports show a more optimistic view of the railroad strike in government circles as conferences in Chicago continue. Officials see a probable settlement on several roads and hope a partial peace with key lines could start a broader settlement similar to coal. Attorney General Daugherty says the government is not a party to talks but will not interfere with the Chicago restraining order.
The Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court challenging the Chicago judge Wilkersons injunction restraining striking shopcrafts and railroad brotherhoods from disrupting transport during the shopmen strike. It raises jurisdiction issues and denies illegal acts before or since July 1. Government officials may modify the temporary order to avoid restricting free speech.
Paris reports say the Greek army has shrunk to about 100000 men fleeing toward the sea with Turkish units within fifty miles of Smyrna and forty miles from the Sea of Marmara. The Turkish advance exceeds 130 miles, described by experts as extraordinary in wartime history.
Lincoln Nebraska State Game Warden George Koster has started a large distribution of a carload of Chinese ringneck pheasants in northern and northwestern Nebraska. This marks the first major release for natural propagation in the state and follows a prior small release of seventy birds two years ago. Birds released in small flocks grow to seven to thirty in the first year according to Koster.
Harry Prince, descendant of the Peguis lineage, forecasts a mild winter for Selkirk Manitoba with a late cold period. He bases his view on star positions and notes the dipper’s slow turning this season.
The treasury announced an increase of 85 million dollars in the public debt for August. The total on August 31 stood at 23,042,755,934 dollars, up from 22,957,373,891 on July 31 and down from 23,922,329,666 a year earlier on August 31.
Des Moines report states Iowa coal costs about four fifty at the mine and more than eight dollars in Des Moines as Charles Webster of the State Fuel Administration opens a price investigation. He notes no authority exists to regulate prices.
Nome Alaska reports Captain Roald Amundsen has abandoned this year’s plan to fly from northern Alaska across the pole to Spitzbergen or Grant's Land. He will attempt the trip next spring.
A blaze started by an oil stove wiped out the home of Mrs. Pearl Morrison in McCool. The piece notes a series of Nebraska items including fair attendance, road mileage, and local incidents across the state.
The 80th Division reunion in Omaha September 20 to 22 will unite regiments and companies from across the division. The 855th Infantry, the 358th Infantry, the 354th and 356th Infantry, the 340th and 842nd Field Artilleries, the 314th Sanitary and Supply Trains, the 814th Engineers and the 341st Machine Gun Battalion will hold regimental reunions. Company banquets and reunions will let veterans reconnect with former buddies. regimental dugouts will aid locating files at the divisional P C in the City Auditorium.
A Missouri public notice promotes a remedy for cramps and pains claiming gentle yet effective relief. The advertisement touts a combined compound that corrects underlying conditions and restores vitality, with patients noting gradual disappearance of symptoms after use.
A lighthearted exchange turns into a domestic bargain as one spouse asks the other to curb a pet phrase. The Boston Transcript notes a humorous matrimonial moment about words and limits in daily life.
An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue keeps clothes white and safe for fabrics, suitable for every home and available from all good grocers.
A compact note captures a rural exchange about crossing a flood stream. The speaker jokes about attempting the ford in a vehicle while another suggests riding a horse, reflecting a frontier tone and informal dialogue.
A quotation attributes a nuanced view of humanity, noting that no person is suddenly uniformly good or evil. The remark emphasizes complexity in moral character and the gradual formation of virtue or vice.
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