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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
7
Athens reports from Smyrna of massacres and beheadings of Greek and Armenian soldiers and civilians. Refugees flood in as Turks allegedly execute detainees and throw victims into the sea. newspapers mourn with black borders.
Constantinople dispatch says thousands died after Smyrna fell to the Turks and fire followed. Earlier estimates placed fatalities between 1 000 and 2 000, with some reports suggesting as many as 120 000 victims including killed wounded and those affected by the conflagration.
Paris reports Germany will not surrender the 100,000,000 gold marks required as a guarantee for the six month reparations note. The reparations commission says the matter is beyond its control and needs Allied premier attention. Sir John Bradbury travels to London to inform Lloyd George. Poincare leads the French side with Italian and Belgian premiers backing their positions. In London, a thousand Royal Air Force officers and men depart Southampton for Mesopotamia service.
The plan to establish a potato starch mill in Alliance could boost profits for Box Butte county growers and the greater Western Nebraska potato belt. Backed by the chamber of commerce and nearly all major potato growers, the project gains broad support from industry stakeholders.
Lincoln Nebraska potato growers with a splendid crop face low prices. A large share of commercial potatoes will be fed to pigs, per reports from many counties to the Bureau of Markets and Marketing and the Division of Crop and Live Stock Estimates.
Secretary of State Hughes addressed Brazilian senators and deputies who saluted him and urged US leadership to deter future wars. The exchange framed America as best able to conserve world peace amid rising tensions and global calls for restraint.
Wheat and corn lower with weaker potato market. Cattle show mixed changes: better grades up to 15 cents, heavier weights steady to 15 higher, lighter weights up 25, common and medium down 50 to 75 cents. Cows up 25, bulls down 25. Hogs rise 35 to 60 cents, packing sows up 80, stock pigs up 50. Lambs up 95 cents to $1, ewes up 25 to 50, feeding lambs up 50. Wheat cash futures mixed. corn down as wheat falls. Potatoes weak. carrot shipments fall. Butter steady to firm. eggs steady. poultry stocks up with mixed local prices.
The agricultural department reports red cedar chests provide moth protection. Chests should be tight and secure to trap the odor that kills young moths. When opening, keep interior exposure brief to prevent odor escape.
Fresh fern leaves used to decorate hotel luncheon tables are stored cold and shipped from nearby forests. Reportedly New York City consumes about 15,000,000 fern fronds annually, with woodlands in New England becoming depleted due to year round harvest.
A discussion notes that the outcome rests on the composition of indelible pencil marks or ink on silk. It explores how materials affect stain permanence and fabric response.
A humorous quip from the Boston Transcript circulating as a joke about spelling. The line features Johnny asking whether waterworks is written as one word or with a hydrant.
A Massachusetts clergyman once reproved a swearing workman while plowing. The man taunts him, the preacher trails the field claiming he did not swear, but the worker counters with a sly jab about lies. A railroad banquet in Scranton features a tale of a bumps ridden line and a traveler who believes the worst journey has ended.
A witty Birmingham Age-Herald quip portrays a deaf man with an ear trumpet in a hotel lobby. He explains he carries the horn to deter a persistent convention delegate when the talk turns to the uplifting cause.
A maxim questions the value of partial learning. It asks where a man with eighty too much pride or confidence can stay safe, implying danger from excess self assurance.
Henry Savage Lander earned fame for opening scientific ground in Asia and the Philippines. He was the first known white man to reach both sources of the Brahmaputra and chart their positions in Thibet. He wandered Africa and South America, and traveled 3800 miles on a pack saddle in Korea with a partner before 1914.
A report notes that if someone cannot inherit money, relatives may profit instead. The piece hints at family dynamics and legal or social arrangements surrounding fortunes and succession.
A traveler recalls ancient Fiji cricket marathons where matches lasted weeks and players wore pads on bare legs. He notes a house boy Esau with a unique haircut, explaining it signified joining the Joma A team to match sash colors.
In a Western quip, Three-Fingered Sam asks to join a poker game. Cactus Joe replies that a bathing suit with no pockets or sleeves will prevent hiding aces, hinting at a sit in under caution.
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