Grand Island Fire Department Report Shows Strong Year
Grand Island Fire Department reports strong performance for year ending July 1916. Chief Dillon notes 78 alarms, 122.2 miles traveled, 210 gallons of chemicals and water, 11 600 feet of hose, and costs of 64.46 dollars. New 1 000 feet of hose added. Notable calls included lung motor use aiding a newborn. Buildings and contents values and insurance listed. overall efficiency praised.
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Grand Island
Grand Island Independent
Dillon
Clie
Moving Service Promises Careful Furniture Hauling
MOVE FURNITURE SUPPLY touts latest appliances for dray and auto truck moving. Up-to-date wagon pad claimed for all jobs to prevent marring or scratching. JOHN R. SNYDER provides contact phone 15. Also ads offer real estate loans and a land trade notice in Box Butte county from Virgil Smith of Table Rock Nebraska. Atlas theft notice from E T Kibble & Company asks for return.
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John R. Snyder
Box Butte County
Alliance
Virgil Smith
Table Rock
Nebraska
Progressive Party in New Jersey Rejects Hughes Endorsement
New Jersey Progressive state committee rejects endorsing Charles E. Hughes after a Newark meeting July 15. A 7 to 6 vote upheld a resolution that the national committee’s endorsement does not bind the state party to Hughes. Edg ar Snyder and Ole Hanson support Wilson as Progressives rally nation wide.
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Chicago
New Jersey
Newark
Dull Moose
State Committee of
Progressives
Penton
Hself
National
United States Senate
Washington
Wilson
Poindexter
Este
Hughes
Progressive Party
Col. Roosevelt
Rockery flowers for a low maintenance garden display
A guide to creating a rockery with white blossoming and hardy annual flowers. It recommends sweet alyssum candytuft hypsophila and white portulaca for a white themed bed, advises delaying portulaca sowing until warm weather, and suggests perennials like Kenilworthy and rock rose for permanency.
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Kenilworthy
Value of School Gardens in Child Education
The article extols school gardens as vital for connecting children with nature. It quotes ex Gov Curtis Guild on teaching stewardship toward birds and trees, noting lessons on pests and the need to protect plant life and the environment.
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Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Take Care of the Parks Opinion Letter
The Utica Press argues that municipal parks are valuable assets and not liabilities. They benefit all residents by providing outdoor space, healthful air, and social value, justifying tax support for park maintenance and creation.
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U'tica Press
States adopt highway advertisement protection act
The National Highway Protective association reports that Rhode Island and New York have adopted its legislation to curb defacing trees fences and buildings along public highways with ads. The measure forbids ads on private property without written owner consent and prescribes a moderate penalty. It may not end the problem but should reduce its spread.
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National Highway Protective Association
Rhode Island
New York
Helping Lady Brisk Competition Sparks Engagement Talk
A light exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal shows Vaneesa hoping for Algernon Wombat’s rival to spark engagement. Jack responds with playful doubt about the match while noting Vaneesa’s wish to see him more often.
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Jack
Vaneesa
Algernon Wombat
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cattle and Sheep Market Report From South Omaha Sale
Cattle and sheep prices steady at South Omaha as a large 6 100 head run opens the week. Strong demand keeps bids firm for cows and yearlings while hogs sell about 15 cents lower than last week. lambs and sheep show weakness with some records set for feeder lambs.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Nebr
Couple returns from Nebraska honeymoon trip
Mr and Mrs Clarence Schafer came back Saturday noon from their honeymoon tour visiting several Nebraska points. Prof A P Stockdale who acted as manager and editor of the Alliance Times during B J Sallows absence left Saturday noon for Chadron where he will stay until September first before resuming school duties.
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Clarence Schafer
Nebraska
A. P. Stockdale
Alliance Times
B. J. Sallows
Chadron
Nebraska state fair to feature largest fruit exhibit
Secretary Duncan of the Horticultural Society says the fruit display at the state fair September 4 to 8 will be the largest ever shown in Nebraska. Boys from 15 to 21 are involved and should ask the county superintendent for details.
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Duncan
The
Horticultural Society
Nebraska
W. R. Mellor
Lincoln
County to Name Two Boys for State Encampment
Every county is entitled to name two boys to attend the Boys Encampment at the state fair during the first week in September. Wonder if our county is focusing on Better Babies.
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Atamen’s Association
J. P. Hoffman
Ord
First View
Harry Hauser
Fremont
John W. Guthrie
BE. A. Miller
Kearney
H. A. Webbert
Board of Control
Jacob Goehring
Seward
William J. Mote
F. K. Tobin
Sidney
O. A. Rhoades
Scottablan
Bert J. Gailey
Columbia
Lloyd C. Thomas
State Publicity
Francia
Restauran
Centrallechool
B. Glaing
J. W. Thomas
Sweetwater Ave
Allancs
Treets
Kinder
Herald Office
Cadillac
George A. Moliring
Cheyenne Ave
Fairbanks-Morse
W. L. Carroll
Blackswith
Anderson Bidg
Miomey
Ty Reddish
Sane Mila
J. C. McCorkle
McCorkle
H. M. Bullock
Room
Red
E. T. Kibble & Company
Bull Moose
Brice McDonald
Hemingford
Rev. Ray
Lyons
Ray
Cornell
S. A. Foster Lumber. CO
R. G. Juvinall
SNELL
Union Pacific Railroad
Civil Service School
Kittredge Bldg
Denver
Oscar H. Allen Co
R. Guerin
Henry T. Gant
Wm. E. Auchmuty
Blain Horse & Mule Commission Co
Omaha Live Stock
South
Omaha
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