Romance of Potash Made by Nebraska Prairie Five
Nebraskas potash story gains attention as alkali lakes in Brown Cherry Sheridan Dawes Box Butte and Garden counties yield deposits. Nebraska geologist Erwin Barbour notes the industry born from early salts near Jess lake with John Shaw and Carl Modisett as pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Daily
The
Sunday World- Herald
Ned Aitchison
E. H. Barbour
Sheridan
Cherry County
Jesse and
Richardson Lakes
Omaha
John Shaw
University of Nebraska
Carl Modisett
Jess Lake
America
Germany
Stassfurt
Brown
Cherry
Dawes
Box Butte
Garden
Erwin Jackley Barbour
Mr. Barbour
Potash Industry Emerges From Northwestern Nebraska Lakes
The piece describes Jess Lake evaporation basins at Hoffland and a plant pumping brine to four vacuum pans delivering 30 to 40 tons daily of alkali worth about $75 per ton. Output could reach 100 tons daily with new driers, valued at $7,000 plus. It notes producers American Potash Co Antioch Neb Nebraska Potash Works Co Antioch Neb Hord Alkali Products Co Lakeside and Fulmer Alkali Co and traces origin to prairie fires and decaying matter leaving ash leached into lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Potash Products Co
Hofland
Onaha
Nebraska Potash Works Co
Antioch
Denver
Hoffland
Burlington Railroad
Alliance
Sheridan County
Burlington
The
Omaha
T. E. Stevens
Herman Reinbolt
W. A. Redick
W. H. Austinberg
John W. Show
Show
Carl Modisett
Wyoming
Lake Jess
Shaw and
Modisett
Jess Lake
Barbour
American Potash Co
Neb
Arthur English
Wilson Lowe
Geo, McIntyre
A. Hall
A. J. Dunbar
Capital
L. F. .Hulen
D. B. Snyder
B. I. Kibble
Wilson Lake
Hord Alkali Products Co
Lakeside
Cook Lake
Heber Hord
Central City
W. F. Richardson
George E. Locke
George P. Bissell
J. W. Hutchison
Fulmer Alkali Co
J. H. Palmer
Stassfurt
Germany
Galatia
Spain
Old-Time Cold Cure Teas From Hamburg Breast Tea
An old remedy promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a cheap vegetable cure for colds and grip. It advises taking a tablespoonful mixed with boiling water, drinking as needed, and claims to open pores, relieve congestion, and loosen the bowels.
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Hamburg
Cerman
Alva
St Jacobs Oil Promises Relief For Rheumatism
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and rheumatic pains. It claims rubbing the tender spots relieves stiffness and backache, promising a 25 cent bottle cures soreness, with warnings against internal treatment and skin burning.
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St. Jacobs
St. Jacob’s
Tin can shortage report signals production cutbacks
Washington officials warn of a serious tin can shortage threatening canning production this year. National leaders urge reduced output to conserve cans for food processing.
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Washington, D
Redfield
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Barbourne
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