Local exchanges note visits and court cases
A collage of small items recounts Mrs. H H Hart visiting Omaha to meet her grandson plus travel notes about Archie Twamley and family in Sioux City. Sioux City Journal covers Dan Piazzi's sentencing for manslaughter and robbery with a grim, cocky demeanor noted by Sheriff Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Dan Piazzi
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Sam Cor Jensky
South Sioux City
Geo. Cain
Dakota County
Lincoln
Piazzi
Cain
Sioux City
Spring Bank Promises Helpful Service For Businesses
The bank markets its Spring assistance and cooperative business support with favorable lending terms for operations in the coming year and Certificates of Deposit as desirable investments for those with surplus funds.
Farm Bureau Field Notes Highlights 1920 County Meeting
State Farm Bureau and Home Economics Association meetings drew strong attendance at the State University. The State Farm Bureau voted to join the National Federation and Mrs. J. T. Graham became president of the State Home Maker’s Association. Don Forbes showed the top yellow corn sample, winning sweepstakes and forty dollars in prizes across shows. Apple exhibits from L. Bliven earned fourteen first and second prizes. Upcoming meetings on February 3 and 4 aim to balance farm accounts, with a Farm Accounting lecture March 7 at Dakota City Court room. Readers asked to return questionnaires to shape the New Year’s program.
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Co. C. Beermann
County Farm Bureau
J. T. Graham
Farm Bureau
R. A. Voss
Homer
Florence Atwood
State Farm Bureau
Organized Agriculture
Our State University
State Farm Bureau and Home Economics Association
State Farm Bureau Association
National Federation
State Home Maker's Association
Don Forbes
Nebraska
Forbes
Farmer's Institute
J. Forbes
Lincoln
Bliven
Meridian Road
Dakota City
Longfield
Mann
Pewaukee
Hunteman
Iowa
Goodwin
Court Room
P. K. Whelpton
The
State University
Nebraska Farmer
Mr. Whelpton
Journal and the Census Enumeration
Reverend Co R Lowe reflects on census methods and the public’s role. He argues the system is antiquated, blames enumerators for gaps rather than the structure, and praises local workers in Sioux City for courtesy and diligence while noting improvements for church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Gyeneral
Census Bureau
Sioux City
Dakota Precinct
Dakota County
Seed Wheat Sale Notice for Marquis by T Sullivan
Local notice lists Marquis Seed Wheat offered by T Sullivan of Jackson Nebraska. No further details on quantity price or date provided in the readable text.
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T. Sullivan
Jackson
Nebraska
Dakota City Falls to Sioux City Second Team
In a season opener at Morningside gymnasium the Dakota City team lost to the Sioux City seconds 24 to 4. Coach Hoyt subbed four players in the second half as Dakota City fought back to score six to four, with Graheam standouts.
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Sioux City
Morningside
Dakota City
Hoyt
Graheam
Oakland
Emerson
Lyons
Lutheran Church Notes Reflections On Life And Crime
Rev C R Lowe discusses a man named Piazzi, a confessed manslaughterer, and remarks on life as a gamble. He notes the prisoner’s lack of remorse for killing and questions societal values and opportunities shaping criminals.
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C. R. Lowe
Ladies’ Aid Society
H. E. Brown
Piazzi
Dan
Sioux City
Farmers urged to use inventories for tax purposes
The commissioner of internal revenue urged the Nebraska colony to allow farmers to take inventories, arguing inventories aid correct income tax assessment. The College cites refusals by revenue men to accept farm inventories, which can raise taxes, with one case costing a farmer over $500.
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Nebraska Colonyadl
College
Drainage Project Drains Gage County Lake Near Ellis
Gage County Farm Bureau and Nebraska College of Agriculture install a drainage system a mile north of Ellis reclaiming about twenty acres and easing a troublesome road. A B inch tile line runs through a hill from two catch basins. The lake drained in days, with more small lakes possible in Nebraska. A USDA bulletin Farmers Bulletin 624 discusses land drainage and is available from the College of Agriculture, Lincoln, The Herald, $1.60 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage County Farm Bureau
Nebraska College of Agriculture Co-Operating
Ellis
Gage County
Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture Law
Farmers
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
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Powea
H. H. Hart
Omaha
George Carter
Lyons Mirror
Daniel Piazzi
Sam Corlensky
South
Neb
Guy T. Graves
Dakota County District Court
Piazas
Burlington
Clyde Lake
W. H. Jones
Board of Education
A. Brodie Downie
Walthill
W. H. Mason
Lena
Clarence Bower
Tom Means
J. P. Matousek
Louie Vinasek
Fullerton
Helen Rix
Albert Means
Emerson Enterprise
Martin Fillman
Chas. Rockwell
Clyde Myers
John Watson
Hart Church
Margaret Voss
Coleridge
Manda Hintz
Nacora
Harry Heikes
Robert Poole
Aid Society
Carmel Maurice
Peter Maurice
Hubbard
Evans
Washington, D. C
John B
South Dakota
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Small & Rogers
Jmpror Co
Goodwin State Bank
Farm Bureau Field Notes Co
I. Young
the Journal and the
Herald
Rev
Co. R. Lowe
the Herald
A. H. Brunelle
Dan Piagsi
M. E. Church
Waterloo
Church
Mr. Farmer
Jackson State Bank
Jackson, Nebraska
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