Good Roads Meeting Proposes County Engineer and Road Reforms
The Wood Roads meeting at John Nulk's office elects W A Greenwald as chairman and endorses amendments to road law. Proposals include dissolving road supervisor, creating a county engineer at 5000 a year, cash poll tax, township road construction by lowest bidder, and 50 percent of road funds yearly under the engineer for permanent roads. It urges drainage surveys and drainage laws, with tax funding from reclaimed lands and support from the county board of Supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Roads
John Nulk
W.A. Greenwald
G. A. Alybott
R. I. Grinstead
G. J. Crooks
Mr. Babcock
Tucker
Hogrefe and
Lord
W. A. Greenwald
Tdke Richardson
Board of Supervisors
Seed Corn Special Arrives to Educate Burlington Farmers
The Burlington Seed Corn Special reached the city at 1 15 p m on Monday to a large crowd of farmers eager to learn about corn varieties. The three coach train included a dining car and a portable platform with displays of top seed corn. A scientific lecture on seed corn care and crop management followed with farmers allowed to question the lecturers, yielding practical insights for growing.
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Burlington
A Christmas Sermon Inspires Gentle Cheerfulness and Duty
The piece urges joyful seasonality over grim moralism, urging mercy and gentleness as higher duties than harsh restraint. It cites Robert Louis Stevenson on happiness and self-improvement, and notes Falls City attendance at a lecture, with a long list of train staff and organizers from several universities and railways.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Christ
Robert Louis Stevenson
Resolutions of Mourning at Newkirk Lodge
The Newkirk Lodge No 2 A F and A M adopts resolutions mourning the death of Brother Martin B F Saylor and extends sympathy to his wife and relatives. The charter is draped for ninety days and copies are sent to bereaved families and city papers in Newkirk Oklahoma and Falls City Nebraska. John Dorrington arrived from Lincoln, and Mrs Dan Watson of Reserve Kansas visited Mrs Jessie Sears.
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Martin BF
Saylor
Newkirk Lodwe
Min
Newkirk
Oklahoma
Falls City
Nebraska
J. M. Havyes
Chavon Duval
J. A. Tuer
John Dorrington
Lincoln
Dan Watson
Reserve
Kas
Jessie Sears
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Humboldt Dawson
Salem
W.hi. Mans
C. I
Chicago
Table Rock
Lewis D. Fh
PLA
Beatrice
EK. Benj. Andrews
Rev. Tuttle
J. A. Despain
State Dept. of Labor
Lincoln Star
J. L. Mendenhall
T. Pvt P. Alc. Bo
Bente
A. FP
A. M
A. D
HS. Reavis
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