Good Roads and Road Engineer Visit in Nebraska
Congressman Pollard addressed the Postmasters' Convention in Lincoln on improving highways. He praised sand clay roads as affordable and suitable for Nebraska soils, detailing a plan with engineer W L Spoon aiding five counties Cass Lancaster Pawnee Johnson and Richardson. He urged county hiring of an expert engineer and support for funding, noting a $90 000 federal appropriation to the Division of Public Roads and Spoon’s temporary stay in the state.
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Congressman Pollard
Postmasters’ Convention
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. L. Spoon
Division of Public Roads
Department of Agricuture
Washington
South
Platte River
Spoon
Cass
Lancaster
Pawnee
Johnson
Richardson
United States
Division of
Congress
Agricultural Department
Nemaha Bottom
Auburn
Solong
Agricultural Committee
Market Letter: Kansas City stock yards June 28 1908
Cattle receipts last week totaled 20 000 head with broad price swings. Best fed trades scarce and selling strong with tops at 8.00 to 5.25. Grass steers fell 10 to 25 cents while cows and heifers outside the top tier declined 25 to 50 cents. Calves closed a quarter lower. Run today about 12 000 head including 2000 calves. quarantine division adds about 200 carloads. Top steers steady at 8.00. other grades weak to 15 lower.
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Kansas City
Texas
Greenwood County
J. A. Rickart
Bob Burdette's Bear Story Told by Presidents Circle
A St. Louis Post Dispatch tale recalls Bob Burdette’s bear story told around a Louisiana cane brake campfire with the president, guides, and a crowd listening as a bear hunter’s misadventure unfolds in humorous fashion.
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President Roosevelt
Louisiana
Bob Burdette
Bob
Guide
Bear
Beave
Giddes
Bhegst
Tiob
Benny
Noted Politicians and Entertainers Patronize Local Scene
A fragment reports Gunsaults Waters Carleton Lee and Gov Johnson among prominent figures at a city gathering with mentions of Chicago Players Signers Gibb Vandal Enos Pambaskia and their entourage. The piece also references a swimming pool and moving pictures as part of the scene.
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Gunsaults
Waters
Carleton Lee
Gov. Johnson
Allen White
Victor Murdock
Senator Long
J. L. Bristow
Cyrus Leland
W.R. Stubbs
W. A. Harris
Chicago
Gibb
Vandal Enos
Pambaskia
Holland's Wage Earners in 1904 Insurance System
Prof. Henderson notes Holland with 1,000,000 wage earners and 6.5 million inhabitants. Sickness insurance is voluntary via associations. 1904 receipts were $888,000 and 45,902 injured and 228 killed received settlements. Accident insurance is compulsory since 1901 with a state fund and casualty companies.
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Holland
Henderson
Charities and the Commons
Birds Teach Lazy Man a Lesson from the Nesting Feats
A discussion cites house martins making about 1 000 trips daily to feed young, with each bird performing around 90 journeys per hour and catching insects on each trip. Even tiny wrens are noted for 110 nest trips in 430 minutes, delivering larger prey like caterpillars grasshoppers spiders worms and chrysalis.
Butterworth erects grave monument for late wife’s former husband
The discussion questions Butterworth’s plan to honor his wife’s first husband with a grave monument. One character notes it as a fiscal waste, while another reasons Butterworth can live off his sufficient life insurance and feels a public display is due.
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Butterworth
Progress of Science Insomnia Exchange
A humorous dialogue shows a patient suffering insomnia and a doctor advising a late meal. The patient recalls prior guidance about not eating before bed, while the doctor notes scientific progress since then.
Courteous Girl Refuses Count in Dashing Style
A divorced count asks why a beautiful American woman refuses him. She answers she fears she cannot support him in the accustomed luxury. The exchange reveals social expectations and witty restraint in a genteel prior era.
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Market Letter
St. Louie
George H. Fallstead
Panhandle
Oregon and
Wyoming
Korner's Hardware Store
Falls City
Chautauqua
Assembly
National
Thos. J. Whitaker
John Lichty
T. J. Oliver
W. A. Greenwald
Treas
S. M. Holladay
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