Building Boom Hoped Despite High Costs in Nebraska
Nebraska builders expect more construction this year than 1940 as some work resumes but material and labor costs hinder activity. Gustav Mauve of the Nebraska Rent Meter Association notes prices for lumber and skilled labor remain high, delaying many projects while others must proceed. Contractors anticipate improved efficiency but wage and material prices keep snaps and full demand uncertain.
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Lincetn
Nebraakang
Gustav Wt. Mauve
Nebraska Rent Metate Organization
Mavel
Mauer
Maud Soya
Soya
Saaid
Nebraska Leads Nation in Hay Production and Quality
Nebraska produced 1 670 000 tons of hay last year ranking first in the United States. Minnesota followed with 6 000 tons less, while Nebraska also holds top positions in wild and third in tame hay production. The state leads in net hay value and yield per acre, with irrigation improving results in two states.
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Lincoln Mob
Pep
Nebraska
Goldenrod
United States
Minnesota
Teches
Bureau of Crop
Booth
New York
Wisconsin
Nebreda
Nebragka Jepila
Kanaan
Vifalta
Ex Champion Loses in City Wrestling Bout
Sioux Falls reports Charles Hansen, pupil of Farmer Burns, defeats former world heavyweight champion Charles Cutler. Hansen secures the first fall in 45 minutes with a double wrist lock, and wins the second fall in 14 minutes with a headlock. Mother also scores a fall, as the match ends with Hansen claiming victory.
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Sioux Falla
Charles Hansen
Farmer” Burns
Charles Cutler
Hanan
Mother
Conie
Mying Mae
Cugan Elections March 10 Partial Presidential Ballot
The article notes March 10 as the election date in Haven and Mot for a partial presidential ballot. It states the board will need the total election results later after the board nominates.
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Cugan
Haven
Mot
Bos
Repulger Enes at Tiflis and Constantinople Clash
Fragmentary report describes military activity at Tiflis and Constantinople with mentions of hoists and attacks. An anti-bolsevist government is said to have been established in Erivan amid unrest.
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Tiflis
Constantinople
Erivan
Spraclins Arraigned In Lovurly Preamble Case
In Sandwiel Ont the court room was crowded as the Rev Spraclin and a former liver Neense Ine Breeton faced charges linked to the firing at Lovurly Preamble, a Lom-keeper, during mid last November. The hearing followed the accused’s indictment by the fighting polisoy Fenan.
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Sandwiel Ont
Spraclin
Li Heling
Lan 313 Begins Work and 1920s Era Police Notes
The article details limited readable items about Mreano Welk Sh atine HK and AL Lundin, with unclear events surrounding a mayoral or city dispute. It mentions a St Louis figure and references a long history of crime and police action, including a special deputy police commissioner and a 400 member force pledge to stop crime.
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Mreano
Welk
Sh'atine HK
AL Lundin
Base- Holt
Phil Tattwo
Louie Amentoum
Ademiro Kuliam
Chinaiows
Prairie ranchers benefit from mild winter weather
Wood Take Neb Feb 25 The mill weather has helped ranchers of the Sandhill refine country as many smaller stockmen manage stock with little hired labor due to fine weather and light feed use. Calf crop appears earlier this year with some ranchers reporting up to sixty calves. Large hay crop last summer and low hay prices here mean thousands of tons will be carried over for feed next year.
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Sandhill
Long litigation over Union Pacific right of way ends
In Keartney Nebraska district court action when plaintiffs insults pending against the Union Pacific failed to appear the closing chapter of a long dispute over tithe to right of way lands is written Ephraim Oliver and Joseph Owens of Shelton sought land before the railroad came and refused to accept the railroad claim to tithe after 10 to 15 years of litigation the court was told the men will accept a perpetual lease of the lands.
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Oliver
Owens
Lieutenant Governor Returns From Eastern Trip as Senate Leader
Lieut. Gov. P. A. Barrows resumes duties as Nebraska senate president after a two week tour as commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans. He logged 4490 miles, spoke 30 times in 17 cities across 10 states and addressed legislatures in New York, Indiana and Massachusetts. He brought back half a dozen trophies from organizations visited.
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Lincoln
Neb
P. A. Barrows
Nebraska Senate
Sona of Veterans
New York
Indiana
Massachusettn
Warren Ewell Sentenced for Glenwood Mill Arson
Warren Ewell former mill owner from Glenwood Buffalo County Lincoln Neb began serving a sentence of one to ten years for arson. He admitted setting the mill on fire which was totally destroyed and insured for about seven thousand five hundred dollars. Authorities investigated after his telephone wires were cut and neighbors found him missing at his home.
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Lincoln
Neb
Warren Ewell
Glenwood
Buffalo County
Ewell
Fiwell
Smnpleton
Woman 53 Becomes Notable Athlete And Editor
Mrs. Ada Carroll Wortman, 53, who moved to Lincoln from a farm audience, has become an expert swimmer and gymnasium student, a folk dancer, writer, editor, and active local worker, exemplifying a life of achievement beyond typical expectations for her age.
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Lincoln
Nolen
Feb
Ada Carroll Worlman
Elmit
Beebe Moonshine Car Crash Tale Disputed
A Platte County rumor alleges J L Beebe, a Nemadji league organizer and Red Cloud minister, wrecked his car and faced attack by moonshine allegations. The claim names aliases and misidentifies Beebe with another organizer from Minnesota, prompting officials to deny the story and seek the truth.
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Lincoln
Platte County
J. L. Beebe
Heebe
Red Cloud
Nwinhal
Min
L. Toehe
Minnewsote
Tie
Argankera
University Basketball Player In Ill Health
A University of Nebraska athlete named Moe, a cook star and female varsity basketball member, is briefly out after an appendicitis operation. Names and hometowns appear garbled but reference Lincoln and Ane ley Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Nel
Ami Dorbesh
University of Nubrara
Moe
Vile Nee
Khunell
Aneley
Neb
Two Fires In Fremont Possibly Incendiary
Fremont officials say two downtown fires, likely incendiary, caused about 76000 dollars in damage last night. One destroyed offices of J D Gage above a bank. another hit a nearby apartment. Authorities note weak law enforcement postures and speculate on regional fire patterns between Bridgeport and Newsacy.
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Fremont, Ee
Caver
J. D. Gage
Wronont Ate. Bank
Aparmente
Smallest Omaha Baby Dies at Two Pounds Nine Ounces
Mabel Alice Weiner said to be Omaha's smallest baby born last Thursday died Monday. The infant weighed two pounds nine ounces at birth. A medicine dropper was used to feed her during the first two days of life.
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Main
Bob
Mabel Alice Weiner
Omaha
Omaha Leases Cancelled for Nebraska Sub-Recruiting Stations
An order for cancellation as soon as possible of all leases on sub recruiting stations in Nebraska was received by the Omaha army recruiting office from the adjutant general. The order affects Lincoln Grand Island North Platte and Fairbury with leases at Fremont and Norfolk already cancelled.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Army
Adjutant General
Lincoln
Grand Island
North Platte
Fairbury
Fremont
Norfolk
Mary Petitions For Legislatures In South Dakota
A South Dakota report notes petitions prepared for state initiatives including a Mobridee hydro plant start and a repeal of the Sunday law. Petitions to move Vermilion’s university and to create a Richards merit system circulate, with debate on copying all names and related costs. Washington’s birthday holiday pauses the legislature as House and Senate speakers address the session.
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Hipple
Tom Ayres
Mitchell
North Dakota
R. C. Richards
Huron
Richards
State University
Vermilion
Sioux Falls
Washington
House
Knight
Clay
V. Vanornum
Spink
Head of Marketing Division Named at Farm Bureau
C A Gustafson appointed head of the cooperative marketing department of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The division will develop commodity organizations and promote cooperative marketing.
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Farm Bureau Federation
C. A. Gustafson
American Farm Bureau Foderation
Ths
Syracuse Council Bans Jazz Dance at Hotels and Halls
The common council voted unanimously to prohibit all forms of jazz dance in hotels and public dance halls in Syracuse New York. The ordinance closes such venues by midnight and bars anyone under 18 from attendance or participation.
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Puana
Mtd
Syracuse
Common Council
Municipal
Morales
Bantamweight Champion Lynch Beats White in Eight
Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, defeated Jabow White in an eight round bout. Lynch used precise left jabs and crosses to control the action while celebrations from Gethepherg and Browk fans reflected the victory. The page notes mixed commentary on the bout and related micro-scale technology mentions.
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Klsdephla
Joe Lynch
Jabow White
Lynch
Fragmentary Laulivile Courtred Journal Item
A fragmentary Laulivile court note mentions powdering noses and efficiency talks. It references contention in Tokyo and US exclusion of Japanese laborers, with a veiled claim about peace in the Orient and broader circulation concerns.
Special Fund 15 Causing Trouble in Hartington Neb
Hartington Nebraska February 22 special report the county commissioners and county treasurer dispute the disposition of forty five thousand dollars from a special road fund levy meant to build and repair bridges. commissioners used funds from the general fund and the treasurer refused to honor a transfer warrant prompting mandamus action to compel payment.
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Hartington
Neb
Board of Commissioners
F. O. Robinson
Millard
Mandamus
Hog Attack Fells Man Near North Loup
Martin Zoucha was seriously injured after attempting to separate two fighting hogs when a 600 pound hog turned on him. He received a long wound on his thigh as the animal gored him with tusks while he tried to retreat. The incident occurred near North Loup Nebraska on February 22.
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North Loup
Neb
Martin Zoucha
Ex Chairman of Dem Committee Stricken With Illness
William McCombs former chairman of the Democratic national committee is critically ill at his sister’s home on Long Island A cold contracted at the national convention last July contributed to his illness
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William McCombs
Long Island
Five German chemists head to U S amid breach of trust case
Warrants issued for four chemical and dye experts formerly with Friederich Bayer Co of Leverskursen. Drs Joseph Fluchslander Heinrich Jord Otto Runger and Max Enelemann accused of signing contracts with Dupont De Nomeurs Co Wilking ton Del to join and disclose valuables receipts formulas and other confidential company assets.
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Cologne
Friederich Bayer & Co
Leverskursen
Joseph Fluchslander
Heinrich Jord
Otto Runger
Max Enelemann
Dupont de Nomeurs Company
Wilkington
Del
Montreal flood claims two boys and injures twenty eight
A broken water main caused a flood in Montreal yesterday. Water filled a tenement cellar, forcing residents to flee as the pressure caused the building to collapse, killing two boys and injuring 28 people.
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Montreal
Population shift and wartime propaganda shape early 20th century trends
A compendium of notes on demographic westward shift from Bloomington to California driven by urban growth, German propaganda for neutral nations amid postwar tensions, and remarks on pacifying diplomacy. It includes Harding tax stance on presidential salary and New York typhus prevention efforts amid 1908 concerns.
Holt county appoints first marketing agent for farm bureau
O'Neill Neb Feb 26 Holt county becomes the first county to hire a marketing agent for its farm bureau. The agent, appointed last week, travels the road selling agricultural products directly from farmers to consumers. A large number of hay loads and substantial stock have already been sold.
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O'Neill
Neb
Holt County
Smallpox patient’s father funds care as city notes first streetcar
In Omaha Curtis resident Peter Jepson tours the new streetcar with Quarantine Officer Czerwinski. Jepson, 27, asked questions about admission pricing and depicted Curtis life, while his rancher father privately financed the ill son’s hospital care. The report also covers Hastings principals’ reelection, jail escape sentences to Leavenworth, a Methodist minister’s transfer, a booze-related fine, and a wolf hunt by Cambridge American Legion.
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Omaha, Neb
Peter Jepson
Curtis, Neb
William Czerwinski
Curtis
Jepson
Czerwinski
Nebraska
Omaha
Jia
Cambridge
Victor Weat
Methodist Church
Walnut Hill
Columbus
Edward G. Warner
American Legion
John Minnick
Easy Money to Battle Blue Laws in New York
A New York anti blue laws league raises funds via canvassing with collectors earning about half of receipts. Assistant District Attorney Jonb Anton has summoned league promoters to his office for a conference as money floods in for the effort.
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New York
Uberal
Jonb Anton
Poles Employ Russians to Break Warsaw Rail Strike
Warsaw district railroads operate under martial law after mechanics strike for higher wages and food. Polish army uses Russian Soviet prisoners of war as strike breakers amid cabinet decision. Notices threaten death penalties for interference. Hotel Crillon Paris alleged to refuse white payments for damages claimed by American delegation.
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Warsaw
Wiles
Four Robbers Hold Up Train Near Quincy Junction
Reports say four men armed with rifles stopped Chicago Alto passenger train No 10 near Quincy Junction and forced the clerk to surrender three registered letters and a package. The haul is estimated at under $50 with no further details known.
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Road House
Ill
Quincy Junction
Here
Chicago
Vanderlip Arrives in Sweden En Route to Russia
Stockholm February 25 Washington Vanderlip American financier with concessions in Soviet Russia has landed in Sweden en route to Russia via Revel He plans talks with Boris Litvinoff Soviet envoy recalled to London to discuss resuming trade between Britain and the Soviet Union
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Stockholm
Washington Vanderlip
Russia
Vanderlip
Boris Litvinoff
London
Great Britain
Blackmail charge filed against Mason City parlor owner
Gi Margaras, shoe shining parlor owner, is charged with blackmail. He had earlier been arrested for suborning perjury after an out of court settlement tied to a mysterious assault case involving Tony Skarlis and Carmen Cavello. Cavello confessed to naming Margaras as the planner of the attack and alleged Margarasus guilt.
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Mason City
Gi Margaras
Tony Skarlis
Carmen Cavello
Skarus
Margaras
Iowa nominates Michael Eldness for U S minister to Norway
Tribune dispatch reports Michael Eldness of Graettinger a longtime Senate employee with Scandinavian ties tops Iowa’s list for the U S minister to Norway. Eldness has broad endorsements including the Iowa delegation. Other hopefuls emerge as federal appointments trend under the Harding administration with Edward Kelly seeking assistant attorney general. Senator Cummins expresses confidence Iowa will gain its share.
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Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Iowa
Norway
Michael Eldness
Graettinger
Senate
United States
Edward Kelly
Des Moines
Cummins
Harding
Woman in Grinnell Ends Life With Carbolic Acid
Grinnell Iowa February 26 Mrs Edna Riley 25 of Davenport Iowa committed death by her own action at the home of Mrs M A Sears by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid She was preparing to join her husband in Davenport when she ran to an upper room and drank the poison In a note to her parents found near the body she wrote that she had gone to pieces.
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Grinnell
Edna Riley
Davenport
I A
M. A. Sears
Sarmela Russo Granted Bond Pending Supreme Court Appeal
Centerville Indiana February 26 Sarmela Russo convicted slayer of Tony Matto has been released from Rockwell City reformatory on bond awaiting appeal. She claimed Matto annoyed her with his intentions and had threatened her repeatedly. Russo had married Carl Malone on the eve of departure for the reform atory.
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Centerville
Sarmela Russo
Tony Matto
Rockwell City
Funds Set to Ship Grain to China Relief
Senate appropriations committee approved a 500000 dollar measure to ship American relief grain to China. The plan authorizes use of naval or shipping board vessels and envisions moving about 1600000 bushels of grain with railroad transport donated.
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Washington
China
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kenyon
Republican
Iowa
Naval
Shipping Board
Four-time Newark Mayor Haussling Dies by Knife Wound
Jacob Haussling four times mayor of Newark died today from a knife wound. His body was found in bed by his wife. His bankruptcy plagued a soda fountain equipment firm he led, damaging his popularity. Motive cited as disappointment over money and friends.
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Newark
N. J
Jacob Haoussling
Haussling
Seek Couple in West for Alleged Kidnaping
Oakland California February 25 search started for Edward Kimball and his wife after a Kansas City police telegram named them as suspects in the 4 year old Martin Van Slyke kidnapping case. The couple had reportedly been in Ansoles but recently moved to Oakland.
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Oakland
Cal
Edward Kimball
Kansas City
Martin van Slyke
Kimballe
Veterans of Foreign Wars leader to visit Sioux Falls
Major G Woodside national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will visit Sioux Falls May 28 29 30 and 31 to aid two existing posts and form a state department. He will travel to Aberdeen to organize more posts with open public meetings at the coliseum and a campfire.
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Sioux Falls
Maj. G. Woodalde
Pittsburgh
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Aberdeen
State Department
Coliseum
George L. Gels
Major Woodside
Geis
American Legion
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Woodside
10Th
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
1St
South Dakota Regiment
Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gels
Col
A. B. Sessions
P. H. Scott
E. F. Schultz
Bank Robber Bruntlett Sentenced After Mexico Return
Corlis Bruntlett returns from Mexico to Iowa and pleads guilty to the Lanesboro bank robbery. He is sentenced to 10 years at Anamosa reform school after confessing in a revival influenced decision. Cleo Moore aided the crime and implicated Bruntlett when bail failed.
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Jefferson
Mexico
Carroll
Hutchinson
Lanesboro
Moore
Livestock Shippers Hold Second Annual State Meeting
The second annual convention of the South Dakota Federation of Livestock Shippers Association convened in Huron with 100 delegates from 35 shipping groups. F H Krug of Madison was re elected president and R A Whitmore of Clark became vice president. board members include J J Yates Esmond R A Whitmore Clark A L Shires Onida Paul Kruger Gratton and C Hamm Armour. The next meeting site will be chosen by the board.
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Huron
Sooth Dakota Federation of Livestock Shippers Association
F. H. Krug
Madison
R. A. Whitmore
Clark
J. J. Yates
Esmond
IR. A. Whitmore
A. L. Shires
Onida
Paul Kruger
Gratton
C. Hamm
Armour
Doland man dies of heart failure after accident
Murray Scott, Doland resident injured in an automobile crash weeks ago, appeared to recover at a hospital before sudden heart failure. Survived by a widow and two children. In Pedro Rapid City Elmer Hawke is held for trial for allegedly attempting to shoot Francia Conway with a rifle. In Hersfeld the Congregational church calls Rev A H Hyatt of Hawarden to serve as pastor at once.
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Doland
Murray Scott
Rapid City
Elmer Hawke
Pedro
Francia A. Conway
Herespford
A. H. Hyatt
Hawarden
Suspected Slaver Held in Los Angeles Jail
A man believed to be John Teal, 35, sought in Halley county Texas for the murder of Miss Evelyn Monts, was detained in a Los Angeles jail as authorities seek verification from Texas.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Teal
Halley County
Texas
Evelyn Monts
Many New Refineries in U S Operate by 1925 Report States
Washington February 25 The United States oil refining equipment has increased by 968 535 barrels a day since 1920 There are 415 completed refineries now and 44 being constructed Mason petroleum economist for the bureau of mines reported There were but 73 in Loge Texas has the most refineries with 70 Oklahoma 68 Pennsylvania 60 and California 39 operating
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Washington
United States
H. ¥. Mason
Bureau of Mines
Mason
Loge
Texas
Mont
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
California
Congress Notes on Propriation and Interstate Commerce
Renate reports on budget and appropriation discussions in Congress. The Interstate Commerce Commission faces examination while a resolution on sending food to China is considered. Finance and post office committees review the bonus bill and related inquiries.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Finance Committee
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