Crook Granted Divorce Custody and Alimony
Hedwig C. Crook wins decree of divorce from Walter F. Crook. She gains custody of Eloise and Phylisa and receives $1,400 in alimony plus $200 monthly for child maintenance. The case cites prior petitions and amendments dating from August with earlier alimony of $1,000 and $150 monthly, and the suit was not contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hedwig C. Crook
Walter F. Crook
Omaha
North Platte
Eloise
Phylisa
Legion Post Clarifies Noncharitable Policy to Public
The American Legion post Executive Committee declares it will not send representatives to merchants or the public asking for favors and disavows any affiliation with organizations pushing such a policy. The post emphasizes it is not a charitable group and reiterates its independent stance.
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The
American Legion
Post
Bank to Move Into Temporary Odd Fellows Building
Platte Valley Bank will relocate Sunday into a temporary structure and open Monday morning. Contractors will remodel the ground floor of the Odd Fellows building starting Monday with completion expected within ninety days.
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Platte Valley Bank
Odd Fellows
Edwards Reynolds Co announces eight million bonus for workers
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford disclose an eight million dollar bonus to 80,000 employees. Workers earning at least six dollars daily will get fifty dollars, while five year skilled staff earning ten eighty daily receive two hundred seventy dollars.
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Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Block's January Clean Sweep Sale Promises Big Discounts
Local shoppers are urged to attend Block's January Clean Sweep Sale with prices cut to one fifth to one half. Readers learn of entertainment, visits, and community events as well as notes on Mrs. Genevieve Jeffers postponing her marriage due to Father McPaid’s illness and other social happenings.
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Misa
Block
Mies Ida Ottenstein
Sam Block
Fremont
H. J. Block
Mra. Geller
Gon
Lindley Bufkin
Des Moinee
Townsend Dent
Lincoln
Price
Primon
David Day
Dave
John Day
Father McPaid
Genevieve Jeers
William Easton
Ruth Moody
Marguerite Seth
Tatum
Genevieve Jeffers
Brock
Pioneer Camp
Whelpley
Dorothy Elder
North Platte
Edpwards*reynolds CO
Sugar Price Controls Extended Through 1920
Washington reports President Wilson signed the McNary bill renewing the US sugar equalization board through 1920. The measure grants the president power to purchase Cuban sugar but warns it may not be practicable to use this for purchases and distribution. The act also preserves licensing to curb distributor profiteering as Cuban imports arrive and prices peak before potential declines.
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Washington
Wilcon
McNary
United States Sugar Equalization Board
White House
Tumulty
Cuba
North Platte Couple Wed in Independence Missouri
North Platte man Edward DeWitt married Miss Mary Mildred Zick in Independence Missouri last Monday. The couple plans a wedding trip and will return to North Platte soon.
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North Plate
Janes G. DeWitt
Independence, Mo
Mary Mildred Zick
Market Bond Sale Tragedy Finds Odd Banner Clue
A fragmented wartime note describes a sickly conspirator in a hospital recounting a plan to keep a head as a memento. The garbled text mentions Liberty bonds at market price and a reference to Louis Lipshitz.
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Louis Lipshitz
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