Wheat feeding grows in state as Nebraska leads in hides
Nebraska runs third in meat industry by products as wheat feeding gains speed. Professor Loeffel notes wheat is cheap, reduces visible surplus, and can push higher prices for remaining grain. Daily inquiries from eastern Nebraska and South Dakota seek feeding methods amid corn damage from drought.
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Lincoln
Department of Animal Husbandry
The
Agricultural College
W. J.loeffel
Loeffel
South Dakota
Dr. Kein
Fort Robinson: From Mormon cow to US Army post
The Fort Robinson tale links the Chicago fire legend to a lame cow, a Sioux camp and a 19th century chain of events. It notes the 1854 theft report, the Bear's ambush, the 1874 Fort Robinson establishment, later campaigns, and today the post houses a pack artillery unit visited for its history.
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Fort Robinson
O’leary
Chicago
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
Custer
United States Army
Nebraska Ranks In Hide Production And Omaha Industry
Nebraska stands third in hides produced as a by product of meat packing per a University of Nebraska survey. Omaha is third among U S cities in meat packing with about 60 percent of hides processed there. Small plants farms and slaughterhouses supply the remaining forty percent. The study notes Omaha could become a tanning and leather center, echoing frontier days when hides shipped east for tanning while bark was scarce locally. Leather firms grew beside tanneries.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
University of Nebraska College of Business Administration
Omaha
Nebraska Legion enrolls over nineteen thousand members
The American Legion of Nebraska reports more than 19 000 members enrolled this year. State Adjutant H H Dudley notes the total rose to 19 0038 after eleven new members joined from South Omaha. Lincoln post trails other posts in enrollment.
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Nebraska Legion Omaha
American Legion of Nebraska
H. H. Dudley
South Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska State Banks Report Cash and Bond Reserves
Nebraska's state banks report a total cash and bond reserve of 64 million dollars as of June 30, with 602 banks in operation. Deposits stood around 156 million, while combined capital and surplus exceeded 24 million. Loans and discounts totaled 110 million dollars.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Woods
Farmers Save $2 Million On Rates In Wheat Shipment
Omaha and Nebraska farmers will save about $2,000,000 yearly on freight rates for wheat moving from home stations to Omaha Kansas City and Sioux City under new schedules set by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Chairman John Curtiss of the state railway commission interprets the effect, with orders to take effect October 1. Curtiss believes a large portion of this year's crop will move under the new rates.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Kansas City
Sioux City
Interstate Commerce Commission
John &. Curtiss
State Railway Commission
Yields Reported by Lyons Farmer and Crop Conditions
Harry Palmer near Lyons reports oats yields of 20 and 66 bushels per acre and wheat at 50 bushels per acre. A. K E Anderson cites a 33 percent drop in eastern Nebraska corn due to drought and heat. Nebraska City paving progresses southward toward Peru. gold tile nearing completion at the capitol. corn borers appear in Stanton county with farmers bringing in suspect stalks and samples.
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Harry Palmer
Lyons
Palmer
Nebraska
Dreuth
A. K E. Anderson
Nebraska Capitol
Stanton County
Cattle on Feed in Corn Belt States Shifts Rise in Nebraska Iowa
Agricultural statistician A. E. Anderson notes fewer cattle on feed in the corn belt overall but reports a substantial rise in Nebraska and Iowa. Cattlemen expect reduced feeding later this year due to poor pasturage and uncertainty in the corn supply.
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Nebraska
Iowa
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Billy Sunday to Speak at Nebraska State Fair
Evangelist Billy Sunday has been invited to address crowds at the Nebraska state fair on Sunday August 31. George Jackson secretary of the fair board says Sunday will offer two talks, one in the auditorium after noon and another in the grandstand at night. Gas tax receipts for July in Nebraska total 788658.05 dollars the highest since the four cent levy began. One fourth of counties will share 195202.38 dollars with Douglas County receiving 25275.85 dollars and Arthur County 209.08 dollars.
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Billy
George Jackson
Far Board
Nebraska
Douglas County
Arthur County
Odell approves water system bond for new project
Citizens approved a 28000 dollar bond by a 119 to 75 vote after past defeats. A mass meeting is set for August 20 to discuss a sewer project, and drilling a well with a pressure tank for the water system will begin as soon as possible.
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Odell
Rev James H Pollard Named Dean At Grand Island College
Rev James Hubert Pollard has been elected dean of Grand Island college and will assume duties this fall. He previously served four years as dean at Bacone College near Muskogee Oklahoma. He earned his high school training there before studying liberal arts at William Jewell College in Missouri.
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James Hubert Pollard
Grand Island College
Grand Island
Pollard
Bacone College
Muskogee
Oklo
William Jewell College
Missouri
Interstate Transit Lines to Build Garage and Shops
Worly project to construct a garage and machine shops for Interstate Transit Lines in Omaha. The facility will employ about 300 men and repair all buses used on transcontinental routes of this Union Pacific subsidiary. It will house 100 buses with capacity to work on 34 simultaneously.
Statewide high school bands enter contests at Nebraska State Fair
Fifteen bands have entered the state contests to be held at the Nebraska State Fair this year. George Jackson, secretary of the fair, announced the entries. Class A includes Seward Blair Havelock Scottsbluff Gothenburg Pawnee City and Kearney. Class B lists Stromsburg Fairfield and Cambridge. Class C features Os mond Table Rock Hardy Deshler and Silver Creek.
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George Jackson
Seward
Blair
Havelock
Scottsbluff
Gothenburg
Pawnee City
Kearney
Stromsburg
Fairfield
Cambridge
Osmond
Table Rock
Hardy
Deshler
Silver Creek
Lincoln man wins Vinerian prize in jurisprudence
Hugh B. Cox of Lincoln son of Mrs Carrie Cox wins the Vinerian prize at Oxford University England for the highest marks in the bachelor of civil law examinations. Cox a Rhodes scholar from Nebraska is the fourth American winner since the prize’s eighteenth century origin. He graduated Lincoln High School in 1922 and the University of Nebraska in 1926. The prize carries an award of 350 dollars.
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Hugh B. Cox
Lincoln
Carrie Cox
Oxford University
England
Cox
Nebraska
Lincoln High School
University of Nebraska
Hineline Obist Family Reunion Gathers Near DeSoto Nebraska
More than a hundred members of the Hineline and Obist families met at Blair for a reunion. John Obist, 81, was the eldest present, with descendants including John George Frank Solomon and Charles Hineline. Pioneers who came to DeSoto in 1854 and preempted a farm paying $1.25 per acre attended. The group planned to meet annually if possible.
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Hineline
Obist
DeSoto
Neb
Blair
John Obist
Nebraska
John
George
Frank
Solomon
Charles Hineline
State Board Lowers Farm Land Assessments in Several Counties
The state board of equalization ordered increases for farm land values in ten counties and decreases in eleven counties. Otoe County saw a drop from 105.07 to 100.87, contributing to a total statewide reduction of 3,593,101 in farm land valuations, more than 48 million dollars lower than last year.
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State Board of Equalization
Otoe
Edison winner Arthur Williams Jr of East Providence
Arthur O Williams Jr aged seventeen of East Providence Rhode Island won the Thomas A Edison free technical scholarship for 1930. He is a direct descendant of Roger Williams founder of Rhode Island.
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Arthur O. Williams, Jr
East Providence
It. I
Thomas A. Edison
Arthur
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Shift Talk Ties Milwaukee Team To Chicago Move
Florence Killilea, owner of the Milwaukee American Association club, may move the team to Chicago’s West side. The St Louis Browns of the American League are said to be considering Milwaukee as a home ground in a persistent report.
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Florence Killilea
Milwaukee American Association
Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Milwaukee
Wedding Fight Sparks Alimony Debate in Hotel Lobby
Report describes Molly Giltirox assaulted in a hotel lobby on her wedding day. The incident drew a crowd and witness account, with her husband facing divorce talks and potential alimony implications amid public scrutiny.
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John
Molly Giltirox
Fauna
British Put Gun Crews on Ships in Far East
Pirates have long operated off the south China coast. In response Britain assigns gun crews to high sea ships as guards withdraw. White Russians with military experience are being recruited in Singapore Hongkong and Shanghai to replace soldiers.
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Far East
High Seas
Far Eastern
South China Waters
Singapore
Hongkong
Shanghai
Anti
Kurds in Asia Minor A Nation of Mountain People
National Geographic outlines Kurdish history from ancient revolts to modern in Asia Minor. It covers geography in Kurdistan, Armenian upheavals, religious variety, and a life of hill country farming, raiding, and hospitality among the Kurds.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Mount Ararat
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Assyria
Xenophon
B. C
Turkey
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Caspian
Kurdistan
Armenia
Persia
Zagros
Iraq
Mosul
Old
Tigris
Euphrates
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Glacier National Park
London
Department of Agriculture
Margaret Roller
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Constantinople
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