FORT ROBINSON AWAITS SHIFT IN ACTIVITY WITH TROOP ARRIVAL
Alliance reports 350 soldiers and officers arriving at Fort Robinson from Fort McIntosh Texas. Residents recall Indian skirmishes at the fort dating to 1873 and the 1879 Cheyenne breakout that left fifty Indians and fourteen soldiers dead in a surrounding battle.
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Alliance
Fort Robinson
Fort McIntosh
Red Oak
Texas
Custer
United States
Indian Territory
Pumpkins, Potatoes, and Water Power Boost Harrisburg District
Farmers in Banner county near Harrisburg plan crop diversification with pump irrigation from a great underground river. Electrically driven pumps will be powered by lines from North Platte and Dalton valleys at low cost. The Pumpkin creek district, feeding wheat farms, spans fifty miles from North Robinson ranch into Harrisburg country and aims to lift irrigation to raise high yields.
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Missouri
State Department of Public Works
Elkhorn River
Norfolk
Pender
Bancroft
Homer
Beatrice
Dodge County Board of Supervisors
Fred Maranville
Hoay
W. C. Fry
Holmesville
Gage County
Harrisburg
Pumpkin Creek
Banner County
North Robinson Ranch
North Platte
Dalton
Oregon Trail Days Set for August in Gering
Gering announces the Oregon Trail Days celebration for August 1 and 2. James Badgley elected president and C O Lyda named secretary. Last two years featured the old settlers reunion, the main attraction, with a record crowd expected.
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Gering
James Badgley
C. O. Lyda
Old Settlers
New Standpipe at Fairbury Elevates Water Supply
Fairbury water runs through a newly completed steel standpipe in a better location. The old rusted structure will be torn down and the lot disposed of. Electric lights will be installed at the top of the new standpipe.
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Fairbury
Fairbury to Have New Union Pacific Depot
Union Pacific will build a new depot in Fairbury as part of its 1929 budget. Terminal facilities will be expanded transfer tracks lengthened and yards doubled in size though details remain to be finalized.
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Fairbury
Union Pacific
Homing Pigeons Race From Kimball to Omaha Victory
Thirteen pigeons released at Kimball raced 407 miles to Omaha in 11 hours 16 minutes. J I Packard of Omaha owned the winning bird, which finished drenched after heavy rain. Eleven birds completed the course while the others failed.
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Kimball
Omaha
J 1D. Packard
State Toll Bridge Free Near Plattsmouth Nebraska
The King of Traine bridge over the Platte river near Plattsmouth was made free after tolls ended July 10. Opened October 1925 as a private bridge, Cass and Sarpy counties agreed with the state to buy it for 125000 with the state paying half and counties collecting tolls.
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Plattsmouth
Platte River
Nebraska
Cass
Sarpy
Nebraska Canal Dedication Near Gothenburg Celebrated
The fourth largest irrigation project in Nebraska near Gothenburg and Cozad along the Platte River was completed and paid for by 121 farm stockholders. The canal traces an old ditch started in the 1890s and crosses the Oregon Trail and Pony Express route, attracting many Nebraskans.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Gothenburg
Platte River
Pony Express
Automobile Notes and Oddities of Road Law
A compendium of humorous and oddities about driving laws and habits. Topics include a literacy test plan for Colorado drivers with a tricky question about Stop Look and Listen, hog belt states Illinois Indiana and Ohio, Peru banning automatic lighters, and Tokyo driving exams requiring a full day to prove driving skill.
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Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wilce Retires as Ohio Coach After 15 Years
R John W Wilce resigns as director of football at Ohio State effective June 1929 to pursue medicine and teaching. He plans to remain head coach next fall, with Prof Thomas E French noting Wilce will have full charge and no advisory role. Ohio State records show 69 wins 28 losses and 7 ties in 14 campaigns under his leadership.
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R. John W. Wilce
Ohio State University
University Athletic Board
Athletic Board
Doctor Wilce
Wilce
Thos. E. French
French
University of Wisconsin
John R. Richards
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Tost
How to Gather Evidence After a Motor Vehicle Accident
A Chicago Motor Club bulletin advises motorists to collect strong evidence after any crash. Use photos or sketches, photograph skid marks, record weather and road conditions, and secure names, addresses, and license numbers of all drivers and witnesses. Do not trust the other driver’s promises. preserve repair details and obtain sworn testimony if needed.
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Snys
Chicago Motor Club
Autos in Italy Blessed by Monks
A solemn benediction of automobiles near the Forum in Rome marked the feast of Santa Francesca Romana. Monks from various orders accompanied an abbot in regalia, sprinkling holy water on cars in the plaza before a pontifical mass at the Church of Santa Maria.
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Forum
Rome
Santa Francesca Romana
Church of Santa Maria
Head Phones Aid Station Searches in Early Radio Use
Authors advise using head phones when searching for distant stations. Once found, signals can be boosted to drive the loud speaker by adjusting volume and tuning. Very weak stations often become audible only through head phones.
Interesting Method Used to Determine Horsepower
A Chicago lab test measured engine power at 20 mph with 10,000 mile plugs yielding 20.6 horsepower and 29.4 hp with new plugs. One horsepower equals lifting 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, a standard derived from Watt and Boulton using a draft horse lifting 350 pounds 100 feet in one minute.
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Chicago
James Watt
Matthew Boulton
England
Oilcloth Cover Protects Battery From Dirt and Corrosion
A Popular Science Monthly tip explains using an oilcloth cover to keep dirt water off the battery top and reduce creeping acid corrosion. Forge a snug fit with cable openings and snaps. wipe the top with ammonia periodically to maintain a near new condition.
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Popular Science Monthly
Railroad Adopts Radio on Mile Long Trains
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tests radio communication on mile long freight trains between Richmond and Clifton Forge Virginia. An engine and caboose on the James River branch carry broadcasting and receiving sets to relay signals, reducing the need for a man to stand between the locomotive and rear car.
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The
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
James River Branch
Richmond
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Obviating Shorts With Shielded Grid Tubes
A Radio World note explains that shielded grid tubes can reduce hum when used with shielded or unshielded receivers. Proper grounding of the shield to a filament post is advised to avoid interference and shorts especially with top cap connections in RF amplification and space charge detector configurations.
Only One Ambidextrous Pitcher in All Baseball
A veteran sports writer notes rare ambidextrous talent in baseball history. Tony Mullane could pitch with either hand, a skill shared by few. Sentelle practiced throwing with both hands amid myths about Italian race and pistols, spurring peers to call him ambidextrous.
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Bozeman Bulger
The
Farm Journal
Tony Mullane
Senielle
Sentelle
Dual Captains Named for City College of New York Lacrosse
City College of New York names two captains for next season marking the first dual captaincy in the school's history. Both leaders, class of 1929 stars, helped CCNY win four of six in a revival season after a 25 year lapse.
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City College of New York
City College
Bits of Sports Tersely Told
The piece notes regional sports shifts with golf growth in South and Latin America and a Bogota course. It mentions Eddie Wells as a standout in the Southern association, Penn State beating the University of Pittsburgh in track, Al Nixon joining Portland in the Pacific Coast league, Samuel M. Peacock taking US Davis Cup team duties, and lacrosse rule changes and results including a 4 4 tie with Syracuse.
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al Nixon
Philadelphia Nationals
Portland
Baseball Tops Princeton Vote as Most Popular Sport
A Princeton poll shows baseball chosen as the season's most popular sport, ahead of golf and track athletics, polo, tennis, and rowing. Baseball also leads intramural sports at Harvard, a point of shared sports sentiment between Princeton and Harvard.
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Princeton
Harvard
Dairymen urged to diversify in Chenango Valley study
J C Neethling of the New York State College of Agriculture warns against concentrating all income in dairy. The Chenango Valley farms show higher labor incomes from mixed farming with crops and poultry than dairying alone. Dairymen earned about 1699 and poultrymen 1654 dollars in a 1925 study.
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Chenango Valley
New York State
J. C. Neethling
Agricultural Economic Department
New York State College of Agriculture
Neethting
Niagara County
Silage as a Readily Available Cattle Feed
Silage is promoted as the best succulent feed for dairy cattle offering year round availability at low labor cost. It provides essential carbohydrates with high moisture content and minimal protein, supports good digestion, and suits daily rations of 30 to 40 pounds per cow. Legume silage like alfalfa and sweet clover is fair quality and often cured as hay unless weather prevents it.
Right Richness of Cream Secured From Separator
Instructions discuss adjusting the cream screw to secure cream testing about 35 to 45 percent fat. Low testing cream spoils faster and arrives at the creamery unfit for good butter, causing sampling and testing difficulties. It reduces skim milk for calves and pigs, raises transportation costs per pound of butter fat, hampers starter use, and yields excess buttermilk with fat loss.
Dairy Notes on Feeding and Management for Calves
Dairy notes discuss calf care in the first month, the farmer as competitor to the herd, and the value of high protein feeds for soil fertility. They advise testing cream separators, emphasize water needs of cows, and suggest soybeans as useful feed despite handling waste from coarse stems.
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A. J. Denman
Walthill Beet Factory
Odello Board of Education
B. Christopher
New York Produce Exchange
Black Bros. Mills
J. W. Kenagy
Mill Corporation
Chatauqua Park
Shriners’ Band of Lincoln
W. H. Caman
Fremont
Izaak Walton League
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Wyoming
Paul Raberg
Diamond
Swan Co
Ogallala
Nebr
Fort Steel
Wyo
Blair
Tom Osterman
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Blair Chamber of Commerce
Walter Johnson
Lincoln
Duff Company
Nebraska City
Unadilla
Farmers Union Company
Fistoric Old Fort
Oregon Trail
Automobile
Peru
Tokio
J. W. Willce
Supreme Court
George Manfredi
New York University Nine
Manfredi
Autos
Italy
Radio World
Fred Tenney
Bugs Sigmond
Fast Elkins
University of Nebraska
New York City
Royal Stable of
Eddie Wells
South
Latin America
Bogota
Colombia
Les Hareroth
Occidental College
Infiemer
Penn State
University of Pitshburgh
Yanks
Samuel M. Peacock
Middle States Lawn Tennis Association
Sonn State
Lions
Syracuse
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