Nebraska News Highlights Across State Events And Data
Nebraska reports include 200 leading manufacturers attending Omaha convention on December 9. State Y M C A volleyball tourney set for Columbus on February 24. Hastings judge Claire Frink won a national canning contest in Chicago. Lincoln hosts Co operative Short Course with about 200 attendees. Interior Department outlines nearly 750000 dollars for North Platte irrigation district. Nebraska has 411 cooperative elevators and livestock outfits. farm families in Red Willow claim heaviest average weight in midwest. Nebraska marriages rose in 1925, divorces fell, United States saw modest increases. Agriculture push promotes Nebraska beet sugar to boost farming. Alliance schools enrolls rapid growth. four-year high school building completed. University of Nebraska steers dominate Chicago livestock expo. Artesian wells to expand irrigation in Bushnell area. Nebraska rail mileage totals 6439.54 miles. Burlington leads. Naponee Telephone seeks 6900 stock increase. Rural machinery and farm equipment pervade state. Clarence Meyer sustained eye injury may lose sight, prognosis confirmed.
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Agriculture College
Lincoln
Interior Department
Washington, D. C
North Platte
Nebraska
J. S. Canaday
Mirren
Necras
Coopeative Elevator Association
Joseph Czapla, Jr
Duncan
Niive Hving
Hving
Gage County
Ias
Shipping Association
Department of Commerce
United States
Agriculture Committee
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Red Willow County
Middle ‘West
Joe Weskamp
John
Henry
Adolph
Joe
Fred
Tony
Emil
Kate Kar‘thauser
John Gillen
Alliance Schools
H. B. Partridge
University of Nebraska
Chicago
Cheyenne
Kimball
Ducl
Lodge Pole
Sidney
Bushnell Territory
Burlington
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Naponee Home Telephone Company
State Railway Commission
Clarence Meyer
Hartington
Meyer
Egg stations to open near Lincoln boost co op reach
Lincoln city sources say thirty to forty egg stations will be established in towns near Lincoln within a week. The Lincoln Co-Op Egg association, organized for a year and recently incorporated, plans carload shipments of 144000 eggs each to eastern markets aboard railcars. Rose Marie heads eastern booking at City Auditorium Omaha for a December 5 start with a 100 member company and own symphony orchestra.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Co-Op Egg Association
Farmers
C. H. Gustafson
A. A. Horn
Co-Operative Association
North Nineteenth Street
New York
Chicago
Gustafson
Rose Marie
City Auditorium
Omaha
Orpheum Theatre
Rose, Marie
Nebraska Irrigation Farmers Convene December 8
Plans for the 16th annual Nebraska irrigation farmers convention are set with sponsors predicting the largest attendance. The three day meeting in North Platte will feature nationally known authorities on irrigation and an elaborate local entertainment program.
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North Platte
Nebraska
Seed Cleaning Plant Planned for North Platte Valley
Woodruff Seed company of Milford Conn plans a ten thousand dollar seed cleaning plant at Torrington Wyoming or another valley town if its scheme to secure two thousand acres of beans and two thousand acres of peas materializes. Nearly one thousand acres of seed were raised this year in the area for the company and soil and climate suit seed growing.
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Bridgeport
North Platte Valley
Woodruff Seed Company
Milford
Conn
Torrington
Wyo
Hastings Typhoid Epidemic Claims First Death
Archie Edward Hoff, 11, the first typhoid fatality in Hastings, died after pneumonia developed. His sister Harriett, 8, is severely ill with typhoid. The outbreak has surpassed 35 diagnosed cases. David Gettman, father of three ill children, is near death with typhoid and pneumonia as authorities seek the carrier.
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Hastings
Archie Edward Hoff
Harriett
David Gettman
Death Tied to Eating Raw Meat in Neligh Case
Neligh death of Cal Frady, a meat market worker, linked to consuming raw meat. Mayo Clinic doctors in Rochester Minnesota and Lincoln Hospital physicians confirmed the growth bite caused his death while he reportedly ate raw meat scraps for lunches.
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Neligh
Cal Frady
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Lincoln Hospital
Frady
Park er Twins Celebrate Eighty Fifth Birthday in Ponca
William and Thomas Parker of Ponca marked their 85th birthday. Residents since 1886 and 1887, the inseparable pair known as Tom and Bill are widowers who have lived alone for 13 years, maintaining a neat home that hides their years.
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Ponca
William
Thomas Parker
Tom
Bill
State Corn Show Planned for January 4 to 6
Plans are complete for the State Corn show to be held January 4 5 and 6 in connection with organized agriculture week. Secretary P H Stewart of the Nebraska Crop Growers association and the corn show committee D L Gross and Roland Smith announce. Entries are open to all Nebraska Crop Growers association members and to boys and girls who belong to officially organized corn clubs in Nebraska.
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Lincoln
P. H. Stewart
Nebraska Crop Growers’ Association
D. L. Gross
Roland Smith
Nebraska
Gravel Work Expands on Northwest Highway Network
State highway officials report the Deaer to Deadwood route will be graveled, extending from seven to nineteen miles between here and Chadron. The Berea Hemingford segment, ten miles, will also be graveled, with possible gravelling on the Potash eastward.
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Gravel Alliance
Chadron Highway Alliance
Deaer-to-Deadwood
Here
Chadron
Hemingford
Berea
Reckless edge Lacoste urged to gain top form
Bill Tilden assesses Rene Lacoste as the United States champion. He praises Lacoste for superb generalship and control and urges a bit more speed and audacity to make him invincible. Tilden's January forecast proved true by September.
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Bill Tilden
Rene Lacoste
United States
Lacoste
Tilden
British Golfing Bishop Slams Yankee Playpace
The Right Rev Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram bishop of London visiting Milwaukee blasted American golf saying players are dreadfully slow at matches and pay too much attention to medal scores He noted that in England holes are hurried and the British system would save him time.
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Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
London
America
Milwaukee
Dechred
England
Baseball Park Planned in Japan Seeks International Spotlight
The New York Times reports a new 36,000 seat park in Japan designed mainly for baseball and other sports. The project aims to boost baseball’s profile abroad, tapping into the enthusiasm of Japanese fans and the active interest of the local population.
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Japan
New York Times
United States
Sports Sights and Snippets From The Season
A collage of notes on golf education, football politics, and sport stars. References include Notre Dame football noise, Mussolini jokes on the 50 yard line, and Byron Speece joining the Pittsburgh Pirates. Churchillian quips about astrologers and Tunney punctuate a wide array of athletic topics.
Furlong Record Stands Thirty Years in Intercollegiate Meet
Tom Keane cites history showing the 20-yard furlong dash record of 21.15 seconds set by Bernie Wefers of Georgetown in 1896 has stood for 28 meets. Ralph Craig and Don Lippincott tied the mark in earlier years. Keane notes specialization in sprint events and cites Cornell captain Henry Russell and Syracuse runners who nearly matched the record.
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Tom Keane
Syracuse University
Bernie Wefers
Georgetown
Wefers
Ralph Craig
Michigan
Don Lippincott
Pennsylvania
Keane
Alan Woodring
Charley Reidpath
Syracuse
Tulane Counts on Menville as Rising Football Star
Tulane University sees quarterback John Menville as a coming star on the football field. He’s rated among the Dixie’s best pluggers and a strong ground gainer in early games. A versatile triple threat, he can run punt and pass and serves as a potential drop kicker.
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Johnny Menville
Tulane University
Menville
Dixie
Tulane
Peggy Flournoy
Red Grange’s Successor Joins Champaign Fire Department
Frosty Peters, the 1926 model of Red Grange on the Illinois football team, has joined the Champaign fire department and will work night duty through the gridiron season. The Billings Montana youth lived with firefighters to save rent and is funding his university studies while bunking at the fire station. Peters was a standout runner and drop-kicker who reportedly declined fraternity offers.
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Peters
Red
Grange
University of Illinois
Champaign
Billings
Mont
Kimball Merchants Plan Fourth Annual Farmer's Day
Kimball Nebraska merchants announce the fourth annual Farmer's Day on December 4 to honor farmers of Kimball and Banner counties. The program features free dinner, free movies and a live turkey, with entertainment scheduled every 15 minutes throughout the day.
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Kimball
Nebraska
Banner Counties
Tunney Dempsey bout draws large Philadelphia crowd
A Sesquicentennial Stadium event in Philadelphia attracted 144,468 spectators. Gate receipts reached $1,895,733.40 with distributions: Dempsey $700,000. Tunney $200,000. Rickard $500,000. Sesquicentennial $170,000. Pennsylvania $86,150. federal share $17,339.40. Overall, all parties expressed satisfaction with the result.
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Tunney
Walter Hoover Leads Undine Barge Club to National Titles
Recalls Walt Hoover who disbanded the Duluth B C once a top amateur group. Hoover, a famed single sculler, now coaches the Undine Barge Club in Philadelphia, champions of the Schuylkill Navy. Undine won six national sculling championships this season with Walter Hoover taking two titles.
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Duluth B. C
Walter M. Hoover
Undine Barge Club
Philadelphia
Schuylkill Navy
Undine
Walter Hooter
Harvard to face Purdue in 1927 football schedule
Harvard will meet Purdue in 1927 after adding a second Western Conference game to a tough six or seven game slate. The schedule opens with Vermont and includes seven further tests that may challenge the Crimson.
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Purdue
Harvard
University of Vermont
Crimson
Tryon Outshines Grange for Yankees Football Crown
Eddie Tryon former Colgate star and key New York Yankee football member crowded Red Grange from the spotlight. He starred in a Grange victory in Philadelphia and led a rout of Rock Island in New York scoring two touchdowns and contributing to two others plus a PAT while constantly active.
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Eddie Tryon
Colgate
New York Yankee
Red Grange
Tryon
Grange
Philadelphia
Rock Island
New York
Chiffon Frocks for the Dance and Cloth Coats for Frimm
Fashion notes by Julia Bottomley describe chiffon frocks for holiday dances with peach tones and two tone effects, paired with cloth coats and fur accents. Parisian trends include two tone color schemes, floral trims, and tailored coats with minimal fur embellishment.
Glove Decorations Flaunt Fur and Gold Cuffs
Ornate gloves feature turnback cuffs of fur or cloth of gold among the most decorative examples.
Aggeling Proves Effective In Trimming SUMMhex
A garbled line suggests Aggeling is cited as a proven method to trim SUMMhex related concerns in sport. The readable fragment references a technique praised in athletics and scheduling contexts. Further specifics are unreadable.
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Gornhusker News
Ainsworth
Columbus
Physical Directors Society
Claire Frink
Bingenwood, Jr
Richard Stiles
Oxford
Maine
Topsham Fair
Afae
Hagenlacher
Hoppe
Eric Hagenlacher
Willie Hoppe
Donie
Notre Dame
United States of Europe
Balkans
Senorita d’Alvarez
Spain
Pyle
Gene Tunney
Italy
Mussolini
Pittsburgh Pirates
Byron Speece
Washington
Cleveland
Indianapolis
New England
Earle
Greasy
Neale
West Virginia University
Cincinnati
Clarksburg
Northwestern University
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Thomas Smart
Royal Military College of Ontario
Canada
William Ritola
Suzanne Lenglen
Charleston
J. J. Tunney
Mark
Bernie Weters
John Menville
Gilmour Dobie
Cornell
United States Naval Academy
Big Fight
Walt Hoover
Gertrude Olmsted
Madame
Mandemoisele
Tave
Paris
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
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