Nebraska Forty Millionaires in 1930 Tax Returns Revealed
Nebraska had 40 millionaires in 1930 with net incomes totaling 4 645 238 and paid 398 770 in income and profits taxes. The state’s total income tax receipts were 1 881 510. The two richest Nebraskans earned 500 000 to 750 000. 27 271 residents had incomes high enough to file. Nebraskans filed 31 426 returns in 1928 with 17 088 taxable and 14 338 nontaxable.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Uncle Sam
Historical collections moved for Capitol display in Lincoln
Historic trunks and cases stored for years are moved to the Capitol basement for exhibition in a west wing room. The display features a log cabin made from Fontenelle trading post logs, a newspaper exhibit, early musical instruments, and the Charles Shepherd collection with Indian artifacts.
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Capitol
Lincoln—i
Charles Shepherd
Fontenelle
Bellevue
Henry Allen Brainerd
Nebraska State Press Association
Robert Clinkenbeard
Press Association
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society
A. E. Sheldon
Shepherd
The
Historical Society
Peter Sarpy
Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Ducks Breed State Spotlighted in Survey
Washington reports Nebraska among four states with notable duck breeding. Dr. Redington notes no new migratory bird land purchases in fiscal 1934, apart from existing contracts. Other breeding grounds include Minnesota, the Dakotas, with local sites in several western states and at Crescent Lake refuges. Niobrara remains a major big game refuge with bird habitats, while Crescent Lake hosts shorebird and seabird rest areas.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
United States
P. G. Redington
Federal Bureau of Biological Survey
House of Representatives Committee On Appropriations
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
California
Federal
Crescent Lake
Niobrara
North Platte
Niobrara Reservation
Bids Save State On Dodge County Contract
The Moran Construction Company of Omaha submitted the low bid of 117 296.91 for a Dodge county project including grading drainage two bridges and paving a 6.3 mile strip. State Engineer Roy Cochran rejected first bids after discovering a freight rate cut on gravel unknown to some bidders. Readvertising reduced cost by 3844 to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Dodge County
Roy Cochran
Moran Construction Company of
Omaha
Five Day Marriage Law Spreads Through Colorado Wyoming
Colorado and Wyoming pass five day marriage laws aiding ministers in Kimball Gering and Sydney. In these county seats about 1 300 wedding licenses will be issued by 1932 end and most couples list Colorado or Wyoming as their residence. Nebraska railroads approve reduced rates on corn and other coarse grains allowing stock feeders in central and western districts to import corn within the state at a substantial saving.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Kimball
Gering
Sydney
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Bequest of 10000 To Cotner College Endowment Fund
Lincoln officials announced a $10000 bequest from the estate of the late John Carrie of Bradshaw for Cotner college's permanent endowment fund. Carrie once served on the board of trustees and, with Mrs. Carrie, was active in Christian church work. Interest from the bequest will count toward the college maintenance campaign, though the principal is not in the $50000 drive.
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Cotner College
John Carrie
Bradshaw
Lincoln
Carrie
Wauneta School Hit by Holiday Fire Disaster
Wauneta grade school building was destroyed by a fire causing about 50,000 dollars in damage. The high school suffered smoke and water damage as Wauneta and Palisade fire crews fought the blaze, hampered by a frozen fire line. The grade school had burned previously during holidays three years earlier.
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Wauneta
Palisade
Oldest Woman in the State Emily Fontenelle Dies at 109
Emily Fontenelle a French Pawnee woman died at a government hospital on the Winnebago reservation December 24 at age 109. Known for tepees before houses she was sister in law to Chief Logan Fontenelle. Born Emily Pappan daughter of LaForce Pappan a French trader.
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Emily Fontenelle
Logan Fontenelle
Emily Pappan
LaForce Pappan
Missouri River
St. Louis
Growth of State Game Commission Property Over 35 Years
The secretary notes property value rose from $20,000 to about $750,000 in 35 years, funded largely by fees and licenses with no tax funds. The state now owns 6 parks, 26 recreation grounds, 5 hatcheries, 10 nurseries, 2 game reserves, and 11 lakes controlled though not owned. The commission also owns 35 buildings, 89 dams, a railroad fish car, 15 trucks, 20 automobiles, and a fish transfer plant.
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The
State Game Commission
Anthrax Outbreaks Continue Among Nebraska Cattle
State veterinarian Dr. H. Feistner reported that 810 cattle in Nebraska have died from anthrax this year and 243 farms with 10,257 head of livestock have been quarantined. A Knox county farm was released from quarantine while a new case near Randolph emerged, suggesting cold weather did not end the threat and spring could bring more outbreaks. Seven farms remain under quarantine.
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Nebraska
H. Feistner
Knox County
Feistner
Randolph
Nebraska Crop Value Falls Sharply Despite Higher Output
Final estimates by A. E. Anderson show Nebraska total crop value this year at 86.88 million dollars, down from 140.85 million in 1931. Grain output rose 32.5 percent and hay 42.4 percent, but value dropped to 61.7 percent of last year while production rose from 1930 levels.
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Taxpayers League Pushes County Consolidation Plan at McCook
The Southwestern Nebraska Taxpayers' league approved a resolution urging county consolidation and county government reorganization. Delegates also proposed an elected unpaid five member board to administer the county budget and fix levies. They call for a 35 percent tax cut and repeal of the intangible tax law with limited tax shifts.
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Nebraska
Lights and Laughter in Old New York Tales
A narrator recalls a 1930s New York scene with a busker in The Players, Joe Kerrigan in Hollywood, a grafting restaurant crew, and a young army officer mistaken for a conductor aboard a Fifth Avenue bus. The anecdotes cover unemployed newspaper men, a storeroom-dwelling actress named Louise, a horse refusing to move, vandals in Florida, and a Long Island bungalow protection scheme.
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Fifth Avenue
U S Border Crossings Hit Over 48 Million in Year
Labor department figures show 48,318,392 people crossed or attempted to cross U S borders in the year ended June 30. Only 7,064 were denied admission. Immigrants mostly questioned at Detroit Buffalo Niagara Falls and El Paso. 35,567 aliens were admitted to live in the United States.
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Washington
Labor Department
Doak
Harry EK. Hull
Immigration Bureau
Detroit
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
el Paso
United States
Canada
Mexico
Sailor Terms Puzzle Instructs Diagram Placement
Cheerio Chapters presents a puzzle diagram with a list of sea and sailor terms. Readers place words like helmsman skipper hold topsail and reefer in their correct locations to complete the crossword style diagram.
If I Had a Penny Poem about wise penny spending
A 1933 verse from Western Newspaper Union envisions two children with pennies visiting a shop. The shopman urges spending not on toys but on kindness and shared happiness, noting pennies buy smiles and support for others, not merely material goods. The piece ends with mutual gratitude and a pledge to spend the pennies wisely.
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Western Newspaper Union
Why Do We Call It Nostril
The nostril name traces to an old meaning of thrill tied to bore and pierce. Once nosthril described a pierced passage, later morphing into nostril as the familiar nose opening. The link shows how drill related words influenced everyday anatomy terms.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Apples in Cookery and Desserts From 1933 Guide
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union recipe collection outlines apple based dishes. It covers pare and cook apples with water and cream, apple rings with jam, baked sponge cake with apples, cheese and buttered bread with apple layers, custard cups, and ham biscuit sandwiches.
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Western Newspaper Union
Fitted for the Work
A dialogue fragment shows a character declaring a woman will study medicine and anatomy while another notes her skill at analyzing others, implying a sharp, clinical mindset. The exchange hints at occupational expectations and social roles in a period setting.
Mussolini Quote About Civilization's Decline
A Mussolini remark asserts that what dies in civilization is only a false idea, reflecting his provocative view on society and belief structures.
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Benito Mussolini
Blind Horse Overturns Hive Yet Stung to Death
A blind horse overturned a beehive while grazing near Greensburg, killing the animal and severely injuring owner George Roett as a swarm stung him and other family members, keeping them from reaching home for hours.
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Greensburg
George Roett
Roett
Picher Man Dies After Wood Chopping Accident
In Picher Oklahoma C F Potter seventy was cutting wood when a flying splinter severed an artery in his leg. Neighbors found him sitting on a log dead from loss of blood.
My Neighbor SAYS Cleaning Tips For Home Care
A collection of everyday household guidance from a WNU Service note. It includes soaking HEN floundering curtains in salt water to ease washing and avoiding bread in bread boxes before it cools. It also suggests cleaning painted walls with baking soda and warns bananas should not be stored in the ice chest.
Fish pun about lawn care and weeds
Two fish banter about mowing a front yard. The first fish regrets not owning a lawn mower while the second asks what weeds are. The first jokes that the weeds are seaweeds, playing on a pun.
Paroled bandit repays bank heist with cash
Fresno bank records a remarkable repayment as H Cochran a former cowboy who once held up the Bank of America back in 3 years ago returns to the Lone Pine office and hands manager Dean Sears 4500 in currency to settle the theft. Cochran explains he was paroled after serving and now trusts he is square with the world.
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New York
Fresno
Calif
Dean Sears
Bank of America
Sydney
Clark
Lone Pine
H. Cochran
Sears
Cochran
San Quentin Penitentiary
Blind Man Plans Tandem Bike Ride in Grants Pass
Blind George, who guides his confectionery and news stand with fingertips, says he plans to buy a tandem bicycle and hire a chauffeur to pilot it, so he can go places more confidently in Grants Pass, Oregon.
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Grants Pass
Ore
George
Denver Mother Kills Daughter Then Commits Suicide
A 30 year old mother, Mrs J B Lullar, threw her seven year old daughter Julia from a tenth floor window in Denver and then jumped to her death. The mother died instantly and the girl died two hours later.
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Denver
J. B. Lullar
Julia
Stephen Foster Died at Thirty Eight, Noted Songwriter
Washington Star notes Stephen Foster valued as a great American folk song writer with 125 songs, about a quarter of which are Negro songs, and states he died at age thirty eight.
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Stephen Foster
Washington Star
Marriage Rush in Hempstead Signals Prosperity
Hempstead deputy town clerk William Valentine reports 100 marriage licenses issued in November, the heaviest November total in history and larger than any month since last June, seen as an optimistic sign of prosperity returning.
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Hempstead, L. L
Hempstead
William Valentine
Valentine
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Lights of
Couuter
Joe Kerrigan
Hollywood
Louise Carver Duthie
Louise
George Duthie
WNY
David Harum
Florida
Long Island
U. S
Cheerio Chapters
Dorothy Edmonds
Tle Tots
PARTY
Hi Cael
Pierrot Apples
Splinter
Maz
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Santa Monica
Bandit
Bank
Foster
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