Texas to Honor Great Leader Sam Houston Statue
Washington National Geographic bulletin lauds Sam Houston as a leading American figure akin to Boone Jackson and Washington. It notes his frontier leadership, multiple offices from Tennessee to Texas, and pivotal role in Texas independence and statehood. The piece contrasts Houston’s era with modern Houston, noting its rise as a seaport, skyline, and ship canal. It also mentions population estimates and a local mispronunciation issue.
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Washington
D. C
District of Columbia
Nebraska
Houston
Texans
America
D.C
National Geographic
Sam Houston
East
Daniel Boone
Andrey Jackson
George Washington
The
Bulletin
Boone
Jackson
Isis
United States
Mexico
Union
State of
Texas
Congress
Tennessee
Army of
Republic of Texas
General Sam Houston
Buffalo Bayou
Independence
Houston Ship Canal
Uncle Sam
Hugh
Women to Build Indian Museum in Waurika Oklahoma
The Sorosis club of Waurika plans an Indian museum and public library in a single building with architecture drawn for a combined facility. They aim to collect Indian curios and artifacts from Chickasaw Choctaw Kiowa Comanche Apache and Wichita nations. The club has raised over 1400 dollars for a building fund and will seek donations from local residents and Native communities including relatives of Quanah Parker Lone Wolf and Geronimo era prisoners.
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Waurika
Okla
Sorosis Club of
Archi
Club
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Quanah Parker
Lone Wolf
Little Band of Apaches
Geronimo
Fort Sill
Nebraska News Notes In Brief
The brief item list notes the Kearney Teachers College summer session starting June 1, Ray Cochran reappointed state engineer, heavy corn shipments around Harvard, and various local incidents. It covers taxes, fires, legislation, and civic actions across Nebraska towns with multiple named places and people.
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School of Kearney
Teachers’ College
Ray’ Cochran
McMulley
Harvard
American Legion
Aurora
Register
Latte County
Parker Grocery
Norfolk
Omaha
Carl Friede
Nebraska City
Beatrice
Wright Drug
Owaha Grocers and Butchers Association
Western Public Service Company
Bridgeport
Oconto
George F. Corcoran
Fifth District
York
Modern dairy barn design boosts winter milk production
The article explains how well planned dairy barns protect cows from cold, maintain comfort, and optimize labor. It details a round roof 20-cow barn with concrete floors, steel stalls, a central feeding alley, manure removal, ventilation, water systems, a silo, and a connected feedroom to sustain milk flow in winter.
Lost Rum Runner Built for Spain's King Sinks Off California
The clipper yacht Guilia once built for a Spanish king and later named Frontiersman and Guilia, a rum runner, sank off northern California after coal shortages and a storm. Crew were rescued near Ensenada and brought to San Francisco as the vessel burned fuel and cargo.
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Spain
San Pedro
Cal
California
Havana
Guilia
Cuba
Mexico
Ensenada
Lower California
Vancouver
San Francisco
British Passport Costs Slashed for Subjects
The article notes postwar travel costs easing for British subjects with passports cut to 7s 6d for five years and extensions to ten years for a small extra fee. Visa requirements drop for many continental countries while Americans face higher, multi-country visa charges. Europe gains from this arrangement as the U.S. bears higher costs.
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London
Switzerland
Belgium
French Noses and Ears Revolt on Automobiles
Paris pedestrians stage a quiet protest against cars demanding two freedoms silence at night and free air. They fault exhaust gases for polluted streets and say the prewar air remains their last relief from noise.
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Paris
Moon’s tallest peak estimated at 36000 feet
A lunar survey estimates the Moon's highest peak reaches about 36,000 feet. Scientists note the measurement carries uncertainty but places the summit well above typical crater rims and near the outer mare regions.
Battleship Catapult Fling Tests First Airplane
Bremerton Wash Navy officers report the first air plane launched from an explosive catapult on a battleship the U S S Mississippi hurled into the air at 55 mph. It carried Lieut L C Hayden and W M Fellers aboard a single aircraft of its kind with dummy weights tested prior to release.
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Bremerton
Wash
Navy
Mississippi
Lieut
L. C. Hayden
W. M. Fellers
Navy Aviation Department
Washington
Relic of Andrew Jackson House Moves to State Museum
A wooden lock from the first Nashville residence of Andrew Jackson, the Dismuke place at Hadley’s Bend, is relocated to the state museum in the War Memorial building. The Dismuke house is being razed for a Du Pont silk fibre plant construction.
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Nashville
State “Department
of Archives
State Museum
War Memorial
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Dismuke Place
Hadley's Bend
du Pont
Auction Opens as London Sells Rare Shakespeare Folio
London book sales begin with rare editions at auction led by a third folio of Shakespeare plays selling for a record price. A 1605 collection of epigrams titled Humor's Antique Faces, with only one other copy known, brought $4,500.
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London
Largest pelt in the world hung in Moscow
The Czar Kolokol pelt, crafted about 250 years ago, rests in Moscow as the world’s largest hide, reportedly weighing over 100 tons.
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Czar Kolokol
Moscow
Steel Casement Windows Bring Light to Homes
Steel casement windows offer slender lines that brighten small residences by reducing heavy framing. Out opening casements provide architectural grace and shelter from rain, with joints resistant to weather. Traditionally limited to banks and monuments, affordable steel casement windows for homes are now discussed as a practical option.
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Brigher
Color tones for dining rooms with candlesticks and fruit bowl
A decor set features a pair of twisted candlesticks and a wide-lipped fruit bowl. Candlesticks may be electrified with shades or shields, and the fruit bowl can hold a flower block for arranging blooms.
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Revolutionary Army of Texas
Santa Ana
San Jacinto
Battlefield
Metropolis
Oklahoma
Frank Beaumann
Pawhuska
Widoiw
Sorusis Club
C. L. Phelan
E. B. Ellis
L. C. Clark
Gail Durham
W. H. Gresham
Nebraska News
Thomas E. Williams
Mcwilien
Tecumseh
Melvin Hegelbach
Martina Anholz
James Gilbaugh
Bingham
Union Stock Yards Company
Thurston County
Arbor Day
Farm Bureau Committee
Omaha Women’s Press Club
Anne Longman
Bethany
Kenneth Thomas
Prague
Mary L. Jeffrey
Lincoln
Erstyne King
Lincoln-Plattsmouth
W. S. Garkett
Nebraska Christian Missionary Society
Christian Church
Shubert
Fred Wallick
Dalton
Albuquerque
N. M
John Wallick
Smit
Superior
Hudgar
West Superior
Bruce Hamilton
Kearney
Board of Education
Secret Service Department
Lookout Ior
Frank A. Kennedy
Labor
McKelvie
Bloomfield School ‘Board
Dave Williams
Custer County
Leroy Davis
Nebraska League
State House
Irving Samuel Cutter
Medical College
University of Nebraska
Northwestern University
Emil Prusa
Howells
Clyde Lare
Omaha Public
A. S. Pinto
State Historical Society
W. KH. Hardy
Michael Shine
Plattsmouth
J. F. Hanson
Fremont
Don L. Love
Wymore Community Club
Nebraska Good Roads Association
Middle West
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Agricultural College
Charles Gray
Bennington
Theodore Anderson
Ceresco
Elizabeth Beavers
Auburn
Edward Lorenzen
Fort Calhoun
Timm Bros
Bureau of Publicty
Chamber of Jermerce
Nebraska Wesleyan Teachers’ College
Dean McPound
Aris Mayo Farm
Virginia
C. B. Noye
Waterloo
Nebiaska Home Economics,association
Harvey Thiele
University Armory
Kive Pawnee County
Table Rock
du Bois
Lewiston
Pawnee City
Burchard
Redfern and
Wiiberger Genera
Peru
Loud City
Shirg
Recov
Katherine
Frank Joyce
Vck
Abraham Sanford
State Penitentiary
Prison ‘Hospital
Nea
Frank Berry
Ansley
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Rita Weiman
Cupid
Maurice Mark
New York
South
Ier
Guilla
Europe
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