Grapes and Gleam of Erie Line Hopeful Revival
In Hammondsport New York the Bath and Hammondsport railroad once thriving with grape shipments and Curtiss aviation cargo is nearing a management shift. W G Aber station agent and Leon Jaycox conductor now run the eight mile line, vowing lower costs and better service to revive a fading facility. They aim to adjust schedules and expand local use, challenging former executives’ exit.
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Hammondsport
United States
W. G.aber
Leon Jaycox
Bath
Lake Keuka
Messrs
Aber
Jaycox
Erie
Bath & Hammondsport Railroad
Glenn H. Curtiss
Bath & Hammondsport
Jedzers
Lackawanna
Curtiss
U. S. Seely
Nne
Rich Woman's Kin Are Many Inheritance Sparks Court Action
Brooklyn widow Margaret Easton died last October leaving a 250000 estate. If divided equally among all claimants for sole heir, each would receive about 1.28. Dozens of professional claimants line up, hoping to be remembered in the settlement. Easton believed she had no kin. a single news item overturned that belief. A massive family tree has been presented to the Surrogate Court.
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Brooklyn
Margaret Easton
Chaimers
Moorefield
R. B. Howell
Omaha
Nebraska
8. R. Medelvie
Supreme Court
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
Ha, D. Landis
Seward
Board of
Regenits
University of Nebraska
P. K. Hak
Lincoln
Omaha Auditorium
Ten Dollar Bill Delivered by Mail
A crisp ten dollar bill arrived in Washington by mail from Spartansburg South Carolina and was delivered to the addressee with seed catalogues mail order pamphlets and personal letters.
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Washington
Spartansburg
S. C
Lonely Lightkeeper Survived Four Months With Dead Mate
A lighthouse keeper endured four months at sea with his companion the corpse of his mate. Storms blocked rescue. when relief came, the body was found lashed to the gallery rail and the survivor driven to fear and isolation by the grisly situation.
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Beacon House
Women Husk Corn at Baldwin Farm Husking Bee
A Sunday school class from Mrs Arthur Dry’s Chester Christian church joined a husking bee on E L Baldwins Liberty township farm. They husked a load of corn Baldwin offered to donate for husking. The corn will be sold with proceeds to fund Sunday school activities.
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Mundon
Kanu
E. L. Baldwin
Liberty Township
Arthur Dry
Chester Sunday ‘School
The
Christian Church
Baldwin
Indian Chief Promotes Yale Bible for Northwest Indians
Chief C. B. Suszen Timentwa of Okanogan Washington proclaims an Indian Bible for about 4000 Colville Indians. He claims chieftainship and says the work will preserve Native histories and promote peace with tomahawks and scalping knives fading as relics. He argues the Bible reflects true Indian religion from first contact with whites.
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Redmen
Northwest
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
C. B. Suszen Timentwa
Okanogan
Wash
Suszen Timentwa
Colville
United States
Farmhand Gets Fifty One Dollars A Day In Oil Lease
James Poteet of Simpson County Kentucky earns one dollar daily wage as a farm hand yet pockets fifty one dollars daily from an oil bearing land royalty adjacent to his work farm. Married with two children he saves the royalty while living on the wage. He paid ten dollars for sixty four acres later proven rich in oil. Two wells have been drilled and a third is planned. his one eighth royalty from production nets fifty dollars daily.
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Louisville
James Poteet
Simpson County
Poteet
Everett M. Hosman
Board of Education
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Hosman
Nebraska Association
Altho
Beatrice
A. L. Green
Friends’ Fund For
Ed. Halla
Walter Watchhorn
Dan V. Stephens
North Bend
Hamilton County
Farm Bureau
Cissy
Cissy County” ‘Commissioners. Have Abolished the Office of County High- Avalyn
James Mckee
Nebraska” Supreme Court
Omaha
Max Kirshenbaum
Forda
Belle Hengerveld
Donald van Arsdale
A. E. Anderson
University of Nebraska eXtension Department
van Arsdale
William Miller
Litchfield
Perry Allerton
University of Nebraska, College of Medicine
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Panama
Santo Tomas Hospital
Ancon
Canal One
Frank C. Zehring
Lincoln
Geo. Mooney
Wabash
Nebraska
Desmand
Burlington Lines
Nebraska, State Historical Society
State University
Chester L. Clement
Central High School
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
A. W. Jefferis
North Loup School
Grand Island
Matthias’ Brandt
Nebraska Briefs Highlight State Finances and Local News
Nebraska reports show a 2 600 000 investment from last legislature to back ex service funds alongside 2 000 000 set aside for sewer bonds in Minatare Scotts Bluffs County. The state faces revenue gaps while towns fund bridges schools and fairs.
Gandhi’s Non Co Operation Movement Seen in India
The article discusses Mahatma Gandhi as a new leader among Indian non co operators and followers. It notes his Tolstoyan non resistance creed and the peaceful campaign against British rule. It mentions Britain’s response of limited home rule and the king’s royal visit to shift attention.
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Geraldine McPherson
Center
Fred C. Williamson
Mesabi Range
Duluth
Progressive Party of
Nebraska
Lincoln
J. H. Edmisten
Herod A.pew
Mahatmi Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Tor
Agore
Lin
Stanfield the Oregon Wool King Portrait of Senator Robert Nelson Stanfield
The article profiles Robert N Stanfield of Oregon noted as America's largest producer of wool and mutton. Born 1877 in Oregon he shifted from cattle to sheep in 1904 and built a vast operation. By 1911 his flocks ranged into Idaho Montana and Colorado and he reportedly winters about 800000 sheep.
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Robert Nelson Stanfield
Oregon
Miun
George
A. Chamberlain
Congressional Directory
America
California
Illinois
Stanfield
Bob
Stanfields
Umatilla
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Senator Stanfield
Portrait of Mrs W L George Wife of English Novelist
The latest portrait of Mrs W L George wife of the English novelist on his second lecturing tour. Kath leen Geipel is described as versatile in tennis and music and a film actress who served in the ministry of munitions during the war and became a section officer. Mr George singles out America and cites passions for New York Washington Dayton Nashville and New Orleans with Chicago as a grand inspiration. He praises America as a ganglion of life and energy.
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W. L. George
Kathleen Geipel
Herbert Geipel
J. P
Old Hill
Coxwold
York
Ministry of Munitions
George
America
New York
Washington
Dayton
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Chicago
Mrs Margaret Wintringham Wins Seat As Second Woman MP
Lady Astor’s colleague Mrs Margaret Wintringham from Louth Lincolnshire becomes the second woman elected to the House of Commons and the first British born woman to sit there. Known as the silent candidate during the Louth contest due to recent bereavement, she is an experienced public speaker and former head mistress of a Grimsby school.
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Margaret Wintringham
Louth
Lincolnshire
House of Commons
Wintringham
Grimsby
Bens Dee
Three Years Open to Limited Immigrant Groups Proposed
Chairman Albert Johnson of the House Immigration Committee backs a three year work plan limiting entry to husbands wives and minor children of naturalized citizens and of those with first papers. The bill aims to curb immigration fraud and prevent passage of troublesome applicants while a permanent policy is drafted.
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United States
Albert Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Congress
Johnson
House
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F Frank Kennedy
Plattsmouth State Bank
Bank of
Cass County
Plattsmouth State
Gage
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Gold Red Highway
Humbolt
Civic Improvement Society
E. 8. Cowles
McKelvie
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Stryker
Omana Live Stock Exchange
Board of County Commissioners
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County Fair Board
Hastings
Knights of Columbus of
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C. A. Lundberg
Peru
Norfolk
Superior
Christian Church At
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Bigsprings
Nebraska Retail Merchants
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