Lighthouses for Voyagers of Air
A National Geographic bulletin describes modern air beacons. It highlights a billion candle power Dijon beacon in France aiding night air travel and navigation for Paris Marguerite routes and international carriers.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Dijon
France
Paris
Margeilles
Marseilles
Lille
Broussels
America
Post Office Department
Division
Chicago
Iowa City
Omaha
North Platte
Cheyenne
Padre Hat Found in Lost Mexican Gold Mine Mystery
In Yago Nayarit Mexico at the Cockroach mine a large felt hat thought to belong to a Spanish padre was found buried for 126 years. Miners also recovered blankets and garments of European origin suggesting alien conquerors owned the mine before 1812. Legends claim buried gold and silver near the Cockroach site. Motivation for a new tire pump uses an automobile fan belt.
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Padre
Yago
Nayarit
Mexico
Friar Tuck
Nursery Table
Europe
Oldest Whaler Charles W Morgan Resting on South Dartmouth Lake
The whaling bark Charles W. Morgan of New Bedford completes its shortest voyage in history and will be housed in a basin on Col. E H R Green’s Round Hill estate. Built for Charles W. Morgan it carried 35 to 88 crew over 37 voyages and 1,301 men sailed.
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Boston
Charles W. Morgan
New Bedford
Col. E. H. R. Green
Round Hill
South Dartmouth
Morgan
Pacific Ocean
North Pacific
Atlantic
Indian Oceans
San Francisco
Edward Mott Robinson
Colonel Green
Hollywood Sees Shift to Slim Feminine Beauty in Contest
Hollywood notes a change from boyish to slim feminine charm after a contest with 500 entrants. The leading group averaged 5 feet 8 inches in height and about 118 pounds, featuring gray blue eyes and bobbed golden chestnut hair for the ideal 1925 girl.
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Hollywood
Cal
Fim
Arabic Has 6 000 Words About Ship of Desert
London. Lieut. Col. H. F. Jacob, once Cairo political adviser to Lord Allenby, said Arabic has nearly 6 000 words describing the camel and its uses. He spoke after recounting his capture by tribesmen en route to Santa, capital of the Imam Yahya, where he was held four months. A ransom of 250 000 was offered but rejected. he escaped after a temporary agreement. He linked guttural sounds in Arabic to camels' gurglings.
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London
H. F. Jacob
Cairo
Lord Allenby
Egypt
Jacob
Santa
Iman
Claims Moving Pictures Cure for Seasickness
Hollywood director Robert G. Vignola tests moving pictures as a seasickness cure on ocean liners. He argues sea motion triggers nausea and that shipboard films and screens can counteract the effect, with carriers already equipping exhibition cameras for passenger use.
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Hollywood
Cal
Robert G. Vignola
Vignola
Mal de Mer
Long Fellows Organize to Lessen Life's Ills
In Marshfield Oregon 28 men six feet tall or more form the Long Fellow Club No 1. They plan longer hotel beds longer Pullman berths longer bathtubs and awnings to ease daily discomfort and provide more comfortable car and theater seating.
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Marshfield
Ore
Scientist Declares Mary Queen of Scots Innocent
English scientist Ainsworth Mitchell tested old records and seals and asserted Mary Queen of Scots was innocent of conspiracy to murder Elizabeth I. Mitchell claimed Mary's private secretary William Maitland betrayed her and that Maitland forged the infamous casket letters.
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Mary
London
Ainsworth Mitchell
Elizabeth
William Maitland
Mitchell
Mr. Maitland
Slim Alm center beauty measures 25 inch waist
A young Alm center beauty aged 20 years is described with measurements of 25 inches at the waist, 34 inch bust, and 35 inch hips. She wears slippers size four and a half.
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Alm Center
British Mementoes of Napoleon Fetch High Prices at Auction
London reports strong demand for Napoleonic memorabilia. A manuscript of Napoleon’s Italian army appeal sold for 750 dollars. Three letters to Admiral Ganteaume from August 15 1798, after the Nile disaster, brought 370 dollars. One letter praised the admiral’s escape, another advised fleet actions, and a third ordered 15 000 francs shared among officers.
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London
Napoleon
Italy
Ganteaume
Nile
Hard Rains Hit Nebraska Hillside Farms Patched Ditches
Describes how heavy rains erode hillside farms in Nebraska Lincoln area. Ditches cut soil, hamper machinery, and divide fields. Nebraska Extension Service erosion control urged with terraces and brush dams to prevent future loss. Also notes War Department Defense Test of 1925 promotion from Safe and Sane training for national defense.
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Lincoln
Nebraka
Nebraska Agriculture Extension Service
Gulf of Mexico
Extension Service of
Nebraska
Omaha
War Department
United States
Skeleton of War Veteran Matt Dougal Found on Iowa Farm
Relatives in Grand Island search for Matt Dougal, a war veteran, uncover a human skeleton on the farm of Mrs. Anna Buresh near St. Paul. The remains, believed buried under frontier conditions in 1871, emerged as sands shifted over decades by recent winds.
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Grand Island
Matt Dougal
St. Paul
Anna Buresh
Dougal
Training Harness Horses Dunbar
Walker brothers farm near Dunbar trains Nebraska and Iowa horses for racing. Trotters pacers from Omaha Shenandoah Red Oak and other cities are conditioned along with the Walkers own thoroughbreds Allen and Keith Walker managing the program.
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Dunbar
Nebraska
Iowa
Walker Brothers Farm
Here
Omaha
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Walker Brothers
Allen
Keith
Fremont Caddy Suffers Wrist Injury At Club
Fremont boy Dean Kindler, a caddy at the Fremont Country club, tripped and his arm shattered a door window. A vein and wrist tendons were severed and he was rushed to a hospital for emergency care.
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Fremont
Dean Kindler
Fremont Country Club
Reutlingers Escape Death Jump From Car as Train Hits
Mr and Mrs Samuel Reutlinger and their 2 year old son escaped what onlookers feared would be certain death at Central City when they jumped from their stalled car on tracks a few seconds before a fast Union Pacific passenger train demolished the vehicle.
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Grand Island
Samuel Reutlinger
Central City
Union Pacific
Farmers Try Summer Fallow Ahead Of Fall Planting
A handful of Seward county farmers are using summer fallowing on fields currently planted in wheat or oats. The practice aims to improve soil moisture and yields for the upcoming fall sowing season.
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Seward
Brownlee Woman Hurt After Cat Attack at Home
Mrs. R. B. Price of Brownlee lies in a local hospital with injuries from an infuriated house cat. The attack prompted medical treatment and a police report likely filed with Brownlee authorities.
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Broken Bow
R. B. Price
Brownlee
Ptomaine Poisoning Fatal to Judge’s Daughter in Fremont
Miss Laura Gibbon daughter of County Judge John Gibbon dies from ptomaine poisoning contracted after illness in Fremont. She reportedly became ill while visiting and the suspected source is canned meat sandwiches.
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Columbus
Laura Gibbon
John Gibbon
Fremont
Genev a-J D Hamilton Dies at 81 in County Home
Geneva obituary notes Genev a J D Hamilton age 81 a longtime homesteader in the county and former county judge and local lawyer. He died at his home in Geneva.
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Geneva
J. D. Hamilton
Farmer hit by lightning near Bayard windmill
Scottsbluffs-Clem York a Bayard area farmer was knocked unconscious for about an hour when lightning struck a windmill he stood beside. The incident occurred during a storm and left him briefly in a stunned condition before recovery.
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Boit _ Scottsbluffs
Clem York
Bayard
Oregon Trail Day Planned in Scottsbluff Celebration
The Scottsbluff chamber selects July 17 for an Oregon Trail Day featuring entertainment and instruction to commemorate the historic trail.
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Scottsbluff
The
Chamber of Commerce
Train Kills Three Mules on Burlington Line
A through train on the Burlington railroad fatally struck three mules owned by Carl Schamehorn after the animals broke through a gate and wandered onto the railroad right of way.
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York
Burlington Railroad
Carl Schamehorn
Pythian Home Fund Committee Schedules Lincoln Site Talks
A committee of thirteen Knights of Pythias from the lodge charged with forming the Pythian Home Fund and selecting a site for a state home held a special meeting in Lincoln to advance the project and discuss the incorporation.
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New Pythian Home
Lincoln
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Pythian Home Fund Company
Nebraska officers named for Ashland encampment drill
Adjutant General H. J. Paul announces the regular army officers aiding the Nebraska guardsmen at the state encampment at Ashland from August 3 to 16. They are Captain J. L. Meyers Captain John W Crissey Captain Homer B Battenberg Major Thomas F. McNeill and Major James F. Prescott.
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Ald
Lincoln
H. J. Paul
Nebraska National Guard
Nebraska
Ashland
J. L. Meyers
John W. Crissey
Homer B. Battenberg
Thomas F. McNeill
James F. Presnell
State tax report shows intangible property gains but revenue falls
Reports from seven Lincoln County areas indicate a 10 percent rise in listing intangible property under the new law, yet total revenue will be only about half of the former amount under the old law, as published by the state tax commissioner.
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Lincoln
Harvest Help Sought in Nebraska Cities
The labor department reports a brisk demand for harvest hands in Nebraska. Jobs are listed for Omaha Lincoln Hastings Nebraska City McCook and Fairbury from June 25 to July 16.
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Lincoln
United States Labor Department
Nebraska
Department
Omaha
Hastings
Nebraska City
McCook and
Fairbury
First Victim of Celebration in Fremont
Mrs. Fritz Schneider, the first casualty of Fremont's pre Fourth of July celebration, was struck in the mouth by a torpedo thrown from a car. Anti-toxin was administered to offset tetanus risks.
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Fremont
Fritz Schneider
Planning Telephone Merger Red Cloud
A movement to consolidate two local telephone systems by Farmers Independent Telephone company purchasing Lincoln Telephone's exchange to protect toll lines.
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Red Cloud
Lincoln Telephone Company
Farmers’ Independent Telephone Company
Third Pair of Twins Born Near Oconto
Mr and Mrs John Dewey living ten miles east of Oconto welcome their third pair of twins a boy and a girl weighing 7 44 and 8 pounds respectively.
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Callaway
John Dewey
Oconto
Blast Injures Fireman at City Power Plant
Louis Wilch of Schuyler, a fireman at the city power plant, was injured by an explosion in the fire box under the boilers. Hot embers struck his chest as he fed the fires, causing painful burns.
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Fremont
Louis Wilch
Schuyler
City
Wilch
University of Nebraska to aid citizenship training program
The University of Nebraska extension division will aid adult education and citizenship training by cooperating with the Omaha Council of Americanization to instruct candidates for citizenship admission.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Aldim
Omaha Council of Americanization
State railway commission notes rise in tel op costs
An Ac coun Devce report for the state railway commission finds telephone company operating expenses up by 460000 and operating revenues down by 200000 excluding Northwestern Bell. Larger firms gained subscribers while smaller firms shrank, leaving total stations near 243000, about one line per five residents.
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Accoun Devce
State Railway Commission
Northwestern Bell Company
Sixth Trip to Hospital Fremont
Kenneth McDonald ten year old son of Mrs J E McDonald fell from a tree fracturing a bone in his leg and made his sixth trip to the hospital He has previously broken arms four times and once had a foot badly crushed
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Mary Alice
Elizabeth Christy
Omaha
Plattsmouth
Raymond H. Bookmeyer
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Association of Western
Harry Liebers
O. H. Liebers
Lincoln
Omaha Tram Company Board of Directors
Joe Peterson
Seward
Fremont
Kenneth McDonald
J. E. McDonald
Fremont Man Ignites Home Fire With Gasoline After Bedbug Hunt
Tom McGee set a mattress ablaze while seeking bedbugs using gasoline and a match. The resulting fire destroyed his home completely and caused extensive property damage.
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Fremont
Tom McGee
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Mary Robrich
August Heitman
Scribner
George Stine
Burlington
Alliance
Hamilton County Farmer's Telephone Association
Hampton Exchange
Lincoln Telephone & Tlegraph Company
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Rule
Agricultural College
A. E. Anderson
Co. J. Mitchell
Roca
South Omaha
Lloyd Ruth
Minneapolis
Ethel L. Burnett
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Ruth
Disabled American Veterans of the World War
Lodge Pole
Chappell
Omaha Safety Council
State Department of Labor
Madame Schumann-Heink
Big City
Farmers State Bank
A. F. & A. M. Grand Lodge
Midwest
Adrian Titterington
Rock Island
Billy” Wilson
Carl Wilson
Charles Edward Brown
Minnie Ellsworth
Sioux City
M. Brown
Norvald Holmes
Carl Brodrick
Fairfield
Albert Madison
Blue Vale
Dean C. E. Ashcraft
Nebraska Christian Endeavor Union
Henry Beeck
Springfield
Miton’ Abrahams
Creighton College of Law
Missouri
Desoto
George Michaelson
Michaelson
Fremont American Legion
Beatrice Chamber of Commerce
Beatrice
Lodgepole Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts
Ladies’ Aid
Price Current Grain
American League of Good Will
A. L. Sutton
Harry Lapidus
H. Malcolm Baldrige
Howard Kennedy
L. C. Langton
Redmond
Johnson County
Filley
Dodge County
College of Agriculture
University At
Frank Vinci
Missouri River
Falls City
William Brueggemann
Tilden
Neb
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trath
W. L. Pet
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