License to Sell Real Estate in Stewart Estate
Polk County Nebraska district court orders administrator Phil B Campbell to show cause why a license to sell parts of Lot 5 Block 5 East Osceola and Lots 1 6 Block 4 Morningside Osceola should not be granted to pay debts and admin costs. Hearing set September 15, 1927. publication ordered in Osceola Record for four weeks starting July 28, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Mary C. Stewart
L. S. Hastings
City of
David
Butler County
Phil B. Campbell
East
Osceola
Morningside
David City
Oscola Record
Polk
Legal Notice in Nebraska Quiet Title Suit 1927
Rose A. Spencer files suit in Polk County Nebraska to quiet title to 60 acres in NE Quarter Section 2 Township 15 North Range 3 West against listed heirs and spouses and all interested parties. Defendants must answer by September 12, 1927. case seeks a decree barring any adverse claims and enforcing title and possession. Campbell & Campbell represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Edwards Townsend
Henry Townsend
Spencer Edwards
Mary Edwards
May Spencer Williamson
Rufus Williamson
Harry Spencer
Emma Spencer
Beulah Spencer
George ‘Gray, Jr
Pearl Gray
Isaac P. Spencer
Alice B. Wright
Polk County
Nebraska
Rose A. Spencer
Ride and Tie: An Early Travel Method Described
The piece recounts Salmon P. Chase’s youth and how he learned the ride and tie method of travel on a trip from New Hampshire to Worthington Ohio. Riders alternated mounting and tying horses to let two walkers share one horse and move ahead efficiently.
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Grant Showerman
The
University of California Chronicle
Salmon P. Chase
Lincoln
Treasury
New Hampshire
Worthington
Ohio
Cleveland
Medina
Uyahoga
Chase
Elevator Etiquette Tale in Paris Hotel Lobby
An elderly French gentleman and a very young Parisian woman arrive at an elevator. The boy offers space. he yields to the young lady, who insists she will walk. He explains his age keeps him from stepping aside, and she steps in forgetting to say thank you.
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le Figaro Hebdemadaire
Paris
The
Kansas City Star
Odd Cylinder Counts Dominate Radial Engine Designs
The Society of Automotive Engineers states radial and rotary aircraft engines use an odd number of cylinders around a single crank. Firing order skips alternate cylinders, ensuring all cylinders fire in two complete crank revelations. Even cylinder engines like 10 or 14 are built as two banks of five with equal angular spacing.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Education and Business Hiring: High School Grads Often Preferred
An insurance firm and other industries find that highly educated workers may leave or slack off. High school graduates can be more persistent and trustworthy in sales roles, while full college completion correlates with better retention. The piece cites Nation's Business.
Whaleship Shrine Restored as Memorial in Massachusetts
The world’s oldest whaleship sits embedded in cement at South Dartmouth Massachusetts. A group bought and fitted the old hull as a memorial to the whaling era. A bronze tablet lists donors and craft history. The shrine houses relics and welcomes visitors.
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South Dartmouth
Mass
School Courses and The Three Three Plan
The three three plan organizes six grades of elementary education followed by a three year junior high. Both junior and senior high are included in secondary education and graduation is marked by a diploma.
Attunement to Everyday Noise Says Studies
A Kansas City Star summary reports Institute of Industrial Psychology findings that modern city noise harms nerves less than feared. Dr Miles notes rapid adaptation, with typists in loud workplaces calming after initial shock. Excessive nerves in women may signal underlying medical issues rather than noise alone.
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Institute of Industrial Psychology
Miles
Kansas City Star
Look With Suspicion On Too-Good Youth
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece suggests suspicion toward youths who are overly well behaved. It argues that quiet, obedient youths often become dependable workers and may even rise to prominence, while critics fear later missteps. The essay notes educators and psychologists label the young as untrustworthy, and wonders if such caution is overblown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ninth Inning Drive Ends in Narrow Baseball Thriller
In a tense ninth inning the score was tied at nil nil with two outs. Canavan faced two strikes and three balls, then connected on a fierce in curve that blasted toward left field. The left fielder raced back as Myrtle and others watched the pink and purple hat in the stands.
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Canavan
Myrtle
Two Counties Produce Four Presidents in Virginia
Virginia, called the mother of Presidents, produced eight U.S. presidents born within its borders. Westmoreland County gave birth to Washington and Monroe, while Harrison and Tyler were born in the same county. Harrison’s death led to his successor who was born in that county.
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Virginia
United States
Pathfinder Magazine
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
William H. Harrison
Tyler
Taylor and Willson
Dominica
Westmoreland
Harrison
Giant Among Star Reveals Betelgeuse Size Debate
The naval observatory saga notes George Ellery Hale stating Betelgeuse diameter exceeds 100 million miles and may reach 215 million. Sun diameter is 964,000 miles making Betelgeuse about 260 times wider and 15 million times voluminous though highly attenuated. Betelgeuse’s weight remains uncertain compared with the sun.
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Naval Observatory
George Ellery Hale
Betelgeuse
Strange Race of People in India Named Todas
A fragment describes the Todas in India as nearly extinct, a reclusive people resembling gypsies. It notes their mud huts with pyramid tops, harsh demeanor, and worship of dark occult gods presiding over life and death. The account says they live in isolation with wolves and jackals as familiars and honor stones stars grass dawn and moon.
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India
Do Not Outlive Yourself The Value of Work
A compact reflection urges embracing life while healthy, arguing bodies fade with time and that work gives purpose. The piece quotes Bernard Shaw advising to spend what you have before you die and warns against hoarding health or potential.
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Bernard Shaw
Final Report and Creditors Notices in Polk County Neb
Notice of final account and hearing in the estate of John A. Swanson deceased with a hearing set for August 12, 1927 at 10 A M to contest the final settlement and distribution. Also notice to creditors of Arthur W. Headlee deceased listing claim presentation deadlines November 19, 1927 and August 20, 1928 with dates to appear for claims on August 19, 1927 September 19 1927 and November 19 1927.
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State of
Nebraska
J. J. Lindlie Heald
Said County
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District Court
Campbell & Campbell Attorneys
Campbell & Campbell
Education and Business
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Voss Washers
FLOTO
Angle Iron
Nebraska Gas & Electric Company
John A. Swanson
Duncan
Arthur W. Headlee
J. Lindlie Heald
Stamee
Te Wiles Medical
Ikhart
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