Nebraska and statewide notices and events summary
Miss Kathleen Hearn, 28 years Aurora High principal, will retire this year and move to Lincoln. pension probable. Robert Driscoll to co-own a $100,000 fur farm to open soon at Madison. musk rats and 1,000 rabbits to Enola Lake. Edward Van Steenburg elected president of Group 4 Nebraska bankers. 1929 convention city Holdrege. Sheriff J M Railing dies suddenly at 69, overwork blamed. 12th zone Walther league rally at Alliance draws 300+ visitors. Rev W C Rehwaldt of Norfolk speaker. Midland College commencement week. 60 degrees awarded including one honorary doctorate. Northwest Nebraska baseball league prospects bright with Alliance, Hemingford, Crawford, Fort Robinson. two leagues planned. U S Army Engineer Charles Folsom arriving at Kearney for Platte valley survey. first federal control work under new appropriation. McCook girls survey: four of five would travel if given a year to live. one nurse would launch national public health drive. M W A state encampment at Capital Beach Lincoln June 17–21. fifth and largest in Nebraska. honor to A R Talbot, silver anniversary of his election. visiting Forester Teams expected from adjoining states.
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Robert Driscoll
Nebraska City
Madison
Enola Lake
Edward van Steenburg
Hildreth
Hastings
Holdrege
J. M. Railing
Nebraska
Walther League of T. Lutheran Church
Alliance
W. C. Rehwaldt
Norfolk
Midland College
Northwest Nebraska
Loop
Hemingford
Crawford
Fort Robinson
Chadron
Rushville
Hay Springs
Gordon
Charles Folsom
U. S. Army
Kearney
Platte Valley
Platte River
Congress
McCook
Capital Beach
Lincoln
Woodmen of America
A. R. Talbot
Will Dedicate Three New Churches in Grand Island
Grand Island plans dedication ceremonies for three new churches with about 425000 invested in buildings and equipment. The First Baptist unit costs 47500 with 34 Sunday school rooms and two stories. total project may reach 100000. Trinity Methodist will dedicate soon with bishops Waldorf and Keeney officiating. Cardinal Hayes will preside at St Marys Cathedral dedication, a 200000 investment with main altar at 17000 and pipe organ around 12500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Trinity Methodist
F. L. Waldorf
Kansas City
F. T. Keeney
Omaha
Keeney
Atlanta
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
New York
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Middle West
Names Behind Nebraska Towns
Arlington honors a stream name turned Arlington by L B Shepard. Stanton cites Edwin M Stanton. Fremont names General Fremont. Pilger reflects the station grounds purchaser. Meadow Grove derives from a cottonwood grove in the valley.
Doane College Board Elects C C Sheldon To Three Year Term
C C Sheldon of Columbus was reelected to a three year term on the Doane college board of directors at a Crete meeting. Power Brothers of Humboldt have shipped 213000 pounds of wool from 8000 sheep and plan more. they have about 20000 sheep and expect to ship the rest in two to three weeks. From August 1, 1927, to date they fed and shipped 97386 sheep. A Douglas county bond issue up to 750000 for a new hospital will be voted this fall with interest limited to 4 percent. Hubbell school district in Thayer county voted 23000 bonds for a new building replacing the 1881 frame structure. Omaha will host nearly 5000 delegates for June conventions including four national meetings. Midland college trustees set October for a clean up campaign to collect about 130000 pledged but unpaid from past drives. campaign plans to be prepared by the eight member executive committee.
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C. C. Sheldon
Columbus
Doane College
Crete
Power Brothers of Humboldt
Boston
Douglas County
Hubbell
Thayer County
Omaha
Bureau of Publicity
Chamber of Commerce
Midland College
Fremont
Major Long Monument Dedication Near Fremont
The monument dedication occurred near Fremont at the foot of the bluffs on the Cornhusker highway four miles north. It marked the anniversary of Major Long and his party of 291 mountain climbers visiting the site.
Wilber celebrates cornerstone for Saline county courthouse
More than 10,000 people attended events in Wilber as the cornerstone was laid for the new Saline County courthouse valued at 235000 dollars. A street parade band concerts and an evening program followed a baseball game and entertainment. The afternoon program drew 3500 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Wilber
Wilber
Saline County Court House
Marker to honor Steam Wagon site near Arbor Lodge Nebraska City
A temporary marker will stand west of Arbor Lodge State Park to mark where the 1862 Steam Wagon broke down on what is now Steam Wagon road. The freighting vehicle made a trial trip that ended fatally, was hauled back to Arbor Lodge, broken up later at an iron foundry, and only one cylinder remains as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Arbor Lodge State Park
Arbor Lodge
Two Banks Taken Over By Staite Fremont
The Dodge State Bank in Dodge, formerly the First National of Dodge, is under bank examiner Lyman Sorensen of Fremont and will be handed to the guarantee fund commission. Organized in 1925 to take over the national bank, it reports deposits of 245000 and capital of 25000. The State Bank of Humboldt was also taken over by the state department. no further details are available as deposits and withdrawals are halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staite Fremont
Dodge State Bank
First National of
Dodge
Lyman Sorensen
Fremont
Guarantee Fund Commission
State Bank
National Bank
State Trade and Commerce Department
State Bank of
Humboldt
Beet Workers Arrive for Harvest in Alliance
More than 1,000 beet workers from eastern Nebraska arrived in Alliance on two special trains from Lincoln. The trains carried 181 families with about six persons each. Unloading began at DeGreew and finished at Morrill, marking the largest beet season migration into the valley.
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Harvest Alliance
Alliance
Lincoln
DeGrew
Morrill
Omaha Bank Deposits Rise and Flour Production Increases
Five Omaha banks reported deposits of 9 125 298 on May 1 up 1 199 359 from 1927. Federal Reserve review shows Omaha flour mills produced 88 000 barrels in April this year, up from 86 371 in April 1927. Four Omaha department stores showed gains again.
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Omaha
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank
Lincoln Summer Session Opens With About 2600 Attendees
About 2,600 students are expected to attend the first summer session at the University of Nebraska. Prof. R. D. Moritz of the teachers college leads the sessions. Five hundred prospective students registered recently and 1,400 slips were distributed. The campus looks much the same as during the just ended school year with undergraduates and degree recipients leaving for home while others arrive for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
R. D. Moritz
Teachers College
Largest Beet Acreage Set In Scottsbluff Valley
Frank A. Kemp district manager of the Great Western Sugar Co says the Scottsbluff valley ends the beet war as planting is completed. With May 15 deadline met, sugar beets at the guaranteed price attracted farmers, yielding the valley’s largest acreage amid cooperative grower opposition.
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Scottsbluff
Frank A. Kemp
Great Western Sug
Co-Operative Beet Growers Association
The Spreewald Wends: Life in a Waterbound German Enclave
In the Spreewald near the Oder a small Wendish community lives on hundreds of canals forming a waterborne village. Each family owns a boat serving as streetcar. eel traps, cucumbers, and cherry pies drive the economy as roving rotormen patrol the waterways. The Wends preserve ancient Slavic customs, superstitions, and wooden carvings while celebrating summer tours by Berlin and Leipzig visitors.
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Europe
Oder
Spreewald
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Spree
Bohemian
Saxony
Brandenburg
Leide
Smeewald
Burg
Cottbus
Leipzig
Pneumonia Treatment Hailed From Radio Wave Research
Medical science sees a potential pneumonia treatment as radio waves, once used to harness communications, show effects on body temperature in exposed operators. Doctors caution that further study is needed to confirm benefits and safety.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Temperature restoration method for pneumonia patients
A procedure may be used to restore normal body heat to a patient suffering pneumonia when the patient risks collapse after the crisis due to the body's failure to retain sufficient warmth.
There Is No Privacy among the Ancient Lives
Archaeologists say moderns know ancient daily life as well as if ancient biographers had recorded it. They argue contemporary study reveals intimate habits and customs once hidden, reshaping our view of early societies.
A. L. Mencken: Longtime Headliner and Editor of Mercury
A L Mencken rose to fame with the Baltimore Sun and New York Smart Set with George Jean Nathan. He now edits the American Mercury, a successful magazine venture. his ironical books are widely read. He is unmarried but vocal on marriage.
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A. L. Mencken
Baltimore Sun
New York
George Jean Nathan
American Mercury
America
Rational love and lasting charm across age and gender
Men over thirty can marry and find contentment though romance fades. Women show high intelligence, rarely fall in love, and when they do it ends quickly unless a genuinely charming husband appears. The piece contrasts romantic fiction with mature affection and humor.
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Thalmy du ‘Ant
Jay
Florence Nightingale
Marie Antoinette
Lola Montez
Edith Cavell
Grace Darling
Belshazzar
Babylon
Jack Gilbert
Chocolate Ice Box Cake From USDA Instructions
Dessert style treat using sponge cake layered with chocolate custard. Ingredients include eggs sugar water and chocolate. bake in a tube pan 43 to 50 minutes then chill overnight. Alternate fillings include whipped cream or icing. Chill then serve with sugar dusting or chocolate glaze.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Printed dresses for morning wear from USDA guide
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines easy to launder summer dresses suitable for morning wear. It advocates printed zephyrs and dimity, with a gathered skirt, basque waist, and coordinated organdie trims, noting simple construction and easy washing and ironing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Profanity Defined As Language's Sign of Foolishness
A quoted aphorism from Grit argues that wise men use English fully for all needs and that profanity reveals weak acquaintance with language. It labels such swearing as a sign of foolishness rather than power.
Too Commonplace Inventions Delight The Public
A Woman's Home Companion note remarks that new inventions arrive so frequently they threaten to dull the sense of wonder, reflecting on the pace of innovation and public reaction.
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Wowan
Fruits for Shortcakes Use Seasonal Fruits Versus Strawberries
When strawberries are out of season other fruits can make good shortcakes. In winter or when fresh fruit is scarce prunes dates figs raisins dried peaches or apricots provide tasty alternatives.
Yeast Nut Bread Recipe From Agriculture Bureau
A yeast raised nut bread is moister and keeps longer than baking powder loaf. Directions from the bureau of home economics cover ingredient amounts, mixing, rising, shaping, baking at 400F then lowering to 375F, and cooling before storage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The
Bureau of Home Economics
Vanilla Wafers for Summer Tea and Parties
A summer cookie recipe from the bureau of home economics explains vanilla wafers served with iced tea grape juice or other cooling drinks. The method uses butter sugar egg milk flour salt vanilla baking powder and bakes small drops until golden brown for easy porch treats.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Household notes on sewing cooking and care tips
Practical magazine style notes advise avoiding heat on silk stockings and hot water. Tips include salting water for cracked eggs, choosing plain dull fabrics, and cleaning ribbons with gasoline or soap. Guidance on tenderizing meat emphasizes moisture and slow cooking, while gelatin desserts allow added fruit juice before setting but not the fruit itself.
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Kathleen Hearn
Aurora High School
Aurora School Board
Grand Island
Arlington
Belle Creek
L. B. Shepard
Stanton
Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary of
War
General Fremont
Pilger
Wiens
Stimu Waco
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
H. L. Mencken
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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