Antoinette Taft Finds Romance at a City Paper
Struggling twenty three year old Antoinette Taft, living with her sister Brenda and brothers in a drab San Francisco flat, lands a job as society reporter on the Call. She becomes entangled with editor Larry Bellamy, Georged by Ruth Bellamy, and enjoys life among the newsroom staff while balancing romance and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Taft
San Francisco
Brenda
Cliff
Bruce
Meg
Furds
Lawrence Belamy
Journal of Comree
Uch
Difent
Barney Kerr
Tony
Mr. Greenood
Joe Burke
Bellamy
Bess Utter
Witch
Bess
Fitch
Barney
Piedmont
Patterson
Ruth
Antoinette
Duncan O'Connor
Larry
Poppet
Duncan
Alice
Cannery
Health Bureau
Mae Muzzy
Van
Muzzy
Arch Slosser
Greenwood
Mr. Arnoldson
Seaside Holiday Ends in Brush with Death
Tony survives a car crash that leaves her shaken and with a cut on her forehead. Larry helps her home to Fulton Street, and she returns to work later that day, pondering the near tragedy and the risk to their budding romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Tony
Fulton Street
Meggy
Sally
Ruth
Bendy
Cliff
Breakfast, Ocean Voyage, Santa Barbara Hotel Arrival
The group travels by road along cliffs to an ocean view, enjoys breakfast, and reaches a warm Santa Barbara hotel cottage by four in the afternoon. Tony, Ruth, and Larry savor sea air, sun, and garden surroundings before dinner where Tony reflects on her appeal in bright resort fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Ruth
Larry
Duncan O'Connor
Duncan
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Barbers Evolve From Guild to Distinct Professions
English statute 1461 incorporated barbers as a guild. French barber surgeons became a separate profession under Louis XIV. In 1745 another English law split barbers and surgeons into distinct corporations. The striped barber pole remains a memorial of this craft.
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England
France
Louis XIV
Money Set Aside for Flood Work In Nebraska
Nebraska WPA administrator D F Felton announced a $200000 emergency reserve for spring flood relief. The agency will not assume flood relief duties but will aid disaster response if needed following last year's Republican river valley floods that claimed about 100 lives. Felton noted no immediate danger but the WPA remains prepared and continues repairs from prior flood damage.
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Lincoln
D. F. Felton
Nebraska
WPA
Felton
Republican River Valley
Nebraska Liquor Dealers by County After Repeal
A state report shows 1200 liquor dealers and about 3500 beer dealers in Nebraska. Six counties with 13,672 people have no legal liquor purveyors, while ten have only one liquor license. Liquor became legal May 24. Counties with no licenses: Keya Paha, Banner, Hayes, Logan, Loup, McPherson.
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Lincoln—Repeal
McPherson
Loup County
Nebraska Liquor Commission
Kearney County
Keya Paha
Banner
Hayes
Logan, Loup
State considers land swap and power project easement
The Nebraska board of educational lands and funds sent two issues to the attorney general for opinion. It reviews a 560 acre Cherry county swap for 649 acres in Dawes county to establish a game preserve, and an 8.2 acre Kearney county easement for the Adams county canal. Bond purchases totaled 18000 Burwell school bonds at 3.25 percent and 8800 Erickson water bonds at 4 percent, both yielding about 3 percent.
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Dawes
Lincoln
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Attorney General
State Game Commission
Trade Lands
the Game Commission
Cherry County
Dawes County
Central
Nebraska
Tri-county
Public Power and Irrigation District
Kearney
Adams County
Burwell School
Erickson Water
Map of Old War Prison Found in City Hall Vault
A large picture map of Andersonville prison at Fort Sumter drawn by Union private Thomas O'Dea was found in the city hall vault. City officials will turn the map over to Sandy Walker, Phelps county's sole surviving Civil War veteran.
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Old War Prison
Andersonville Prison
Fort Sumpter
Thomas O’dea
Sandy Walker
Phelps County
Gravel Repair Cost Set At 150000
Lincoln State Engineer A. C. Tilley said Nebraska will need about 150000 dollars for new gravel to repair roads softened by recent thaws. He noted damages from thaws will be greater on gravel roads than on bridges, but no main bridge spans have been damaged yet.
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Lincoln
A. C. Tilley
Nebraska
Tilley
Lincoln Nebraska approves first month of old age pensions
Age pensions granted in Lincoln Nebraska for 194 needy aged persons across 13 counties average 19.33 dollars per month. Several hundred more certificates will be issued next month as the state moves toward 20 thousand potential beneficiaries under the new social security plan. Officials warned some county committees were overly optimistic about pension funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lincoln Health Dept Adopts Bitter Syrup Swap
Lincoln's city health department acted after finding patients used its cough syrup on pancakes. Dr. M F Arnoldt said he changed the prescription to a bitter mix and reported a 50 percent drop in the department's colds among clients. Petitions to back a safety campaign will circulate in the business district by 11 youths as part of a national movement. The safety council urges limited downtown parking on busy days and requests careful driving and pedestrian caution when crossing streets.
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Lincoln
City Health Department
M. F. Arnoldt
Columbus Safety Council
National Youth Movement
Safety Council
Break in 18 inch main disrupts Omaha packing plants gas plant
Flooding along the Platte River forced Omaha packing plants and the gas plant to switch to emergency oil operation. Northern Natural Gas Company GM Frank H. Brooks cited the flood as the likely cause of the 18 inch main break. Workers were installing a 6 inch by pass around the break while the larger pipe remained submerged.
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Omaha
Platte River
Oreapolis
Frank H. Brooks
Northern Natural Gas Company
North Platte Faces Suit Risk Over Viaduct Condemnation
The city may be faced with lawsuits totaling over 600000 as appeals from board of appraisers decisions on land condemned for the Union Pacific viaduct are filed. The board allowed 81719 in awards in its report to the city council with damage allowances only on property abutting the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Board of Appraisers
Union Pacific
Loneliness Costs Nebraska Man Old Age Pension Eligibility
A 67 year old Nebraskan was ruled ineligible for the old age pension after county officials learned he spent his last $2,000 advertising for a wife and transporting candidates to his hometown. The decision was disclosed at the state assistance office.
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State Assistance Office
Water in Pathfinder reservoir rises to 82 310 acre feet
C F Gleason superintendent of power at Guernsey reservoir auxiliary storage unit disclosed Pathfinder reservoir water for western Nebraska irrigators totaled 82 310 acre feet on March 1 up from 62 910 acre feet on the same date last year. Guernsey reservoir held 27 910 acre feet, the same as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder
Nebraska
C. F. Gleason
Guernsey Reservoir
Guernsey
York County Officials Reject Auto Tax Refund Claims
York county commissioners recently denied refund claims by motorists who bought cars between April 1 and June 30 last year using money from bank funds. A misread automobile tax law led the county treasurer to collect tax on cars before licenses were issued, but the ruling held that cars owned as of April 1 should be taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Astute
Nebraska Receives Treasury Aid for Public Health
Nebraska is allotted 40,067 by the treasury to aid in establishing and maintaining adequate public health services. A total of 33,333,000 was allotted to the states under the Social Security Act provisions.
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Nebraska
The
Treasury
WPA sets aside $200000 for spring flood relief
Nebraska WPA administrator D. F. Felton announces emergency funds totaling 200000 dollars to aid flood relief if disasters strike again. He stresses WPA will not assume flood relief duties but will cooperate in emergencies like last spring's Republican river valley flood where about a hundred people died.
February Auto Accidents Kill Sixteen in Nebraska
An unofficial survey shows sixteen people died in Nebraska automobile accidents in February, bringing the year’s total to 32. The deaths occurred at an average rate of about one every 45 hours.
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Nebraska
Dividends Paid by Nebraska Bank Failures in February
Banking Superintendent Ben N. Saunders and Judicial Receiver E. H. Luikart report February dividend payments from assets of 17 failed Nebraska banks. Luikart liquidated 11 banks. five payments were final. Total February payments reached 74,475 dollars, with 63,592 dollars paid from six banks in administrative receivership.
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Nebraska
Ben N. Saunders
E. H. Luikart
Luikart
Nebraska cattleman opposes new meat excise tax plan
C. J. Abbott said the administration may levy excise taxes on all meat products to fund a new farm program. He warned organized cattlemen would resist and, if hearings are held, would return to the capital to oppose it.
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C. J. Abbott
Nebraska
Abbott
Eskimo Population Shrinking Due to Tuberculosis
Dr. Victor E. Levine of Creighton University reports Eskimo life expectancy at 24 years, driven by tuberculosis. After three Arctic trips, he warns that without more Arctic physicians the Eskimo race could become extinct in a generation.
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Victor E. Levine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha
Neb
Arctic
Doctor Levine
Coleman Gas-Making Stove Promises Low-Cost Cooking
Economically minded homemakers are urged to admire the Coleman Gas-Making Stove. It cooks meals for two cents or less, uses Everdur metal for the fuel tank, lights instantly like gas, and makes its own gas from lead-free gasoline. The range features fuel saving burners and a porcelain enamel finish, with illustrated literature available by mailing a postcard to W. C. Coleman in Wichita, Kansas.
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W. C. Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Wichita
Kansas
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Duncan O’connor
Mollie Mackay
Journal
Examiner
Lawrence Bellamy
Mollie
Mae Ethyl Muzzy
Mae
Spike Illyan
Bess Cutter
Frank Fitch
Greeny
Spike
State
State News
Maine
Coleman
Lee
Adierika
Jas
Filler
H.L. Shoub
New York
Atal
WNU
Parker
Hiscox Chemi
Drogais
N.Y
Floreston
Penn
Hiscox Chemical Works
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