Wheat Survives Winter Nicely In Nebraska
Wheat endured the Nebraska winter with little damage despite high winds and dry surface soil. Subsoil moisture is adequate and crop development ahead of normal, though central and western districts report some wind damage. Stocks of wheat, oat, barley, and rye show varying levels above or below last year and the five year averages. Humboldt farmer L H Mann raises a small buffalo herd, keeping them penned with careful oversight. one heifer joined the herd after a Christmas slaughter of a cow, Buffalo roasts occasionally served locally.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
United States
Humboldt
Humbolt
L. H. Mann
Plains
Central West
Omaha Officials Urge Slower State Highway Build
State Engineer Roy Cochran told Omaha county treasurers that delaying new strictly state roads is needed to meet this year’s federal highway funds. He noted that rising federal aid money clashes with gas tax construction in Nebraska and said paving to market centers is a priority. A resolution followed to raise auto license weight from 2700 to 2800 pounds.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Roy Cochran
Cochran
Johnson
Stebbings
John E. Curtiss
State Railway Commission
Rialto Theatre to Become Bus Depot in Omaha
Remodeling of the Rialto theatre into a Pickwick Geyhound lines bus depot starts immediately with costs over 75000 dollars. Upon completion Omaha will have two large downtown bus depots.
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Omaha
Rialto
Pickwick-Geyhound
Hayes County Court House Fight Moves To Hamlet
Hayes County faces a county seat controversy as Hamlet residents circulate and file a petition with the county commissioners urging a special election to move the courthouse from Hayes Center. Petitioners claim sufficient legal voters signed to require a vote.
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Nebraska
Hayes County
Hayes Center
Hamlet
Board of Commissioners
Farm Sale Sets Local Record for Big One
Stella John M. Stephenson staged a closing out farm sale that netted about $55 000, the largest of its kind in the area. The 280 acre farm sold to Bert Wheeler at 155 dollars per acre, with personal property around 12 000 dollars. Draft mares led the market at 390 dollars to Earl Cummings, and two year old mules brought 167 dollars each.
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Stella
John M. Stephenson
Bert Wheeler
Earl Cummings
Wymore Council Rejects Offer For Light Plant Deal
A proposition to sell the city’s twenty year old Wymore light plant was rejected by the council. A new proposal from Gage County Electric Co would offer a fifteen year contract to supply current at 2.5 cents per kilowatt with a sliding scale for larger use and the company may build at Wymore, to be voted in the spring election.
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Wymore
Gage County Electric Company
Gage County Company
McCook to Build New Northwestern Bell HQ
Work starts immediately on a new Bell Telephone Company building in McCook to house the North Western Bell headquarters. The projected construction cost is about $250,000.
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McCook
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Billy the Bear Saeger Dies at Chadron in Old West
L. J. F. Saeger known as Billy the Bear, famed Indian fighter, died at Chadron after long illness. Real name faded from memory as his nickname endured in western lore.
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L. J. F. Saeger
Billy the Bear
Chadron
Alliance to Install Ten More Blocks of Ornamental Street Lights
Alliance city plans ten additional blocks of decorative street lamps after previously installing one and a half miles on residential streets last fall. Lincoln to host National High School Orchestra Contest May 29 to 31 with about 25 orchestras nationwide. Lincoln won last year’s national contest at Iowa City. Endicott to Fairbury highway project aims to surface six miles with gravel from a nearby farm pit. work largely donated with support from local business clubs.
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City Light and Power Plant
Alliance
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Iowa City
Endicott
Fairbury
Annexation petition on Havelock to Lincoln filed for April 1 vote
City council met to consider a plan by 460 signers to submit the Havelock annexation question to voters. Clerk to verify signatures. action at adjourned meeting. Also reported are a gold fish hatchery project near Endicott and Beatrice area farm land sale at $200 per acre.
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Havelock
Lincoln
Rural light and power line to run from Alliance
Construction will start soon on a 15 mile rural line fed by Alliance municipal plant. The route will extend four miles northwest to a new agricultural sub station and pass through countryside to serve 16 farms needing electric light and power.
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Alliance
Omaha Group Opposes Veterans Bureau Office Move
The Omaha post American Legion executive committee decided to contest any relocation of the regional Veterans Bureau from Omaha to Lincoln. Reports say the move would occur after Lincoln’s veterans hospital is finished. a committee was appointed to fight retention of the bureau which handles about $150 000 in annual payroll.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Omaha
Lincoln
Omaha Post
American Legion
Post
Veterans Hospital At
Bureau
Pawnee County links to horse meat trade case
R. C. Sands of Hiawatha set up in Pawnee City to buy old horses for shipment to a Rockford Illinois canning plant. Lands recently shipped horses from Frankfort Kansas, with prior loads from Marysville and Blue Rapids. Sale ignores age or condition if the animal can reach stockyards. prices range from 3 to 6 dollars per head. meat mainly sent abroad, echoing WWI doughboy observations.
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Pawnee County
R. C. Sands
Hiawatha
Pawnee City
Rockford
Ill
Lands
Frankfort
Kas
Youngest Exalted Ruler Elected at Alliance Elks Lodge
M. M. Sack, aged 22, is believed to be the youngest exalted ruler in the United States after being elected head of the Alliance lodge of Elks.
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Elks Lodge
United States
M. M. Sack
Alliance Lodge of Elks
Harris ranch sale to Kean brothers for 30000
Will and Emmett Kean of Dawson buy three eights of the Harris ranch for 30000 including several horses and farm equipment. The land has fine improvements and has been used for cattle feeding for fifty years.
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Harris
Will
Emmett Kean
Dawson
Nebraska Home Steads Along Blue River Shaped by Pioneers
The Daniel Freeman homestead near Beatrice and the Morrill homestead near Stromsburg mark Nebraska pioneer settlement along the Blue River. Freeman’s site was the first U S homestead entry. Morrill’s claim dated 1871 filed 1872 by Charles H Morrill, later memorialized by Morrill Hall at the University of Nebraska and an old log mansion containing Morrill’s gathered possessions.
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Nebraska
Blue River
Daniel Freeman
Beatrice
Morrill
Stromsburg
Freeman
United States
Charles H. Morrill
University of
State board cuts on food prices for institutions
The state board of control paid less for most foods than a year ago with sugar and rice the only categories rising. Rice up 3 cents per hundred pounds and sugar up from 4.04 to 4.50 per hundred. Biggest declines were in beans down 2.90 and ham down from 10.95 to 7.83 per hundred pounds.
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State Board of Control
Ruins of Historic Abingdon Mansion Reported Fire Disaster
The Abingdon mansion once linked to Nellie Custis and George Washington was destroyed by a fire at its Four-Mile Run site in Arlington County Virginia. The landmark, one of the country's oldest houses, lay in an isolated location.
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Abingdon
Nellie Custis
George Washington
Arlington County
Virginia
Agua Caliente Summer Race Dates Considered By Club
tentative 60 day summer meeting may run June 28 to September 1 at Agua Caliente under James N. Crofton Jockey Club plant. Mexican government officials asked to authorize the event. Giants star nicknamed Hogan shows evolving fan monikers in Mexico and San Antonio.
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Agua Caliente
James N. Crofton
Jockey Club
J. Francis Hogan
Giants
Laredo
el Grandote Hogan
San Antonio
Primo
the Hoag
Barefoot Boy Muse Rooted in Nebraska Minister
Retired Blair Nebraska minister Rev Hans Peter Bertelson is identified as the real life model behind Whittier's Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan.
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Hans Peter Bertelson
Blair, Neb
Whittier
Wonder Doctor of Gallspach Cited for 1929 Work
Despite medical rejection, Valentine Zeileis known as the wonder doctor of Gallspach Austria claims to have treated 14 000 people in 1929 with high frequency devices and reports most patients cured. Adherents cite his success while others doubt the claims.
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Valentine Zeileis
Gallspach
Austria
Gypsies Religion and Wealth in Social Observations
Gypsies are described as lacking a defined faith and often adopting local customs. They place little emphasis on religious observances. The text notes that wealth can fuel philanthropy, reflecting social attitudes toward money and charity.
Nujol Promoted as Fountain of Youth in Vintage Ad
A Glenbrook woman testifies to Nujol’s life changing effects likening it to a Fountain of Youth. The ad cites global users and claims regular use cleanses poisons from the body, improving health and happiness with a colorless tasteless oil.
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Walter Ruehl
Glenbrook
Conn
Nujol
Dark Lantern Advice on Honor Among Thieves
A cautious warning about seeking honor amid thieves and the risk a rejected suitor faces when a girl refuses marriage. The remark implies moral peril and abruptly ends a hopeful romance with a fatal outcome.
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