Nebraska items mix history, industry and growth notes
The article reports Finds in Custer county show a wagon wheel from a Platte river channel near Broken Bow, while Hastings museum owns a recovered axle. It notes Nebraska City plant expansion, hog production ranks, a Y M C A apartment project in Aurora, graveling drives in Tecumseh, and prairie fire defense by Boy Scouts near Hastings. It also covers cheese directors, highway-building progress, and a mystery crocodile head found near Alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Broken Bow
Custer County
Platte River
Shelton
Hastings Museum
Fred Bowman
A. M. Brooking
Fort Kearney
Otoe Food Products Company
Nebraska City
Columbus, Nebr
John W. Steinhart
Hamburg
Iowa
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
North Dakota
Texas
Aurora
John Clausen
Grand Island
Sanitary Plumbing Co
Broadway
Sixth Street
Second Street
Cosmopolitan Club
Blue River
Hastings
Presbyterian Patrol
Virginia Co-Operative Cheese Company
A. B. Schuster
E. B. Prine
J. S. Hubka
P. W. Graves
Price Young
Virginia
Hans Mumm
Bloomfield
Tews
Crofton
Niobrara
North Platte River
Alliance
Nebraska Leads In Cattle Population And Value
Nebraska reports 2.875 million cattle on farms in January with cattle accounting for 64.3 percent of livestock value and an average of 22.5 head per farm. Milk cows average $74 each, state ranks fourth in total cattle, and January 1928 shows an increase over 1927. ABeet Growers plan a Scottsbluff factory with a million dollars sought, pledges exceed $170,000, and district meetings will press for a cooperative sugar factory for the North Platte valley.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
United States
Scottsbluff
Co-operative Beet Growers Association
North Platte
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Great Western
Association Board
Prairie Fire Ravages Hay and Pasture Lands Near Chadron
A prairie fire originating near the Kearns bridge over the Niobrara river burned a two mile by twelve mile strip of hay and pasture land. Three ranches faced the blaze including Wright and Overwetter holdings. Firefighters from Rushville Gordon and Hay Springs battled flames from about 2 PM until extinguished.
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Kearns Bridge
Niobrara River
Wright Place
Rushville
Gordon
Hay Spring
Eighteen pigs born on Gladstone farm
J. G. Schoen near Gladstone reports a litter of 18 pigs born on his Fairbury area farm. The sow will be two years old in April.
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Fairbury
J. G. Schoen
Gladstone
Trapping Profits Rise in Nebraska Season End
Nebraska trap season ends with estimated income near one million dollars for trappers. Farmers and seasonal trappers profit in winter from running trap lines as muskrat harvest could reach over five hundred thousand dollars.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebraska Power to Build Omaha Elkhorn Power Line
Nebraska Power Company gains state railway commission approval to build a transmission line from Omaha to Elkhorn. The project will serve small towns and farms along the route, following recent purchases of local power plants. Construction starts now and is expected to finish this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Power Company
Omaha
Elkhorn
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Truck Freight Depot Sought for Omaha Stockyards
Omaha seeks a large truck freight depot as livestock traffic via trucks increases. More than a third of hogs and a sizable share of cattle arrive by truck at South Omaha stockyards, with about 950 trucks active daily.
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Omaha
South Omaha
Upheaval in College Athletics Delayed by Carnegie Study
George Huff of Illinois warns a Carnegie Foundation project on college athletics will take about a year to be ready. Dr. Howard J. Savage notes progress since January 1926 with field work at 110 institutions including six Canadian universities and six Catholic colleges. The final report will cover administration schedules budgets faculty relations eligibility conferences intramural athletics and overall athletic education aims to strengthen and improve the system.
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Ollege
George Huff
University of Illnois
United States
Canada
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement
Huff
Segun
Howard J. Savage
Carnegie Foundation
Savage
Foundation
Gate-Craser Uses War Card to Seek Free Paris Fight
A six foot unmasked man arrives at the Velodrome Paris gate for the Brown Routis match with a card from promoter Jeff Nickson claiming free admission as a war mutilated soldier. The gatekeeper doubts him as genuine, while the man explains the card belonged to a deceased Verdun veteran who left it in his will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Brown-Andre Routis
Paris
Jeff Nickson
Dickson
Verdun
Chateau Thierry
Sabin Carr Sets 14 Foot 1 Inch Pole Vault Record
Sabin Carr later champion and former Hill School star decided to compete at the National AA championships in Madison Square Garden. He surpassed 14 feet 1 inch to set a new meet record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabin Carr
Hill School
Vanitgs
Madison Square Garden
Army to host Nebraska tilt at West Point plans
Speculation abounds over Army facing Nebraska at West Point next fall. Officials weigh home field limits for about 25 000 versus a potential 80 000 in New York if played there. The Cadets also schedule Yale Harvard Notre Dame games, with Navy Princeton at Franklin Field.
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Army
Nebraska Cornhuskers
West Point
Yankee Stadium
New York
Nebraska
Frankinfield
Philadelphia
Barnard Plans Spring Tour of baseball league training camps
President F. S. Barnard announced a spring tour of all American Baseball League training camps. He plans to depart in March, an innovation for the Junior major league, contrasting with Ban Jolson who stayed largely at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan Baseball League
F. S. Barnard
Barnard
Ban Jolson
Sporting Sauibs and Sports News Across 1914 World
The column notes Austin Texas league losses in 1914 and mentions a new chess champion. It lists athletes enrolling at Iowa and Nebraska football captains for 1928, plus baseball moves and boxing promoters planning in Paris and London. It also references Olympic marathon winners and Argentine consul Hector Mendez preparing for Amsterdam Olympics. Turfmen await a notable arrival in racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector J. Mendez
Baltimore
Amsterdam
Bresnahan Returns as Giants Coach at Spring Camp
Photo shows Roger Bresnahan coaching Giants during a light workout at Hot Springs. Reser, a former Giant, returns as coach for John McGraw's squad this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Bresnahan
Giants
Hot Springs
Reser
John McGraw
Diverse athletic notes across colleges and families
The text lists a filly sired by Single G with notable traits, mentions George Ederle, seventeen, captain of Brooklyn High School of Commerce swimming, reports 115 boxing candidates at the University of Washington, Robert Adams coaching Lehigh baseball, Lew Mayrs the Baltimore bantamweight retiring at twenty-one after over 100 bouts without foul losses or wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ederle
Trudy
Brooklyn High School of Commerce
University of Washington
Lew Mayrs
Baltimore
Barber’s tip sparks Merkle signing with Giants
The tale recalls how John T. Brush, then Giants owner, signed Fred Merkle without John McGraw’s knowledge after a Mt. Clemens barber praised the young first baseman. Brush asked for Merkle the next day and the player signed, with Brush not even inspecting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merkle
Giants
John T. Presh
McGraw
Brush
John
Mt. Clemens
Nine
Fred Tenney
Michigan Middle Shines 2s All-Round Athlete
Tom Wilson a youthful but powerful Michigan middle from the Naval academy at Annapolis earns honors as a heavyweight wrestler and crack pitcher. Weighing 210 pounds and 6 feet 3 inches tall, the 20 year old also plays as a change lineman on the eleven and excels in weights. If he wins a regular spot next year he would be Navy’s most versatile athlete.
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Tom Wilson
Michigan
Russell Lloyd
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Wilson
West Point
Navy
Cantillon Teases Moe Berg About Language Skills
Moe Berg, now with the White Sox, once played under Joe Cantillon. Cantillon joked about Berg’s language talents and offered to use Berg’s best language the next time he signalled for a hit and run.
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Moe Berg
White Sox
Joe Cantillon
Berg
Moe
Cantillon
Diamond Belt Offer in Featherweight Series
Chicago promoter Jim Mullen offers a diamond-studded belt to the winner of the featherweight elimination series under way. Recognized entrants include Bud Taylor Joey Sanger Eddie Shea Tony Canzoneri and Benny Bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mullen
Chicago
Bud Taylor
Joey Sanger
Eddie Shea
Tony Canzoneri
Benny Bass
Weinert Returns to Major Leagues with Cubs
Phil Weinert, 26, a left handed pitcher, seeks a second chance in the majors with the Chicago Cubs after a stint with the Philadelphia Nationals. Last season he posted 17 wins and 12 losses with a .586 pitching percentage, drawing praise from manager McCarthy.
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Phil Weinert
San Francisco Missions
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Nationals
Weinert
McCarthy
Dutch Colonial Style Home With Attic Dormer Design
A simple rectangular 28 by 24 foot house features a steep roof with a wide dormer, second floor bedrooms, and an attached garage. The front includes a small porch and living room offset by a dining room and kitchen, a large fireplace, and stairs to three upper bedrooms and a bath with generous closets.
Picture Arrangement For Harmonious Room Decor
How to hang pictures to balance walls and furniture. Guidance on proportion with examples for davenports desks and wall spaces, stressing that art size should complement furniture and room layout.
Color and Trim in Home Decoration Techniques
Color and Trim in Home Decoration urges harmony between wood tones and room color. It notes oak, cypress, maple, or birch wood grain shines with waterproof varnish, while light woods stay fashionable. It contrasts schemes with warm tones and highlights varnish stains and enamels to achieve desired shade.
Picture dealers offer varied sizes of fine orientals
Picture dealers now carry multiple sizes of beautiful reproductions of the finest orientals in color sepia and black and white at very reasonable prices for wall space and decoration.
Built in Accessories New Kitchen Luxuries
The article touts built in china bathroom fittings as enhancing cleanliness and style in modern homes. It notes towel bars hooks soap holders and glass racks suit both bathrooms and kitchens and can be installed in existing rooms or during new construction for economy.
Insulation Panel Cuts Heat Loss From Radiators
Radiators under outside walls waste heat through walls. Installing a panel or slab of insulation between the radiator and the wall stops this excessive heat loss.
Space-Saving Folding Hanger Rod Promises Closet Upgrade
A fold ing clothes hanger rod is now available to improve closets. Each rod holds six hangers and a set of two or three will fully equip an ordinary closet.
Finishing Techniques for Waterproof Durable Paint
A discussion on achieving waterproof coatings that resist weather and washing without fading or gloss loss. Emphasizes durability, color retention, and long lasting protection for surfaces exposed to moisture.
Finishing to Preserve Wood Beauty
The text advises preserving natural grain by choosing finishes that enhance beauty. It lists woods suited to natural finishes including mahogany walnut cedar gumwood redwood oak cherry rosewood chestnut and satinwood, and recommends transparent varnish for surfaces not exposed to heavy wear, rubbed to a dull artistic finish.
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Crasrer
Army-Nebraska
Sporting Sauibs
Austin Club
Robert Buruh
Alassachusett
University of Iowa
Elmer Holm
Blue Howell
University of Nebraska
Dick Atterall
Harrisburg
Bert Olds
New Zealand
New San Diego
Cabif
Kolehmainen
Antwerp
Jeff Dickson
London
Bresnahan
Single G
Robert Adams
Boston Red Sox
Lehigh University
Fred Merkle
Michigan Middle
W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
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