Falls City area notes and regional links in 1927 press
Mrs Isham Reavis marks 82nd birthday in Falls City after six years there. Arbor Lodge records in 1927 shatter attendance with 2232 visitors, best prior 1910. Wayne plans 56 room hotel costing 50000 to 60000 with most stock subscribed. Silo and granary tunnel at Hendly farm stores 700 tons ensilage from 70 acre field. A $500 bank note found in Beemer Lutheran church fund box after dedication. Red Willow county fields may yield 100 bushels corn per acre on ten acres near McCook Gerald Wilcox’s farm prize crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
Isham Reavis
Arbor Lodge
Ottos Hendly
Chadron
New Lutheran Church
Beemer
W. J. Oelling
Mr. Oelling
Red Willow
J. S&s. Ulrich
Mc Cook
Gerald Wilcox
T. W. Biss
John Huembarger
Joe Cornford
Nebraska
John Philip Sousa
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Syracuse
Geneva
Tecumsosh
Craig
Greenwood
Havelock
Seward
Utica
Beaver Crossing
Milford
Kearney
State
Parent-leachers Association
Norfolk
Parent-Teachers Association
Fort Kearney
Nebraska Telephone Association
Nebraska Methodist Conference
Nebraska Association of Real Estate Boards
Dakota County
South Sioux City
Dakota City
Ausley
Columbus
Emerald
Culbertson
Gand Island
Hastings
Nebraska City
North Platte
Omaha
O'Neill
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Valley
Wahoo
Central City
Andy Wilson
Arthur Cogswell
Jack Burke
Butler County
Joe Ayusbeck
Bellwood
Commercial National Bank
Deshler Broom Factory Expands With Modern Equipment
Deshler plant installs ten thousand dollars worth of labor and material saving machinery in grading cleaning and sorting. New electrically operated conveyers will move corn to machines and a bleaching room is built. The facility grew from a one-man shop to a corporation with $200000 authorized capital and 300 employees with a $15000 monthly payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deshler
Northeast Nebraska farmers grow fruit in warmer climate shift
Wakefield area farmers report crops expanding beyond traditional prairie use. Soren Anderson of Wakefield raised potatoes successfully. peaches near Coleridge and Hartington succeed. oranges grown in Cedar County for years. peanuts in Hartington garden did well. apples and pears attract more attention as farmers adapt to hotter seasons. Brady ranch sale nets 125000 to Iowa buyers. 16000 acres in Holt County sold. Frank Brady of the Izaak Walton League to oversee transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Nebraska
Soren Anderson
Coleridge
Hartington
Cedar County
Holt County
Norfolk
Brady Ranch
Tkinscon
Iowa
Brady
Frank Brady
Izaak Walton League
Grass Fire Destroys Hay Stacks Near Nelish
A prairie fire four miles south of Nelish destroyed three hay stacks and burned pasture land on E. L. Lambert's property. Volunteers rushed from Nelish to shield farm buildings as winds threatened further damage. The fire, of uncertain origin and likely arson, burned about four miles of pasture and hay land, but Lambert’s ranch buildings remained safe with a night watch in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelish
E. L. Lambert
Neligh
Lambert
Nebraska Teachers' Convention in Omaha Delivers Speakers
Omaha hosts the Nebraska State Teachers' Convention from November 2 to 5 drawing 3 300 district two teachers. Nationally prominent speakers will address general and sectional meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Farmers Co Operative Grain votes on new elevator in Virginia
At a Virginia meeting of the Farmers Co Operative Grain company the group voted to build a new elevator costing ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Farmers Co-Operative Grain Company
Virginia
Fire destroys Fairbury alfalfa mill in second floor blaze
Fire at the Fairbury alfalfa mill caused an estimated loss of 2000 to 3000 dollars from spontaneous combustion in a packing room on the second floor. An ensuing dust explosion and roof fire damaged the meal and destroyed 15000 sacks. Insurance fully covers the loss. five years earlier a prior mill at the site burned down and the current mill was rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Bean Growers in North Platte Valley to Receive $40000
Alliance growers in the North Platte valley near Gering and Scottsbluff will get fourty thousand dollars for last year’s bean activity. The valley’s average yield is 31 bushels per acre and the handpicked basis of four dollars and fifteen cents per hundredweight applies after delivery to Denver for hand picking and weight adjustment.
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Alliance
North Platte Valley
Gearing
Scottsbluff
Denver
Johnson Plans Graveling Carnival Through Town
The town of Johnson wires a graveling campaign along the Goldenrod highway. Streets in the business section and many residences are dug up for cement curbing and gravel hauled to the center and dumped. When finished, twenty blocks will be gravel surfaced reaching the railway station post office and highway connections at both ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Goldenrod
Post Ofice
Many Cars Fail to Beat Trains at Grade Crossings
M O Lorenz of the Interstate Commerce Commission warns at the safety congress that over 1 000 auto crashes into trains occurred in 1926. He notes 2 388 non trespassers and 2 624 trespassers killed, urging driver education and protection at grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O Lorenz
Bureau of Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Papers Protect Glass While Painting Autos
Instructions explain protecting glass during auto painting with old newspapers and friction tape. Tape seals edges, preventing paint contact. tin sheets between running-board shields and body guard surfaces. Useful for brush or spray painting, saving labor on window frames and adjacent parts.
Fellowship Best Thing in Golf Says Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones praised golf as the greatest fellowship at his Atlanta dinner. He said the sport bridges generations and lets father and son meet on equal terms. He noted the bond created between players from business rivals to new friends, calling fellowship golf’s defining feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Fife
New Attendance Record Hopes For Tunney Promotion
Ex promoter Tex Rickard launches a campaign around a new attendance record for Tunney's world heavyweight title defense. He hints at elimination bouts this winter leading to a Tunney defense next year, possibly in New York, with Dempsey not planned for a third Tunney bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
Tex
Richard
Gene
New York
Dempsey
Putney
Jack
Pic
Rickara
Debate Over Prize Fighting Brutality in England
Sir Hall Caine denounces boxing as savage and degrading. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle defends it, arguing boxing builds vigor and moral strength. The public debate heats as literary figures weigh in on whether prize fighting harms or hones national character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Hall Caine
Daily Express
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gener
Reaters
Efall Caine
Automobile Hints and Fraternity Drive In Campus Mirage
A fragmentary column previews road manners and car culture. It notes the ease of world travel on installment plans and jokes about traffic life and pedestrian records. The piece mocks policing, college life, and a run of humorous street scenes.
To Fly Over Atlantic John McGraw Plans Transatlantic Flight
John McGraw aims to fly to Europe aboard a Giants airliner under construction in New Jersey built by Al Lawson. The multi engine machine will carry him and several others. No departure date set yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGraw
Europe
Giants
al Lawson
Pioneer
New Jersey
McGraw
Texas
Lindbergh
Thornsh
Young Eddie Plank Delivers Opening Pitch at Shibe Park
Eleven year old Eddie Plank Jr. pitched the first ball in a charity game at Shibe Park between the Athletics and the Phillies to benefit the Eddie Plank Memorial Gymnasium at Gettysburg College. The boy wished to stand on the same mound where his father Eddie Plank wrote famed chapters of baseball history for the Athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Plank, Jr
Shibe Park
Philadelphia Athletics
Phillies
Eddie Plank
Gettysburg College
Inactivity Ruins Storage Batteries
Do not let a storage battery idle for long. it loses about 1 percent of capacity daily. After complete discharge a hard coating called sulphide of lead forms on the plate surfaces.
Surgical Forcepts Are Handy in Radio Work
A handy tool for the radio kit is a hemostatic forceps with spring lock that grips objects and releases quickly. The forceps assist soldering by holding screws and placing them into tight areas and picking up small parts from inaccessible spots.
Permanent Finish Scientists Forge Advancements for Autos
Scientists report progress on permanent finishes for cars, highlighting durability and longevity. They contrast new coatings with a traditional locomotive design, noting no replacement for established locomotive engineering.
Princeton Tigers Demonstrate Speed in Training
The report notes Princeton University football team is in peak form with rapid play in practice. A photograph features Coach Bill Roper guiding the Tigers as they prepare for upcoming competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Coltran
University of California
California
Tigers
Bill Roper
Squibs of Sports of Various Kinds
A collage of notes on sports topics from college golf to baseball and football. Highlights include Clarence Hawkes as a notable Hadley fan, Harry Cavan’s 1919 bowling record, and Vic Hanson returning to Syracuse as an assistant coach. Also noted are player transfers, college gridiron activity, and a New Brunswick guide restriction on carrying firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cavan
Pittsburgh
TIS
Vic Hanson
Syracuse University
Lew Andreas
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Health Gain
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs M Rissintoshy says after two pregnancies she weighed 93 pounds and grew sickly. Four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health and weight to 116 pounds enabling her to work. The ad touts health as wealth and suggests the remedy as a gift of good health for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleveland
Ohio
Mrs. M. Risssincey
Nelsom Ave
Castoria Promises Safe Relief For Babies
An ad extols Fletcher's Castoria as harmless for infants, easing fretfulness fever colic and upset stomachs. It highlights its pure vegetable formula and doctors’ recommendation while noting a care booklet included with each bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Fietcher
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Tex Rickard
Shen
England
Coen Doxte
Afghanistan
Barney Olxveld
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Young Eddie Plank
Princeton
Library For Country Folks
Cincinnati Public Library
Clarence Hawkes
Hadley, Alass
New England States
George Davis
Portford
St. Paul
Connie Mack
United States
A. BE
Red” Sweeney
Orlando
Cincinnati Club
Eusel Coleman
University of Arkansas
Jim
Sam
Bob Eastwood
Galileo High School
San Francisco
Province of
New Brunswick
N. More
Belore Indigestion
Bellans
Forcel
Omic
D. W.grove
Aera W.N. U
Lincoln, NO
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