Navy enlistment surge in district opens unlimited weekly slots
Nebraska and South Dakota district announces no weekly cap on Navy enlistments, removing past sixteen apprentice seamen limit. Recruitment offices offer immediate blank forms to eligible registrants on waiting lists and arrange transport for final medicals at Omaha main office. Also advises potato storage tips to curb dry rot with graded crops and proper ventilation.
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Young
United States ‘Navy
Nebraska
South’ Dakota
Navy
Nebraska Faces Heavy Corn Husking Demand This Year
The State Council of Defense appeals for all available boys and men to harvest Nebraska's vast corn crop. Labor groups plan coordinated canvasses to address supply gaps while school boys may be excused to help husk, as farmers and their families contend with draft requirements and wartime needs.
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Nebraska
George’ Coupland
State Council of Defense
State
Agricultural College
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
County Councils of Defense
State Council
Cornhusker Division
Army of the Commissary
W. H. Lemmons
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nevill
Government denies plan to seize home food supplies
In response to rumors that the government would commandeer family larder goods, the food administration and the U S Department of Agriculture emphatically deny any such intention. They reiterate support for home canning and drying to ensure a cheap, plentiful food supply for families.
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Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Preparations Near Complete for Nebraska School of Agriculture Opening
Final preparations for the opening of the School of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln are nearing completion. Students arrive at the university farm to arrange board and lodging as class schedules and room assignments are set. The school accepts free tuition certificates issued by rural school boards to cover fees. Information on admission requirements is available from the Principal at University Farm Lincoln.
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School of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
University Farm
Lincoln
International Soils Show May Move to Omaha
Nebraska seeks to host the International Soils Product exposition next year with the Bureau of Publicity pursuing Omaha as the site. This season in Peoria saw Nebraska win the all-states and county competitions, earning two championship cups to be housed in Lincoln. If moved to Omaha the show would become a premier state exhibition, potentially permanent, with a decision pending after the Board of Governors reviews Nebraska and Omaha’s proposal.
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Bureau of Publicity
Nebraska
Peoria
State House
Lincoln
Omaha
United States
Board ‘of Governors
Red Cross Drives Public Sewing Effort and Meetings
Community chapter launches new management to boost finished garments and hospital supplies. Red Cross rooms at the Presbyterian church open for sewing. volunteers urged to join biweekly section meetings across town with named supervisors and dates.
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Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
Backache and kidney trouble prompt reader remedy
A reader testimonial from Mrs. T. of Osceola says years of disordered kidneys caused back pains and fatigue. She endorses a remedy and urges friends and neighbors to try it, noting relief after using the treatment.
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Dean
W. Rutter
Osceola
Polk County Nebraska Tax Sale Notice 1917
Notice is hereby given that on Monday November 5 1917 the undersigned will offer for sale at the county treasurer s office Osceola Nebraska land and blocks in Polk County for taxes interest and costs due for the year 1916 sale to commence at 9 o clock A M and continue until all lands offered have been sold
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Polk County
Nebraska
Osceola
Notice of Probate in Polk County Nebraska
In the county court of Polk Nebraska a petition for probate of the last will and testament of James Ward deceased and for appointment of Irl J Ward as executor has been filed. Hearing set for October 13 1917 at 10 o clock a m. Dated September 17 1917. F H Ball County Judge SEAL
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James Ward
State of
Nebraska
Irl J. Ward
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