Books by Standing Bear and Long Lance Highlight American Indian Day
American Indian day is observed September 25 with renewed call for cross cultural understanding. Readings from Chief Standing Bear’s My People the Sioux The preface argues for accurate Indian portrayal by Indians themselves and notes Standing Bear’s life from Carlisle to Wild West shows. Long Lance by Buffalo Child Long Lance profiles Blackfeet history and a noted life of heroism including wartime service, highlighting Indigenous perspectives and resilience.
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Illinois
Chief Standing Bear
Houghton Mullin Company
Buffalo Child
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Standing Bear
F. W. Benteen
United States
The
Little Big Horn
Custer
Crazy Horse
Camp Robinson
Neb
Wounded Knee
School For
Carlisle
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Buffalo Bill
California
Union Pacific
Buffalo Child Long Lance
Irvin S. Cobb
Long Lance
Manlius
West Point
No Man’s Land
Plains
Northwest Territories
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Montana
Jach
White Dog
Almighty Voice
Sounding Sky
Spotted Calf
Almighty Volce
Ua Steel
Mounted Police
Voice
Sioux Tribes File Massive Financial Claims Against U S
Sioux tribes of North and South Dakota pursue lawsuits demanding up to 500 million dollars plus interest for alleged government omissions dating back to 1850. The total original claim exceeds 216.8 million with additional group claims of 4.37 million, led by a 156.54 million Black Hills claim with interest from 1875, through Ralph Case of Washington and delegates meeting at Rosebud to present evidence.
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North
South Dakota
The
United
Black Hills
Clare
Ralph Case
Washington
Rosebud
Dakotas
Minneapolis Journal
Beatrice Hosts Nebraska Nurserymen Meeting in September
Beatrice will host the Nebraska Nurserymen’s association state meeting on September 11 with expect up to sixty nurserymen in attendance. Charles Sonderegger of Beatrice's Sonderegger Nurseries announced the event. Governor Alfred E. Smith plans a September campaign stop in Omaha with a speech at the Western League Ball Park for a 20,000 audience.
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Charles Sonderegger
Sonderegger Nurseries
Beatrice
Nebraska Nurserymen’s Association
Alfred FE. Smith
Omaha
Eastern Dispatches
Smith
New York
Omsha
New York Times
Chicago
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Helena
Mont
Colorado Springs
Yellowstone National
Charles Berry
Jefferson County
Daykin
Fairbury
Union Bus Depot Co. Inc
Jackson Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
C. C. George
Highways Drive Nearly Half of State Debts Says Bank Study
A Bank of America survey shows 48 states totaling 1.87 billion dollars in bonded debt with highway and bridge projects accounting for about 900.9 million. Per capita road debt is rising from 3.50 to 7.59 since 1922, while soldiers’ bonuses claim 14.3 percent and waterways 11.4 percent of gross debt. Lincoln Nebraska stands among four states with no bonded debt.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Florida
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Bank of America N. A
United States
Bank of America
Scotts Bluff Fair To Break Record In Mitchell
The 38th Scotts Bluff county fair will be held at Mitchell on September 12 18 and 14 and promises the largest 1928 exhibit in the county. Organizers expect records to be surpassed with a new 48 by 64 foot agricultural building replacing the old structure, while the former building houses the 4 H clubs.
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Scotts Bluff
Mitchell
Elk Convention Band Contest At Kearney Nebraska
Bands entering the Kearney event will be graded on department leadership appearance instrumentation expression attack balance tempo and intonation. The contest is an Elks convention entertainment feature with a separate Kearney band contest on the same day. any state band may enter.
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Kearney
Nebraska
Elks
Forty Potatoes Dug From One Hill In Garden
Daykin resident Mrs Francis Miller reports digging forty potatoes from a single hill in her garden between Daykin and Alexandria. The harvest included six extra large tubers with four larger than a man's fist and others from hen egg to marble size. the patch is described as good bed.
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Daykin
Francis Miller
Alexandria
Museum gains hundreds of birds fish and sea life
Hastings College museum adds a large collection by W. J. Kent, curator, from a two month West Indies and northern South America voyage. The specimens cost over a thousand dollars but are valued at about five times that amount. The centerpiece is a mammoth sea turtle and several sea animals measure five to ten feet long and weigh 100 to 350 pounds.
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Hastings
Hastings College Museum
J. Kent
Kent
West Indies
South America
Spencer Bank Declares Third Dividend to Creditors
Spencer Frank P Carrick as receiver for the First National Bank of Spencer reports a third dividend of 15 percent on proved claims. Previous dividends were 35 percent and 15 percent, totaling 65 percent of $765,000 in proved claims, with further distributions hoped.
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Spencer Bank
Spencer
Frank P. Carrick
First National Bank of Spencer
Federal Treasury Department
Carrick
Highway Appropriations Called for Nebraska Road Build
W D Hill of the Nebraska motor club reports 3032 miles of federal aid highways completed in Nebraska by June 30 this year. More than 841 miles were under construction. The federal government paid just under half the cost. Congress had already appropriated 75 million dollars for 1930 and 1931 to fund road building.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
W. d. Hill
Nebraska Motor Club
Hill
Congress
Liberty Has New School Building Dedicatory Exercises
Beatrice Nebraska held dedicatory exercises for the Liberty high school building recently attended largely by residents. F E B Kinney president of the board of education and others spoke while musical numbers filled the program. The building cost about $30 000 and was ready for the fall term opening. It is described as one of the best small town schoolhouses in Nebraska.
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T. C. Hornby
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Valentine
Mr. Hornby
P. H.young
Harms
Cherry County
McLaughlin
Lincoln
C. R. Fulton
Hastings
American Legion
Liberty
Beatrice
F. E B. Kinney
Board of Education
Nebraska
Plan to Regild Napoleon’s Tomb at Invalides in Paris
After 28 years the Invalides dome housing Napoleon’s tomb in Paris will be regilded with a thick gilt leaf coating funded by the French treasury. A 6,000,000 franc budget is planned for next year to restore its original beauty. The work aims to finish in about a month, using modern methods and materials.
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the Invalides
Napoleon
Paris
Dr Caldwell’s 47 Years of Practice Endorses Syrup Pepsin
A physician with 47 years in practice advocates Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a near natural remedy for constipation. He cautions against drastic purges and urges daily bowel movements, recommending the product as safe, non-habit forming, and pleasant tasting for all ages. He invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle by writing to Syrup Pepsin, Dept. BB, Monticello, Illinois.
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Caldwell
Dept
Monticello
Inois
Not a Medical Case
A dialogue shows Crawford and Dobbs arguing about a health scare. Crawford cites a lifeguard at a bathing pool as the source of information, while Dobbs dismisses doctors as unreliable. The exchange centers on trust in nonmedical sources.
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Crawford
Dobbs
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A Cleveland, Ohio reader testifies she was 80 weak and run-down, could not eat, and endured misery until using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After ten bottles, weakness and nervousness disappeared and strength returned. She continues use and urges others to try it.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Arcade Avenue
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U. S
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Pawnee City
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Elk Convention
Bayer
France
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