Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show Set To Break Records In 1939
The 1939 Ak-Sar-Ben live stock and horse show opens in Omaha on Sunday October 22 with expects record entries in 4-H baby beef and allied competitions. 4-H clubs from Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Colorado Kansas and Missouri will compete for top prizes including the gold Ak-Sar-Ben baby beef medal. Last year nearly 1000 4-H entries are expected to be surpassed amid better crop conditions and expanded club activity. The event features swine sheep showmanship and carrot shows at Union Stockyards with hundreds of 4-H youths attending a banquet. New attractions include a regional flower and garden show and a Midwest bond and drum corps contest along with a Travrard cowboy star.
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Omaha
W. H. Schellberg
Middlewest
Schellberg
Union
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
John Gosch
Ida Grove
The
Clus
Town Bende
Presiant
Travrard
Tarzan
Ing
Iezn
Vexas Longxiorn
Tedny
Polk County Commissioners Audit September 19 1938
Official Proceedings of Polk County Nebraska regular session audit of claims and warrants. Payments cover county general funds road districts and miscellaneous expenses to numerous individuals firms and services including salaries repairs and fuel. Meeting adjourned to October 3 1939 with approvals by Chairman John I Anderson and Clerk A C Twarling.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Amy L. Myers
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
John W. Oberg &Son
Phil B. Campbell
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Lillian Timm
James Cook Night Watch
John I. Anderson Co
Clit
Sophia Kresha
Ruth Stewart
Viva Minnick
Roy W. Erickson
Gunnard Peterson
C. T. Moline Insurance
K-B Printing Co
LeRoy M. Smith
Carleton Anderson
Russell Olson
Strand Lumber Co
City of
Forslund ‘Grocery Co
Dr. O. E. Longacre Mediea
Ezonomy
Alli Farmers Union Oil Co
Stremsburg Grocery Food
Naomi Pearson
Nadine Croisant Clerical F. S.A. Food Center
Union State Exchange
Roy W. Fjell
Sinclair Refining Co
Roy Morgan Automotive Service
H. W. Johnson
Will Wright
Loyal Knerr
Robert Doner
A. S. Nelson
John W. Oberg
R. D
Johnson Bros. Chevrolet Co
Polk Gas and Oil
The
National Refining Co
Bruce Anderson
Stromsburg
City of Board of County Commissioners
A. C. Twarling
Scalping Notably Uprooted in Early American History
The practice is not mainly an Indian custom and was observed among the ancient Scythians per Herodotus. Its spread in central and western United States came from colonial governments offering scalp bounties.
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Herodotus
United States
Shadows on the Chameleon Back Imprint Persists Briefly
Observation notes that a chameleon shows shadow imprints on its back for several seconds after exposure to bright sun. The brief marks fade as the animal adjusts to temperature and light. Experiments track duration and fading patterns across several individuals.
Early American Banking in the Nation's Formative Era
A Rhode Island bank founded in 1804 with a $1,000,000 capital attracted poor funding. Only about $19,000 was ever paid in, directors withdrew most of it leaving $3,000. A buyer bought directors for $1,200 each, borrowing $750,000 from bank deposits. The bank failed with $85.36 in cash and unknown bills outstanding.
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Rhode Island
Live stock prices at South Omaha in 1939 market
Receipts at Omaha Monday: cattle 16,500. hogs 8,300. sheep and lambs 16,000. Fat cattle and stockers steady to mixed, yearlings up to $9.75, steer calves to $11.75. Hogs bid lower by 15 to 25 cents from Friday. Fat lambs 8.50 to 9.00, feeder lambs 8.25 to 8.75. ewes 3.25. Continuous price ranges listed for cows, steers, yearlings, and feeders.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Moon as Month Measurer and Week Origin
The Hebrew moon based time reckoning influenced weeks, with seven day cycles and Sabbath importance. Roman planetary naming shaped the modern weekdays Sun through Saturn, tracing Sunday to the sun and Monday to the moon, with other days linked to Mars Odin Thor Friga and Saturn.
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Flora MacFarland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wodin
Odin
Thor
Frea
Friga
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County General Fund
Frank D. Mills
Court House
R. M. McDonald
Olive M. McBeth
Freida Zang
Owen McClung
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Clifford A. Erickson
University of California
L. A. Erickson
Sughro
Havens, Nebraska
Havens
Lincoln Highway
Clarks
Silvercreek
Mel Pester
Sammy Havens
South Omaha
Chevrolet
FORD
Nebr
Gillette
H. Schops
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