Omaha Bee reports first bow of Omaha Symphony Study Orchestra
The Omaha Symphony Study Orchestra under Henry Fox gave its first Omaha performance at First Congregational Church last Friday. Grace McBride soloed with strong accompaniment by a nearly full audience paying admission. The 38‑piece ensemble drew praise for tone, intonation, and professional phrasing despite many members being non‑pros. Mrs. Cox assisted at the piano.
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Brahme
Omaha Symphony
Henry Fox
Omaha
First Congregational Church
Cox
Miss McBride
Misa Grace McBride
Jone
Fragmentary sports note on long-range shotgun shots
The text mentions shotguns firing from a considerable distance away. No clear event, team, or outcome is provided to identify a specific incident or report.
War Path at Everist Leads to Shootout and Arrests
In Liberty township near Knoxville, Saturday night violence at the Everist mining camp left Henry Bowen with a gunshot wound through the neck and three Italian miners injured. Henry and John Bowen and the elder Bowen’s son-in-law were jailed on assault with intent to murder charges after an exchange of gunfire near No. 11 and neighboring houses. County officials set a $500 bail for the Bowens as the case moved to the county jail for grand jury review.
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Everist
Liberty Township
Henry Bowen
No. 11
John
Henry
John Bowen
Bowens
Johnie
Esq. Mahaffey
Bussey
Bipty
State
W. H. Lyon
Oedante
Jal
Delightful Trip Highlights Tuskegee Visit
Miss Nora White recounts a southern sojourn with national speakers and warm Mobile high school rose gifts. She praises southern hospitality and describes a Tuskegee visit led by Dr. Washington, with 1760 students in military order, extensive trades training, and a 150-voice choir concert.
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Nora White
South
Mobile
Alabama
Apent
Tuskegee
Washington
Knoxville Express
International Dry Farming Campaign Launched by Rock Island
The Agricultural Department of the Rock Island Lines launches an eight car special train for a three month dry farming education campaign. Eminent lecturers will tour eastern Colorado and other semi arid regions during the growing season to promote milo maize and improved cultivation methods. Local bankers, educators and dealers cooperate, predicting higher yields and revived productivity in a large western area.
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Agricultural Department
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
International Dry Farming Congress
Colorado
Agricultural Colleges
Dry Farming Congress
The Seven Corn Commandments by P. G. Holden
Ames Iona author P G Holden outlines seed corn testing from February 20 to March 20 each year. Ears with weak sprouts dead kernels or mold should be discarded to ensure quality seed.
Farmers’ Commandments For Corn Yield Increase
A historical article presents commandments for corn farmers to secure uniform, accurate dropping and proper seed storage, recommending planting best seed on one side of fields and harvesting in late September. It urges rotation, avoiding distant seed imports, and following small grains with clover or timothy.
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Timothy
Corn Belt
Iowa
Womanly Wisdom for Kitchen Tips and Breakfast Dish
Practical household guidance offers cork fitting tips for bottles, cleaning flour-dusted vessels, and turning mashed yellow turnips with Irish potatoes. A nutritious wheat porridge breakfast, and a potato onion soup with milk are described as wholesome, simple dishes.
Sponge cake and egg dish from April Farm Journal
The passage describes preparing delicate spongy eggs served on toasted bread with butter, then a light lemon sponge cake recipe. It gives steps for boiling sugar syrup, whisking eggs, folding in flour, and baking slowly for a moist, light result, credited to April Farm Journal.
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April Farm Journal
Easter egg touch game for American women 1920s advice
A Woman’s Home Companion April feature describes a playful Easter egg touch game for children and adults. Six colored eggs green red black blue yellow and white are placed in moss. blindfolded players use a wand to touch eggs while reciting a rhyme that assigns values to colors and a golden egg. The yellow egg wins instantly, white incurs a forfeit, and positions should be rearranged between players. Send us your Job Printing.
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Patrick
Mike
Meg
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