Greenwood notes and social updates from Lincoln trip to Omaha
Local items report Mrs. E A Landon visiting Lincoln and Gust Gakemeier and Mrs. Gakemeier visiting Greenwood, with Rex Peters family hosting. Health notes on Mrs Earl Clymer and P A Sanborn, and E L McDonald elected to Home Owned Stores executive committee to meet December 5.
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E. A. Landon
Lincoln
Gust Gakemeiier
Murdock
Greenwood
Gakemeier
Rex Peters
Earl Clymer
E. L. McDonald
Lincoln Hotel
Ralph Clymer
Buick Auto
Alvo
John Ellwood
Messrs
P. E. Clymer
Carl Weidemann
Omaha
American Legion
Ray Friedrichs
Theo. Carnes
Chevrolet
P. A. Sanborn
John H. Vick
Methodist Hospital
Robert E. Mathews
de Parters
Paola
Kansas
R. E. Matthews
Bob
Addie Matthews
Art Reese
Greenwood Transfer Line schedules trips to Omaha Lincoln
Greenwood Transfer Line lists regular trips to Omaha on Monday and Thursday and to Lincoln on Tuesday and Friday. Offers pickups on these trips with full loads available at any time. Signed Fred Hoffman.
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Greenwood
Omaha
Lincoln
Fred Hoffman
Meets Many Friends on Lincoln Trip Spree
Walter E. Pailing invited Mr. B. A. McElwain to ride to Lincoln. They stopped at Havelock where McElwain met his old friend William Tucker. Tucker visited as they shared supper, reconnecting with former Plattsmouth acquaintances.
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Walter E. Pailing
Lincoln
B. A. McElwain
Havelock
Mr. McElwain
William Tucker
Plattsmouth
Stock Hauling at Greenwood Station Offers 24/7 Hauling
Hauling by Truck service at Greenwood provides day or night attention with careful handling of stock and goods. Contact Phone 40, Greenwood or Murdock for service. Patronage appreciated.
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Greenwood
Murdock
Old Plattsmouth Crowd Gathers for Supper and Reunion
Mr. Tucker organized a gathering of the Plattsmouth crowd with old friends and Mr. McElwain joining in. They shared a very fine supper and enjoyed a good time together.
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Mr. Tucker
Plattsmouth
McElwain
Charles Pollard Die in Colorado After Ten Years Away
Death reported for Charles Pollard formerly of Greenwood and Ashland area. He died last Tuesday while living in Colorado at age 55. Remains shipped to Ashland for burial after arriving Thursday. He left a wife and one brother, Thomas O. Pollard, of northwest of town.
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Charles Pollard
Greenwood
Ashland
Colorado
West
Mr. Pollard
Thomas O. Pollard
Odd Fellows Elect Greenwood Officers For Coming Term
At the Greenwood lodge meeting the Odd Fellows elected Marion Dimmitt as N G Forest Osnuts as W G L C Marvin as secretary and Harry Hughes as treasurer for the upcoming term Charles E Caffee was chosen as trustee for a three year term Appointive officers to be named at installation which will occur later.
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Odd Fellows of
Greenwood
Ship of State
Marion Dimmitt
N. G
Forest Osnuts
W. G
L. C. Marvin
Harry Hughes
Charles E. Caffee
Ortiz Rubio Declared President Of Mexico
Mexico City reporter notes the election commission report declares Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president with 1 825 761 votes. Jose Vasconcelos receives 110 279 and Pedro Rodriguez Triana 23 279. Illegal ballots rejected include about 1 000 from Los Angeles. Delegation to notify the president elect is chosen.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Election Commission
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Revolutionary Party
Jose Vasconcelos
Pedro Rodriguez Triana
Chamber of Deputies
Parliamentary Election Commission
Los Angeles
Rum Laden Airplane Seized Near Detroit
U S immigration officers stopped a landing field raid on Detroit area outskirts and arrested the pilot after finding twelve cases of whisky aboard a rum laden airplane. It marked the fifth such seizure in five months. Canadian police widened the crackdown to Windsor docks and north shore near Kingsville to target liquor running flights.
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Detroit
United States
Detroit River
Canada
Windsor
Belle River
Amherstburg
Ontario
Lake Erie
Kingsville
Minister Sadao Saburi Dies by Suicide at Fujiya Hotel
Tokyo reports Sadao Saburi elder Japanese minister to China and former chargé d affaires in Washington shot himself at the Fujiya hotel near Tokyo. He had returned from Nanking to brief officials before new China talks. Friends cite possible despair after his wife’s 1926 death.
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Tokyo
Sadao Saburi
China
Washington
Saburi
Fujiya
Japan
Nanking
Losses to Canneries High in Bristol Bay District
Seattle reports estimate $200000 in damage from the November 24 gale and tidal wave across Bristol bay Alaska canneries. Libby, McNeill & Libby buildings and docks at Ekuk were carried away with shipways and equipment beached. Northwestern Fisheries Naknek cannery floats on the beach. communications limited to Dillingham signal corps and Kanakanek education station.
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Seattle
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Signal Corps
U. S. Army
Dillingham
Bureau of Education
Kanakanek
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Ekuk
Northwestern Fisheries Company
Naknek
Short Horn Bull for Sale in Mynard Murray Area
Fine short horn bull offered for sale. Interested buyers may contact Raymond Hild in Mynard or Py A. Hild in Murray for viewing or purchase arrangements.
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Raymond Hild
Mynard
Py A. Hild
Murray
Lignite Coal Briquets Boost Northwest Power and Fuel
North Dakota’s Lehigh Briquetting plant expands to 1000 tons daily with plans for by product refinery and two new plants in North and South Dakota. Briquettes supply smokeless, high heat from lignite processed by vertical ovens and by products like tar oils, with electric plants using mine site power.
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Tehigh
N. D
Nature
Lehigh
North Dakota
South Dakota
Northwest
Columbus
Dnd
Woman Dies From Burns in Ossing Rocket Lab Accident
In Ossing New York Miss Lucy Abercrombie thirty died when sparks from a short circuit ignited fifty pounds of paraffin in a rocket laboratory causing her clothing to ignite. Her chauffeur Charles Carlson was severely burned while trying to help and both knew the secret formula.
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Ossing
N. Y
Lucy Abercrombie
David T. Abercrombie
Miss Abercrombie
Charles Carlson
Captive Missionary Pleads for Help in Hupeh
Reverend Th ich Kreutzen, a Calumet Michigan Franciscan missionary in Wuchang Hupeh, writes that he is healthy but held by bandits who threaten to kill him if troops are not withdrawn. His location shifts in the mountains south of Tayeh, with negotiations under way to free him. The mission offers wine and rice money but rejects the bandits demand for 6 000 Mexican dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Thich Kreutzen
Calumet
Mich
Wuchang
Hupeh Province
Tayeh
Hupeh
Gale Hits Bristol Bay Canneries in Alaska
A severe November 25 gale and unusually high tide damaged Bristol Bay district canneries and other buildings near Dil lingham Alaska. Officials estimate losses could reach about $100,000 with some plants wrecked and others possibly in ruins. Twenty six canneries operate in the district.
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Seattle
Wash
Bristol Bay
Alaska
United States Bureau of Education
Bureau of Education
Dillingham
Fresh and Nutty Treats at Bates Book & Gift Shop
Bates Book and Gift Shop features cashews almonds and pecans along with chocolate coated almonds and peanuts for snack lovers in a new display.
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Bates Book & Gift Shop
Blame Placed on Klan in Colorado Penitentiary Mutiny
Former warden Thomas Tynan charged the Ku Klux Klan and the state's parity of funding as factors in the Colorado state penitentiary mutiny of Oct 3 that cost thirteen lives. He testified at Governor Adams' commission, saying a political ban created an internal branch with convicts and guards, breaking discipline and harming operations. He noted eighteen years as warden with insufficient funds for proper operation.
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Denver
Colorado State Penitentiary
Thomas Tynan
Adams
Tynan
State Penitentiary
Plattsmouth Library Reports Growth And New Gifts
The Plattsmouth Public Library added 29 borrowers in October and exchanged 3523 books, an increase of 1027 from 1928. A framed plat of Plattsmouth dated July 15, 1858, gifted by Charles M. Lewis to D H Wheeler, is now on display for public viewing.
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Plattsmouth
Wescott’s
Toggery
Soennichsen
Emma Pease
Arthur S. Riggs
Spain
India
Gertrude M. Williams
Miss Mayo
Ireland
Donn Byrne
League of Nations
John Spencer Bassett
Old Savage
Raymond B. Fosdick
Seven New Fires Start in Southwestern Oregon
In Grants Pass Oregon seven new fires erupted late Monday forcing the district forestry service to mobilize all personnel. Fire chiefs reported the Gold Beach blaze briefly controlled then rekindled as lines burned out. communication with fire lanes was hindered by damaged lines. Meager overnight losses hinted at a serious situation as Siskiyou mountains fires exceeded 300 acres.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Oregon
United States Forestry Service
James Billingsley
Gold Beach
Billingston
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon-California
Dutch Creek
Mexico to adhere to Kellogg treaty renouncing war
Ambassador Tellez notified the state department that Mexico will adhere to the Kellogg treaty renouncing war. The formal Mexican declaration came on Tuesday, confirming compliance with the international agreement.
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Mexico
Washington
Tellez
State Department
Sterilization Suit Dropped After Board Action
Rosario Failla case prompts Nebraskas 1929 sterilization law review as state board of examiners rescinds order. Attorney General Sorensen says a new action may be filed under updated procedures, noting Faillas alleged insanity status and custody of two children.
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Rosario Failla
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Board of Examiners
Sorensen
Failla
Board of Examiners
Reed
Hamilton County
Board of Control and Courts
State Journal
Stop and Choose Kindness Before Spreading News
A reflective column warns that bad news travels fast and harms innocents while good news sustains. It urges restraint, charity, and replacing gossip with constructive, praise worthy remarks to avoid ruinous consequences and foster communal decency.
Burned Nebraska youth dies after Holy Cross lab blast
Wallace Schramm twenty two of Pierce Nebraska died in a Worcester hospital after a week long burn injury from a laboratory explosion at Holy Cross college He was a former Creighton University graduate and Holy Cross post graduate student and chemistry instructor His father O S Schramm traveled to Worcester by air and train upon notification of the accident.
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Worcester
Mass
Wallace Schramm
Pierce, Neb
Holy Cross College
Schramm
Creighton University
Omaha
Holy Cross
O. S. Schramm
Ekstrand Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding in Stromsburg
Mr and Mrs G N Ekstrand marked 50 years of marriage in Stromsburg with a family gathering Nov 29. Married Nov 27 1879 the couple welcomed all nine living children and many grandchildren. A dinner for 30 immediate family was held at the Park hotel and open house was offered to friends.
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Stromsburg
G. N. Ekstrand
Daughter awarded insurance fund in murder case
Lincoln, Nov. 29. Mrs. C. E. Melvin, stepdaughter of the late James B. Harvey, was awarded the 1500 policy benefits held with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The suit arose after Harvey was murdered by his wife Emma A. Harvey on Oct. 5, 1927, leaving five siblings and Mrs. Melvin contesting the beneficiary.
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Lincoln
C. E. Melvin
James B. Harvey
Fairbury
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Melvin
Emma A. Harvey
Brotherhood
Reflectors for Trucks Ordered by Cochran
State Engineer Cochran announced that all state trucks must carry a red reflector on the left rear and a green reflector on the left front to help motorists identify the truck side. Operators have until the first of the year to comply. The legislature empowered the Department of Public Works to set necessary rules not contrary to statutes. The rule mirrors Iowa law except for the red reflector requirement beyond the tail light.
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Cochran
Department of Public Works
Iowa
Nemaha Paper Sold to Local Auto Agent in Tecumseh
Tecumseh November 29 The Nemaha County Republican reports the sale of the paper and printing office by publisher Jack H Walsh to O N Smith of Tecumseh Smith operates an auto agency and is not a newspaperman Walsh will take possession next Monday The deal may consolidate the paper with Nemaha County Herald of Auburn published by J Voline
Coalition's Success in Special Session Warns Against Broad Tariff Revisions
The Post-Dispatch argues the coalition protected households from a heavy Hawley Smoot tariff and thwarted broad, frequent tariff changes. It praises limited, targeted tariff fixes and warns that general tariff revision brings unpredictable, harmful economic shifts and log-rolling.
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Congress
Republican Party
Hoover
Republican Old Guard
Post-Dispatch
Northwest
Christmas Reminder Card Prompt at Bates Book & Gift Shop
A seasonal reminder card to an old friend encourages visiting Bates Book & Gift Shop this Christmas to choose gifts. The note frames a thoughtful token and time for a friendly call or visit during the holiday season.
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Bates Book & Gift Shop
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The
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Republican Committee On Committees
John N. Garner
Texas
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Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
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