Fragmented Historical Snippets Highlight Prohibition and War Notes
The article references Alabama's dry status before December 1918 and the 1919 prohibition amendment ratification. It notes over 100 officers and men in London's Fire Brigade and mentions Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. It comments on a new secretary of state facing challenges and farm relief prospects, along with Louisiana’s indigo decline in the 18th century due to a worm attack.
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Alabama
Hwever
Louisiana
Manila news notes mix of politics and progress
Bulletin items highlight two Manila film companies, vacation rosters for leaders, and opinions on change and time. It cites Owen Young on capitalism, a tariff bill debate, a biblical proverb, and US postal routes and aviation output.
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Owen PD. Young
Owen D. Youngs
Postmaster General Probes Stamp Stickum Issue
The Postmaster General states that the stickum on stamps is a serious matter and that the issue is being taken seriously by the postal service. The remark signals heightened attention to adhesive quality and stamp usability amid reader concerns.
A Patchwork of Old Sayings and Social Notes
The passage mixes reflections on manners and religion with notes on China famine relief funds, loneliness, education, churchgoing, and a claim about President Taft’s humor. It presents a collage of opinions and social observations without a single cohesive event.
War fears rise again between Bolivia and Paraguay
The Bolivia Paraguay dispute, once eased by League of Nations and Pan American Congress action last December, has flared anew signaling renewed tensions and possible conflict.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
League of Nations
Pan-American Congress
Lindbergh Honeymoon Privacy Asked By Press
The article laments press intrusion on Lindbergh and his bride as they begin their honeymoon. It notes a shift toward discouraging entangling alliances and condemning war as outlawed, urging respectful treatment of the couple’s private time.
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Lindbergh
East
Senate bars UPI from press gallery over Mallon story
The United Press Washington correspondent Paul Mallon reported a Senate executive session vote, prompting the Senate to bar UPI from the press gallery, a move critics call petty and counterproductive to transparency.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
United Press
United States Senate
Senate
German Debt Agreement Eases Occupation Threats in Europe
The German debt agreement is expected to lead to evacuation of German cities by Allied troops within a year, ending 11 years of occupation. France, Britain and Belgium hold 70,000 troops in Rhine cities. Germany may pay modest reparations with future revisions likely. American bankers, led by Young, Morgan, Lamont and Perkins, brokered the deal, avoiding broader conflict and restoring potential economic stability after 15 years.
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Rhine
Mainz
Weisbaden
Aschen
Europe
Germany
Ruhr
France
America
League of Nations
World Court
United States
Belgium
Messrs. Young
Morgan, Lamont
Perkins
George Washington and the Cussing Question
Historians note Washington occasionally swore under stress but opposed it in principle. In July 1776 he warned Continental officers in New York that profane swearing was rising in the army and urged by example to curb impiety and folly. The piece argues he still used strong language.
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George Washington
New York
George
The Latest Airplanes Reaching Broad Public Interest
The new airplane model features a sixty horsepower motor and fuel efficiency of about 20 miles per gallon. It reaches 90 miles per hour with a max of 105 and takes off in four seconds a 60 foot run, climbing to 1 200 feet in a minute. This affordable air travel promises rapid growth for aviation firms and communities must fund facilities to stay current.
British Elections Signal Shift in Power Balance
The Liberal party under Lloyd George collapsed as Labour surged in votes, giving Labour Liberals and Independents a majority with Labour nearing lone rule. The Conservatives lost the Commons despite past majorities, hinting at possible Conservative Liberal coalition or a Labour led minority government with Ramsay MacDonald at the helm. The result suggests a turn toward socialism amid unemployment and coal industry woes.
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Liberal
Lloyd George
Labor
House
Commons
Baldwin
House of Commons
British Isles
Hamsey MacDonald
The Devil and Hell Beliefs Stir Ministers and Students
A 1929 survey of 700 Chicago ministers finds 60 percent believe in the devil and 53 percent assign him a fiery hell. In contrast 200 theology students across five seminaries show only nine percent accept Lucifer as corporeal and 11 percent skeptical of hell. The piece notes the clash with old time religion figures like Billy Sunday and references government run Citizens' Military Training Camps offering youth a free summer routine.
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Hell
Adam
Eve
Chicago
Auld Hornie
Lucifer
Billy Sunday
Billy
Nick
Tariff Storm as Hawley Bill Tops U.S. Political Debate
Decades after Roosevelt denounced special interests as assorted swine the Hawley tariff bill provokes a national furor. The tariff remains a central political issue with the Payne-Aldrich era cited in contrasts.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
For Sale Deering Binder Near New
For sale one Deering binder in nearly new condition. Phone number 169 J. Ed Techerrin. 110 4tw.
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Deering
Notice To Creditors In Estate Of Marshall W Smith
In Cass county Nebraska County Court Plattsmouth notice to creditors to present claims by three months from July 1929 and debts payable within one year from July 1929 dates. Sessions to hear claims scheduled for July 5 1929 and October 7 1929 at ten oclock a m in County Court room. seal of County Court.
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State of
Nebraska
Cass County
Marshall W. Smith
Plattsmouth
A. D
Casa County
Myrtle I Gillispie
Said
Benjamin Dill
Said County Court
Athallah Bauer
Notice of Suit in Cass and Sarpy Counties Nebraska
Coroia B. Phelps files petition in District Court Cass County Nebraska to partition Lots 11 and 12 in Louisville and the south half of the southwest quarter in Section 9 Township 12 Range 11 Sarpy County. Defendants Dan P Phelps Nina L Phelps Charles Phelps Harry Phelps and Julian K Phelps must answer by July 15 1929. Dwyer attorney. May 25 1929.
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Dan P. Phelps
Nina L. Phelps
Charles Phelps
Harry Phelps
Julian K. Phelps
Coroia B. Phelps
District Court
Cass County
Nebraska
Louisville
Said
Sarpy County
A. D
Notice to Creditors in Nebraska Estate Proceeding
State of Nebraska County Court in Plattsmouth sets July 12 and October 14 1929 as claim examination dates for Myrtle I Gillispie estate. Claims must be presented by July 12 1929 and debts paid within one year from that date. County Judge A H Duxbury signs the notice.
Notice to creditors in estate of Athallah Bauer and Benjamin Dill
County Court notifies heirs and creditors of the estates of Athallah Bauer and Benjamin Dill. Claims against each estate must be presented within three months from July 6 1929 and debts paid within one year from July 6 1929. Proceedings set for hearings June 28 1929 and September 30 1929.
Sheriff's Sale of Plattsmouth Property in Cass County Nebraska
Public auction set for July 6 1929 at 10 am at the south front door of Plattsmouth courthouse. Real estate includes Lots 42 43 and part of 44 in Smiths Addition plus Government Lot 5 Lot 65 and adjoining parcels totaling about 13.28 acres in Cass County. Property levied to satisfy The Standard Savings and Loan Association of Omaha against E P Stewart et al. Plattsmouth Nebraska May 28 1929.
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Golda Noble Beal
Cass County
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Gard County
Smith
Algo
Whitman Avenue
Whiteman Avenue
Renge
C. B. & Q. Railway Company
Nebreaska
E. P. Stewart
Standard Savings and Loan Association of Omaha
Plattamouth
Public Auction of Plattsmouth Lot in Estate Case
Cass county Nebraska with Hans Tams estate as defendant The Standard Savings and Loan Association of Omaha Nebraska recovered a judgment and the 15th day of July 1925 at 10 o'clock a.m. at the south front door of the court house Plattsmouth will be sold the Lot fifty three Wise Out Lots Addition to Plattsmouth for cash to highest bidder.
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Golda Nobile Beal
District Court
Cans County
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Wise
Cass County
Hans Tams
Standard Savings and Loan Association
Omaha
Foreclosure Notice in Cass County Nebraska Estate Action
The Standard Savings and Loan Association of Omaha Nebraska filed May 29 1929 in Cass County District Court a mortgage foreclosure against Roy L McElwain Florence McElwain B A McElwain Jennie Dutton John W Dutton and others on property Lot 8 Block 11 Plattsmouth. It seeks $1334.60 plus costs and equitable relief. Defendants must answer by July 29 1929. C W Johnson attorney for plaintiff. 13-?
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Roy L. McElwain
Florence McElwain
B. A. McElwain
Jennie Dutton
John W. Dutton
Standard Savings and Loan Association of
Omaha
Nebraska
Cass County
Sarah E. Mec-Elwain
Office of the Register of Deeds
Plattsmouth
Costa
C. W. Johnson
Phone your Job Printing order to No. 6
A brief notice urging readers to call No 6 for prompt job printing service.
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