Local residents visit Lincoln Plattsmouth and Martell events
Greenwood and nearby towns report visits to Lincoln and Plattsmouth for business, plus a Cass county rural carriers convention at Wabash. Epworth League delegates from this area attended a Martell convention, and social visits included the Kitzel home dinner. A marriage is announced of Miss Myrile Call to Nelson W Elmelund in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. A. Sanborn
Lincoln
Mareline Smith
Ashland
Perley Clymer
Plattsmouth
C. F. Peters
Fred Hoffman
Chris Hoffman
J. C. Lemeyer
R. E. Peterson
Fred Wolph
Cass County
Wabash
L. C. Marvin
Verne Shepler
Myrtle Woods
Arthur Hartsook
Houston
Texas
Wm. Hartsook
Colorado
Epworth League
Martell
Margaret Erickson
Dorothy Bell
Thelma Leesley
Walter Pailing
Ray Meyers
Philip Buskirk
Greenwood
Alvo
Fred
W. H. Leesley
Searle Chapin Lumber Company
Leesley
George Bucknell
E. L. McDonald
E. A. Leesley
Granddaughter Arrives at George Lever Home
George Lever and wife celebrate the arrival of a fine little daughter. The mother and baby are doing well and the father is expected to recover. Grandfather W H Leesley is pleased and plans to raise more chickens to present a fitting gift to the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lever
W. H. Leesley
Corn Rush At Greenwood Elevators Boosts 1929 Crop
Elevators in Greenwood report heavy corn arrivals as warmer weather arrives. Farmers expect an average 1929 yield and are willing to sell surplus. Clyde Newkirk assisted at the Farmers elevator during the busy rush this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Clyde Newkirk
Masons Install Officers After Lodge Meeting
Masons held a lodge meeting and installed newly elected officers for the year. Installing Officer E A Landon presided as C O Swanson was named Worshipful Master with John Gabel as Senior Warden and Tom Wilkins as Junior Warden. C E Caffee was elected Secretary and Ira Snyder Senior Deacon with Carl Car- listed among the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Order
E. A. Landon
C. O. Swanson
John Gabel
Tom Wilkins
C. E. Caffee
Ira Snyder
Carl Car
Rebeckahs Install Officers At Meeting
At the lodge gathering last Tuesday evening the already elected officers were inducted. Forest Ockneday was named Noble Grand and Maxine Tudor Vice Grand. The group praised the work of members and followed the ceremony with a fine program and a generous feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebeckahs
Rebeckah Lodge
Forest Ockneday
Maxine Tudor
Greenwood Transfer Line Schedules Regular Omaha Lincoln Trips
Greenwood Transfer Line advertises general freight service with trips to Omaha on Mondays and Thursdays and to Lincoln on Tuesdays and Fridays. Loads picked up on these trips. full loads accepted anytime. Name Fred Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Omaha
Lincoln
Fred Hoffman
Weddings Across Town Tie The Knot In June
A series of local weddings reported by The Journal notes Edna Vant and Earl Miller wed quietly in Seward on June 6, with reception details and future home plans in Greenwood. Blanch Johnson and Clyde Dale married at Judge Polk’s home, plan Lincoln residence, with a June 22 reception. Christine Olsen’s daughter Amy wed Gerald Griffin in Omaha and will live in Lincoln. Guy Hamlow and Ina Mae Beachell wed in Portland with Greenwood ties through Ina’s past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Vant-Miller
Edna Vant
Ashland
Earl Miller
Seward
Ravenna
Federated Church
Hansen
Evan Armstrong
Miller
John Want
Greenwood
Ashland High School
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
University of Nebraska
College of Business Administration
Central National Bank
Lincoln
Dale
Johnson
Clyde
Viginia
Olsen-Griffin
Christine Olsen
Amy
Gerald Griffin
E. W. Griffin
Omaha
Griffin
South 24Th Street
Beachell-Hamlow
Guy Leo Hamlow
Ina Mae Beachell
18Th Street North
Portland
Oregon
H. G. Edgar
Kristine Nordahl
Ralph Beachell
Hamlow
Goodsell Motor Co
Olds & King Co
Ina
Jim’ Beach
Local residents and visitors frequent Greenwood area
Oscar McDonald of Murdock and Hon. Troy L. Davis of Weeping Water arrived for business and jury duty in Greenwood. Others include J W Holmes returning from Colorado, T A Hepperson planning summer road work, Vyral Fossier visiting former colleagues, Harry Coleman and Jessie in town from Lincoln, D W Livingston visiting the courthouse, Barrett Kohrell traveling to Nebraska City, Walter Wunderlich and family en route from Omaha, and Mrs James McBride visiting Tacoma relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy L. Davis
Weeping Water
J. W. Holmes
Colorado
West
Denver
Colorado Springs
Imperial
Nebraska
T. A. Hepperson
Beatrice
State Department of Public Works
Vyral Fossier
California
D. W. Livingston
Nebraska City
Court House
Barrett Kohrell
Walter Wunderlich
Jack
Bob
D. C. West
Omaha
Nehawka
James McBride
Vera
Ruth McMahen
Tacoma
Washington
L. H. Peterson
McBride
Wheat in State Shows Gain Over Last June Report
Nebraska reports improved moisture from spring rainfall boosting winter wheat condition 57.8 percent of normal and a forecast yield about 3 bushels higher than last year. Oats, barley, and corn show strong conditions with varying regional percentages and replanting noted. Prices lower than a year ago and farm grain stocks remain ample. Farmers hold about 11.9 percent of last year's corn, 12 percent oats, and 9.6 percent of wheat from June 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Local visitors greet Weeping Water and Imperial residents
Saturday visitors included Miss Ruth Shannon of Weeping Water visiting in the city with friends. W. G. Pankonin of near Louisville stopped in to attend business and called at the Journal office. Sheriff Bert Reed and Constable Tom Svoboda took Walter Burns the negro youth sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary to Lincoln. Claude Shoemaker of Los Angeles arrived for a visit with old friends, traveling from Imperial by auto with Mark White who will visit the area after tending his farms elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial
Auto
Mark White
Make Claim For Salaries Des Moines University
Des Moines university trustees met privately as twenty nine fired faculty and staff filed petitions seeking more than $22 000 in unpaid salaries. The suit names Rev. Minor Stevens and Dr. F E Foulk as successor candidates with Wayman seeking 3 188 24 for past due pay through September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines University
Minor Stevens
F. E. Foulk
Foulk
Stevens
D. H. C. Wayman
Supreme Court Terms Sinclairs Contempt Sentences
Washington reports the supreme court will issue the mandate today or Friday enforcing six months in jail for Harry F. Sinclair and Henry Mason Day after contempt findings linked to shad ow in the Sinclair case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair
Journal Ad Placements Open for Jobs and Results
Readers are invited to place classified ads in the Journal to pursue employment opportunities or announce desired outcomes. The notice promotes ad placement as a quick path to connect with employers or audiences seeking results.
Improve Secondary Roads Welfare and Rural Access
The text argues that road funding favored trunk highways over rural roads, boosting urban growth while harming farmers and hinterlands. It suggests broadening the program to improve five to ten miles of secondary roads for every mile of highway, using gravel and asphalt to turn liabilities into assets and reduce rural isolation.
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Ohio
Bnt
Your ad im the Journal will be read and they sure do get results
Ad copy promises strong response from readers of The Journal. The message highlights that advertisements in the paper generate noticeable inquiries and business. No names, dates, or locations are provided.
Wheat Estimate Cut Five Percent
The department of agriculture announced world wheat crop for 1929 30 season would be about 5 percent smaller excluding Russia and China. Higher prices expected if carryover and exports adjust, with U S carryover potentially 225 000 000 to 270 000 000 bushels by July 1. Exports through July 1 projected at 160 000 000 bushels versus 206 000 000 last year. State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Russia
China
Canada
Argentina
Department
State Journal
Broken valve stirs passengers aboard Ossian Bedell steamer
Two hundred travelers, mostly women and children, were startled when a blowoff valve burst in the Ossian Bedell’s engine room. Two crewmen were slightly injured as the ship drifted toward the Niagara River near Erie Beach before Captain Fontaine anchored near the Peace Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian Bedell
Erie Beach
Ont
Fontaine
Niagara River
Peace Bridge
Fire breaks out on vessel. Bedell’s aid sent
A fire aboard a ship prompted dispatch of all nearby craft to assist the Bedell. Injured sailors include Engineer Robert Greiner and Fireman Daniel Bossner of Buffalo. They were the sole occupants of the engine room when the valve failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedell
Robert Greiner
Daniel Bossner
Buffalo
Grow a mature corn crop by late June
Ashland trader E. L. C. Gilmore advertises a proposition to farmers to plant corn seed by the last of June for a sound crop or free seed. The note urges consideration of a cost effective crop alternative to partial or failed harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. C. Gilmore
Ashland
Newhr
Wanted House Keeper for Farm Work in Union Nebraska
Post office box 141 Union Nebraska advertises for a house keeper or a married couple to work on a farm with a contact address and dates 21-2td 1tw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Nebraska
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Greenwood Department
Myrile Call
Holdrege
Nebr
Nelson W. Elmelund
Receda
Elmelund
Charles Call
Nelson
Farmers State Bank
W 57Th Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Nels
Greenwood, Nebraska
Oscar McDonald
Murdock
Harry Coleman
Miss Jessie
Ashland, Neb
Ford
Tudor Sedan
Detroit
Plattsmouth Motor Co
6Th & Pearl Telephone
al Rie
Lie Ani
WEA
Sega
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