Avoca Residents Visit Lincoln and Nearby Cities
Avoca residents and visitors enjoyed trips and social visits across Nebraska and Iowa. John Maseman, Elmer Schultz, and friends traveled to Lincoln last Sunday, while C. Zaiser hosted Wiscon sin friends. Several locals shopped, toured Omaha for Ak Sar Ben, and attended gatherings in Nebraska City and Weeping Water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maseman
Elmer Schultz
Lincoln
Mrs. C
Zaiser
Wisconsin
Claude Hollenberger
Jack Betts
Avoca Resumes Old Style Fourth of July Celebration
Avoca plans an old fashioned Fourth of July event on Saturday July 2 with a traditional celebration revived for this year A food program will be provided and residents are urged to attend for a good time.
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Avoca
Ent entertained Friends by Mrs. Elmer Wessell Visit Bertrand
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wessell entertained a number of friends Sunday among them Mrs. Chets Nutzman and daughter Joan Wish of Bertrand visiting relatives here for some time. W. A. Ost
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wessell
Chets Nutzman
Daiwghter
Joan Wish
Bertrand
W. A
Community members listed in extended notice
E J Nutzman and family Mrs Fred Nutzman C M Balfour and family Henry Hendricks of Nebraska City John H F Rudge and wife Ernest Emshoff and family Henry Museman and family Albert Schwardt and family J M Kokjer and wife Fred Ludwig and family Floyd Mohr and family Charles Hosechild are named in a local notice segment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora EE. Copes
Auburn
Copes
H. H. Marquandt
Albert Sell
Ozarks
Missouri
Silas Everett
Fred Marquardt
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Nilaw
E. J. Nutzman
Fred Nutzman
C. M. Balfour
Henry Hendricks
John H. F. Rudge
Ernest Emshoff
Henry Muséman
Albert Schwardt
J. M. Kokjer
Fred Ludwig
Floyd Mohr
Charles Hosechild
Forty-Four Bodies Recovered After Montana Train Wreck
In Miles City Montana forty four bodies have been recovered from Custer Creek where a speeding express train fell through a trestle last Sunday. Three additional passengers remain missing and are presumed dead. The death toll now stands at forty seven.
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Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
J. R. Revan
Chicago
Milwaukee, St. Paul
Plattsmouth Merchants Baseball Standings and Leaders
Baseball record shows Plattsmouth Merchants with 27 runs in five games and team batting .268 while fielding .947. Top hitters Street, Rhoades, and Sundstrom post strong averages. Street leads runs and total bases, Rhoades leads hits and RBIs, Hayes key in runs batted in and steals. Pitching highlights Street 3-1 and Sedlak 1-0 as of June 19.
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Plattsmouth
Street
Rhoades
Sundstrom
Hayes
Wall
Sedlak
O'Donnell
Ault
Stub
Wildlife sanctuaries expand as U.S. totals rise
Interior Department reports U.S. wildlife refuges nearly double in two years to 9,191,937 acres with Alaska adding 4,064,104 acres. Desert Game Range in Nevada and Fort Peck in Montana emerge as the largest new grounds, plus a Hart Mountain antelope refuge in Oregon and 30 migratory bird refuges nationwide led by Sabine in Louisiana at 143,100 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Interior Department
Alaska
Nevada
Fort Peck
Montana
Hart Mountain
Oregon
Louisiana
Eastern Nebraska public power district wins line extension approval
The state railway commission approved 483.6 miles of rural electric lines for the Eastern Nebraska public power district in Otoe Nemaha and Cass counties overruling Nebraska Power company objections. Officials plan additional lines in the same area next fall if crops are ready. The project is called project 3 and extends two prior units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Eastern Nebraska Public Power District
State Railway Commission
Otoe
Nemaha
Cass
Nebraska Power Company
Eastern Nebraska District
Lincoln attorney files for Nebraska chief justice post
Lincoln attorney C A Sorensen paid the filing fee to Lancaster county clerk as a candidate for chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He will mail the receipt to the secretary of state to complete filing on Monday.
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Lincoln
C. A. Sorensen
Lancaster County
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Louis Schmeling Fight Receipts Reported in New York
Official figures from the 20th Century Sporting club show gross receipts of 940000 with net receipts of 803118. Paid attendance reached 66277 as Louis Schmeling's approximate share is 320000 and Schmeling's about 160000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
20Th Century Limited
New York
Chicago
Ivan Dmitri
Robert Yarnell Richie
Louis Schmeling
20Th Century Sporting Club
Louis
Schmeling
Max Schmeling Condition Reported Very Satisfactory
Max Schmeling's health status was reported as very satisfactory today. The update comes from New York on June 25.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Legion Juniors Dominate Syracuse Nine in 19 to 1 Rally
John Jacobs earned his third straight win as the American Legion Juniors routed Syracuse 19 to 1 in six innings. White homered, Shiffer Phillips White Persinger Jones collected two hits each, and Jacobs struck out nine with strong defense backing him. Syracuse scored once on an infield error and subsequent plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobs
American Legion
Syracuse
White
Smith
Platters
Persinger
Jones
Syle
Schlak
Bingle
Burley
Patton
Gourke
Sloane
Bottcher
Stoner
Straube
Metreer
Hobbes
Farmer
Plattsmouth
Shiffer
Phillips
Sedlak
Ol 'White
York
U ‘Jacobs
Plattsmouth Day at Ak-Sar-Ben Races Highlights June Event
Residents of Plattsmouth invited as guests of Ak-Sar-Ben for Tuesday June 28 race meeting continuing through the Fourth of July. Complimentary tickets available from Bates Book Store or Coins Shining Parlor for grounds and grandstand. Eastern Nebraska Day will attract guests from Falls City and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
Ak-Sar-Ben
Bie
Whro
Bates Book Store
Nebraska
Town
Falls City
Middlewest
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Avoca News
Ralph Morley
Ed Morley
Dick Bohlman
Meyers
Martha Rudge
Ruth
Calvin Carsten
Stella Opp
Omaha
Jacob Opp
W. Everett
Arthur
Weening Water
Elmer Wallstrom
Elmer Mennings
Dorothy Gollner
Wm. Gollner
A. D. Munn
Zuaiser
Munn
Edward Freeman
Weeping Water
Raymond
Dansisizer
Nina
St. Louis
Lester Freeman
Clyde Bogaard
Reese O. Hutchens
Lila Buss
Arriba
Colorado
Harry Lum
Verdon
Gertrude Lum
Portland
Monte Lian
Evanston
R. N Harger
Indiana University
Dumfriesshire
England
Andrew
Sadie McGinley
Fido
Harlan County
Oevon, Ky
North Carolina
Brien McMahon
London
Florence White
Campaign For Pensions
Jim
Farley
Roosevelt
al Smith
Brain Trust
U. S. Coast Artillery
Lewes
Del
June Lang
Bbwl
JU. 5
Max
Legion
Eagles Hall Plattsmouth Wednes
W. E. Cronk
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