Nebraska News Briefs Highlight Local Appointments and Projects
Herbert Logan Spencer of North Platte seeks a federal permit for a radio station on 1100 kilocycles at 500 watts. Prof. O Root of Spearfish takes a Hastings College post as director of teachers training and athletics manager. A three day 4 H club gathering for light weights and farm youths is set for Seward starting July 29 with six counties represented. Twenty high school bands enter the Lincoln state fair contest with over 2000 in prize money and merit awards for all entrants. The Royal fish hatchery dam requires rebuilding after heavy rains. Nine maids of honor are chosen for the Abraham Lincoln Memorial bridge dedication at Blair on July 26. The Womens Missionary Society meets August 5-11 at Midland college. Labor division supplies harvest hands in Sidney and Chappell. Norfolk club to straighten Elkhorn river bends near course. Greeley sells electric lines to Western Power for 51000. Beemer bank claims total 135000 after closure. president missing. J M Bell will fund York high school prizes from his will. Richardson county votes August 20 on 250000 flood bridge repair bonds. Modern Woodmen of America plans a state meeting at Beatrice. Wisconsin caravan survivors and descendants to be honored in Norfolk banquet. Boeing announces 30 hour New York to San Francisco air service starting October 1. Nebraska potato yield forecast at 8,952,000 bushels, below last year’s 10,080,000.
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Missouri River
Blair
Iowa
Nebraska
Women’s Missionary Society
Evangelical Luthern Synod of
Fremont
Midland College
United State Labor Division
Omaha
Sidney
Chappell
A. M. Gooding
Norfolk Country Club
Elkhorn
Greeley
Electric High Lines
Western Power Company of
Boston
van Ackeren Company
Cedar Rapids
Cuming
Beemer State Bank
Beemer
Paul Wupper
Wupper
Richardson County
Nemaha
Woodmen of America
M. W
August Melcher
Herman Rhorke
Norfolk
Boeing Group
New York
San Francisco
Anderson
Omaha stock show to be held at Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum
W H Schellberg of the Ak-Sar-Ben board announces the Omaha stock show will run November 1 through 8 in the new Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum. The event, expected to be bigger than ever, will coincide with Nebraska’s 75th anniversary celebration and feature premiums and special attractions for livestock exhibitors.
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Omaha
W. H. Schellberg
Ak- Sar-Ben Board of Governors
Schellberg
Nebraska
McCook Paper Plans Air Circulation Across Region
H D Strunk of the McCook Daily Gazette announces an aerial circulation plan covering thirteen counties in Nebraska and Kansas starting September 14. The daily plane distribution aims to extend total circulation, a first in the United States, with planes already used for special editions in scattered areas.
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McCook
H. D. Strunk
McCook Daily Gazette
The
Gazette
Southwesternebraska
Kansas
United States
Band At State Fair In Three Classes
Nebraska state fair will feature 14 high school bands in three classes plus several professional groups. Class A includes Seward Pawnee City Blair Ord and Havelock. Class B includes Stromsburg Fairfield and Clay Center. Class C includes Osmond Deshler Hardy Table Rock Silver Creek and Bancroft. Prize money ranges from 350 to 100 with a final between Class A and B awarding 75 to the winner and 50 to the loser, plus a permanent cup for three consecutive wins. Lightning killed four horses at Nels Davison’s Adams farm with two horses killed at each end of the barn.
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Fairgrounds
George Jackson
Fair Board
Seward
Pawnee City
Blair
Ord
Havelock
Adams
Nels Davison
Alliance to build large modern airport south of city
The Alliance Chamber buys a quarter section of level land three miles south for a new airfield. The old north side airport was rejected as too rolling by government aviators. A large hangar is dismantled to reuse lumber for a new hangar at the upcoming field, which will be ready soon.
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New Alliance
Crop Reports From Lincoln Favor Good Yields
Lincoln Burlington offices release a semi monthly crop report showing corn generally at 92 percent condition. If weather stays favorable in the next two weeks a large crop seems likely. Wheat harvests largely completed with active threshing noted. McCook division shipments total 194 cars of grain in the last 24 hours ending July 16.
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Lincoln
Burlington
McCook
Belshazzar's Feast Lesson on Temperance
August 4 Belshazzar's Feast lesson warns against revelry and sacrilege as Daniel interprets the writing on the wall. It highlights greed luxury and drunken carousals, urging readiness for divine judgment and urging temperance.
Prose Verse Referenced as Biblical Quotation
A fragment quotes a biblical verse about spiritual gifts and charity, citing I Corinthians. The line blends prophecy insight with faith and charity as central themes. It presents a reflective, devotional tone typical of religious text passages.
The Least Resistance Anut line of least resistance
The phrase points to a misguided choice favored for ease over optimal outcomes, suggesting actions taken along a path of least effort may mislead or backfire in practical situations.
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Herbert Logan Spencer
North Platte
Federal Radio Commission
O. Root
Spearfish
S. D
South Dakota State Normal School
Hastings College
Daw- Bon County
Lexington
Royal
Nebraska State Fair
OUR Comic
Fellers
UCK
Luna School
P B. Fitzwater
D.D
Dean Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Finney
Mr.klace
Belshazzar
Jerusalem
Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Darius the Median
Balshazzar
Babylon
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