State to buy sandpit lakes near Louisville for recreation
The Nebraska game and park board plans to spend about 9 500 for a 190 acre tract with sandpit lakes near Louisville, opposed to an earlier 5 060 price estimate. Funds from fishing and hunting licenses will cover the purchase as the site could host fishing and camping for Lincoln and Omaha residents.
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Lincoln
State Game and Park Board
Louisville
Lyman Richey Land Co
Omaha
Richey Concern
Platte River
Fremont
Game and Park Commission
Memphis
Armour Packing Plant
Nebraska
Lincoln Highway May Reach Omaha to Grand Island Paved
Merrick county residents push for full paving of the Lincoln Highway from Omaha to Grand Island by 1930. A paving contract between Schuyler and Ames is expected in spring, creating a continuous Omaha to Columbus route. Nebraska Lincoln Highway Association hopes Columbus to Grand Island is paved next year with possible 1930 work east of Kearney and between North Platte and Kearney.
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Grand Island
Columbus
Merrick County
Omaha
Schuyler
Ames
Nebraska Lincoln Highway Association
Lincoln
Kearney
North Platte
Box Butte Crops Worth Nearly Four Million Across Two Years
Alliance chamber of commerce figures show Box Butte county crops totaling 3,997,070 dollars from wheat and potatoes in the past year. Winter wheat 2,020,634 on 85,897 acres. spring wheat 356,386 on 20,483 acres. Potatoes valued at 1,640,000 on 11,200 acres, including 740,000 on 4,000 certified acres and 900,000 on 17,200 table stock acres. Between July 1, 1928 and November 1, 1929, 2,205 carloads of grain shipped. Much wheat from prior years stored on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Box Butte
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Apple Shipping Season Ends at Shubert Nebraska
Stella-Shubert Bros. completed the harvest at Shubert the state’s largest apple shipping point. They dispatched 50 to 60 carloads nationwide this season. The crop was of fine quality and sold well, but total yield was below normal due to wet cold weather in spring causing bud drop. The fruit matched last year in size.
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Stella—Shubert Bros
Shubert
Nebraska
Fatal coal gas incident in Omaha claims Steiner couple
Doctors at St. Joseph's hospital warned recovery unlikely for 73 year old Frank Steiner and his 67 year old wife after coal gas fumes from a clogged flue entered their Omaha home. The couple was revived only partially and state the outcome remains doubtful.
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Omaha
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Frank Steiner
Steiner
Omaha Grain Exchange elects officers and turkeys shipping growth
Hugh A. Butler elected president of Omaha Grain Exchange succeeding BH Taylor. C H Wright and J M Dolphin elected vice presidents. Frank P Manchester secretary. W J Hynes treasurer. Six carloads of dressed turkeys shipped from western Nebraska to eastern markets boost profits for farmers, mainly marketed through North Platte Valley Co operative Marketing association. A buffalo killed an elk on Dan V Stephens farm near Fremont. elk carcass found, buffaloes unharmed. Fire destroys A H Chriswisser cigar store in Bladen Webster county. adjacent harness shop and barber shop damaged. building owned by Mrs Casper Houghan of Grand Island.
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Hugh A. Butler
Omaha Grain Exchange
BH. W. Taylor
C. H. Wright
J. M. Dolphin
Frank P. Manchester
W. J. Hynes
Nebraska
West Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Dan V. Stephens
Fremont
Webster County
A H. Chriswisser
Bladen
Fred Warner
L. L. Richendifer
Casper Houghan
Grand Island
County to seek bids for graveling Hickman east strip
County commissioners decided to invite bids immediately for graveling a 1.5 mile east of Hickman, with bids due December 3. Hickman residents pressed the project, likely not feasible this fall.
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Hickman
Being a Good Neighbor in Biblical Lesson
Lesson outlines Luke 10 25 37 James 1 26 27 2 14 17 and Matthew 25 31 46 guiding how to be a good neighbor. It highlights who is neighbor what being neighbor means and the test of pure religion with focus on compassion aid and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuman
Christ
God
Israel
Jerusalem
David
Glowing Service Aims to Heal Those Cast Aside
A glowing service speaks on recovering from the human refuse pile cast there by the world's condemnation. It highlights giving new hope to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God.
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Satan
God
Beneath the Humblest Garb Gentleness and a Kind Heart
A brief reflection highlights that true gentleness and a kind heart often lie beneath modest clothing. It notes humility as a sign of inner strength and compassion.
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Sandpit Lakes
James L. Nicholes
Baltimore
Nicholes
University of Nebraska
T. J. Thompson
Angus
Lafe Cox
Cox
Little Blue River
Range
Joplin
Central Nebraska Sheep Feeders Association
National Meat Board
Pawnee County
K. S. Wherry
Everett M. Barr
D. W. Osborn
J. A. Petrea
Guy Bonnam
Table Rock
L. C. Farwell
DuBois
C. M. Clark
Lewiston
George F. Avery
G. M. Miller
C. T. Barton
Joe Vance
Pawnee City
Ly FX
Ft For You
Wes Siq
Universe
Finney
Mrs
Warrnin
Lowe
P B. Fitzwater
D.D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicio
Western
Onion
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