Sugar beet losses loom in Nebraska crop freeze year
Northwestern Nebraska faces 1 to 3 million dollars in losses as near zero weather and heavy early frost hinder sugar beet harvests. About one quarter of the beets remain unharvested with potential rot if they thaw in the ground. The North Platte valley yielded a record 1,086,000 tons valued at about seven and a half million dollars if fully harvested. Contracts set limited deliveries from September 20 onward with post October 1 growers told to bring in beets as possible.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Great Western Sugar Co
Sugar Company
New Bridge Planned for Nebraska City by Woods Brothers
Officials of Waubon sie Bridge company announce Woods Brothers Construction of Lincoln will build the Nebraska City bridge over the Missouri River. The Blair bridge project and prior aid are noted. Contract price for structure and steel work nears $625 000 with surveys stock campaign and office expenses pushing total toward $900 000.
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Nebraska City
Waubonsie Bridge Company
Wods Brothers Construction Company of
Lincoln
Missouri River
The
Woods Company
Blair
Capitol funds fall short of target for 9.5 million plan
State Accountant C A Sommer projects capitol revenue at 9.448 million through 1981, leaving 51 thousand short of the 9.5 million goal. Expenditures to Oct 30 total 7.678 million, with 1.771 million more anticipated. The figures stem from a request by Capitol Commission member W E Hardy. A Richardson County farm story notes John A Vaught's Stella area property with long family ownership and mortgage-free status. The piece highlights tenancy yields and past mortgage absence on the quarter-section farm near Stella.
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Capitol
C. A. Sommer
Sommer
W. E. Hardy
Capitol Commission
Richardson County
Stella
John A. Vaught
Mr. Vaught
Bean Crop a Money Maker for Mitchell Valley Farmer
A. G. Kath, a Mitchell valley farmer, reports a net profit near $5,000 from 33 acres of beans. He yielded 37 bushels per acre of Great Northern beans at $4 per bushel, with costs similar to corn. Kath credits early plowing and pre planting discing harrowing for his success.
Nebraska Iowa lead in farm land area over Kansas in 1928
State notes report Nebraska and Iowa hold larger farm land areas than Kansas and cite strong bank deposits statewide. Nebraska hogs generate about 1000 dollars per farm, fox fur demand grows, and alfalfa yields reach five tons per acre. Arbor Lodge visitation rises. state parks expand. migratory bird reserve planned near Valentine. Bellevue founded as oldest white settlement. Indian summer blooms observed in many counties.
Prize pumpkin weighed 103 pounds from Ernest Voss near Jershey
The largest potato reported weighed a pound and thirteen ounces and came from Mitchell.
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Ernest Voss
Jershey
Mitchell
Bridge project eyed for Missouri River at Nebraska City
A modern toll bridge across the Missouri River at Nebraska City is planned at about one million dollars. Private enterprise will fund the project through tolls.
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Nebraska
Nebraska City
Chadi
Grand Island
Broken Bow
Missouri
Auburn to Brownville road boosts pioneer town status
A new road from Auburn to Brownville marks Brownville as a rising pioneer town. Brownville gains publicity as an apple capital with Nebraska Loess soil producing top flavored apples. Tekamah voters approve Sunday movies 453 to 273, the fourth election in five years with shrinking opposition.
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Auburn
Brownville
Nebraska
Tekamah
Great Plains Aircraft Co Forms Flying School Group
Voters approved bonds for a $50,000 municipal airport and Hastings hosts the formation of a $100,000 aircraft corporation to run a flying school and operate in air transport. The new company is named Great Plains Aircraft Co.
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Hastings
The
Great Plains Aircraft Co
Kindness and Fair Play at Work in Biblical Light
A lesson on treating hired workers fairly, paying wages promptly, and honoring contracts. It discusses oppression, fidelities to agreements, unfaithful tenancy, contentment with wages, reciprocal duties of servants and masters, and the responsibility of the rich to do good and aid the needy.
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Israel
Christ
Intolerable Pride, A Beecher Observation
The speaker argues pride fuels many troubles leading men to prayer. He notes that personal cares may reflect a distorted view of privilege and blessings, which become like moldy worsts when misnamed as curses.
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Beecher
Preparedness and forethought for better days ahead
A reflective line noting that those who foresee brighter days still must prepare to meet them. It emphasizes planning and effort as essential to living well, urging proactive steps rather than relying on luck or chance.
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Fremont
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Francis Burt
Bellevue
Plymouth Rock
Arbor Lodge
Pawnee City
DuBois
Valentine
American Legion
Louisville
Columbus
Nebr
Bridgeport
F. H. Brooks
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co
Beatrice City Council
Beatrice Power System
Peters National Bank
Omaha National Bank
Omaha
Omaha National
Peters National
Stromsburg
Finney
Sam Snoop
Hmi Rar
Yeq
Boarder
Snoop
Felix
Goa
Harry
Fitzwater
D.D
Meber
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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