Nebraska Briefs From Farms To Finance And Industry
Lightning hits Gorenson barn east of West Point burning four horses and farm machinery. Lindsay State bank depositors meet with the receiver and form a citizens committee for settlements. S A Matthews buys 40 acre tract near Beatrice for 6000 dollars. Pump irrigation to start in Cheyenne county as Western Public Service links wells to farms west of Sidney. Neligh approves electric street lighting and waterworks power. Hadar to get power line from Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Co after prior plant destruction. Mothers Jewels home in York to host 94th birthday reception for Burwell Spurlock. Pawnee county launches buy a brick campaign for fairgrounds improvements. Seward York Polk Dairy Herd group posts May butterfat high. Herman Rolfsmeier tops with 909 pounds milk 51.4 fat. Northeast Nebraska Editorial assoc invites via subpoenas. Burlington ice house in Omaha destroyed by fire. loss about 185000. Waterloo plant of Roberts Dairy destroyed by fire. 24 Jersey cows average 909 pounds milk 51.4 fat in May. Omaha leads nation in livestock receipts June 25 with 34577 head. top price 15.40. Gravel highway contracts for 41.1 miles awarded. North Platte airport hangar repairs bid at 3000. Samuel Shore faces embezzlement charge in Scottsbluff. Farmers and Mechanics bank at Havelock closes. Hamilton Merrick Dairy Herd Improvement assoc reorganizes. Average milk 8533 pounds and 329.2 fat. J C George makes largest per-cow gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Gorenson
West Point
Lindsay State Bank
Citizens’ Committee
S. A. Matthews
Beatrice
Jane Lemons
Cheyenne County
Western Public Service Co
Mciintosh
Martin Farm
Sidney
Neligh
Neligh Electric Light Company
Riverside Park
Hadar
Norfolk
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co
John Calvert
Mothers’ Jewels Home
York
Burwell Spurlock
Spurlock
Pawnee
Pawnee City
Seward-York-Polk Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Nebraska
Robert Beau Tester
Herman Rolfsmeier
Seward
Jersey
Northeast
Publicity Bureau of
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Burlington
Gibson Yards
R. D. Kelenger
Burlington Refrigerator Express Company
Waterloo
Roberts Dairy Company
Chicago
Kansas City
Kensas City
South Omaha
State Public Works
North Platte
Samuel Shore
Scottsbluffs
War Veterans Bureau
Scottsbluff
R L. Sinsel
Oklahoma
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Havelock
Department of Trade and Commerce
Hamilton-Merrick Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Hamilton
Merrick
Hall
J. C. George
Grand Old Man of Nebraska Nears Ninety Birthday
Peru residents honored Colonel Thomas J. Majors and his brother Wilson as they marked eighty eight and eighty six years, with hundreds attending at Majors home. Speakers included T. J. Smith of Lincoln and Hoagl and. The Majors helped found Peru State Teachers College in 1867 and the state capitol site at Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Thomas J. Majors
Wilson
Nebraska
T. J. Smith
Lincoln
Hoagland
Colonel Majors
Omaha
Peru State Teachers’ College
Omaha Combines Ak-Sar-Ben Show With Jubilee
Omaha plans a unified program from November 1 to 8 uniting the Ak-Sar-Ben livestock and horse show with the Nebraska diamond jubilee celebration. J B Davidson chairs a finance committee to raise 100000 for the combined event, aiming for Omaha’s greatest ever show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Greater Omaha Association
Pawnee City Members Approve New Church Plan
At a special meeting the Christian church of Pawnee City voted to adopt J. R. Smith Lincoln architect plans and proceed immediately with a new church building estimated at 15 thousand dollars. The existing frame structure will be razed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee City
Christian Church of
J. R. Smith
Lincoln
Trust Fund Created for Masonic Homes in Nebraska
James F. Ferguson of San Diego has set aside seventy five thousand dollars for a trust to be split evenly between the Masonic-Eastern Star home for children at Fremont and the Nebraska Masonic home for the elderly at Plattsmouth. The fund will provide Ferguson, his wife Mrs. Ferguson, and one daughter with income during their lives, and revert to the institutions at the death of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Home
Omaha
James F. Ferguson
San Diego
Cal
Masonic-Eastern Star
Fremont
Nebraska Masonic
Plattsmouth
Ferguson
Nebraska Man Named Director of the Budget
President Hoover appointed Col. J C Roop of Nebraska as director of the budget succeeding Herbert M Lord whose resignation took effect weeks ago. Roop is in Santo Domingo where he worked with the Dawes commission reorganizing that nation's finances. He had previously served as assistant director for a year before entering private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Washington
Hoover
Col
J C. Roop
Roop
Herbert M. Lord
Santo Domingo
Dawes Commission
Ezekiel 33 Watchman Duty and Individual Accountability
A sermon outlines Ezekiel 33 focusing on the watchman duty to hear and warn, and God warding off despair by urging repentance. It stresses personal responsibility, past actions not dictating present fate, and restitution as proof of penitence under divine grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
House of Israel
Moses Called to Great Tasks Beyond Ordinary Duty
The message states that while Moses tended sheep God summoned him for a higher commission. It adds that if God has a greater plan for us, we need not fear being overlooked because we are occupied with everyday duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
God
Belief in Jesus Christ and the path to salvation
A religious statement by L. L. Noble defines salvation as belief in Jesus Christ that proves itself through repentance for past sins and a deliberate resolve to amend life in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Noble
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Wan
Thomas Majors
Brother Wilson
Weaver
Stebbins
Joy Morton
Nebraska City
J. W. Crabtree
National Education Association
Washington, D. C
J. B Davidson
OUR Comic
Fish Lake
Cole
Alan
MR. Featherhead
Tru
Finney
P. B. Fitzwater
D.D
Deam Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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