Official Banners Of National Government Flags
Washington article outlines the history and design of official flags for federal departments. It notes flags for the vice president, President, Navy, War, Labor, Commerce, Interior, Post Office, State, Attorney General, and Treasury with details on colors symbols and dates of authorization from 1865 to 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
National Geographic Society
Gideon Welles
Secretary of the Navy
Welles
Secretary of War
Adjutant General’s Office
United States
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce
Department of Labor
William B. Wilson
Department
Franklin K. Lane
the Interior
Gilbert Grosvenor
Interior
Will
The
Secretary of State
Attorney General
A. E. Dubois
Quartermaster General's Office
William D. Mitchell
Cleaning and care tips from old home guidance
Household hints cover shoe care flower pruning and kitchen tasks. Advice includes air drying shoes, trimming withered blossoms, beating popover batter, and cleaning saucepans with soda and soap followed by scrubbing.
Light at Even Tide by Leonard A Barrett
A reflective essay questions what ages a person. It argues age is defined by spirit and vitality, not by years. It notes many influential artists and writers died young while others made major contributions later in life.
Value of experience for the aging mind in work and life
The piece argues age brings experience and usefulness beyond youth, urging mature, dynamic thought over past fixed ideas. It celebrates lifelong learning, calm in later years, peaceful victory over struggle, and enduring contribution rather than stagnation, ending with a reflective note on aging gracefully.
Household Laundering and Home Safety Tips
Lydia Le Baron Walker offers practical guidance on careful sorting to prevent color bleeding, pre soaking red handkerchiefs in cold water, and spot treatment before washing. It also covers efficient ironing for sheets, safe handkerchief handling, and minimizing home hazards from pins to fires with advice on fire escapes, railings, and bath safety.
Farm income for five months in 1936 tops 100 million
Lincoln Nebraska reports farm income for January through May 1936 at 100,138,000 excluding benefits, up from 71,365,000 a year earlier. Benefit payments push the total to 105,197,000, with crops 19,101,000, livestock 81,037,000 and benefits 5,059,000. National total 2,506,805,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
U. S
Nebraska State Tax Values Signal Growth in Assessments
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reports preliminary figures from 51 of Nebraska’s 93 counties showing a grand assessment roll of at least 2 065 000 000 dollars, up from 1935 by about 35 million. Tangible and intangible property rise with railroads up 1.6 percent, totaling 2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
State Board of Equalization
Oil Tests Planned Near Chadron and Harrison Nebraska
United Producers corporation plans two deep tests on the Ante lope structure with seven possible producing sands. Well No. 1 near Chadron began July 13 at 10 miles northwest on the S J Palmer farm with a steam powered steel rig. another spudding at Harrison follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron
Harrison
United Producers’ Corporation
James L. Durst
William Hewett
Ainsworth
John T. Coffee, Jr
Crawford
H. C. Wells
Hotprings
S. D
Gale M. Lewis
Rapid City
J. E. Hughes
Alliance
Marcus J. Cain
United Producers
Nebraska
S. J. Palmer
Palmer
United Producers- Huber-Morgan
Loans On Farms Show Rise In Nebraska Mortgages 1935
Lincoln reveals that farm mortgages filed in Nebraska fell by about 12 000 in 1935 while total loan value increased by over 83 million dollars. Appraised land values rose roughly 80 percent despite a 40 percent drop in filing activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fred C. Ayres
State racing funds to aid county fairs
J B Rossiter of Walt Hill, chair of the state racing commission, announced checks of 275 were sent to every qualified county fair from tax money collected at the Ak-Sar-Ben meeting. The state took 15 cents from each paid Air races admission and a 200 daily license fee, with the funds divided equally to support 4H club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
J. B. Rossiter
Walthill
State Racing Commission
Nebraska Groups Plan Reunions and Farm Aid Across State
The 355th Infantry Association will hold its annual reunion at Kearney on September 1 and 21 per Chas W. Hill. Nebraska projects include the 1936 waterfowl season dates Oct 20 to Nov 21, CCC activity totals, a milk price increase due to drought, and a $4 000 water supply grant for Geneva training school. Artichoke plant excavation at Gering proceeds as seed retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
355Th Infantry Association
Kearney
Chas W. Hill
Frank B. O’connell
Nebraskan Game Commission
U. S. Biological Survey
State Board of Control
PWA
Geneva Training School For Girls
Walter Hager
Hager
Geneva Institution
Nebraska Wheat and Corn Crop Estimates From July 15
A. V. Nordquist, assistant state and federal crop statistician, estimates Nebraska winter wheat at 44,070,000 bushels as of July 15, up 25 percent from 1935 but 21 percent below the five year average. The 1936 corn crop is placed at 179,596,000 bushels, versus 106,630,000 in 1935 and a five year average of 223,843,000. Spring wheat is estimated at 1,692,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Nordquist
Nebraska
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Charles Sughroe
War Secretary
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Arnold
WNU Services
Leonard A. Barrett
Surrealist
London
Western Newspaper Union
Bell Syndicate
Bowling Green
Museum of the City of New York
Martin Lindsay
Greenland
Arctic
A. E., Anderson
Chadrea
Harrison Area
Omaha Council Bluffs
Otto Pfeiffer
Elkhorn, Neb
Nebraska-Iowa Milk Association
Pfeiffer
Cal A. Ward
Regional Resettlement Administration
Gage
Box Butte
Gage County
Box Butte County
Ward
State Assistance Committee
John C. Page
North Platte
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Coffey
Nebraska Workmen's Compensation Court
Altho
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