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Polk Progress in Polk, Nebraska

05 May 1938

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Polk Progress

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Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

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May 05, 1938

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Mariner Hero of the St. James Sea Cook Nixon Saves Islander

Report recounts H. K. Nixon of Elizabeth New Jersey famed as a sea cook who saved Lindsay on Pacific island after the St. James wrecked near Pilcatrn on December 17, 1918. Nixon devised a neck realignment using lime and coconut oil and then slid Lindsay into place with a daring head lift. The crew were rescued by the Port Augusta in Sydney after 32 days adrift and a heroic islander story spread.

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Ello H. K. Nixon Elizabeth N. J Joseph Conrad Jiming Sea Cook Nixon Nix Barkentine St. James San Francisco Pacific Coast Martin Anderson Seattle Delagoa Bay South Africa Cook Nixon Straits San Juan de Fuca Pacific Oneno South Pacific Bos’n Hansen Lindsay Nia Old Dominion Port Augusta Allen Sydney Australia WNN Service
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From Pen to Platter The Livestock Industry Overview

A concise look at U S livestock production noting forty five million pounds of beef and related products consumed daily, five and one half million farms holding 133 million cattle hogs and sheep, and 24 cents of every farm dollar from livestock. It highlights western ranges, carloads to corn belt feedlots, and 60 percent of beef from 13 corn belt states with a bird's eye view of the industry.

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United States Corn Belt
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Adventurers’ Club Floyd Gibbons Neptune Island of Islander Columbia Western Hemisphere Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University Santo Domingo Iglesia de San Nicolas Columbus America Mississippi River National Livestock and Meat Board
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