Union Pacific 1929 budget unveils major Nebraska increase
The 96 million dollar maintenance and improvement plan for 1929 includes about 26 million for Nebraska and Council Bluffs. Highlights cover the Omaha passenger terminal expansion, shop payrolls at Omaha exceeding 800000 monthly, and new signals and track work across Nebraska to boost safety and capacity.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific
C. R. Gray
Council Bluffs
Union
Mr. Gray
Ab Omaha
North Platte
Grand Island
Beatrice
Sidney
Gering
Union Passager
Hastings
Nebra
Marysville
Kansas
Power Brothers unload 42 carloads of sheep to Humboldt
The Power Brothers Sheep Co of Humboldt unloaded 42 carloads totaling 5300 sheep shipped from Eden Texas. Other items note trout stocking in Niobrara river, a Holstein steer sale in Omaha for 242.30, and local civic and educational developments including a Richardson county historical association and Wayne Teachers College plans.
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Power Brothers Sheep Co
Humboldt
Eden
Tex
Niobrara
Marsland
B. B. Jackson
Cortland
Omaha
Brough
Legislature Approves Budget After Weaver Veto Cuts
Lincoln approves the $39 million appropriation and $390 thousand deficiency bill without Weaver’s signature. His veto axe removes 15 items fourteen from the budget totaling $495 thousand in taxation funds and fish and game fees.
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Lincoln
Weaver
Elkhorn Girl Wins Interstate Spelling Contest
Elkhorn eighth grader Roma Eggers won first place in the oral section of the interstate spelling contest held in South Sioux City. Plattsmouth’s Leo Sikora finished second after misspelling "fifteen" with an extra e.
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Omaha
Roma Eggers
Elkhorn
Sioux City
Leo Sikora
Plattsmouth
Miss Eggers
Sikora
Apple Blossom Time Shines in Southeastern Nebraska
Apple blossom time arrives in southeastern Nebraska as commercial orchards brim with bloom. Orchardists report crops look brighter than in years past with trees heavy in blossoms and frost spared peach, pear, and cherry trees.
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Nebraska
Spaulding Bank President Still Owns 1877 Homestead Farm
Spaulding city bank president Spaulding John Sullivan, 79, is noted as the only man in Greeley county who still owns the farm he homesteaded. He settled the land in 1877 and organized the Spaulding Bank in 1902, of which he is now president.
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Spaulding
John Sullivan
City Bank of
Dates Set For State Legion Convention At Hastings
Lincoln dates fixed August 26 27 28 for the annual American Legion state convention at Hastings Adjutant C W Conklin says about 5000 delegates are expected and the state membership has risen 1500 to 16000 with a projection of 19000 before the convention.
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Lincoln
the American Legion
Hastings
C. W. Conklin
Conklin
Old Flour Mill Abandoned Near Royal After 50 Years
Hering's Mill four miles north of Royal ends a half century of service as local farmers stop wheat growing. Built by Julius Hering in 1870, the mill housed two generations and 13 children who made the picturesque building their home. After 30 years the original structure was replaced by a modern 50 barrel mill when R. J. Hering took over from his father.
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Teachers College At
Wayne
D. J. McCoy
Arcadia
Arcadian
Dan Bartlett
Bartlett
Srl Tolen
Ord
Cozad
California
N. C. Vandermeer
Lyman
J. F. Demel
Nebraska
Gering
Union Pacific
Division
Torrington
Archer
Wyo
Gering Yards
Frank Massman
Enoch Hever
Massman
Francis Austin Wilkins
Wymore
George Leland
Falls City
John J. Wilkins
Wilkins
North Platte
Chin Wing
North Wing
Platte Wing
Thompson-Belden Company
Drygood
Omaha
American Department Stores of
New York
Thompson-Belden
Richardson County
Roy Daggett
Lions Clubs of
Columbus
Governor Weaver
L. E. Gunderson
Lincoln
G. H. Hastings
Winston-Salem
N. C
Arthur Call
Anderson
Ind
Lions International Organization
Royal
Hering
Julius Hering
R. J. Hering
Obeying God Lesson Based on Jeremiah 1 1 26
Lesson for May 19 outlines God’s requirements and warnings in Jeremiah 1 1 26. It emphasizes amend your ways trust not in religious forms justice for the helpless not to idol worship and the need for heart obedience over ritual sacrifices.
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God
Shiloh
Eli
Ephraim
Israel
Confidence in Prayer Scripture Verse
A devotional excerpt from I John 5:14 15 emphasizes confident prayer. It states that if requests align with God’s will He hears us and we receive petitioned requests when He hears us.
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John
No Discharge in That War Quote
Ecclesiastes 3 verse excerpt about the limits of power over life and death and the inevitability of death. It states there is no discharge in that war and that wickedness cannot deliver those who yield to it. The passage is presented as a quotation.
A Neglected Bible Means a Starved Spirit
A neglected Bible leads to a starved spirit and a comfortless heart, a barren life, and a grieving Holy Ghost, as noted by PF B Meyer.
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Meyer
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Richardson County Historical Association
Mary Mick
Schuyler
Midland College
Mick
North Bend
Chamber of Commerce
McCook
House of Representatives
Elkhorn Girl
OUR Comic
Little
Shavin
Finney
Pathos
Lust
Datatown
Tye
Mel
P. B. Fitzwater
D.D
Dean Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Jeremiah
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