Cynthia and Reuben plan spring wedding at Wolfpen
After Sparrel Pattern's funeral, Cynthia and Reuben confess love on Cranesnest Rock. He describes a new life in Boyd County while proposing marriage for April. The scene shifts from grief to hope as the couple envisions a future together far from Wolfpen.
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Jasper
Abral
Cynthia
Cynithia
Wolfpen
Wolf‘pen
Doug Mason
Lucy
Jenny
Sparrel
Jesse
Horsepen Branch
Dry Creek
Jane
Shellenberger
Reuben Warren
Julia
Sheriff Hatter
Cranesnest
Jane Burden
Reuben
Orless
Arabella
God
Institute
Ohio
West Virginia
South Point
Richardson
Ashland
Cincinnati
Coalgrove
Athlone as gateway to Ireland’s literary shrines
Athlone is described as the gateway to western Ireland and to two literary shrines, Lissey famed by Oliver Goldsmith and Edgeworthstown home of Maria Edgeworth the novelist.
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Athlone
Ireland
Shannon
Lissey
Olver Goldsmith
Edgeworthstown
Maria Edgeworth
Nebraska Farm Population Rises In 1935 Census
The census bureau reports 23,299 Nebraskans lived on farms in 1935 who were non-farm residents five years earlier. Total farm population reached 580,694 on 128,814 farms with 176,074 full owners and 278,095 tenants..Dwellings on farms numbered 145,350 across 129,986 farms. Workers on Nebraska farms the first week of January 1935 totaled 215,599.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Nebraska
Bureau
Lincoln A decrease in Nebraska bonded indebtness and farm value shift
Nebraska state officials report a fall in county and subdivision bonded debt by more than thirteen million dollars over two years. They also note a 30 million dollar rise in 1936 statewide tangible wealth valuation compared to 1935. Farm property remains about 64 percent of the 1926 base and 1936 value shows farmers paying tax on 1.3199 billion. Hastings plans a $35,000 city museum with federal aid sought within 30 days.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Fred Ayres
Smith
Ayres
Metropolitan Utilities District
Hastings
Omaha
John Latenser, Jr
State Public Works Administration
Latenser
Ike Anderson
Phil Leasing
Sam Snell
F. A. Robertson
Charles A. Rutherford
Perry T. Naylor
A. M. Brooking
Lloyd Hanson
Emil Polenske
Nebraska turkey crop to top half a million
State agriculture director W B Banning says this year’s turkey harvest will reach nearly 500000, up more than a third from normal. He attributes the increase to hot dry weather and grasshoppers creating ideal conditions for flocks.
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Nebraska
W. B. Banning
State Department of Agriculture
Banning
State Treasurer Distributes Gas Tax to Nebraska Counties
George E. Hall sent 318 362 dollars of October gasoline tax receipts to Nebraska counties from a total 1 515 546 collected after refunds to dealers and the state highway department. Two more rural electrification projects gain funds from Washington with Polk and Burk counties receiving 367 500 and 275 000 dollars respectively. Creamery butter production fell about 20 percent in September from a year earlier due to pastures and concentrate shortages. The Nebraska banking department reports 90 state banks with assets left to liquidate and 121 more to close formally. October dividends totaled 73 326 dollars split between administrative and judicial divisions.
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George E. Hall
State Highway Department
Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
George W. Norris
McCook
Polk County
Burk County
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
State Banking Department
Judicial
Administrative
Judicial Division
Nebraska federal highway funds remain unspent in 1936 37
The Bureau of Public Roads reports Nebraska has an unexpended federal highway and grade crossing aid balance of 2,831,708 for new projects. As of September 30, 1936, federal aid highway projects show apportionment 5,168,930 with unexpended 2,412,610 while grade crossing projects total 3,561,441 with 118,295 remaining. Public works road construction funds total 15,832 in balances across 1934 and 1935 funds. Emergency relief works program shows 3,870,739 apportioned with 284,971 balance.
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Bureau of Public Road
Nebraska
Rail combines win bid for Union Transfer assets
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Union Pacific Chicago and North Western and Chicago Burlington and Quincy to jointly acquire Union Transfer Co. Omaha for 150000. The plan targets joint truck operations across 2500 miles centering on Omaha with possible expansion to other rail carriers. University of Nebraska named four students to represent in the Rhodes Scholarship competition with two more to be named in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Chicago and North, Western
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Union Transfer Company
Omaha
Union Transfer
Union Tansfer
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Sioux City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Noth
North Platte
Neb
University of Nebraska
Arnold J. Levin
Rosalie
Howard S. Kalterborn
Waco
Earl Edgar
John M. Roberts
Lincoln
Simple Cross Stitch Towels Quickly Done
Advertises a cross stitch pattern 1302 from The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York detailing six motifs 4 by 8 inches with stitches color guidance and materials. Send 15 cents for pattern to 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Boyd
Iron Works
Catlettsburg
Lester Lutt
Wayne County
George Brandeis
Jess McIntyre
Fremont County
Iowa
Johnson Commission
Cudahy Packing Company
Robert Witt
Woodbury County
Wether
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