Nebraska Primary Hints of Apathy and Big Names Rise
Special Telegraph correspondent Arthur E Wilcox reports slumping interest in the Nebraska primary with low crowds and widespread indifference. Dan V Stephens contends with Burke in the national committeeman race as Norris looms. Roosevelt is the lone national figure aside from Norris. Governor Cochran pushes the Omaha free bridge plan as conventions loom. Voter registration lags in cities, and changes to receive aid may cut booze spending.
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Arthur E. Wilcox
Wilcox
S. Qast
Quigley
Omaha
Placek
Carpenter
Dan V. Stephens
Fremont
Burke
Stephens
Burke- Mullen
Norris
George W. Norris
United States
Roosevelt
Cochran
Jurgensen
Edgar Howard
George W. Marsh
Kings Daughters Charity Ball At City Auditorium
Market quotes list Wheat 85 corn 60 oats 26 barley 28 old roosters 6 colored hens 16 colored springs 10 leghorn hens 12 butterfat 25 eggs 13. Attend the Kings Daughters charity ball at the city auditorium Easter Monday to support the cause.
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Kings Daughters
City Auditorium
Bowring Says State Will Be Petitioned
Arthur Bowring of Merriman, president of the Nebraska Good Roads association, announced petitions to amend the state constitution to bar gas tax use for non highway purposes will begin next Monday. About 3,000 circulators will start statewide, aiming for 60,000 signatures by July 1 to place the amendment on the November ballot.
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Arthur Bowring
Merriman
Nebraska Good Roads, Association
Bowring
Farm Mortgages Hit Large Total In State
Farm mortgage recordings in Nebraska totaled 163 million dollars in the last 2% years, announced by the Farm Credit Administration of Omaha. Of the total, 66 percent were loans to Nebraska farmers by the federal land bank of Omaha and its commissioner. Less than 7 percent were new debts, most loans being refinancings. Individuals funded 19 percent, insurance companies 8 percent, banks 3 percent, and other lenders 4 percent. Data covered 40 percent of counties with cooperation from county officials and title firms. In the four-state FDA area, total recordings reached 531.13 million, over half of the nation’s 11 districts.
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Nebraska
Farm Credit Administration of Omaha
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Land Bank Commissioner
Farm Loan Associations
Omaha
FDA
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Reemployment Head Ig Visitor In Sidney
Clinton Johnson of the U S re employment service spent Wednesday in Sidney registering and re registering men for WPA work on state and government projects. With a WPA cap on hires many unemployed, including those already registered, will be given a chance on projects around Sidney such as the Chappell viaduct, a Kimball grading project, and highway 19 road realignment.
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Clinton Johnson
United States Re-Employment Service
Sidney
WPA
Chappell
Kimball
Highway 19
L. H. Dillon
Johnson
County Schools Active At Mitchell Festival
County schools will be prominent at the district music contest in Mitchell today and tomorrow. Represented schools include Sidney Dalton Gurley Potter and Potter and Gurley, with entries across piano voice woodwind brass strings and ensembles including orchestras bands glee clubs and mixed chorus.
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Cheyenne County
Mitchell
Sidney
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Muskrats Worth Nice Sum As Prices Soar
The muskrat pelt, once 15 to 30 cents, has grown scarce and risen to as high as $1. A trapper sold 50 muskrats in one night for $50 in North Platte. The muskrat season has just closed. Mink pelts fetched $5 or more each, with the mink season ending in February. Despite scarcity, Nebraska trappers near lakes and streams earned good income last season.
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State Game Commission
North Platte
Nebraska
Tree Shipments Begin To Nebraska Farmers
Tree shipments started this week from the Nebraska national forest at Halseyard to Fremont and Cheyenne county farmers who have requested trees. A total of 1,500,000 trees are to be set out by farmers in all counties this year.
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Nebraska National Forest
Halseyard
Fremont
Cheyenne County
Tipps for planting forest seedling shipments urge care
County Agent Swinbank reminds Cheyenne county farmers to plant seedlings promptly and correctly after shipment. Remove bundles, soak roots in water or mud, plant from the bucket without exposing roots, and avoid wind or sun exposure. Dig a wide hole, firm soil, water then mulch lightly to preserve moisture. 9400 trees requested this year.
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Swinbank
Hi Alo Reflects on Ancestors and Historians
Hi Alo, renowned as Chinatown's sage, speaks on honoring ancestors while noting some fame rests on the obsequious imaginings of hired historians. He emphasizes memory over myth and the value of authentic lineage.
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Hi Ho
Hi Alo
Chinatown
Voters to Decide on Unicameral Legislature Support
A Farmers Point editorial urges voters to assess gubernatorial candidates on their stance toward Nebraska's unicameral system. It stresses candidates must declare support for the one house plan, reject efforts to overturn it, and pledge work to prove its superiority over the bicameral model in the first session.
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C. Edgar Leafdale
Mississippi Missouri Rivers Distances Explained
The article compares the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, noting that the combined Mississippi Missouri reaches 4,220 miles from Missouri source to the Mississippi mouth. It states the Missouri from source to mouth in the Mississippi is 2,945 miles long, while the Mississippi alone from Minnesota to the Gulf is 2,486 miles.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
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