Salt deposits threaten Lincoln water supply and wells
Citizens seek clean water from the Platte river valley as salt deposits near Lincoln render wells unusable. Water levels are about five feet lower than last year, and drought drives a push for new wells while recalling pioneer salt extraction methods and early capitol site choices. Local exams and center high school plays are noted with May performances.
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Lincoln
Platte River
Providence
Salt Creek
Formula for killing cut worm pest given by Box Butte expert
A Box Butte expert Fred Norwood Smith obituary precedes a separate report detailing John Posposil Box Butte experiment farm formula for eradicating cut worms in wheat fields near Hemingford. The formula uses bran lead arsenic four pounds Paris green two pounds salt and one gallon syrup mixed with water until smooth, applied with end gate feeder to 12 acres. Prompt field treatment advised as worms spread quickly and winter conditions affect prevalence across Cheyenne County.
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Fred Norwood Smith
Lewiston
Franklin, Pa
Effie May Brown
Lottie Edna
Charles
Sidney
Mr. Smith
Beatrice
Cheyenne County
Eatrice
The
Baptist Church
Mr Smith
Christ
Hemingford
John Posposil
Box Butte
Fomula
Pospisil
East Center Notes on Farm Work and Local Visits
Ralph Carlson aids J O Lobb with farm tasks as communities share visits. Families including the Baumbachs and Jen sens gathered at Ted Jensens. The Neibuhrs and Ardis returned from McCook after a relative’s wedding. Eighth grade exams were taken by several local students.
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Ralph Carlson
J O. Lobb
Herman Baumbach
Ted Jensen
M E Webster
Irvin Campbell
Sidney
Emil Tank
Leona Jane
Potter
Ray Berry
Sargent
Boy Scouts
Draper
Nbh
Tank
Loretta
Bill Waite
John Neibuhr
Ardis
McCook
West Center club reactivates meetings biweekly
The Get Together club re convened with 12 members at Mrs J C Guill’s last Thursday the first gathering in months planned to boost interest and resume meetings every two weeks next session with Mrs Gene Weed leading on April 23. Local social notes report visits and travel among residents including the Zorn Freeburg and Weed families and a move from Minden to a farm near Potter.
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Get Together
J. C Guill
Gene Weed
Ed Zorn
Leonard Freeburg
John Smith
Louis Volkert
Rapp
Pearson
Minden
Potter
Morris Offerson
Great Divide Telephone Company
Dalton
Dorothy Tryon
Dia Guill
Tia Guill
Ed Zohn
Carl Freeburg
Sidney
Chicago
Carl
Cheyenne County
Paul Weible
Vernon Pierson
Ray Warnock
Kansas
Earl Young
Warnock Place
Warnocks
E. E. Osborn
George Young and
Holyoke
Colo
Mrs. Young
Ed Dirks
Altar Society Food Sale Set for April 18 at Greenlee’s
The ladies of the Altar society of the Catholic church plan a food sale on Saturday April 18 starting at 11 AM at Greenlee’s store. Committees include Mrs Scanlon Mrs Pitman Mrs Ernest Worden Mrs Frank Beyer and Mrs Nick Treinen.
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Ladies of the Altar Society of the Catholic Church
Greenlee's
Scanlon
Pitman
Ernest Worden
Frank Beyer
Nick Treinen
Spring House Cleaning Offered at Barber Shop
Capable colored man seeks work aiding with spring house cleaning. Expertise in rug cleaning wall paper cleaning window washing polishing and waxing. Inquire at O K Barber Shop. Rates reasonable, work guaranteed.
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O. K
Two Ton Hogs Found In Excavation Mare In Northwest Neraska
Two ton hogs once roamed Nebraska and are now fossilized in the University of Nebraska museum in Lincoln. Dr. Barbour notes Nebraska yields many fossil pigs and the display will cover the Entelodontidae family with skulls and mounts, including specimens in Carnegie and Morrill collections.
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Mare
Neraska
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Museum
Lincon
E. H. Barbour
Barbour
Crawford
Dawes County
Carnegie Museum
Morrill
Local Social and Farming Notes From Eagle Area
The notes list Sunday visits and weekend activities in Eagle area families. Paul Ingwerson hauled corn and called on home folks while Lavern Queen shelled corn for Gus Hennig. Numerous residents visited Lodge Pole and Broadwater, with exam days noted for local teachers and a Friday/Saturday schedule for state teacher examinations.
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Bill Hyde
Paul Ingwerson
Millard Queen
Lodge Pole
Orval Hume
Lavern Queen
Gus Hennig
Harold Wilkins
Vern Weigers
Patsy
Cecil Hume
John Hume
Fred Henning
Perry Koon
M. V. Queen
Garhart Thurow
Fioa Hume
Broadwater
Fred Bauer
James Fame
Harley Gerreits
Lester Rufenacht
Laver
Larsen
Sidney
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Howard Reimers
Arlene Schmidt
Center High School
Samuel French
East Center
West Center
Supreme Conhees
the Merchants Biscuit CO
Denvar
the Johnson Drug Company
Rexall
NEBR
Talkies
Edmund Love
Jeanette MacDonald
True Burns Detective Story
Philadelphia
Colortone Revue
Tarkartoon Mysteries
Muse and the Post
William Powell
Man OF the
Carol Lombard
Lawrence Gray
Wynne Gibson
Paris
Powell
A . World
Garamount
Francis XX. Bushman Jr
Alberta Vaughn
Mack Sennett
Fox Movietone News
Spell of the Circus
Edward G. Robinson
Douglas Fairbanks JR
William Collier JR
Caesar
Charlie Chase
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