Fort Robinson Praised as Training Site for War Effort
round about Nebraska notes a 500 man War Department battalion moving to Fort Robinson in Dawes County for training with potential to accommodate 15000 troops. The piece highlights the fort’s excellent facilities, water supply, rail access, and favorable climate, urging Nebraskans to press Washington to utilize the strong fort and its national cemetery near Maxwell.
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War Department
Fort Robinson
Dawes County
Nebraska
Maxwell
Lincoln
County
Old Fort McPherson Military Reservation
Garfield County Feels Harmony Between Bryan and Roosevelt Townships
Garfield county shows Bryan township and Roosevelt township coexisting peacefully with no reported strife between residents. Geographical proximity aside, locals note cooperation and shared community ties as they sit side by side without conflict.
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Garfield County
Bryan
Roosevelt
Girls Help in Production of Airplanes
Girls aid airplane production by splicing cables and performing skilled tasks under H E Miles chairing industrial training for War Emergency. He notes 380 new trained hands depart daily from the training department into the factory. Foremen, once skeptical, now demand operatives from the training school. In four days the girls learn to splice wire cables. Army inspectors praise their work and efficiency. They then enter the shop able to splice 55 daily versus 40 previously. Men operatives seek night classes to handle more skilled duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Miles
Council of National Defense
Army
Prairie gem crops damaged by heavy rain and hail
Judge Chambers and family plus Francis Ishma of Bridgeport were visited by Mrs. Hugh Hammond’s sister Mrs. Stammers amid a night of heavy rain and large hail that damaged crops. Local harvest underway with Kestner Zimmerman and Grabill crews on Grabill land. neighbors helped head wheat. several residents traveled or visited across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wammond
Mrs. Stammers
Mr. Hammond
Exeter
Nebraska
Hugh
Charley Hammond
Frank Kestner
Joe Zimmerman
Elmer Grabill
Grabill
Judge Chambers
Ben Lovall
Dean Lankston
Dale
Holbrook
Arapahoe
Hugh Hammond
Clyde Lovall
Mr. Perkins
John Muller
Chambers Ranch
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Stammers
Mrs. Lovall
Ralph Hammond
Lovalls
W. OW. Chowins
Lovall
Sharp Stabbing Kidney Pain Warns of Weak Kidneys
An ad for Doan's Kidney Pills claims they aid weakened kidneys and urinary disorders. It features a testimonial from M. C. Rogers of North Vinatte Nebraska noting relief from kidney-related backache and sharp pains after using the pills. Available 60 cents at dealers, FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
M. C. Rogers
Harness Store
Locust St
North Vinatte
Nebr
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Ady
Harvest Hand Wages Set At Fifty Cents An Hour In Nebraska
A U S Employment Service notice from Sidney Nebraska explains harvest work in Nebraska west of the 100th Meridian. Wages are fifty cents per hour for a whole or part day, ten hours to a day, with longer hours possible by agreement. The Farmers Co Operative Union set the rate to attract workers, noting future harvests in the Dakotas. Com Tipton signs as Senior Pyominer in Charge.
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United Stattes
Nebraska
Farmers Co-Operative Unita
Alliance
Dakotas
United States Employment Service
Tipton
United States
Bees' Wings Photo Captures Bee Wing Motion
A bee’s wing, moving too fast for film, was photographed by an electric spark of one hundredth of a second. Twenty sharp negatives were produced during the brief exposure, revealing the wing’s rapid motion in detail.
Sawing Through Diamond Proverb Revisited
A historical note states that modern methods allow two phosphor copper discs to saw through a diamond about 3,000 times a minute, ending the old belief that only Amsterdam held a monopoly on diamond cutting and that even the Cullinan diamond was cleft there.
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Amsterdam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bureau of Publicity
Newport
Rock County
Arnold
Custer County
The
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Federal Government
Nebras
Lincoln Trade Review
H. M. Bushnell
Popular Magazine
Germany
Popwar
Indiana
Republic
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hastings
Adams
Rotary Clubs
Rosco
Stancolin Standard Oil
A. Schmitt Implement CO
Sidney
Prairie Gem
Francis Ishma
Bridgeport
Mr. Chambers
Department of Labor
States Enployment Service
Lalley
Chas. Nepinsky
Basement Gapen Bidg
Sidney, Nebr
Harper Furniture
C. E. Harper
F.o. B. Sidney
Buda H. U
Fisemann
Raybestos
Timken
Torbensen
F. O. B. Sidney
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