Omaha Market Week to Offer Gifts for Visiting Merchants
Omaha wholesalers plan a £160000 fund to entertain 300 visiting merchants and their families during the Merchants Fall Market Week August 24 to 29. Gifts include a $250 receiving set, a $200 coat, a roll top desk, a vacuum sweeper, rugs, furniture, lamps, framed pictures, tires, and apparel, with gifts distributed at a gift night at the Field club on August 27. Daily exhibits and evening entertainments at Akers Ben, Krug Park, and Peony Park culminate in a Thursday gift distribution and a Ficki Club dance.
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Omaha
Cluib
Ben
Ahamo
Atunts
Krug Park
Peony Park
Doc” Frye
Pavillion
National Legion Convention Plans Nearly Complete
The finance committee reports $54,600 is budgeted for the Omaha National Legion convention to run October 5 with full committee budgets approved. Entertainment plans are largely finished and national officers praise Omaha’s preparations. The Ak-Sar-Ben parade adds $75,000 in costs, covered by the organization, plus mammoth parades, fireworks, air battles, tank attacks, and other features aim to entertain visitors.
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American Legion National Convention Committee
Omaha
A. H. Richardsen
The
Legion
Nebraska
Young Men Eyes Endangered by Road Work Explosion
Two young men Vaughn Carpenter and Arthur Smith were near Ehrman place road work when a double charge of tack powder exploded. One blast fired as they approached, injuring their faces and risking eye sight. Dr. Harvey attends them. Carpenter resides locally, Smith is a nonresident.
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Ehrman Place
Vaughn’ Carpenter
Arthur Smith
Harvey
Carpenter
Smith
Gering
Sugar Tramps Hold Annual Picnic At Mitchell Fair Grounds
Great Western Sugar employees from four factories and the district office held a full day event at Mitchell fair grounds. Elimination ball contests saw Gering beat Mitchell and Scottsbluff Bayard, Bayard beat Gering, with Bayard winning final 19 to 9. Winners included Miss Pep Ginger in nail driving, taking hair clippers.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Mitchell
Jack McDonald
A. C. Ogilvy
Scottatiuff
Gering
Bayard
Scottsbluff
Misa Pep Ginger
Midwest
Fire of Unknown Origin at Sinclair Storage Tanks
A blaze discovered between 10:30 and 11 last Thursday night damaged the Sinclair storage tanks warehouse. The truck Merlyn Gile used for deliveries, loaded with 500 gallons gasoline, caught fire but firefighters extinguished it quickly with chemicals. The truck was moved outside and the cab later removed. the incident was contained with prompt response.
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Sinclair
Merlyn Gile
Gile
Keith County News
Drunken Playground Frolic Ends With Fines In Alliance
Henry Thoron and Frank Duffy, both ice-men, caused a ruckus on a Wednesday night at Grand View wadhool. They rode in a car, toppled bottles at crossings, and chased a neighbor in his night attire. After a chaotic arraignment, they pleaded guilty and were fined 25 dollars plus 82.60 in costs each.
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Grand View Wadhool
Henry Thoron
Frank Duffy
Gdt
Cornel Dan Hoppes
Horton
Hoppes
T. D. Roberts
Aliance Times-Herald
Bridgeport Sand Loaded for Scottsbluff Paving
A contract between A. H. Reed Company and H. B. Miner covers sixty cars of Bridgeport sand to mix with asphalt in Scottsbluff. The high grade, fine deposit south of Burlington yards on Hunt estate land has already yielded over 500 carloads to various cities. work began this week on the 6600 car contract as loading proceeds.
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A. H. Reed Company
H. B. Miner
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Burlington Yards
Hunt Estate
Miner
Variow Points
Scottspluff
Bridgeport News-Blade
Engineer and Fire Injured by Escaping Steam
Engineer E Staples and Fireman T O Heller were badly burned when a superheater burst on a westbound freight between here and Bronson. The double header pulled the train to Potter where a railroad doctor treated them. They were later moved to Cheyenne for hospital care aboard No 3. The other engine brought the freight to Dix before relief at that stop.
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E. Staples
T. O. Heller
Here
Bronson
Potter
Cheyenne
Dix
Berlin Asks U S to Return War Property
Berlin asks the United States to return seized German properties held by the alien property custodian. The note implicates a broader dispute over German debts for wartime damages and Germany's obligations to the United States. About 300 million dollars in property is at issue, with disposal tied to congressional authority.
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Washington
Ago von Maltwan
United States
Kellogg
Berlin
Germany
State Department
Act of Congress
Congress
Umil Congress
eCs
Better Trade Outlook Highlighted At Chicago Dinner
A 1900s era dinner of the Interstate Merchants' Council in Chicago drew 11,900 visiting members. Fred W. Bargent of the Chicago and North Western railroad spoke on the Panama Canal and its Midwest impact. Sohn W. O'Leary of the Association of Commerce urged an end to lingering bad times, calling for optimism and reform. C. W. Hall of the council forecast falling prices and improving goods quality soon.
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United Setes Fn
Wee
Interstate Merchants’ Council of
Reinbo Garces
Chicago
Fred W. Bargent
Chicago & North Western Railreal
Panama Canal
Middle West
Sohn W. O'Leary
The
Association of Commerce
C. W. Hall
Council
Field Marshal French Will Excludes Widow and Children
London reports a dispute over the will of Field Marshal Sir John French, Earl of Ypres. The fortune valued at 425000 pounds goes to Edward G. B. Coz, a lifelong friend, leaving the widow and two sons unprovided while prompting family silence and potential legal action.
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French
London
Early
Ypres
John French
Edward G
Coz
Two Sone
Daysgister
Hobos Break Dix Depot in Break-In
An attempted robbery at the Dix depot last Saturday ended with two office windows broken, a displaced cash drawer containing no money, and scattered countouts. No safe was touched, indicating the act by ordinary hobos per the Western Nebraska Observer.
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Western Nebraska Observer
Jail Break Nipped by Sheriff Jones
Sheriff Jones halted a jail break at the county jail on a Saturday night. Three prisoners attempted to pick the lock and batter bars with a cement block before the sheriff arrived. Prisoners listed include Wilson Carr Potts Evans and Hockey.
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Jones
Wilson
Carr
Potts
Evans
Hockey
Alliance Times- Herald
Coupe Drives Through Bridge Railing Near Peetz
A Ford coupe driven by a traveling man plowed through the railing on the highway bridge over the North Sterling irrigation ditch south of Peetz Saturday. The car sustained considerable damage and the driver was injured while outside of a docking.
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Sterling Irrigation Ditch
Peetz
Wheat crop valued at 2.3 million shipped from eight Kimball elevators
Elevators in Kimball county ship 225 cars of this year's wheat, about a quarter of the total, with three stations projected to dispatch 1,000 cars at current prices. Officials say the movement reflects growers beyond Kimball, including prominent producers in southern Banner county.
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Kim- Dall
Kimball County
Banner County
Governors Seek Pardon for Warren T. McCray
Governors of 14 states, seven jurors who convicted him, and 30 bankers who were harmed by his frauds urged Attorney General Sargent to recommend a pardon for Warren T. McCray, former Indiana governor, who showed a long record of service in the state.
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Warren T. McCray
Washington
Sargent
Indiana
McCray
Miners Tie Hard and Soft Coal in Contract Talks
The United Mine Workers plan a joint approach for government action on the hard coal industry and the reestablishment of the Jacksonville agreement on soft coal. Wage terms for 158000 hard coal miners and 500000 soft coal miners would be negotiated together by mediators.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Anthracette
French Troops Drive Druses From Suieda
French forces have driven the besieging Druses from Suleda in Syria and are in control of the city, with noncombatants fleeing bombing attacks on their villages, according to a Jerusalem dispatch to the Times.
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Lenéon
Suleda
Syria
The
Times
Jerusalem
July Gold Exports Lower in Monthly Trade
July gold exports fell by about 6 million dollars, reversing a trend as imports rose, marking the first such condition since last November, according to an announcement here.
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Washington
Seek Higher Postal Pensions in Cleveland Plan
Cleveland plans framed during postal week call for higher pensions for postal workers retiring under the age limit. The drive emphasizes improved retirement benefits and reflects ongoing labor concerns within the city postal service.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Western Nebraska farms reap record 1925 crops and receipts
Territory and market notes that Kimball county wheat moves to Red Bluffs while Potter shares east bound supply. The region expects the largest corn crop in history, with potato sales at $100, hogs at $500,000, plus cattle, sheep, poultry, sugar beets, cream, barley, oats, rye and other high price outputs. Total farm receipts for 1925 expected between five and six million dollars.
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Kimball County
Red Bluffs
Potter
Western Nebraska Observer
Eighteen Inches Of Rain Said To Favor Corn Yields
A rural observation notes that eighteen inches of annual rainfall yields a good corn crop. The statement reflects traditional beliefs on moisture requirements for productive fields and hints at climate influences on agriculture.
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National Legion Convention
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U. S
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Hobos Break DIX Depot
Sheriff Jones
Druses
Suieda
Sheth St
Ramane Gieg
Cheyenne County Trading Co
Sidney, Nebr
Mr. Brown
We Are
Mette
Bell System
Gus Polley
Sigs
A. R. Lsueur
A. R. Lssueur
Sidney
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