Christmas Seal Inventor Einar Holboell Honored in 1927
A memorial note chronicles Einar Holboell postmaster of Charlottenlund Denmark who helped birth the Christmas Seal in 1903 and its US launch in 1907 1908. The piece highlights how the seal funded tuberculosis work and reduced deaths from the disease, with the 1927 Danish seal bearing his portrait and acknowledging its global health impact.
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Ces
Wuston
Taal Voaurs
Einar Holboell
Charlottenlund
Denmark
United States
Emily P Bissell
Wilmington
Delaware
Brandywine
Jacob A. Riis
Copenhagen
Miss Bissell
American Red Cross
America
County offices to share lobby and reconfigure jail cells
Changes in the county court house will place the county treasurer and county clerk in a single lobby for easier access. Plans also call for reconfiguring the jail basement area to create four cell chambers, including two for women prisoners, and adding three more cells. Currently ten cells house seven prisoners. Officials anticipate minor future adjustments to the outline.
Sidney Merchants Ready for Extensive Xmas Trade
Sidney merchants prepare for a broad holiday shopping season urging early buying after a disrupted Christmas two years ago. Weather and closures warned, and The Telegraph offers merchant display ads as a guide to gifts and local offerings for the Christmas trade.
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Sidney
Telegraph
Johnson Insurance Agency reports booming business in Sidney
The J. W. Johnson insurance and loan agency of Sidney reflects a strong 12 month period ending 1927. Established in 1919, Johnson calls the year his best since 1920, citing farm and city loans, insurance, property sales, and rent collection for non residents as proof of growth and county improvement. He credits patrons and notes leading status in the Sidney territory.
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Sidney
Nebraska
J. W. Johnson
Johnson
The
Telegraph
Banks of Nebraska in flourishing condition
Lincoln reports the general condition of Nebraska banks is greatly improved from a few months ago, per A. C. Smith of Tilden, president of the Nebraska State Bankers association. Wheat and corn crops and stricter banking practices drive the rebound. The piece also notes home sewing trends and a December sale at McFadden Millinery, along with Telegraph Want ads.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A. C. Smith
Tilden
Nebraska State Bankers Association
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County Court House
Johnson Insurance Agency
Nebraksa
McFadden Millinery
Merry Christmas
Greenlees
McFadden
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