Family Budget Forks Unpredictable Expenses A Year
A guide advises households to plan a yearly budget by assigning fixed monthly amounts to health clothing and gifts and distributing car and entertaining costs across months. It recommends using 13 columns including ten expenditure groups and monthly entries, with regular expenses set in place and annual allowances adjusted to income. January 1 is suggested as a start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Department of Living
Electrical Refrigerator a Practical Christmas Gift
The piece extols electric refrigerators as ideal for healthful food storage and year round use. It quotes Mrs. Lucy Jordan of Jordan Electric Shop, a General Electric distributor, praising quiet operation low maintenance and reliable cooling with special motor design reducing radio interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Jordan
Jordan Electric Shop
General Electric
Rabbit For Dinner Makes A Good Meal
Wild rabbits appear in city markets in December February and during open season in any state Domestic rabbits offer year round food. Young rabbits fried or baked older ones simmered in gravy with vegetables and cranberry sauce or jelly. A festive holiday meal can be built around rabbit with sides and accessories. Telephone 334-
Farm Radio Program Dec 10 Peak Week Schedule
Department of Agriculture and National Broadcasting Company present a five day farm radio week. December 11 to 14 feature discussions on cooperation milk factory operations cattle markets weather farm budgets and the December price situation report. KOA Denver will air 11 15 to 11 30 a m local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department
National Broadcasting Company
0. C Stine
Robert Y. Stuart
Forest Service
Middle West
South
M. R. Cooper
C L. Christensen
Division of Agricultural Co-Operation
W. W. Swett
C. V. Whalin
J. B. Kincer
O. C. Stine
KOA
Denver
Whippet Manufacturers Unveil New Low Price Models
Willys-Overland announces two redesigned Whippet four and six cylinder lines to debut soon, promising beauty, quality, and advanced features including finger tip control noted as a major driving convenience. Production is underway across all plants as Sidney dealer Louis Blaha readies public presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland
Sidney
Louis Blaha
Rodmans To Observe Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W 8 Rodman will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the Wheatgrowers hotel next Sunday. In the afternoon they will be at home to friends from 2 30 to 6 o'clock.
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Mrs. W
Rodman
Wheatgrowers Hotel
Arrests by Prohibition Agents Show Enormous Increase
The Prohibition Bureau reported 175,307 arrests and 58,813 convictions in fiscal 1928, a rise of 10,000 arrests from the prior year, with 4,396 permanent and 92 temporary staff. Seizures totaled 1,048,636 gallons of illegal liquor and other beverages, plus 217,278 fermenters and 18,980 stills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Bureau
Governor McMullen to Publish Advance Message Art Pamphlet
Governor McMullen's forthcoming message to the Nebraska legislature will be issued in advance as a pictorial and informative document. It will include numerous illustrations of state progress over four years, featuring the capitol, university and normal schools, state parks, fish hatcheries, the state fair, guard camps, and highway improvements with maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMullen
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
State Normal Schools
Board of Control
National Guard
Ashland
State Conference Adopts New Eligibility Plan for Tournament
The state conference approves a new two path rule for high school basketball eligibility this season. Schools may qualify by winning at least 60 percent of official games from December 7 to February 21 or by finishing champion or runner-up in the district meet. District play occurs in Chadron February 28 to March 2, with the state tournament in Lincoln March 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron
Lincoln
High School Athletic Association
Walter Black
Game Birds Largely Immune to Strychnine Poison Baits
Investigations by biological survey researchers find gallinaceous birds including grouse quail pheasants and domestic poultry largely immune to strychnine poisoned baits used for rodents. California quail fed on poisoned bait with no deaths while prairie chickens and a sharptailed grouse show no symptoms after substantial exposure. Complaints of bird destruction are thus unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biological Survey of
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Montana
Man loses bet over election must leave country
In Sterling a man vowed to go to South America for two years if Al Smith won. After losing the bet he visited the chamber of commerce to explain he would depart for South America and not return for two years, naming O. N. Ficker as the bettor. He stated Hoover would win and left on a bus. Two married daughters in Sterling were mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Smith
Sterling Chamber of Commerce
M. H. Harms
South America
al Smith
Hoover
O. N. Ficker
New Smaller U S Currency to Debut Next July
Post July 1 the size of United States paper money will shrink to two thirds of current dimensions. The new notes will measure 2 11-16 by 6 5-16 inches and will be issued from one dollar to ten thousand dollars. Images will identify denominations, starting with Washington on the one dollar bill and Jefferson on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Bureau of Engraving
Washington
Jeffer
Historic dollar bill denominations and designs noted
The text lists denominations from Lincoln to McKinley and beyond, noting bills over one dollar will bear ornamental backs while all others feature engravings of buildings. It references names Lincoln Hamilton Jackson Grant Franklin McKinley Cleveland Madison Chase and monetary values from 5 to 1000.
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Lincoln
Hamilton
Jackson
Grant
Franklin
McKinley
Cleveland
Madison
New Money to Circulate After July First Next Year
The Bureau of Engraving plans new currency to be issued after July 1 next year. The notes will be smaller in size but maintain full value. Distribution plans for the ten thousand dollar bills were not specified.
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Bureau of Engraving
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