High School Cagers Suffer Reverse at Hands of Town Team
High school players fell 11 to 2 as Captain Lowe scored the lone field goal. Free throws by Ladine Chaney Portrey Wolf and Lowe pushed the total to 11 in a game played amid a shower of rain and festive plans for Legion events.
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Lowe
Ladine
Chaney
Portrey
Wolf
Mitchell
Black
Kepler
Thomas
Murphy
Nice
Whitmore
E. Francis
Academy
Rail Tieup Worst in Winters Amid Blizzard Travel
A severe midwest blizzard snarled rail traffic with the Union Pacific joining the Northwestern east of Council Bluffs and lines into Denver late. Chicago stations were crowded as travelers canceled trains for airlines, while many hope for relief after several days of disruptions. The hardest-hit area spanned Detroit to Madison with bus lines halted since last Thursday and only now resuming service. The cold wave edged west, driving temperatures lower.
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Illinois
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Denver
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Rockford
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Madison
Wis
Wheat steady Monday after startling five cent jump
Department of agriculture estimates world production at 3,415 million, 328 million below last year, with probable consumption at 3,650 million, 100 million above the prior estimate. North American weather has moderated and Argentina crop news remains mainly bullish. We do not consider the short side of wheat attractive.
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Department of Agriculture
North America
Argentina
The Cockeyed World Comes For Showing At The Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre screens The Cockeyed World a tense dramatic comedy with a strong supporting cast led by El Brendel as a Swede marine. Joe Brown Bobby Burns and Ivan Linow play key roles with musical numbers by Conrad Mitchell Goettler including Bo Denar To Me and So Long. Billy K Wells wrote the dialog and Director Walsh penned the scenario.
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el Brendel
Olson
Joe Brown
Bobby Burns
Ivan Linow
Conrad
Mitchell
Bo Denar
Elenita
Lily Damita
Billy K. Wells
Walsh
DeMolays Plan Conclave Visit in Sidney Friday
Local DeMolay members announce a Friday December 27 conclave in Sidney with Hardy Hall hosting Grabill's Merrymakers. The group has arranged extensive plans and appeals to local businessmen to cooperate in welcoming visiting DeMolays from area chapters.
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Sidney
Hardy Hall
Grabill
Merrymakers
Zeppelin Dance Planned by American Legion Leaders
Blaine Grabill and Bruce Russell will head an upcoming American Legion Zeppelin dance with promises of a bigger effort. Work will begin soon on a Zeppelin reportedly capable of cruising over the dance floor with passengers taking air excursions at their own risk as layers are released.
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Russell
Grabill
Legion
Blaine Grabill
Bruce Russell
Graf
Crabill
Nebraska crops worth 246 915 000 this year says annual bulletin
Nebraska reports total crop value at 246 million 915 thousand with wheat oats barley rye and other grains detailed by production yields and prices. Winter wheat 53 664 000 bushels valued 52 127 000. spring wheat 2 891 000 bushels valued 2 78?. total wheat 56 555 000 bushels. oats 86 304 000 bushels valued 0 38 per bushel. barley 18 892 000 bushels valued 9 446 000. rye 3 694 000 bushels valued 2 807 000. flax 129 000 bushels valued 361 000.
Burnett urges survey of North River Valley agriculture resources
Chancellor E A Burnett of the University of Nebraska urged a survey of resources in the North Platte valley after a final organized agriculture session. He called for diversified farming with revenue streams, crop rotation to sustain fertility, and expansion of the dairy and cheese industries as core to raise farmers' standards and fully develop local resources.
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North Platte Valley
E. A. Burnett
University of Nebraska
Spud Shipments Rise as Western Nebraska Harvest Expands
During favorable weather, western Nebraska potato shipments to the south accelerate with 200 carloads to Louisiana planned in the four weeks ahead. Total seed stock shipments projected at 500 to 600 cars, the state's best year, plus 1,000 to 1,500 cars of table stock. Roads and rail lines run heavy loadings from Hemingford to Alliance, aided by strong south prices. Wheat acreage and crop conditions across states are mixed, with winter wheat near normal overall and rye acreage up slightly from 1928 yet below 1927.
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Louisiana Territory
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Louisiana
Nebraska
Western
William Morrow
Nebraska Certified Potato Growers Association
North Platte Valley
Hemingford
Marsland
Belmont
Berea
Alliance
Valley Points
Kimball
Kansas
United States
Ohio
Colorado
Montana
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Plains
North Central States
Pacific Northwest
California
Winter wheat acreage climbs countrywide two percent
The department reports a two percent rise in winter wheat acreage nationwide since 1929. Sown area now totals 43,690,000 acres, 1.2 percent higher than August figures and 92 percent of the 1927 fall plantings, with the total above recent years.
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Department of Agriculture
Christmas Gift Satire From Sparks and Static
A humorous holiday page listing quirky gift ideas and quips from Sparks and Static. It jests about a Sheik hogs head stump scent, a one way Siberia ticket, a wife’s washboard, a five gallon can of Iaiment, heavy flannel underwear, and a silent certificate for the mother in law. The piece includes playful letters and jokes from readers and engineers.
Is There a Santa Claus in 1807 Sun reply
A New York Sun item from September 21 1807 presents a prompt response to a reader query about the existence of Santa Claus. The brief communication expresses gratification and sets a tone of polite engagement with the public inquiry.
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The
New York Sun
There is a Santa Claus says the Sun article
A child asks if Santa exists, and the Sun responds that belief rests on faith, not sight. The editor argues that Santa embodies love and generosity, and that unseen truths endure beyond measurable proof. Faith and imagination keep childhood wonder alive across ages.
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Virginia
Santa Claus
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