Radio from air mail plane tests Omaha mail safety
The first air mail plane fully equipped with radio receiving and sending gear left Ak-Sar-Ben field for North Platte. The test aimed to prove safe night mail transmission, with officials from Westinghouse and city leaders praising the results as Omaha hosts the initial trial. Knight reported "everything OK" as signals streamed at speed.
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Omaha
Jack Knight
U. S
Sibley
Ak-Sur-Ben Field
North Platte
United States
Knight
Jr. C. Jaquette
Westinghouse Company
Dahlman
Chamber of Commerce
O. K
Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent in Eleven Corn Belt States
Reports from the division of crop and livestock estimates show about 2 percent more cattle on feed December 1 in the eleven corn belt states than a year earlier. Nebraska leads with 520,000 head, 5 percent above last year, while Western and Pacific coast states report a 15 percent drop. Direct shipments to feeders rise, and railroad receipts at Nebraska feeder stations increase about 11 percent for the period August 1 to December.
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Lincoln
Mastern
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Towa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Western
Pacific Coast
British War Debt Interest Deposited in New York
American Liberty bonds mainly from issues two and four totaling 92 million dollars are deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by Morgan & Co as fiscal agents for the British government to cover the interest due to the United States on the Moglish war debt.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Morgan & Co
United States
Washington road expansion totals eight thousand eight hundred miles
Eight thousand eight hundred twenty miles of roads of all types were completed with federal aid during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, per the annual report of Thomas I Macdonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads.
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Washington
Thomas I Macdonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Dynastic Crisis Fears Anew In Greece Amid King George Departure
In Athens confidence is unsettled by talk of a dynastic crisis looming in Greece. Some quarters express concern as King George contemplates departure, viewed as a potential turning point in the political crisis.
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Athens
Greece
George
To Hold Illiteracy Conference in Washington
A national illiteracy conference will meet in Washington January 11 14 called by the Department of the Interior with co operation from the National Educational Association the American Legion and the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the U S Bureau of Education to devise solutions to adult illiteracy. Nearly five million men and women cannot read or write according to the census.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Natonal Educational Association
Anmerican Legion
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States Bureau of Education
United States
Botulinus Germs Found in Nebraska Soil
Soil samples from gardens in Nebraska linked to botulinus poisoning show class A botulinus. Dr. John C. Geiger of the U S Public Health Service notes 20 percent of Nebraska soil carries the germ, higher than Rocky Mountain states. class A type found in home preserved beans tied to Morrill family deaths.
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Chicago
Morrill
John C. Geiger
United States Public Health Service
University of Chicago
Geiger
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Barge Line Plans Missouri River Service From Omaha
Champ F. Christopher, of Western Barge line, says barges will run between Omaha Sioux City and Kansas City within a month if the plan is approved by the state railway commission. He seeks to sell 17 090 dollars of stock in Nebraska to fund the service. Four to six barges will operate hauling grain to Kansas City and returning merchandise upriver, with Omaha and Sioux City Chambers of Commerce backing the project.
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Omaha
Missouri
Sioux City
Kansas City
Plains
Western
St. Louis
Champ F. Christopher
State Railway Commission
Christopher
Nebraska
Omahs
Lincoln Turkeys Stored Over a Year Placed on Market
Lincoln turkeys stored in cold storage for more than a year were released for Nebraska Thanksgiving trade. Grant L. Shumway, deputy secretary of agriculture, said a statewide probe found wholesale flooding of the market with cold storage products. Some birds hibernated near ammonia pipes and were advertised to mislead the public. no action yet announced by the department.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Grant L. Shumway
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Shumway
National Toast Campaign Promotes Wheat Toast Demand
The Wheat Council of the United States asked grain dealers millers gas and electric light firms wholesalers grocers and industry reps to join a national toast campaign. The effort aims to boost consumption of toast made from wheat bread and stimulate wheat demand with Northwest agents possibly sworn in.
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Minneapolis
Millers Gas and Electric Light
Wheat Council of the
United States
Northwest
Prohibition Agents May Be Sworn In Civil Roles
Washington announces Dor Josephine Baker of New York named consulting director for maternity and infancy and child hygiene at the Children’s Bureau U S Department of Liberal is Grace Abbott notes Dr Baker is a leading authority in child health.
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Washington
Dor
Josephine Baker
New York
Ino
Children’s Bureau
U. S
Department of Liberis
Grace Abbott
Baker
Hogs Bring Lowest Price in Years at Chicago Stock Yards
Hogs sold at the lowest price since December 1915 in Chicago last week. The day's top reached $6.70, five cents under the previous low from June and below the 1915 figure by the same amount.
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Chicago
Pinkerton Founder William A Pinkerton Dies at 78
Los Angeles reports the death of William Allan Pinkerton, former head of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, at age 78 after a sudden illness. He built the agency into a renowned private security force.
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Los Angeles
William Allan Pinkerton
National Detective Agency
Iowa Crops Worth Over Half a Billion Dollars
Iowa crops in 1928 were valued at 511,440,000 dollars, excluding livestock. The total rose 4 percent from 1927 and surpassed 1921 by about 6.4 percent, per Charles D. Reed, director of the Iowa weather and crop service.
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Des Moines
Lowna
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Nebraska News In Densest Form And Misc Local Items
Dense Nebraska news briefs cover a special bond vote for Papillion roads, a high school poll at O Neill, Exeter school in Fillmore County, Arbor Lodge state park take over, a Wayne farmer's meteoric barn fire fragment to Lincoln, architects Latenser and Davis honored, dog attack legal views, misaddressed mail corrected at York, Alda corn rescue by neighbors, Warren Ford among Omaha war veterans, railroad passes for ministers challenged, Nebraska corn exPort efforts, sheep and lambs at feeding stations, livestock market figures, Beatrice manufacturer group elects president, Arlington lamp accident death, Lincoln bar association meeting dates, 16 misbranded syrups found, pheasant distribution plan, Arnold teachers barred from dancing, Odell farm sale results, Nebraska Wesleyan fire ruins grandstand, stadium movement at UNL, statewide county official meeting attendance.
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Papillion
O'Neill
Exeter School
Fillmore County
Nebraska
Arbor Lodge
George Porter
George McEachen
Wayne Farmer
Lincoln
Omaha
Fifth Street
U. S.A
York
Walter Harris
Alda
W. W. Ford
Fod
Sam Houston
Zachary ‘Taylor
Union Pacific
Burlington, Northwestern
Rock Island
Lancaster County
Supreme Court
United States
Fred H. Richards
Nebraska Association of Real Estate Boards
Keene Brothers
Scottsbluff
T. E. Adams
Beatrice
Nebraska Manufacturers Association
Nila Schlupfer
Arlington
Nebraska State Bar Association
Linco
State Game and Fish Department
Arnold
Edward Phillip
Odell
Nebraska Wesleyan University
University Place
Errks and Registers of Deeds
Frontier Judge Goslin and the Wyoming style of law
Grant I Shumway recalls the rough western era in Nebraska when formal law was scarce. Judge Goslin asserted authority amid vigilante sentiment, overruled by the supreme court on some appeals, and faced the bold act of Tom Ryan who freed two felons, breaking a jail and leaving with whisky for his friends.
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Grant I. Shumway
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Camp Clarke
Goslin
Panhandle
Clark
McCauley
Cheyenne County
Big Tom Ryan
Sidney
Tom Ryan
Judge Gaslin
Yom Ryan
Galdiaior
Sheriff Harbors Tense Chase At Greenwood Ranch
Viase Howard, longtime Omaha stock exchange figure, was Cheyenne County sheriff when Tom Ryan and accomplices rode toward the Greenwood ranch. Howard resigned rather than risk gunfire, and Sam Fowler, appointed successor, ignored the case, riding past the ranch and receiving threats. Ryan warned Fowler he would be killed if he pursued. No arrest ever occurred. both Howard and Fowler lived to old age.
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Greenwood Ranch
Viase Howard
Stock Exchange
Omaha
Cheyenne County
Tom Ryan
Sam Fowler
Sam
Ryan
Fowler
Howard
State Journal
Electors Broken Up by Napoleon in German Empire
A brief note explains that an elector once a prince had a vote in electing the German emperor until Napoleon disbanded the old German empire and dissolved the college of electors.
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Napoleon
Germany
College of Electors
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Postal Service
Missouri River Barge Line
Prohibition
H. L. Duncan
Northhwest
United States Attorney General
J. W. Woodrough
Pinkerton
Iowa
Nebraska News
John Latenser
Ellery Davis
University of Nebraska
Lincoln University Club
Hardy Motor Co
Ford
Olson and Sons
Dinewor
M. E. Church
Sidney Juvenile
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