Nebraska News In Densest Form
County superintendents meet in Lincoln on February 6. Laurel public schools closed due to measles. Albion post office to receive free postal delivery. A special inspector verified street names and house numbers about 85 percent in place. Three hundred clothiers attend Omaha convention February 12 to 14. Prosper Naviaux and family celebrate golden wedding at Lexington. Fifty Holsteins sell at Beatrice consignment for 100 to 340 dollars each. J A Reynolds receives Vail Bronze Medal for saving a boy in the Elkhorn River. University of Nebraska January total 4 386 students. medical college in Omaha not included. Red Willow county corn yields averaged 50 to 115 bushels per acre. Bank of Waverly closed as solvent status ends. Nebraska City graduation reaches 79 in 1924. Wahoo charter member survives on 50th church anniversary. Harvard D L D highway gravel roads near reality. 34 project bids due late February. Holdrege opens new 250000 high school with 700 seat auditorium. Greenwood fire damage around 40000 dollars. Omaha celebrates 70th city anniversary with Know Omaha Week February 3 to 9. Elder Burgess cattle poisoned in cornstalks near Corad. Eugene Bryant released from mental hospital after two years. Waverly guaranty fund expected to lose over 100000. Columbus school district bonds 300000 sold to United States Trust Co of Omaha. A J Hamblin Albion marks 50th wedding anniversary with about 50 relatives attending.
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Albion
Nebraska
State Retail Clothiers’ Association
Men’s Apparel Club of
Omaha
Prosper Naviaux
Lexington
Beatrice
Kansas
Elkhorn
Neligh
J. A. Reynolds
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Pilger
Vail
The
State University
Medical College
Gooding
Red Willow
Bank of Waverly
Knudson
State Banking Department
Nebraska City High School
First Presbyterian Church
Wahoo
Saunders County
M. A. Cemer
Albuquerque
N. M
Harvard
Clay County
Clay
Adams Counties
Holdredge
Greenwood
Chamber of Commerce
Burgess
Corad
Eugene Bryant
Wilbur F. Bryant
Hartington
Chester
Ill
A. H. Shotwell
Chicago
Baak of Waverly
Columbus
United States Trust Company of
A. J. Hamblin
Earned income tax cut debated by Ways and Means
Washington officials discussed a 25 percent tax cut for earned income under $5,000 as part of Secretary Mellon’s proposal. The plan defines earned income as wages salaries and professional services with a maximum $20,000 limit for the reduction. Rep Garner backed Mellon’s outline but urged a 33 1/3 percent cut. The 25 percent rate remains in committee unless amended. Dairy development drives Nebraska push with a statewide meeting set for February 20 to organize the Nebraska Dairy Society. It aims to raise $100,000 for promotion, but funds will not buy dairy cows. local groups will coordinate cow purchases and farmers may buy as needed.
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House
Ways and Means
Mellon
Garner
Green
Mr. Mellon
Lincoln
Nebraska Dairy Society
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Gillan
Agricultural Committee
Omaha Chamber
Society For Dairy Development
Gillan
Deposits Indicate Prosperity Across Banks in December
The Federal Reserve Board reports that 822 savings banks nationwide show stronger business conditions with an average 2 percent rise in deposits for December. Institutions held $6.919 billion on January 1, up $576.964 million from a year earlier and $192.425 million above December 1.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Nebraskans Invited to White House Conference
Carl R. Gray of Union Pacific and Whiter W. Head of the American Bankers Association are Nebraska men invited to a February 6 conference called by President Coolidge to advise on the wheat belt's agricultural and financial situation.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Whiter
W. Head
American Bankers’ Association
Nebraska
Coolidge
New Association Officials Elected in Northeast Nebraska
Wayne Ned E Frye a veteran editor of Niobeara won the post of sideout of the Northeast Nebraska torial Association at a recent session. Mark Murray of Pender was named vice president and J P O Furey of Hartington secretary and treasurer. The War department plans 1024 summer camps for 4000 students ages 17 to 31. Camps open in all army corps on August 1.
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Wayne
Ned
E. A. Frye
Niobeara
Northeast Nebraskatorial Association
Mark Murray
Pender
J. P. O'Furey
Hartington
Whiehington
War Department
Army Corps
Faithful dog saves master's life near Oconto
In Nebraska a dog helps warning for Peter Overgard whose horse fell and broke his leg four miles east of Oconto. He tied his handkerchief to the dog and sent it home. Mrs. Overgard alerted workmen to search for him. In Fremont, William Wrigley Jr contests a $2,000,000 award to L P Larson Jr alleging infringement of gum wrapper copy rights on Doublemint.
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Kearney
Peter Overgard
Oconte
Overgard
Freeling
Wrigley
Fremont
Neb
William Wrigley, Jr
America
L. P. Larson, Jr
Turkish Assembly Adopts Liquor Monopoly Plan
Constantinople report says the Turkish assembly voted to end prohibition experiments and adopt Ismet Pasha’s proposal to restore the state monopoly of liquor with unanimous approval.
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Constantinople
Ismet Pasha
Wyoming Grazing Land to Be Opened
Wyoming opens 14 445 acres for homestead and desert land entry in Washekie and Big Horn counties starting February 20. Adjoining entrymen and patentees have a preference, ex service men 91 days priority, then open to public. Land lies on Big Horn range west slope north Tensleep creek, elevation 4100 to 5000 feet. Ten Sleep nearest town, Big Horn rail point ten miles away. Described as desert with 120 frost days, irrigation potential in valleys, three quarters grazing land one quarter cultivatable. Buffalo land office to handle entries.
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Washekie
Big Horn
Wyoming
Interior Department
Big Worn Mountains
Tensleep Creek
Norwood Creek
Tensleep
Geological Survey
Buffalo
Wyo
Thrift dollar will circulate in Bridgeport
A Bridgeport community discussion asks how one thrift dollar spent in Bridgeport can impact the local economy in a week. C H Pickart initiates the question, prompting residents to consider local spending effects and circulation within the town.
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Bridgeport
C. H. Pickart
The Telegraph Ad Promise Prompts Readers to Act
An advertisement in The Telegraph urges action from readers with a direct call to respond. The spread emphasizes testing the paper’s promotional approach and implies measurable results for advertisers.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Addresses Deafness Cause
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased ear portion. Hall's Catarrh Medicine offers a constitutional remedy by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation of the Eustachian tube and restore hearing. Circulars free from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hiall
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Studebaker Success Fueled by Engineering and Quality
Motordom's sensation Studebaker posts rising demand with prices from 975 dollars. The firm spends 5 1/2 million yearly on engineering and 6 hundred thousand on surface machining. With seven modern plants, 125 engineers, and 500000 tests annually, Studebaker claims unmatched quality and a yearly output surpassing 145000 cars.
Studebaker sales rise across early 1920s era
Studebakers hold the top place in the fine car field. From 1919 to 1924, public expenditures climbed from over 80 million for 39,356 cars to over 201 million for 145,162 cars in 1923, with double digit percentage increases each year and 1924 showing unprecedented business.
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Studebakers
Studebaker
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