Land Lottery Echoes Nebraska’s 1913 Free Land Push
The 1913 Nebraska land lottery opened 2000 plots from Fort Niobrara and forest reserves, offering 640 acre grazing plots and 160 acre farms. About 76,000 people registered, yet only one in 38 won a plot, reshaping Grant County’s farming and ranching dynamics for decades.
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Grazing Country Emerges as Lands Sell to Ranchers
As land sold off to neighboring ranchers and a few locals who became ranchers, the area transformed into mostly grazing country with vast open ranges and few remaining farms.
St Louis Debate Over Historic Steamboat Symbol
A charter revision board in St Louis faces a clash over the old side wheeler steamboat emblem. David M. Grant calls it archaic while editor Donald T. Wright urges retention as a reminder of heritage. A special committee will study the issue.
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David M. Grant
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The
Waterways Journal
Expanded Civil Service Air Traffic Jobs Attract 500 Posts
The Civil Aeronautics Administration in Kansas City announces a new Airways Operations Specialists examination to fill over 500 positions across Illinois Michigan Indiana Missouri Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin North and South Dakota. Entrance salaries range from 3670 to 4970 a year with a typical 4080, promotion possible to 8980, and private pilot licenses with solo time now eligible. Previous eligibility under the old exam was canceled February 7 1957. new applicants must reapply for continued consideration.
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Prisoner Granted Overnight with Relatives in New Brunswick
A New Brunswick prisoner asked for release or return to jail. Officials allowed him to spend the night with relatives due to cold conditions and planned to send him to the Middlesex County workhouse the next morning to straighten himself out.
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N. J
Middlesex County
Woman Driver Aids Freeing Car Then Crashes It
In Jacksonville a man asked a female passerby to drive while he pushed free of sand. She allegedly floored the accelerator, whipped the car in a wide circle, and struck a parked vehicle causing $350 damage. The report notes composer Howard Barlow served as a U S Army Warrant Officer in World War II.
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Ollie Smith
Howard Barlow
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