Road Plans Advance Under Dowell Bill For Federal Aid
State highway program gains support from federal funding under the Dowell bill now before the Senate. Nebraska has received 11,450,046 dollars from 1916 to 1924 for highways, with most allocations for specific projects. Combined state and federal funds have improved 2,408.1 miles, costing 8,4,458.55 dollars, of which 1,765.4 miles are complete using 5,198,500.86 dollars in U.S. money. Ongoing construction covers 533.6 miles with 2,552,727.09 dollars in federal aid.
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Washington
Senate
Nebraskas
Federal Treasury
United States
Treasury
Nebraska Civil Government Textbook From University Press
Addison E. Sheldon, head of the state Historical Society, offers a practical schoolbook that doubles as a concise compendium of Nebraska state government. It covers historical development and current operations to inform both youths and adults about the state’s governance.
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Lincoln
Nebaska
University Press
Addison E. Sheldon
State Historical Society
Nebraska
Mercury Turned into Gold in Latest Japanese Claim
The American Chemical Society reports based on Tokyo advice that Prof Hantaro Nagaoka of Japan has transmuted mercury into gold. A microscopic image of the claimed gold is published, supporting the assertion.
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New York
American Chemical Society
Tokio
Hantaro Nagaoka
Social Worker Scoville Goes to Europe
Miss Mildred Scoville of Hartington Nebraska, active in Red Cross and social service work, has gone overseas as an executive with the Commonwealth fund. She will spend six to eight weeks in Austrian cities Vienna Gratz and Salzburg surveying mental hygiene.
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Europe
Hartington, Neb
Mildred Scoville
Red Cross
Commonwealth Fund
Vienna
Gratz
Salzburg
Noted Financier Lawson Dies in Boston Hospital
Thomas W. Lawson, noted financier, author, and sportsman, died at a Boston hospital after bladder trouble led to an operation three weeks earlier. He had been improving until a relapse caused a coma and death.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Passes Road Appropriations Bill
Washington report that the senate passed a house bill authorizing road construction appropriations of 150 million dollars and forest road improvements of 15 million dollars for the next two fiscal years contingent on matching state expenditures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Meat Consumption on Increase in United States
United States statistics from the Department of Agriculture show about 1,000,000 more meat animals slaughtered last year than in 1923, indicating rising meat consumption nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Senate confirms Harlan K. Stone as Supreme Court justice
Washington report states the Senate confirmed Attorney General Harlan Kiske Stone as justice of the United States Supreme Court by a 71 to 6 vote. The confirmation follows his nomination and approval by the Senate, marking his appointment to the high court.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Senate
Harlan Kiske Stone
United States Supreme
Food shortages hit 750000 in Ireland hamlets
Dublin reports 750000 people in 475 hamlets lack food amid potato crop failures and poor rainfall. Marion Ohio records note appraisers value the estate of Florence Kling Harding at 844254 dollars.
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Dublin
Ireland
Free State
Marion
Ohio
Florence
Kling Harding
Warren G. Harding
Washington Receptions Reveal Wealth and Warmth
Gladyce W. Simmons notes Washington social soirees hosted by Mrs. Mellon and others. Eye catching interiors feature tapestries, paintings, and costly tables. Guests discuss Mr Coolidge’s early political life, Massachusetts ties, and the burden of hosting such wealth.
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Hughes
Gillett
Stone
Supreme Court
Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Wilburs
Ters
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Loéan
Boston
United States
Gladyce W. Simmons
Village planning gains government attention in rural areas
Government investigators note several villages improved with leveled, planted spaces, gravel walks, and ornamental lighting. Shacks removed and refuse cleared, parks linked by greenways and miling park entrances highlighted. Yet broad adoption lags city planning where congestion drives compulsory changes.
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Miling
Local Notes Share News From Sunol And Sidney Area
Mule buyer visits. Cronk family moves to George Dickinson farmhouse. Census taker in area. no DMC meeting. Mrs Hunt from Sidney visits mother Mrs Englert. Krueger sisters and Ruby Oberg visit Sunol school on Lincoln's birthday. Sunol loses to Lodge Pole on Lodge Pole floor. Mrs Ruttner calls on ill Mrs Booth. Norton and Stunter shop in Sidney. Diphtheria scare at Miss Kahl’s home proves false. Sunday school draws 33 with duet by Mrs Bluhm and Mrs Seeger. special singing planned weekly. Valentine boxes delight pupils. Pavlat visits school. 125 possibles. Film hailed as one of season’s big six releases. Sidney Legion endorses it. Matinees Monday and Tuesday. fifty cents admission.
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Ed Cronk
George Dickinson
Powell
Grace
Una Krueger
Ruby Oberg
Sidney
Lincoln
Sunol
Lodge Pole
J. B. Ruttner
Miss Norton
Miss Stunter
F. J. Pavlat
Local Legionaries Endorse The Sea Hawk Production
Local Legionaries endorse Milton Sills for the title role in a one time opportunity to headline The Sea Hawk. The actor was chosen from a pool in a standout selection process.
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Milton Sills
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Superintendent of the State Historical Society
Washington, D. C
S. PP. Hunt
A. J. Englert
Sidney Legion
Martin W. Dimery
ACA Wweeaesawe
John Deere Gang
Tiger
John Deere
McCormick
Peter Schutler
Emerson
Oliver
Raige
Riverside
Sunol Womans Club
Wm. Sharman
C. P. Millett
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