News of Nebraska condensed form items
The State Press association will meet in Lincoln February 22 to 24. A large list of Nebraska events follows, including cattle losses in Hall County, a million dollar home excavation by Omaha Elks, oil prospecting near Blue Springs, and Richard Sholes starting a world hike. Multiple meetings and memorials, fairs, and shows are noted across Kearney Hastings Fremont Central City North Loup and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Press Association
Lincoln
Blackley
Hall County
Omaha Elks
Blue Springs
Richard Sholes
Nebraska Holstein-Friesian Association
Kearney
Armour
South Omaha
America
Fremont
Childrens’ Home Society
Omaha
Adams County
St. Mark’s
Hastings
Central City
St. Agnes Guild
Epitecopal Church
J. F. Earnest
North Loup
Senate Committee On Miscellaneous Affairs
Senate
Nebraska Pharmaceutical Society
College of Pharmacy
Nebraska
Kearney Chamber of Commerce
Battle Creek
Pawnee City
A. E. Overdon
R. G. McCutchen
Archer
The
State University
Scottabluff
Platte Valley Automobile Association
Horton S. Calland
Soldiers
Burkett
Perry
Grand Island
Parsee Funeral Customs and Zoroastrian Rites
Dr Thomas E Green explains Parsee burial practices with the tower of silence, the bone pyre, and the cremation like rites at the temple. The emphasis lies on the two distinct ceremonies and the memory duties of the son, with donations to charity in the departed’s honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower of Silence
Thomas E. Green
Christian Herald
Queer Things Nebraskans Do
Gering Midwest argues Nebraskans mismanage wealth by exporting grain, sugar, wool, and insurance premiums. The column claims Nebraska profits flow to out‑of‑state manufacturers and financiers, hindering domestic jobs and growth, urging more local processing and manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Congress
Life, Fire and Accident
Gering
Midwest
Devil on Two Sticks: Morton’s Battle with Disease and Senate Combat
The Detroit News traces Oliver P. Morton’s nickname The Devil on Two Sticks to a long battle with a likely incurable illness. It notes his Paris trial of moxa therapy easing symptoms yet leaving his legs paralyzed, and his reliance on a cane in most debates while standing to argue on national issues during Reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver P. Morton
Paris
Senate
Detroit News
Virginia and Ohio Vie For Lead In Better Sires Drive
Virginia and Ohio push for purebred sire use to improve livestock. By end of 1922 Ohio had 2 pledges. Virginia reached 1930, then over 2000 early in January, with Nebraska Kentucky Washington South Carolina and Vermont also active per a Bureau of Animal Industry report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ohio
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Kentucky
Washington
South Carolina
Vermont
Bureau of Animal Industry
Livestock Group Sets Record For Yard Prices In Minnesota
A Litchfield Minnesota livestock shipping association posted a net return of 96 percent over five years. From 995 cars, 47 869 hogs 12 011 calves 9352 cattle and 3118 sheep sold for 2 277 667 12 gross with about 88 000 in marketing costs. Freight charges were 38 2 percent. closeness to South St Paul stockyards kept costs low. Total market expenses reached 57 570 19, yielding 2 189 512 23 net to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Minnesota
Livestock Shipping Association
United States Department of Agriculture
South St. Paul
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News OF Nebraska
Robert G. Simmons
of Scottabluff
Livestock Organization
Department of Agriculture
Phelps Studio
E. B. Young, Prop
Kratz Abstract
Stuht-Hink Bldg
Phonde
Sidney
Brekt-Hink
Phene
Francis J. Herbert
Sedan
W. B
Speeedaeter
Cadan
Mann Motor Company
U. P. Freight House
Studebaker Year
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