Nebraska Briefs Portend 1926 State Features and Deaths
The Nebraska items note the State Bar meeting in Omaha December 29 and 30, 1925 plans for sugar factories, fair dates, crop values, highway requests, bank reorganizations, and notable deaths including Clyde Sundblad age 4, J L King 69, and Thomas Fenton 93. Findings cover accidents, crime, politics, military appointments, and civic projects across cities like Omaha Hastings Lincoln Kearney Wausa Dawson Genoa Osceola Broken Bow and Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar Association
Omaha
Red Cloud
Guide Rock
Clyde Sundblad
Douglas County
Glen Michael
Albion
Chicago
Hastings
Lexington
Kearney
J. L. King
Commercial National Bank
Wausa
Fairbury
E. Glinsky
Glinsky
International Association of Fairs and Expositions
Thomas Fenton
Connecticut
Richardson County
Dawson
Eluer B. van Horn
Boldrege
McMullen
Nebraska National Guardsman
West Point
North Platte Valley
Charles Pirie
Kimball County
Cochran
Genoa
Osceola
Platte River
Silver Creek
Broken Bow
Merna
Arnold
Gothenburg
Farnam
Stockville
Cambridge
D. L.C
Lincoln
Nebraska Retail Clothiers Association
State Men’s Apparel Club
Loren Womack
Westover Steel & Ironworks
Adolph Smetak
Lancaster
Seventh Army Corps
Lincoln City
Foochow
China
Hartington
Nebraska
Clinical Orthopedic Society of Nebraska
Ancoin
J. A. Jwell
Ames
Tariff Aids Farmers Declares President
President Coolidge spoke in Chicago at the Hotel Sherman to the American Farm Bureau federation. He opposed price fixing, urged cooperative marketing and federal credits to help farmers, and defended tariffs as beneficial to farmers. The president and Mrs. Coolidge spent five quiet hours in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coolidge
Hotel
Sherman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Texas Solons Decide Not to Oust Gov Ferguson
Texas lawmakers signal they will not remove Governor Ferguson and his wife Ma from office after impeachment fears. Indications show Ferguson backs down from highway contract issues for the next 14 months of Mrs. Ferguson’s term and both will not run in the next campaign. Representative Ernest Cox withdraws signature, seen as killing the push for a special session.
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Texas
Ferguson
Austin
Jim" Ferguson
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Ma” Ferguson
Secretary Davis Seeks Ten Year Army Build Up
Secretary of War Davis urges a ten year program to strengthen the army, citing a $700,000,000 war plant deteriorating and weak strategic defenses. He condemns current maintenance appropriations as too small, saying economy costs the nation true economy.
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Washington
Davis
War Department
U. S. Weddings Decline and Rise in Divorces 1924
Washington reports 1,178,206 marriages and 170,876 divorces in 1924, down 3.7 percent in marriages and up 3.5 percent in divorces from 1923. New York led in marriages with 10,312. Texas led in divorces with 15,375. Nevada had the fewest marriages at 1,079 and Delaware recorded 177 divorces. the District of Columbia had 126. State law bars divorce in South Carolina.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
New York
Texas
Nevada
Delaware
District of Columbis
South Carolina
Taylor's Waterway Progress Report 95 Percent Complete
General Taylor reports the Illinois River deepening project from La Salle to the Mississippi is 95 percent done. He notes the Mississippi has a navigable channel at all stages with nine feet depth over 250 feet width for 841 miles below Cairo, and greater depth to the gulf.
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Taylor
Washington
Harry Taylor
Secretary of War
Ilinois River
la Salle
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Cairo
Gulf
Fire kills one in Chicago lodging house blaze
A three story lodging house at 28 30 South Canal street was destroyed by fire. One woman, Mrs Vivian Rodrigues aged 30, died at Iroquois hospital. One other woman suffocated and three more seriously burned with possible death. About a half dozen others sustained injuries less serious.
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Chicago
South Canal Street
Vivian Rodrigues
Iroquois Hospital
Head of tobacco firm dies in New York
Percival Hill, president of the American Tobacco Company, died suddenly in New York at age sixty three. He led the firm with prominence in the industry and his death leaves a leadership vacancy.
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New York
Percival
Hill
American ‘Tobacco ‘Company
Parker Gilbert reports German receipts under Dawes plan
New York agent general S Parker Gilbert announced that receipts from Germany for the first two months of the second year under the Dawes plan totaled 154 630 331 gold marks.
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New York
S. Parker Gilbert
Germany
Airplanes Move Surplus Cash To Eagle Grove Banks
Humboldt Iowa reports airplanes carried funds from Cedar Rapids to two Eagle Grove banks after Citizens State Bank closed to avert a run. Officials said the airlift secured local deposits and stabilized the banking situation pending further action by regulators and customers.
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Humboldt
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Eagle Grove
Citizens’ State Bank
Local residents' weekend travels and chores around Crook and Sterling
Ross Brossard hauled alfalfa and straw to Crook for himself and others. Several locals, including Carl Meyerholz, Joan MebDunnell, Danny Gross and family, John McDonnell, Bernard Hill and others, shopped in Sidney, visited Crook, or attended Christmas dinners. Bill Pope hauled hay and corn to Cashman, and families gathered for meals and radio listening. Multiple trips to Crook, Sterling, Haxtun, and Bill Hecker’s reflect a busy holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Brossard
Carl Meyerholy
Boys
Crook
Joan MebDunnell
Bill Poppe
Danny
Melvin Gross
Paul Dubdles
Margaret
John McDonnell
Bernard Hill
Bob Nichols
Bill Pope
Mr. Cashman
Harry Gross
Harold Robertson
Neal English
John MecDonnell
Ora Rogers
Sidney
Mrs. Meyerholz
Wv. R. Bell
George
Glen McCall
Sterling
Hillard Marshall
Doc Parmore
Ill Pope
Baby
Mrs. Hill
Mrs. Bates
Ross Brosnard
Dave Todd
Merlin Bloom
Orin Loudy
E. F. Loudy
D. R. Gross
Haxtun
Ruth McCall
George Rogers
Phil Brossard
Robert Nicholas
Carl Meyerholz
Bill Hecker
Snow blocked roads and school closures across districts
Heavy weekend snowfall shut roads and halted schooling in several districts. Local residents reported visits and travel across Sunol, Sidney, and Crook areas with various errands and social visits. A new baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen on December 19, and community events included a Christmas tree plan at John Connolly’s and a school program attended by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. W Carey
Lodge Pole
Frank Pokorny
Eva Binney
Mildred Holmes
Todd Gentry
Sunol
Kahl and Ehlers
Sidney
C. W. Carey
Pittsburg
Henry Bahr
Jim Houser
Roy Kenney
Fh. R. Holmes
J. C. Files
Werry Vacik
Fenske
Frank
HH. R. Holmes
Gordon Deal
Osborn
Ray Osborn
Vogler
George Bonser
Crook
Miles
Emil Englert
Jacob Zimmerman
Albert Allen
Christmas Notices and Local School Vacation In District 5
Mrs Ethel Lyngholm and Joe McMillan returned from Chadron to visit the Wm McMillan family over the holidays. District 5 schools close this week due to bad roads creating a two week break. Troyd Mathewson broke a bone in his forearm while cranking his ear. Mrs Henrietta Thurston and her child visit her parents at Dalton for vacation. The Christmas program given by
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Stewart McMillan
Hame
Bohol Clib
Earl Euston
John Connelly
Ella Davis
Bernadine
Lowell Anderson
Art ‘McMillan
Stewart
Ethel Lyngholm
Joe McMillan
Chadron
Wm. McMillan
District 5
Troyd Mathewson
Henrietta Thurston
Dalton
Too Many Unnecessary Necessity in Patents List
El Paso Herald notes the saying that necessity births invention and urges readers to study a list of patents issued. The column critiques the overuse of the phrase and examines how inventors justify needs versus market demand.
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el Paso Herud
Ickes News Family holiday visits spread nationwide
The James family spent Christmas with R. H. Miller's. Gwendolyn Jorgenson of Sidney visited a few days at E. & Osborn's and J. Guill's. George Winkleman and Clyde Clicks headed to North Bend Nebraska to spend Christmas with the Winkleman family. Mrs. E. E. Weed and family traveled to North Bend to visit her parents during the holiday break. Mrs. E. E. Osborn returned home after a Sidney visit with her mother.
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James
R. H. Miller
Gwendolyn Jorgenson
Sidney
E. &. Osborn
E. E. Osborn
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Nebraska Briefs
Farm Bureau Body
U. S
White Cove Valley
Saturdy
EB. F. Loudy
Tolesns
General’ Electric
Borland
South Sundl
Bronson School
Ickes News
Co. W. Hornaday
Sidney, Nebraska
Farm Loans and Insurance
Lincoln Joint
Insurance In the Security Fire Insurance Co. of New
Western Securities Company
Frank Schroeder
Hink
Sidney, Nebr
Ant
Cheyenne County
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