Snow Removal Costs Hit Nebraska Towns and Statewide Drain
Nebraska faces heavy snow removal costs with city and county burdens rising while the state races shortages. Sidney reports substantial expenses for equipment and crews. commissioners seek another plow as rails and food supplies falter. Governor Val Peterson warns of 40 percent cattle losses if blizzards persist and blockade of about 1000 miles of rail threatens fuel and hay supplies, urging a statewide effort and hoping for a thaw.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Val Peterson
Highway Department
Peterson
Premiums Cut In 2 Counties
Farmers in Chase and Deuel counties will get reduced wheat insurance premiums in 1949 under a Federal Crop Insurance plan. Chase county receipts drop 30 percent and Deuel 14 percent as premium reserves exceed required reserves. The discount ranges from five to 30 percent based on reserve excess and applies to those with a 1949 crop contract and prior year coverage.
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Nebraska
Chase County
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Ralph Robertson
Small House Plans Describe Baldwin Model Details
The description outlines a Baldwin style home with built in wardrobes, hall closets, two bedrooms, compact kitchen near the bathroom and laundry beneath it to save plumbing costs. Dining sits by the kitchen window with ample cabinet space and specialized storage. Main body measures 32 by 24 feet, total area 825 square feet plus porch, 16815 cubic feet overall. available from the Small House Planning Bureau in St. Cloud Minnesota.
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Lanniig Bureau
St. Cloud
Minn
Buyers of Rental Property Should Check Rent Rate
Lynn Blakeley, Area Rent Director, warns prospective buyers to verify rent control status and registration of rental properties on sale. Many buyers misjudge ceilings, services included, or whether units are under rent-increase leases, risking overpaying. He urges questions about control, registration, ceiling rent, required services, and current leases.
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Lynn Blakeley
Blakeley
Typing Paper for Practice and Informal Use
A brief notice advertising inexpensive typing paper for practice and informal correspondence. Sold in reams, aged options available, in white or yellow packs. The Telegraph confines the sale to general readership.
Egg Poultry Outlook From University Projections 1949
University of Nebraska extension poultrymen forecast 1949 prospects with lower egg output before new pullets mature, ample feed supplies and lower feed costs, strong consumer income, steady red meat availability, rising broiler production early in 1949, higher turkey production due to price and feed trends, and stable per capita poultry consumption around 1948 levels.
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Extension Poultrymen
University of Nebraska
Turkey
Adam’s Apple and Eve Legend Behind a Throat Tale
A legend links the Adam’s apple to the fruit Eve gave Adam, shaping a lore about a stubborn throat lump. The tale appears in a world book style entry, noting a traditional belief tied to Eve and Adam and recounting how the apple’s bite is said to impact the throat.
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Eve
Adam
Ideal Income Tax Books And Refill Sheets
Ideal income tax books and refill sheets advertise the Ideal system for keeping records. The ad urges customers to determine needs early for the new year and buy now to avoid disappointment, highlighting a complete supply and the efficiency of the Ideal method.
Captain Hanson Gregory and the donut hole origin tale
A storm in 1847 aboard Captain Hanson Gregory’s merchant ship led him to place cake in the steering wheel spoke to ease steering. The ship’s cook made cakes this way, and the story claims it gave rise to the hole in the doughnut.
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Hanson Gregory
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