Coxeyites trial at Fort Sidney advances amid Army stance
Forty or so Coxeyite defendants, mostly pleading guilty, faced a week of steady court action at Fort Sidney as troops aimed to downplay the risks of seizing railroad property. The report also notes the funeral of Mrs. Brennan, county school progress under C. P. Chambers, and favorable crop prospects after recent heavy rains.
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Fort Sidney
W . Brennan
James Sullivan
Los Angeles
C. P. Chambers
Sidney
Cheyenne
Nebraska
League of American Wheelmen
Denver
Thomas Ishmael
Greenlee & Benson
Fances E. Willard
Burlington Railroad Ordered to Pay $500000 in State Tax Controversy
A federal ruling by Judge Woodrough at Lincoln ends a nearly $2 million back tax dispute between Burlington Railroad and Nebraska State Tax Commissioner Thomas E. Williams. The railroad must pay the state $500,000 plus interest for 1922 to 1927, while past valuations from 1922 and 1923 are not adopted. The decision leaves other rail road tax suits and future assessment methods unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Railroad
Thomas E. Williams
Nebraska
Woodrough
Lincoln
Burlington
Woolough
Pigeon Breaks 407 Mile Record In Omaha Run
A homing pigeon race from Kimball to Omaha saw 13 birds released with L. D. Packard's bird from Omaha winning in 11 hours 16 minutes covering 407 miles. Most birds faltered in heavy rain. only 11 reached home. Next race planned 600 miles from Laramie to Omaha. tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Omaha
L. D. Packard
Omaha Flying Club
Laramie
Wyo
Pumpkin Creek farmers push pump irrigation plan
Farmers in the Pumpkin Creek district west of Dalton plan major crop diversification with pump irrigation to lift water from an underground river using electrically driven pumps. Power will be supplied from North Platte and Dalton valleys at low cost. The district, known for high potato yields and prolific alfalfa, lies near wheat farms along a 50 mile stretch from the old North Robinson ranch to Harrisburg country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumpkin Creek
Dalton
Sidney
Old
North Robinson Ranch
Harrisburg
North Platte
The Saga Unfolds From Nobile Pole Trek to Rescue
Balti more Evening Sun chronicles the dramatic sequence surrounding Nobile’s Arctic expedition. The narrative traces the airship’s pole dash, the storm and radio silence, international rescue efforts by Italy Sweden Norway Russia and France, the ship’s wreck and dispersal of crew, Amundsen’s shifting stance, and Tornberg’s perilous ice landings that saved and endangered lives. The account lauds the tale as the wildest northern drama in generations.
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Baltiimore
Pole
Italy
Sweden
Norway
Russia
France
Amundsen
Nobile
Tornbereg
North
Rock of Ages Hymn and its Author Toplady
Hints of August Toplady born 1740 in Farnham and ordained 1762. Conversion in Ireland in a barn leads to Calvinist shift. Published Psalms and Hymns in 1776 at Orange Street London before death in 1778. Also note J D Cannell in Lincoln replowing wheat lands after last week hail loss.
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Augustus Montague Toplady
Toplady
Farnham
Surrey County
England
Westminster
Ireland
Trinity College
Dublin
James Morris
Church of England
Orange Street
London
H. C. Welker
J. D. Cannell
Lincoln
Mr. Cannell
Spring Pig Crop Drops Across United States
The June 1928 pig survey shows the United States spring pig crop at about 4,000,000 head, 7.7 percent below 1927, with the corn belt hit harder. Sows farrowed this spring fell 7.7 percent nationwide and 9 percent in the corn belt, signaling a smaller fall crop amid similar saved pig litters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Division of Crop and Livestock
Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Post Office Department
United
Nebraska barber law ends home haircuts in farms
Rural Nebraska residents face legal risk for giving neighbors haircuts. W. L. Cartwright was charged and fined five dollars after cutting a neighbor’s hair, under a 1927 statute upheld by the state barber board. The rule allows farmers to cut their own family’s hair but bans service to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
W. L. Cartwright
Wolbach
Ed A Wood
State Barber Board
Greeley
Walker
State Board
Lindbergh Joins Pennsylvania Railroad as Aeronautical Consultant
Charles A. Lindbergh accepts an appointment as consulting aeronautical engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He will begin July 1, advising on the coast to coast air mall service run by Transcontinental Air Transport, where he serves as chairman of the technical committee. Agnes Semerad, a nursing student in Omaha, visits her parents at Gurley.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Transcontinental Air Transport Company
Lindbergh
Agnes Semerad
St. Joseph
Omaha
Charles Semerad
Gurley
Dalton Odd Fellows Lodge Shows Neighborly Spirit
The Dalton Odd Fellows organized a relief mission to rancher R. P. Scott after a tornado. Forty members cleared debris, rebuilt structures, repaired the roof, fences, and wind mill, and made the farm habitable with help from the residents and their kitchen energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
ODD Fellows Lodge
Bridgeport Herald
Dalton Odd Fellows
West
R. P. Scott
Hob Dwyer
Odd Fellows Order
Scott
Pierce Arrow and Studebaker Agree Merger Plan
Press dispatches from Buffalo say directors of Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co approved a merger with Studebaker Corp to form a holding company taking over plants and assets valued at 160 million dollars. Studebaker would gain a substantial interest. stockholder approval at Pierce Arrow is required before the merger takes effect. Myron E. Forbes cites underutilized facilities and says merger could expand Buffalo plant output and strengthen finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
Studebaker Corporation
Studebaker
Pierce-Arrow Company
Myron E. Forbes
Peetz Farmers Organize Coop Oil and Gas Co
Peetz farmers form a cooperative oil and gas company after a unanimous committee report endorses joint operation. A tentative board of directors is named Ed M. Nelson president, Fred Nichol vice president, W. Ray Wood secretary, with five members to plan a permanent organization. The board will meet Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peetz
Ed M. Nelson
W. Ray Wood
John Fehringere
Fred Nichol
Harry Lockhart
Divide Farmers Entered in Wheat Growing Contest
Morrill county farmers especially in the southeast area along the Dalton divide participate in wheat growing experiments run with the extension department under the county agent. The contests measure cost per acre yield per acre and best growing and marketing methods. Some plan to enter seed wheat from these tests in the annual organized agriculture display in western Nebraska this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrill County
Dalton Divide
Extension Department
Nebraska
Buick sales rise in May surpass April by nearly five thousand
Flint Michigan June 30 Buick sales for May exceeded April by almost 5 000 cars according to general sales manager C W Churchill. Retail delivery reports show broad improvement in business conditions across the country. Churchill released tables detailing 12 month dollars spent on Buick cars totaling 365 million versus 250 million for the second producer and 221 million for the third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Midh
Buick
C. W. Churchill
Buick Motor Company
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Sidney Stockyards
Pine Ridge Agency
Cheyenne County
John Pantenburg
Trognitz & Davis
Union Pacific
Thomas J. Potter
James Coulter
Redington
Livingstone
G. H. Jewett
Fort DuChesne
Telegraph
Pierce Arrow CO
Co-Op Oil and
GASCO
Kansas
Touri
M. A. Shipman
Hotel Conant
Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank
Western Securities Company
C. W. Smith
J. W. Johnson
Baldwin
Sidney Motor Sales Company
Sidney’s Leading Insurance Agency
A. R. LeSueur
Nebr
A.R. Lesueur
Safe Investments
Union Loan & Savings
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