Nebraska News in Brief From Across the State
A roundup of short items reports on Grand Island sewer work and county agricultural notes. Omaha Chamber of Commerce lists 150 women as members and strawberry markets expand near Fremont. Golf events, meat packing, and legal notices appear with local incidents including a $100 fine for a robin murder and fire damage at North Platte depot.
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Grand’ Taland
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
H. Tit. Hansen
Fremont
Trana-Mississippi Golf Association
Omaha
Ouialat
Ira Welle
Alvo
George Smith
Shelton
Blair
Norfolk
Chicago
Union ‘Pacific
North Platte
Superior
Mercury
Plattsmouth
Elks Band
Fort Snelling
Minn
Areifty
University of Nebraska
Creightons University
Dorothy Griffin
Nebraska
A. E Anderson
Wheat Belt
A. F E. Anderson
Nebraska Agriculture Statistician
Custer County
L. R. Frisbee
State Agricultural College
Washington County
Anna Kearre
Hastings
State
Federal Employment Bureau
Becker
Lincoln
Pickerell
Strattoe
Small Grove
McCann
Falls City
Old Man Elliott Defies the Wicked Old-Young Stereotype
The New York Evening Post portrays Harvard president emeritus Charles W Elliott at eighty eight as an active, progressive figure. His long tenure at Harvard and continued public engagement challenge the notion that old men hinder civilization.
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Charles W. Elliott
Harvard
Cambridge
Charles W Elliott
Lytton Strachey
New York Evening "Post
Not Always Ruinous at U S Grain Growers Convention
The U S Grain Growers convention in Chicago ended in a row amid disputes over control. The text argues midstream that internal quarrels do not ruin the cooperative movement and hopes sober second thought from leaders will restore harmony.
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U. S
Chicago
Gustafson
Train Growers Association
All in the Discard Big Detective on Suburban Express
A weary detective in a smoker aboard a suburban express returns from a long day. A New Jersey bound car arrives with a robbery inside a job and a new chauffeur plus a French maid. The detective naps, awakens to an argument behind him about a diamond and what to do next.
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Suburban Express
New Jersey
Diamond Discard Plan Sparks Bluff in Card Room
A tense scene unfolds as a big detective confronts four men over a diamond. One player reveals a plan to discard the gem on a spade, exposing a high stakes deception in the poker room. The detective studies entrances and exits, preparing for a quick capture.
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Headquarters
Inappropriate Principles In Morality Debate
A quoted passage argues against rigid old rules in a world of rapid change. It contends modern knowledge undermines past morals, labeling much of morality as disreputable in origin and aim. The text likens humanity’s search for meaning to walking with burdensome scruples, citing Bunyan and Tagore to illustrate cautious ethics.
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Bunyan
Tagore
James Harvey Robinson
Tanlac Restores Health Says Bassett's Pharmacy
Overworked tired men and women discover renewed strength with Tanlac, as Bassett's Pharmacy endorses the remedy.
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Tanlac
Bassett’s
Spring Thoughts on Lunch Counters and Shifts in Social Roles
The Portland Oregonian notes spring brings changes in display and consumer habits. It observes lunch counters evolving from male dominated spaces to female and girl patronage as American feminism influences daily life and social seating patterns.
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Portland Oregonian
Nebraska Pageant Coronada in Quivera
Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha plans a fall pageant titled Coronada to dramatize Coronado and his Spanish expedition into the land now Nebraska. Historians note Coronado reached Quivira through Indian tales of a wealthy realm and sought gold for King Philip II of Spain.
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Quivera
Omaha
Coronado
Nebraska
Philip of Spain
Ak-Sar-Ben sponsors Nebraska history pageant
A Nebraska pageant sponsored by Ak-Sar-Ben aims to revive early territorial history. The text notes the expedition to Quivera yielded no riches, only barren villages, marking it as perhaps the first authentic Nebraska history. The sponsor hopes to engage state youth and gain broad public approval.
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Quivera
Nebraska Territory
Ak-Sar-Ben
Ak-Sar- Ben
Great
Middle West
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