Nebraska students prep for era of men at home
College of Agriculture courses on home economics expand to include men, offering units on home planning, textiles, child development, nutrition, and family relations. Officials say the program aims to give male students a view of home management, with participation growing beyond agriculture students to many colleges in the university.
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University of Nebraska
Colege
Agricuture
Nebraska
College of Agriculture
Nebraska hotels record nine million dollar business in 1929
Figures from the 1939 census show Nebraska hotels with 23 or more rooms totaling 207 properties in operation all year. They reported 8.45 million dollars in annual business, 2,829 full-time employees, 2.126 million dollars in salaries, 13,032 guest rooms, and dining seating for 8,586. The mix of European American and combined plans, patronage patterns, and ownership types are noted, with 265 proprietors overall.
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Nebraska
Adurime
Iivals
Y. Moor Y . C. A’s
Twe
Lhaen’y
Illiteracy Nearly Unknown Among Native Whites in Nebraska
Nebraska census figures show native white illiteracy is almost vanished with 0.4 percent among natives over 10, 972,413 native white individuals listed, while foreign born whites show 6 percent illiteracy and 39 percent of the state's Negro population cannot read or write. Attendance in schools remains high, with 90.4 percent of children 7 to 12 in study, and rising graduation figures as thousands complete eighth grade to university. General purpose tractor operation costs for Nebraska farmers run 73 cents per hour, per Arthur G. George, with averages varying by tractor size and usage, outlining costs across counties and seasons.
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Nebraska
Nebras
Arthur G. George
College of Agriculture
George
Cheyenne
Phelps
Cass
Hourle wedding unites Forrest Mintken and Ivy Davis
The ceremony took place Monday afternoon at five at the Presbyterian manse officiated by Rev E Ray Cameron. Phils Smith of Sidney served as best man and the couple, Forrest Mintken and Ivy Davis, were united in marriage at the church.
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E. Ray Cameron
Phils Smith
Sidney
Forrest Mintkenon
Ivy Davis
Runner
Dalton
Sunday Masses at Shurghe Catholic Church
The Shurghes Catholic Church offers Sunday masses at 7:00 and 9:30 a. m. Sunday evening devotions, rosary, and benediction at 7:30. Weekday masses are at 7:00 a. m. Anton Link is the pastor.
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Anton Link
Weyerts Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Meeting
Weyerts Lutheran Church announces Sunday July 12 with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and English divine worship at 11 a.m. The semi annual congregation meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Pastor B C Wiebke invites members and prospective members to attend and bring friends.
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Congeregation
B. C. Wiebke
Forks of the Road sermon at Bible school hour
Pastor J. H. Bicknell invites all to attend Bible school at 10 oclock and preaching at 11 am with The Forks of the Road. Evang elistic services at night promise a hearty welcome and a homey atmosphere as the church tests attendance over the next two months.
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Bible School
J. H. Bicknell
Trinity Lutheran Church Holy Communion Announcement
Trinity Lutheran Church schedules holy communion Sunday at 11 a.m. with preparatory services. Members urged to attend and those desiring to unite are invited. Church school at 9 45 a.m. and an evening service at 8 p.m. with communion. Pastor W T Kanse D D extends the invitation Come for all things are ready.
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W. T. Kanse
D. D
Schedule change at St Paul’s Lutheran Church
St Pauls Lutheran Church announces Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a m German services at 10 15 a m and English service at 7 30 p m Pastor W F Peters notes the morning service time change for readers and worshippers.
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ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. F. Peters
Episcopal Services Set for 8 A M Morning Prayer
Morning services will be held at 8 a m with a short sermon led by J B Roe rector.
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Episcopal Church
Sunday Worship and Sermon at Local Church
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. The sermon is titled The Law of Co operation. Pastor Paul P Cheff invites all to attend.
No Cheyenne County Prisoners Asking Release From Prison
Bert Bates a penitentiary inmate who wounded himself after he thought he shot his sweetheart's brother seeks commutation of his five year sentence for assault to injure. Bates returned from Idaho to see a girl and after a quarrel with William Kanter, a gun discharged. Bates, believing he had killed Kanter, shot out seven teeth and his left eye. He asks pardon board on July 14. Frank Williams of Omaha seeks parole from a 29 year sentence for shoot to kill linked to a previous incident with John Sexton. Williams was jailed 11 years ago after Sexton was wounded. Sexton later died. William Honer of Lincoln County seeks parole from reform school for grand larceny and offers $300 to counsel if he wins and $200 if he loses. He was sentenced...
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Bates
Idaho
William Kanter
Kunter
Pardon Board
Frank Willams
Omaha
Williams
John L. Sexton
Sexton
William Honer
Lincoln County
State Reformatory
Pardon Board Proceedings Include Paroles and Commutations
The pardon board schedules hearings for penitentiary paroles and reformatory paroles with multiple names listed by county for each category. Commutations are set for several offenders including assault, sodomy, robbery, auto stealing, burglary, and cattle stealing across Hall, Thayer, Douglas, Nemaha, Lancaster, Dawson, Pawnee, Platte, Cherry, and other counties.
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Pardon Board
Charles Smith
Cass
Mary Green
Frall
Robert Bennett
Douglas
Leroy Smith
Roy Jones
Roy Smith
William Arnold
Valley
Ronald McGuilvary
Hall
George Ellis
Thayer
Edward Nice
Alfred Gruenwald
Nemaha
Orville Coon
Dawson
Raymond Bohrke
Adams
Marvin Dennis
Lancaster
Clint Foster
Herbert Morlan
Pawnee
David Cahill
Herbert Hamling
Platte
Henry Mulder
Cherry
Harry Mulder
Floyd Retzlaff
Alliance to Enter Post Tournament In Denver
Gene Packard manager of the Alliance baseball team weighs entering the Post tournament in Denver urged by Denver Post editor to send the best North Platte League talent. Sioux City stockyards defend pennant with last year’s core likely to compete. Red Van Fleet may start for Alliance with Lefty Stone Mitchell and Wahl from Bridgeport eyed.
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Alliance
Tor
Sioux City Stockyards
N’ne
Packard
Red van Fleet
Lefty Stone
Mitchell
Wahl
Bridgeport
Efforts Underway to Schedule Night Game With Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs, regarded as the top colored team in the middle west, may play a night game. They travel in four large trucks with a lighting system to illuminate the field. A white canvas surrounds the field for proper reflection. Manager Packard may also arrange a game with the House of David. Grover Alexander is pitching for the whiskered team this season.
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Kansas City Monarchs
Middle West
Packard
House of David
Grover Alexander
May weather in Nebraska cooler and drier than normal
The May US weather report shows Nebraska cooler than normal with average temperature 57.5 degrees, 1.6 degrees below normal, and a 2.23 inch precipitation total 63 percent of normal. Maximums ranged 88 to 102 and minimums 12 to 35, with the coldest May low at Gordon and Culbertson recording the hottest May day.
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Nebraska
May
Weather Bureau
Gordon
Culbertson
Sioux County
Lincoln
Sutherland
She
Damaging Winds Strike Alma Newman Grove and Lincoln
Damaging winds caused damage across Alma and Newman Grove and Lincoln, with effects reported in Clay County. No injuries noted. Weather officials warn of continuing gusts and possible further damage.
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Alma
Newman Grove
Lincoln
Clay County
Dangerous Imitation Parsnips Not Poisonous
Water hemlock is often mistaken for parsnips by cattle and even people. Consuming water hemlock commonly causes serious stomach disorders and can be dangerous or fatal.
Sma Beblay Considers Complex Origins At Breakfast
At breakfast Sma Beblay muses on a riddle about an org hatching into no chicken and a chicken laying an eye, reflecting on how the wont y complicated Flo used it. The remark hints at doubt and mental strain from repeated missteps.
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Sma Beblay
Flo
Exaggeration and truth in religion and arts
A reflective remark noting that religion and arts magnify reality, while asserting that the only real thing is the truth we deny. The quote places literature, love, politics, and history alongside religion as constructs, with truth remaining elusive.
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E. W W. Llowe
Kitchens in tin can era demand space for family use
In the San Francisco Chronicle, a note on home life claims kitchens are essential even in the tin can age, stressing that parents need seating and a place to supervise daughters, reflecting domestic priorities of the period.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Watch and chain purchase tale from Louisville block
A young lady in our block sought a watch and chain for a young man. She visited a watch store first and then asked directions to a chain store.
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Louisville Times
Burying the Hatchet Won’t Help Unless You Stand Ready
Port Wayne News Sentinel reports that reconciliation efforts are unlikely to succeed without practical action. Analysts warn that apologies must be paired with concrete steps, or the conflict will persist. Local officials urge balanced mediation and sustained engagement to avert further fallout.
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Port Wayne
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