Optimism Rises for Cheyenne County Wheat Prospects
After a rough spell with wind and low prices, rains have improved grain prospects. Wheat prices on the Chicago market climbed above 1.10 per bushel, boosting expected profits and signaling farm relief. Stable grain values and a solid foundation for future farming emerge as land values may rise toward 100 dollars per acre for Cheyenne equity wheat land.
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Congress
Cheyenne County
Chicago
North American
South America
Australia
Good roads attract touring tourists and revenue for Nebraska
The article argues that vacation travel and automobile touring have become a major industry, with Nebraska benefiting from tourist spending. It notes high daily travel, typical expenditures for gas, tires, repairs, food, and lodging, and the importance of quality highways funded largely by gasoline taxes. It concludes that good roads pay for themselves by drawing tourists who spend and invest in the state.
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Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Tomorrow's Roads of the United States
The author envisions sweeping highway progress over the next quarter century. He predicts dirt roads vanish, graveled surfaces spread, and culverts and bridges modernized. Trans continental routes will run parallel with multiple lanes for heavy, slow, and fast traffic in one direction.
Nebraska crops forecast show record yields in Nebraska
A department of agriculture report from Washington projects Nebraska yields of major crops with corn at 233,999,000 bushels and winter wheat at 55,133,000. The state ranks high in oats and potatoes while corn remains third nationally behind Iowa and Illinois. The piece also discusses social issues and parole reform.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Nebraska
Tloves
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Indiana
Iinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Midtown skyline leap as Chanins buy Broadway block
Building Brothers Irwin S. and Henry I Chanin purchase a four-street block bounded by Broadway Central Park West 62nd and 63rd for 12 million dollars to erect a 65 story office complex. The Century Theatre opened in 1909 but later yielded to commerce and Morris Gest produced Aphrodite and The Miracle there. The Chanin plan includes fifty five or more stories and a 50 million dollar building cost. The Chanin building already features 56 sunlit stores and a forthcoming 45 story apartment hotel at Majestic Hotel site. Industry figures show the Crane Tower Chicago 75 stories Chrysler 63 Woolworth 58 Chanin 56 Terminal Tower 52 and Lincoln Building New York 52 as the tallest in the nation.
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Manhattan
Daly's
The
Century
Irwin S
Henry I Chanin
Broadway
Central Park West
62Nd Street
63Rd Street
Morris Gest
Chanin Brothers
Chanin
Sunlight
Majestic
Tist and
72Nd Streets
American Institute of Steel Construction
United States
Crane Tower
Chicago
Chrysler Building
New York
Woolworth Building
Chanin Building
Terminal Tower
Cleveland
Lincoln Building
Prohibition Does Not Increase Crime, Says W T Fenton
Warden W T Fenton on Wednesday released figures showing only three of 725 Nebraska penitentiary inmates are jailed for liquor law violations. He stated Prohibition plays little if any part in crime increases, but noted that disrespect remains an issue.
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Moth
Saneis
Torten
Weaman
Kmen
Towcester
Nebraska
Fenton
Nebraska's Penitentiary
W. T. Fenton
Paxton irrigation ditch completed after two-year dream
A farmers group completed the Paxton irrigation ditch extending 24 miles from east of Oaralla to west of Sutherland, carrying water to about 5000 acres in the South Platte valley. The project cost about $22 per acre with bonds of $36000, engineers and local officers named, and construction by Omaha firms.
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South Platte Valley
Paxton
Orallala
Sutherland
G G Hartman
A. W. Linr
Fred Thaikin
H. E. Woodery
H L. Kildare
Sam Anderson
Union Pacific
Humphries- Thompson Company
Omaha
Humphries-Morris Company
B. F. Linn
Merk Burke
Bridgeport
Harry H. Mole
Francis Wimberly
Kearney
Altar Society Bake Sale At Zwickl's Grocery
The Altar society will hold a bake sale beginning at 2 o clock on Saturday afternoon July 20 at Zwickl's grocery. Committee members include Mrs Worden Mrs Fahy Mrs Pete Beyer and Mrs Frank Rezanina.
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Altar Society
Zwickl
Worden
Fahy
Pete Beyer
Frank Rezanina
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Curtis
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Oklahoma
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Fenske Bros
Lund, Nebraska
EBS Osborne
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