Western Nebraska potato tour outlined for August dates
The Nebraska Agricultural College and partners announce a four day potato tour across western Nebraska visiting certified fields and experimental plots in Kimball Scotts Bluff Box Butte and Dawes counties starting August 15. State and federal potato experts will join, promoting seed potatoes and regional cultivation practices. A separate note discusses duck farming prospects, recommending Ro uen ducks for farm conditions and outlining timing for market readiness.
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Nebraska Agricultural College
Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
Nebraska
Kimball County
Scotts Bluff County
Box Butte
Dawes County
Soctss Bluff Counnty
Certified Seed List for Nebraska Growers Association
The Nebraska Crop Growers Association announces the certified seed list after inspections in forty counties. It covers Rosen rye and Nebraska No. 60 and No. wheat, Nebraska 21 oats, Minnesota 184 barley, and other certified seeds. Buy certified seed to ensure trueness to name, purity, and weed standards. Write the Agricultural College in Lincoln for copies.
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Nebraska Crop Growers Association
Nebraska
Minnesota
The
Agri Cultural Coler@y
Lincoln
Ducks on the Farm: Duck Breeding Interest Rising in Nebraska
Inquiries to the Nebraska Agricultural College show farmers increasing interest in duck breeding. Farmers say the common farm duck lacks desirable traits, while commercial ducks are not fully satisfactory for general farm use.
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Nebraska Agricultural Collge
Better Farm Leases From Agricultural College
The Agricultural College has issued two farm lease outlines to help with modern needs. Circular 803 Stock Share Farm Lease proposes fair returns for landowners and tenants at market levels. Circular 804 Stock-Share Lease covers duties when owners participate in farming or tenants lack capital or experience. Obtainable by writing to the Agricultural College, Lincoln Nebraska.
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the Agricultural College
The
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Nebraska
Beef in cold storage down from last year and five year average
Stocks of beef in cold storage on June 1, 1922 were just over half the amount in storage a year earlier and only slightly more than one third of the five year average, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tanlice praised by customers at Bas Sett’s Pharmacy
Customers say Tanlice is a blessing to them and advise others to try it at Bas Sett’s Pharmacy.
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Bassett's
Was There A Will From Judge Kinkaid In Nebraska?
Congressman Moses P. Kinkaid of the Sixth Nebraska District left an estate valued between 150000 and 250000 dollars with bonds securities and land across the United States. Whether he left a will is uncertain but a pencil sketch of one was found and he had dictated but destroyed others. He may have left a bequest to O Neill Presbyterian church and the O Neill Odd Fellows. He was born in 1850 as a twin. his twin sister Mrs States of Kansas had died.
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Moses P. Kinkaid
Nebraska
United States
Judge Kinkaid
Washington
J. Weeks of
O'Neill
Nebraska Woman Dies After Robbery and Poison Link
Mrs. George Lutz of Toursville Nebraska died Thursday at Clarkson hospital Omaha after a Monday attack by a man who looted $700 and forced a poison down her throat. Authorities pursue a suspect described as about 35 years old. Lutz fought him for an hour before being overcome. The husband found her unconscious and a general alarm was sounded. Police suspect a connection to Omaha and note possible ammonia or carbolic acid traces.
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George Lutz
Toursville
Nebraska
Clarkson
Omaha
State Journal
Ain't We Got Fun Legs in Warsaw Bulletin
A fragment from the Warsaw Bulletin describes a satirical poem about legs with varied types and styles. The lines lyrically parade different leg forms from straight to knock kneed and silk covered, noting how they display and flirt with the breeze.
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Warsaw’ Bulletin
Youngest Son of C. L. Martin Killed by Live Wire
Live- wire work on the Broken Bow Mercia transmission line claimed the life of 23 year old Day Martin of Broken Bow. He touched a guy wire and was knocked down. While attempting to rise he grabbed a clothes line crossed with the live wire and received a full 3200 volts. His parents, en route to California, have not yet been located. Martin was born and raised in Broken Bow and educated there including attendance at the State University.
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Martin
Broken Bow
California
State
May Be Insanity Dodge Inmate Uses Catch Fish Motif
The diminutive chainer Fred Brown sits mute in his Omaha jail cell and repeats only catch fish. County Attorney Shotwell hints at death penalty or life imprisonment to jar him, while Dr Julius Johnson reports Brown refuses medicine and remains mostly silent though physically improving.
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Fred Brown
Chainer
Shotwell
Brown
Julius Johnson
Omaha
Lincoln
State Journal
Train Crash Kills Glen Knapp in Fremont
A Northwestern train collision at M street crossing in Fremont killed 10 year old Glen Knapp instantly. His 16 year old brother William and father Silas, 55, were hospitalized in critical condition after the Ford coupe they rode in was struck as the westbound train No 28 arrived. Eyewitnesses say Glen rode on the car’s rear when the crash occurred as he had been caddying at the Country Club.
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Glen Knapp
Wiliam
Silas Knapp
Fremont
Northwestern
M Street
Knapp
Union Pacific
Glen
State Journal
How Goes the Coal Strike
A reader summarizes Director George Otis Smith of the U S Geological Survey on coal use and idle miners. He argues six tons of annual per person consumption, with only one ton heated by households and the rest by power plants coke gas and rail locomotives. He contends idle mines burden the public and urges universal full-time work to lower costs and improve supply while criticizing leadership and efficiency in the coal industry.
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George Otis Smith
U. S. Geological Survey
Smith
National City Bank
Veteran Charles Ogle Tears Cast For Legion Thanks
World War veteran Charles Ogle, long in a plaster cast in an Omaha hospital, first actions after cast removal were to dictate a letter to the American Legion Auxiliary thanking them for their kind treatment of its members during confinement.
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Charles Ogle
Omaha
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion plans rolling hotel for New Orleans convention
A 14 000 guest capacity rolling hotel of 465 pullman cars will be operated by four railroads during the American Legion national convention in New Orleans October 16 to 21. Cars will serve as hotel rooms with electric lights and showers in four large rail yards, offering about two dollars a day including pullman charges. Nebraska posts report strong membership gains as the drive nears the 20,000 mark. The national essay contest offers 1500 in cash prizes for youths 12 to 18, with a 500 word limit and October 6 deadline. Details cover eligibility, prize structure, and state/national progression to determine winners. Information on government homesteads in Wyoming is provided free by veteran J W Dillrance.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Legion National Headquarters
Legionnaire
Legion
Nebraska American Legion
South Omaha
Fremont
Lincoln
The
United States
State Department
Americanism
National Americanism
Indianapolis
Wyoming
J. W. Dillrance
Gillette
Tanluc Endorsements Hint Medicine’s Merit
A persuasive endorsement from a class of people is offered as a convincing guarantee of Tanluc's value. The ad invites readers to try the medicine, asserting trust in favorable opinions to prove its merit. The message concludes with the local source BASSETT'S PHARMACY.
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Bassett's Pharmacy
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Western Potato Tour
the American Bank
Sidney
NEBR
Taylor
McNish
J. L. McCarthy
Frank G. Schroeder
Ase
T. Cash
Better Farm Leases
Kinkaid
LiveWire
Train
American Legion News
Department OF Nebraska
Wiliam Ritchie
Ritchie
St. Paul
Goodyear West
Hink’s
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