Bunker Hill Community Notes And Local Visits
Fine weather with rain. farmers cut winter wheat as communities note visits from Ernest Hill family, Theo Porcher, and others. Ranchers travel to Sterling for the John Robinson circus while locals attend dances and harvest preparations. A Sunday ball game, married versus single men, ends 21 to 9 for the single men as brownson elevator directors meet.
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Ernest Hill
Glen Bales
Henry
Carl Schmidt
Sidney
Rumely House
Beyer Bros
W. F. Bayne
Ray Frame
T. C. Spiker
Sterling
Colo
John Robinson Circus
Ray Bayne
Theo
Borcher
Father
Andrew Nelson
Paul Meyer
Wayne
Nebr
Wn. Meyer
Wm. Sachs
Wm. Salhs
Moments With Mark Twain Excerpt On Editing Agriculture
Albert Bigelow Paine recounts a humorous scene from his early editorial work as he edits for an agricultural paper. A stern veteran reader confronts him over a quip about turningips on trees, insisting the line proves the editor’s ignorance and storming out in a fit.
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark Twain
Forest Figures and Forest Loss in the United States
In the United States annual lumber output triples natural growth, threatening forest disappearance within a generation. Westward shift in lumber districts now reaches Washington and nears the Pacific coast. About 30 billion cubic feet of wood are cut yearly, valued near two billion dollars, with railroad ties the major drain. Despite coal heating, 90 million cords of wood burn each year. More than 200 million acres sit in national forest land across the U.S., Alaska, and Puerto Rico, with over five million dollars yearly spent to protect and cultivate them.
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United States
Washington
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Porto Rico
Prohibition Party at Lincoln to Nominate Presidents
William J. Bryan and Billy Sunday lead the Prohibition ticket as W G Calderwood arrives to organize the national convention set for July 21 to 23 in Lincoln Nebraska. A woman is likely to be nominated for vice president with Mary Harris Armour of Georgia and Marie C Brehm of California as top prospects. The convention will include about 2 000 delegates.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
W. A
Billy
Prohibition
W. G. Calderwood
Minneapolis
Prohition National Commuitete
National Party
Mary Harris Armour
Georgia
Marie C. Brehm
California
Maple Grove Community Notes Highlight Local Visits
Ray Miles plans to finish road grading for Albert Johnson while Ed Miles visits Sidney to collect mail. Grace Holter and Henry Holter attend Sund Tuesday with family. W J Miles hosts relatives as Ed Miles and Mrs. Miles dine with Mr and Mrs. WJ Miles. Albert Johnson sells engine and plow. Mrs. John Holter shows improvement after blood poisoning from a rusty nail.
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Ray Miles
Albert Johnson
Ed Miles
Henry Holter
Grace Holter
Miles
Nels Johnsons
WJ Miles
Bessie Hornby
Mms
Mons Johnson
W. J. Miles
John Holter
W. T. Sharman
Band of 100 men halt train near Donaghmore
A band of about 100 men stopped a small train near Donaghmore in Belfast in July 192, forcing the crew to line up beside the engine and seizing all official mail and valuables.
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Belfast
Donaghmore
Fragmented Advice Card Sparks Hair Loss Myth
A historical clipping turns quirky and misleading as a supposed remedy warns against marital quarrels to prevent hair loss, advising a provocative, unsafe suggestion. The fragmentary text suggests conflict prompts, but offers no credible medical guidance.
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Bunker Hill
RED Peps Philosophy
del Monte Fruits and
Old Master, Masterpiece & Waldorf Coffee
Royal Garden Teas
Furer Grocery Co
Nebraska
House of Commons
War Graves Commission
France
Houses of Commons
Kinsale
Bryan
Maple Grove
Nash Truck
Sidney Auto Sales Co
Hart-Parr
Colorado
Sears
Anderson Hart-Parr Tractor Company
Sidney, Nebr
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