Boy Scouts Mark Lincoln Highway On Long Caravan Trip
The Boy Scout caravan traveling in covered wagons from New York to San Francisco will mark the Lincoln Highway as a summer safety project. Four Scouts with two leaders will trek the route, presenting highway safety and first aid demonstrations, while local troops set concrete markers bearing Lincoln heads and directional arrows along the 3,000 mile highway.
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Boy Scout Caravan
Lincoln Highway
New York
San Francisco
Nebraska
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
Lincoln Highway Association
Boy Scouts
Holland Tunnel
Hudson River
Golden Gate Park
National Safety Council
Lincoln
United States
Fingerprint plan to bar crime wave against liquor violators
Washington July 23 Prohibition Commissioner J M Doran announced that all liquor law violators will be classified under Bertillon identification and cross checked with the justice department to flag wanted criminals. The measure, backed by the American Police Chiefs association, aims to drive desperate bootleggers out of business and improve federal enforcement methods.
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Washington
Prohibition
J. M. Doran
Justice Department
Bertillon
Doran
Harry Niles
Portland
Ore
American Police Chiefs Association
Dorari
Rum Trust
Treasury
Civil Service Commission
Old Timer Lets Cut Out of the Bag in Sidney Election
Henry E. Anderson of Ogallala recounts an 1884 Sidney Nebraska election with high handed tactics. He cites stolen Blaine badges used to intimidate voters and a stage coach operator offering drinks and cigars to sway residents to Cleveland. Sidney precinct reportedly carried for Cleveland.
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Sidney
Gituff
Henry E. Anderson
Ogallala
Arbor State
Granada Park
Alambra
Calif
Nebraska
Port Sidney
Bob Obersfelder
James ‘Blaine
Blaine
Cleveland
Camp Clarke
H. T. Clarke
Omaha
Black Hills
Cheyenne County
Wheat fields swell as Agronomy tour travels Nebraska
Visitors on the college of Agriculture Agronomy field trip note a sharp expansion in wheat acreage after leaving Sidney. Farmers prepare harvesting as thousands of bushels are expected, with 5,000 acres held by three brothers north of Kimball. The group tours Dalton Curley tables, Scottsbluff station, and beet sugar country before ending in the Black Hills.
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College of Agriculture
Sidney
Dalton
Qurley
Potter
Kimball
Dalton Table
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Experiment Station
Nebraska
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lincoln Star
Electric Motor Installed At Dalton Elevator
The Dalton Co-operative society installs a 15 horsepower electric motor this week, replacing the gas engine. Four Dalton elevators will operate electrically, continuing a transition from engines to electric power for better efficiency and low rates, as noted by the Dalton Delegate.
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Dalton Co-operative Society
Dalton
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Phoenix Hosiery
Chipman Hosiery
Dr. Scholls
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Children’s
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Derby
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Tomer
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