Letter from Black Nebraska sergeant in Cuba 1899
An undated 1899 letter from 1st Sergeant John W. Botts of Co. H 23 Kans Vol details life in the Army of Occupation in Cuba after the Spanish American War. He describes ships, Santiago de Cuba, hardship, rations, schooling in Spanish, and his bond with the Morton family, hoping publication of the letter and a newspaper photo.
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John W. Botts Black
J Sterling Morton
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln
John W. Botts
Cuba
Botts
Nebraska
Kansas
23Rd
Kansas Colored Infantry
James Beck
Manhattan
Beck
Morton
Sergeant Botts
Nebraska City
Mr. Morton
Mr Morton
New York
Santiago Bay
Morro
Santiago
U.S
Carl Morton
Sergt
DeCuba
San Luis
P.S
NET Covers Final Week of Watergate Hearings
The final week of the first phase of the Watergate investigation dominates NET coverage. NET broadcasts the hearings at 7 p.m. Tuesday to Friday with Monday delayed to 8 p.m. for Backyard Farmer. Ella Fitzgerald appears with the Boston Pops on Evening at Pops.
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NET
U.S. Senate Select Committee
Public Broadcasting Service
Nebraska
Ella Fitzgerald
Meals on Wheels volunteers schedule and TV program listings
Meals on Wheels volunteers for this week are listed by day from Tuesday July 31 to Thursday August 2 with names for each route. The schedule also covers cultural programs and a children’s summer schedule including Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Zoom along with films about Gertrude Stein, and a feature on energy titled Power to the People with related environmental programming. The Oman capital Muscat is noted with a July 29 7 p.m. timestamp.
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Meals On Wheels
Lee Ellen Matzke
Diane Merritt
Anita Peterson
Martha Walker
Erla Mae Thompson
Gene Schoenholtz
Carlene Pultz
Pat Couch
B. T. Miller
Fay Walsh
Lee Gregg
Lemoyne Steffens
Ella Mangels
Jean DeArment
Aileen Nelson
Janet Welch
Elaine Osterday
Miss Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Gertrude Stein
Playhouse
New York
Miss Stein
Paris
Jacques Lipchitz
Virgil Thomson
Couturier
Pierre Balmain
Bennett Cerf
The
Electric Company
Sesame
Porpoise transmitter ban under Marine Animals Protection Act
Washington reports that placing radio transmitters on porpoises is illegal under the Marine Animals Protection Act as a measure to safeguard marine life. Tuna fishermen are cited as seeking to locate porpoises to find tuna, prompting the regulation enforcement by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Washington
Marine Animals Protection Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers
A readable list of crossword clues and their numbered entries spanning miscellaneous words from hints like Leather flask to Harvest goddess and a separate answer set including Polish river and Thailand. The compilation combines across and down style prompts with many proper nouns and terms.
Farewell Letter From Kathy England to Sidney Community
Kathy England thanks the Sey community for seven years of friendship and support as she moves to Littleton Colorado after her father Marshall England’s transfer with Marathon Oil Co. The editor notes the family relocation and fond memories of Sidney.
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Sidney
Kathy England
Miss England
Littleton
Colo
Marshall
Marathon Oil Co
Center Activities At County Fair Parade And Card Games
The Center plans a booth at the County Fair and a float in the parade after a Tuesday board meeting. A Tuesday card party hosted by John Brotherson and Mrs Laura Buchanan ran 13 tables with several supervisors. Winners included Pitch Martha Happel Albin Olson and Dean Hecker. Pinochle winners were Frank Kokes Gertrude Higgins and Glenn Weller. Donations from multiple locals supported events as Harlan's Bakery provided a July birthday cake and Brown's Orchestra will play for Friday’s monthly dance.
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Hecker
Hume
John Brotherson
Laura Buchanan
Anna Stegner
Mary Kurz
Martha Happel
Albin Olson
Dean Hecker
Frank Kokes
Gertrude Higgins
Glenn Weller
Emma Kuehler
Battle Creek
Gerda Abbott
Longmont
Cole
Betty Baade
Cheyenne
Wye
Center Express
Liljegren
Lilly Dean
Mable Hanson
Betty Crocker
Carrie Smith
Ed Nelson
Norman Swanson
Carl Christ
Amanda Folkerts
Harlan’s Bakery
Brown's
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Nebraska Etv
Sultanate of Oman
Muscat
Chicago
Stein Statesman
Cleopatra's
Hopes
Anaconda
Bath
Signal
Gaunt
Knack
Sickly
Might
Firm
Transport
Luxury
Daddy
AP Newslecturns
Commercials
Pal
Persia
Thailand
Verve
Sey
Center
Tyre
Jerusalem
Solomon
Kallhoff
Terry Beutler
Diesel Shop
First State Bank
Lodgepole, Nebraska
Fienne
Bank Americard
Goodyear Service
Goodfyears&s
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