Fortieth anniversary of railroad arrival marked in West Counties
Former Alliance residents will gather June 20 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the railroad coming to northwestern Nebraska. A Western Nebraska rodeo by the American Legion will be held. A parade will feature the Deadwood stagecoach and an early Alliance locomotive.
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West Counties
Alliance
Nebraska
American Legion
Court House
Hemingford
Box Butte County
Burlington
Ira E. ‘Tash
Box Butte
Deadwood
Four H Clubs of Nebraska Tour Capitol City
Nebraska 4 H boys and girls visited the College of Agriculture for All Ag College Day. They toured teaching and research departments, attended an ag college banquet, and heard talks by faculty and county agents. Western delegates joined Lincoln and Omaha events plus visits to Antelope Park,It en Biscuit, and Bell Telephone, with a closing banquet at the chamber of commerce.
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Nebraska 4-H
College of Agriculture
R. E. Holland
Agricultural Extension Service
Ag College
W. H. Browak
Lincoln Rotarians
Antelope Park
George Kirk
Walter Kirkride
Mr. Hartley
Chicago
Aden M. Jones
Sidney
Omaha
Omaha Exchange
Iten Biscuit Company
Bell Telephone Office
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Louis Miller
Aden Jones
Margaret Boyes
Doris Withers
Lodge Pole
Murray Browner
Mary Etta Rutter
Kimball
Margaret Burnham
Bayard
Edna Hinman
Broadwater
Freda Todd
Bridgeport
Bayard Publisher Ends Crank Telephony Skepticism
The Bayard Transcript notes progress toward a modern telephone system, praising its adoption by towns, improved single-line conversations, and the switchboard light signaling faster, more reliable service with potential cost effects. The piece emphasizes that towns would abandon crank methods if the new system proved superior.
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Bayard Transcript
Nebraska Track Coach Sees Big Six Title Shot This Fall
Lincoln May 31 Henry F Schulte Nebraska track coach predicts a strong season for 1929 with only five 1928 grads leaving. New freshmen and retained stars join Bailey True Wickwire Mays Pixley and others to challenge for the Big Six track and field crown as Johnson Chadderdon and Snyder depart from distance and sprint events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Henry F. Schulte
University of Nebraska
Cornhusker
Perry Wyatt
Davenport
Snyder
Johnson
Chadderdon
Wyatt
Nebraska
Hastings College
Little North Platte
Bailey
True
Wickwire
Mays
Pixley
Tomson
Grissold
Becker
Lodge Pole Moves to Punish Fast Drivers
Lodge Pole authorities announce a crackdown on speeders with arrests and fines. First offense fines range from one to ten dollars, second offenses from one to fifty dollars. Some arrests are reported under the new cross town police order.
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Lodge Pole
Tax cut ends war excise tax on automobiles
Congress adjourned after passing a tax reduction bill that repealed the war excise tax on automobiles. The new law took effect the morning of May 29 and manufacturers advised dealers by wire to remove the excise charge on all cars starting Tuesday morning May 29.
Talented Young Musician Dies After Brief Illness
Miss Helen Elma Jones 19, a violinist and OSC sophomore, died at home after several weeks illness. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Jones of Corvallis Wash, she was active in Euterpe and OSC orchestra. Funeral services Tuesday at Keeney funeral home with college musicians as pallbearers.
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Helen Elma Jones
Harry Jones
Corvallis
Wash
W. W. Jordan
Sidney
Oregon State College
Harry B. Jones
North 10Th Street
Keeney Funeral
William Hints
First Methodist Church
Crystal Lake Cemetery
Miss Jones
Boise
Ida
Marguerite MacManus
Euterpe
Little
Roosevelt School
Alpha Delta Pi Social Fraternity
Martha Josephine Jones
Baynard Sager
Karel Shultis
Vera Shattuck
Norton Peck
Cassius Beardsley
Daniel Bryant
Pearl Dodele
Tlah Traver
Vera Marsh
Clara Harbeck
Junia Crouter
Florence Trapp
Associates In Music
Scottsbluff Girl Injured In Wreck Near Ault Colo
Miss May Hilland of Scottsbluff, 22, is near death after a car she rode in overturned twice north of Ault Colorado. Walter Wheat, 24, driver, survived with severe head cuts and bruises. They were en route to Fort Collins to visit relatives when speeding is suspected. The car was demolished and Miss Hilland was hospitalized with internal injuries.
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May Hilland
Scottsbluff
Ault
Colo
Walter Wheat
Fort Collins
H. L. Johnson
Miss Hilland
Fort Collins Hospital
Kimball Man Granted Commutation After Murder Conviction
E L Griffith former Kimball insurance agent has been granted a commutation of his ten year prison sentence for second degree murder in the killing of Jerry Mandrell a Kimball meat market proprietor on February 2 1925 The case prompted a sensational trial in Kimball County and exposed a turbulent social affair witnessed by Mrs Griffith during the crime The pardon board reversed a prior refusal finding the sentence should not be served in full
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E. L. Griffith
Kimball Insurance
State
Jerry Mandrell
Mandrell
Kimball
State Board of Pardons
Griffith
Kimball County
Royal Neighbors Meet at Potter June 5
The Royal Neighbors Tri County convention gathers in Potter on Tuesday June 5 at the school house. Session opens 1:00 p m with Rev C O Troy giving the welcome and Lodge Pole camp replying. Public opening exercises, banquet at 5:00 p m in the church basement. Rose Owens state deputy from Omaha will attend.
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Royal Neighbors
Potter
C. O. Troy
Harry Wells
Rose Owens
Omaha
School Girl Bitten by Rattler Near Kimball
Norma Greer nine year old daughter of Jesse Greer who lives twenty miles southwest of Kimball was bitten by a rattlesnake while en route to school on Friday. She tied stockings around her leg above and below the bite and ran to a neighbor who took her to a doctor eighteen miles away. She returned home Sunday and is expected to fully recover. Telegraph Want Ads Bring Results.
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Norma Greer
Jesse Greer
Kimball
Wesleyan Ivy Day Observed with Class Gift Ceremony
Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln marked Ivy Day with the presentation of a 500 dollar class gift to Chancellor I. B. Schreckengast after the ivy chain drill led by junior and senior delegates. Notable participant Miss Bernice Foster of Sidney joined the procession.
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I. B. Schreckengast
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln
Bernice Foster
Sidney
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Four-H Clubs
Capitol City
Oregon School
Ault, Colo
St. Louis
Buster Brown
Kiddos
Atmar
U. S. A. Theatre
U.S. A
Butcher
Telegraph
U.S.A. Theatre
French Foreign Legion
Mace Sennett
William Fox
Vicior Msiagien
Wesleyan
Dr. Miblacke
Bassett Drug Store
Buick
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Hahler
Buigk
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