Farm machinery boosts wheat belt with vast combine shipment
The Cheyenne county hub receives a trainload of new Gleaner Baldwins and other combines for immediate delivery to farmers across western Nebraska. The move reflects growing adoption of power driven harvesters as weather allows and signals rising demand for tractors and serious profits in large scale farming.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne
Chappell
Ogallala
Independence, Mo
Kimball
Julesburg
Neighbors Plow Field In Mutual Aid For Ill Farmer
Drivers along a Potter highway watched more than a dozen tractors plow a single field at George Reetz’s farm. Reetz, ill at home, did not participate as neighbors, to assist him, organized and operated the plows to complete the field work. The scene stood as a remarkable display of community support and teamwork.
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George Reetz
Potter
Telegraph
Reetz
Neighborly act stands out in selfish world
A sick man received aid from neighbors, showing a rare, selfless act in a community praised by George Reetz. He notes pride in living among old-fashioned, kind-hearted neighbors. The piece ends with a reflection on false opportunities as a sign that reads closed indefinitely. A Sidney woman played a trick on her husband by mailing letters she wrote to herself.
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George Reetz
Sidney
Voluntary Farm Committee Aims at Midwestern Influence
In Chicago 50 representatives from 14 corn belt states form a voluntary farm committee to press for farm equality at the Republican convention in Kansas City. They seek a midwestern candidate like Lowden and an agricultural plank, advocating tariff measures and McNary Haugen price fixing. Hoover aides organize Farmers for Hoover to counter the movement.
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Chicago
Corn Belt Committee
Nebraska
Kansas City
Voluntary Farm Committee
Lowden
McNary-maugen
Tobin
Middle West
Boston Herald
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
New England
Treasury
Calvin Coolidge
McNary-Haugen
Mr. Hoover
Prairies
Farmers-for-Hoover
Supreme Court allows wire tapping in criminal cases
The Supreme Court by a 5 to 4 vote holds that the federal government may lawfully tap telephone wires in criminal prosecutions if evidence is obtained legally. The decision upholds a conviction in a prohibition case of large scale liquor importation, despite Fourth Amendment privacy concerns and dissent from four justices. Chief Justice Taft writes for the majority noting evolving technology challenges constitutional privacy.
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Omaha World-Herald
Supreme Court of the United States
Prohibition Enforcement
Taft
Only a Nickel Faces An Age Of Economic Change
The nickel once essential for streetcar fares and many household purchases faces shrinking use as 5 and 10 cent stores reduce offerings and trolley lines raise fares. The dime gains as the nickel's role in daily life and commerce declines, though the coin remains in circulation for now.
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Christian Science Monitor
United States
Henry Ford
Opry House
Divided Allegiance on University Pay Scrutiny
The piece critiques the University of Colorado for paying a research staff member equal salaries from both the utilities organization and the university. It notes similar but less direct cases in other states and warns that such funding compromises educational impartiality and damages the credibility of higher education.
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Bes Moines Register
University of Colorado
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Sone One
Alliance
Via
M. A. Shipman
New York World
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Union Loan & Savings
Lincoln
J. W. Johnson
Western Nebraska Oil Co
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