Nebr towns report contracts and projects for 1923 24
Budget notes show Brainard and Osceola planning expenses around 87 275 and 21 882.10 respectively. Beatrice and Scribner award pump and paving contracts while Wayne buys a new power plant engine. Plattsmouth cuts city admin costs. hospital pledges near 168 000. Bridgeport Masons begin lodge building with about 20 000 already pledged.
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Brainard
Beatrice
Dempster Company
Birmingham
Alabama
Scribner
Dist. Oo
A .S. Reed Construction Company
Omaha
Osceola
City Council of
Nebraska City
St. Agnes Academy
Alliance
Chadron
Papillion
City of
Wayne
City of Wayne
Plattsmouth
West Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Scottsbluff
Masons of
Bridgeport
Gere Wo Swans of Wahoo Plans Garage and Tourist Camp
Gere Wo Swans of Wahoo plans a garage building on a yet undetermined site as a committee in McCook seeks a permanent tourist camping ground. The council approves 1000 to buy camping equipment and the group has leased a grain block on the DLD Highway for a central building and facilities. The building contract is let and camping grounds should be ready within weeks.
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Gere Wo Swans
Wahoo
McCook
Stoo
Whitney Emigration to Prosperity Marks Whitney Comeback
Whitney Nebraska has revived after a period of emigration and hardship. After a boom in 1887 to 1889, drought and the 1893 panic triggered mortgage losses and population decline. Now a thriving town with a community club of 200, a newspaper, stores, a lumber yard, a grain elevator, and growing enterprises signals a renewed prominence.
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Dreath
Whitney
George FB. Eckles
Chandron
Silas Holcomb
Eckles
Holcomb
James von Harris
Architecture of New Capitol Takes Form with Arches
Workmen on the new capitol have raised inner walls to the second story and are installing frames for ornamental arches over large inner court windows. Special cut stones are laid, promising several arches soon. The ornate casements contrast with the old building’s plain windows, drawing admiration from state house office workers.
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Capitol
State House
Capitol Edifice Floor Completion Advances North Side
Weasiva comnices observe completion of the reinforced cement floor for the building's second story on the north side, the portion where work has progressed most.
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Weasiva Comnices
Blackleg Disease Appears In Buffalo County Cattle
A Blackleg outbreak has struck Buffalo county cattle herds after heavy rains. Reports from the farm bureau say many cattle have died and the disease is now widespread. A vaccination campaign is being introduced to curb further spread.
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Kearney
Buffalo County
Farm Bureau
Radio Saves Farmers Cash With Low Cost Set
FE Dawley a Kansas Agricultural College professor estimates about ten percent of Kansas farmers are equipped with radios. A Salina area farmer reported a $400 saving after using a broadcast market report from Kansas City Wichita or Hutchinson stations. The regenerative receiver set, built from manufactured parts, costs about $37 to assemble.
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Kansas
FE. R. Dawley
Kansas Agricultural College
Salina
Kansas City
Wichita
Hutchinson
Granam Again Heads Stockmen as Alliance Meeting Praised
The Nebraska Stockgrowers Association convention at Alliance was called the most interesting and successful in its history by active members. Increased membership and strong turnout pleased attendees. The next convention moves to North Platte in June 1924, with the board and executive committee re-elected for the coming year.
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Alliance
Tion
Nebraska
North Platte
Alliance Farmer cooks potatoes to feed his hogs
Frank Nagle Schneider, a prosperous Box Butte farmer living west of Wemingford, hauls his potatoes into the hog lot. He covers them with straw and burns it to cook the potatoes, a method he claims feeds the hogs efficiently.
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Alliance
Frank Nagleschneider
Box Butte
Wemingford
Potatoes Waste on Millie Pascels Feeds County Farm Test
County agent Grace flutt tests a new method to reduce potato waste on Bey Batre farms. The results show the approach feasible and effective, suggesting yearly losses from potatoes may be cut with the new process.
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Bey Batre
Grace Flutt
Antioch Town Faces Obliteration As Works Sold Abroad
The once thriving Antioch plant owners sell to eastern buyers who oversee the dismantling and salvage of remaining buildings and machinery. Once a leading western state town, it declined after the war due to ruined parish industry and several fires. locals struggled unsuccessfully to revive it amid ongoing difficulties.
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Antioch
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Testimony Card
Sidney women learn the cause of suffering. Mrs. Jack Heavrin recounts backache and dizziness from kidney complaints and credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Western Drug Company with rapid relief. Foster-Milburn Co. states price at 60 cents, available at dealers.
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Dean
Jack Heavrin
Western Drug Company
Doan
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Nebraska State Historical Society
New Capitol
Granam
America
Firestone
Firestone Cords
Indianapolis
Slayter Auto Company
Sidney
Indaustraes
M Wright
Hyatt
First Avenue East
Kratz Abstract Company
Ulaving
Francis J. Herbert
Cheyenne County
V . Sidney
Cjee
Korebeekly
Plas
The
McDonald Motor
Sidney, Nebraska
American Ran
Ters State Bank
Citizens State Bank
Dalton
Potter
Nebr
FORD
Fordson
the McDonald Motor Sales Co
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