Market Quotations From U S Government Report June 18
Washington reports the weekly market page with closing prices for dairy butter in New York Chicago and Philadelphia and wholesale prices on Wisconsin cheese. It lists fruit and vegetable prices including cantaloupes peaches watermelons and Irish potatoes, plus hay grain and live stock values from Chicago Minneapolis and St Louis markets.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Imperial Valley
F. O B
Georgia
Macon
Carmona
South Carolina
North Carolina
Northern
Florida
Tom Watson
F. E
Omaha
Minneapolia
Minneapolis
Louis
Kansas City
St. Louisa
St. Louis
St Louia
Kansane City
17 Year Old Girl Found Guilty of Manslaughter
In New York a jury found seventeen year old Dorothy Perkins guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for shooting her sweetheart Thomas Templeton. Described by her counsel as a product of tenements and the daughter of a drunkard, she fainted when the verdict was read.
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy
Thomas Templeton
National Dairy Exposition Students Judge at Indianapolis
The 1925 National Dairy exposition in Indianapolis will feature dairy product judging by college students and student teams. Gold cups and medals will be awarded to the teams with the top scores across all dairy products.
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Indianapolis
Parley on Arms Traffic Ends as U S Signs Pacts
Geneva conference ends with 18 nations signing the arms traffic convention and 27 subscribing to the protocol outlawing bacteria and poison gas in war. The American delegation attached its signature to both documents.
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U. S
Geneva
Prenter Selected to Head Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
William B. Prenty of Cleveland is chosen by the advisory board to succeed Warren S. Stone as president of all Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers activities.
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W. B. Prenter
Stone Cleveland
William B. Prenty
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood
Republican Nominee Whitney Wins Newark Governor Nomination
G O P dry candidate Arthur Whitney of Morris County secured the Republican nomination for governor on an anti saloon league and anti boss platform. The Newark based state senator was labeled as a new anti boss reformer in the campaign.
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G. O. P. Dry
Newark
N. J
Arthor Whitney
Morris County
Antisaloon League
Road Goes Through The Cuyama Valley A Modern Highway
Federal engineers overcame the Cuyama river’s floods by carving a mountain side road in southern California. Dynamite and blasting created the right of way as air compressors powered steel jaws for shovels. Modern concrete bridges span dry gulches, proving the road to be open year round.
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Bureau of Public Works
Cuyama Valley
California
Cuyama Road
United States Department of Agriculture Education
Cuyama
Cuyama River
Advertised Cultures for Nonlegumes Destined for Mock Nitrogen Fixation
United States Department of Agriculture warns against buying cultures advertised to fix nitrogen for non legume crops such as corn cotton and tobacco. It states these preparations are worthless and offer no nitrogen fixing benefit whereas inoculation of legumes with nitrogen fixing bacteria is beneficial. The agency notes many so called cultures contain fertilizer-like substances that boost growth but not nitrogen fixation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Investor Confidence in Oil Lease near Gordon
Former Mitchell resident Mr. Warren, now in the country near Gordon, has returned this spring and is actively securing leases on prospective oil lands. He says that oil will be found in paying quantities at a reasonable depth, a venture watched with interest by locals who have long urged drilling a test well.
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Warren
Mitchell
Gordon
Scottsbluff Star Herald
Oregon Trail Day parade plans announced for Gering
The Oregon Trail Day celebration on July 17 in Gering will feature a four division parade with historical art industrial and comic groups. The parade is a valley affair inviting participation from other towns and businesses with more than a dozen prizes for individuals and institutions.
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Gering
Nebraska
Wyoming
Shaffer
Parade floats and divisions announced for valley event
The art division will feature cars or floats decorated to fit the octension with free rein for individuals. An Industrial division will promote local business and institutions. A comic section opens to all, excluding Fatty Arbuckle. Tom Cronin was chosen marshal and will ride a gentle horse with two handlers at the parade.
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Fatty Arbuckle
Sheffer
Tom Cronin
Gering
Mid-West
Hemingford Men Propose New Flour Mill Project
Hemingford business leaders discuss reviving local milling with a plan for an up-to-date mill. A committee including G. W. Parkins J. M. Littens and George E. Schneider will study successful mills to judge capacity equipment and building needs. Local grain prospects and prairie settlement boost expected demand.
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Hemingford
G. W. Parkins
Hemingford Bakery
J. M. Litterns
Farmers Union Co-Operative Store
George E. Schneider
Farmers State Bank
Box Butte
Alliance Times-Herald
START TEST OIL WELL NORTH OF MITCHELL
Oil drilling in the North Platte valley moves forward with a new test well on the Schemp farm nine miles north of Mitchell. The crew, equipped to 1500 feet, aims to assess oil prospects in the area. Leases are held by W. A. Warren and P. D. Stilley, with Stilley active in the region for about two years.
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North Platte Valley
Schemp
Mitchell
W. A. Warren
P. D. Stilley
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University of Washington
Seattle
Kahn Foundation
McKenzie
Canada
Orient
Pacific
Albert Kahn
Paris
R. EF. Sheffer
R. E. L. Jackson
Nolan’s Tire Service Station
General and Miller
Frank Nolan
A. R. Lesueur
Sidney
Nebr
Cio
Ford
Red Crown
Standard Oil Company OF
Lincoln Hastings
North Platts
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