Bryan Submits New Code Plan for State Government
Governor Bryan sent to the legislature a package of forty four bills aimed at replacing the code bill with new methods aimed at improving efficiency and cutting costs. He warned taxpayers will bear responsibility if the plan is adopted or rejected by lawmakers. The plan projects cutting about 150 state payroll positions and asks for 21 million dollars to run government for two years, promising a 9 million savings over the prior period.
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Lincoln
Bryan
House
Senate
Will Have 62 Years for Payment Debt Deal
Washington reports the agreement between the American and British governments to grant Britain 62 years to repay its 4.6 billion dollar war debt to the United States. The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously instructed Chairman Fordney to move in the House to accept Senate changes to the debt funding act. A House vote would secure congressional approval, allowing President Harding to sign the bill within days and avoid a conference with the Senate.
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Washington
Great Britain
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pordney
Senate
Harding
Death Breaks Long Companionship in Omaha
Omaha report notes Mrs. Mariah Schmidt aged around 60 dies at the couple’s forty two year residence. Less than six hours later Phillip Schmidt joins her, ending a sixty three year marriage. Over fifty descendants survive them.
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Omaha
Mariah Schmidt
Phillip Schmidt
French Troops Disarm Police at Main Barracks
Dortmund dispatch reports French troops with detectives and gendarmes, escorted by twenty tanks, surrounding the police barracks in Massen and disarming about a thousand officers and men inside.
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London
Dortmund
Mssen
Widow of Silver Dick Bland Dies in Denver
Mrs. Virginia Bland widow of Richard Silver Dick Bland former Missouri congressman and pioneer of the free silver movement died in Denver after a short illness at age 69.
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Silver Dick
Denver
Virginia Bland
Richard
Silver Dick) Bland
Missouri
Free Silver Movement
Amendments Postponed in Lincoln House Vote
The Nebraska lower house, amid heightened tension, voted 72 to 20 to concur with the education committee's recommendation to postpone indefinitely amendments to the current language law.
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Lincoln
Committee On Education
Belgian Miners Strike Grips Brussels Basin
About twenty five thousand Belgian miners of the thirty five thousand employed in the Nons basin have gone on strike over wage demands in Brussels.
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Brussels
Nons
Ambitions in Love and Language in a Small Town
In a sunlit rural mood a young school hopeful, Mabel Turner, debates whether to accept a local French teaching post or pursue city ambitions. Horace, a college friend, confesses love and asks for lessons in French. Through evolving affection and candid talks, Mabel chooses a homegrown life centered on family, while Horace learns to value genuine connection over plans.
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McClure Nawspaper Syndicate
Flesla
Mabel Turner
Horace
Mabs
Harvey
Aimee Dupont
Aimee
Mabel
Quernce
Congress
Ihlornce
Horasee
Toa
State Industrial Notes on Nebraska power and building boom
Nebraska notes report Barneston hydro plant near completion with first power expected early next month. Hanford Produce of ONeill to meter testing for accurate bills. Orchard approves 60000 bond for new high school. About two hundred workers on Fullerton hydro project by Nebraska Gas & Electric. Hastings Democrat notes Johnson Electric Co sale to Southern Nebraska Power. Tekamah paving and street lighting plans under way. West Point American Legion plans hall and club rooms. Beatrice launches major new year building program. West Point to issue contracts for 25 blocks of paving. Norfolk high school emphasizes gas convenience in new building. Nebraska City Electric starts year with group life policy for staff. Geneva Signal touts Kearney as first hydro plant west of Mississippi. Gothenburg eyed electric lighting for business district. Tioldredge orders to double ice plant capacity.
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Barneston
Hanford Produce Company
O'Neill
Orchard
Fullerton
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co
Hastings Democrat
Johnson Electric Company
Clay Center
Southern Nebraska Power Company
Superior
Tekamah
American Legion Post
West Point
Beatrice
Norfolk
Electric Company
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Geneva
Kearney
Mississippi River
Gothenburg
Tioldredge
Fuel Your Mind Like a Steam Engine
In a Union Pacific Magazine piece by Thos. M. Copeland, the author compares human effort to a locomotive’s fire. He urges feeding the mind with clean, powerful thoughts, shedding fears and doubts as clinkers, to steadily grow wiser and stronger and conquer obstacles.
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Thos. M. Copeland
Union Pacific Magazine
Brazilian lifeguards ignore orders as boy drowns
Two life guards at Ipanema beach posted orders that bathers crossing lines did so at their peril. A boy swam past the lines in the afternoon, shouted for help, and drowned after the guards refused to assist or permit others to aid him, citing the rule book.
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Ipanema
Far-Farming Problems In Fox Ranching Across U S and Canada
The Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture reports industry wide efforts to solve fox health issues on captive rearings. It estimates 500 ranchers in the United States raising silver foxes with 12 000 to 15 000 animals and about 8 million dollars invested. Parasites such as hookworms roundworms lungworms flukes tapeworms and coccidia are prevalent and studies seek remedies and administration methods. Research covers wild fox parasite occurrence and pup susceptibility versus adults, plus other health topics affecting fur farms.
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United States
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Bureau
Blue Fox Farmers Organize In Alaska
Alaska’s blue fox industry gains momentum as Cordova Petersburg and Ketchikan meetings attract 40 29 and 18 fox farmers. A Biological Survey representative notes potential for large scale development and coastal island utilization. The survey aids farmers with disease advice and stocking extent, linking islands to coast towns.
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Alaska
Cordova
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Alaskan
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