Spring Canyon Households Recall Wind and Travel
Local notes recount Mr and Mrs Arthur MeKelvey hosting relatives for dinner and a week marked by wind storms and a light snow. Residents like Dan Beebe Hazel Miller and John Nedbush travel to nearby towns. A boxing event is postponed due to sickness and a blizzard delays a sale and Kensington supper. Community telegrams mention school exams and a home-talent play slated for March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur MeKelvey
Woss Brossard
Casper
Wyoming
Dan Beebe
Sidney
Fred Nelson
Lincoln
Harold Butterbaugh
Evalyn
Crook
Eva Beebe
Mitchell and Merrill
Nebraska
Hazel Miller
Denrado
John Nedbush
John Scott
Bert Flilliard
Doris Menigen
Sterling
P. R. Bell
George McCall
Ruth McCall
John Hansen
Sam Polick
Sprecker
Joe Hecker
R. L. Gentry
Kensington
John McKelvey
Gus Sutter
Wedding at Ed Schneulle home ties two families
A pretty wedding was held last Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the home of Ed Schneulle and wife. Miss Alvina Schneulle and Mr. Harvey Bell were united in marriage by Rev. Kilburn. Martha Frerichs was brides maid, Arthur Chapman best man, and a six o'clock dinner followed. The bride, in Canton crepe, and groom, in black, received many gifts. The couple plan to move to Sioux County to farm, with warm best wishes from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Hamer
Peetz
John Jones
Sidney
Clarence Ely
Frank Goodwin
Malvern
Freds Sternberg
Ray Frame
Frank Kinton
Shubert
Sam Donaldson
Harvey Bell
Martha Frerichs
Arthur Chapman
Id Schneulle
Sioux County
Anton Ernest
Near
Dalton
Bake Sale at Greenlees by American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary hosts bake sale and other foods at Greenlees on Saturday March 31 at 2 p.m. Proceeds support veterans and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenlees
American Legion Auxiliary
Local notes cover visits and family health
Lodgepole items report Mrs NE Pettys visiting Nidney with family. Mrs J W McDaniel Jr and Mr COD Moorhead return from Overton. Miss Mary Wilson travels with them. Mrs I F Carter returns from Tarkio Missouri after four weeks. Mrs George Nl Stevens back from North Platte. Ida Ostermier age five operated for appendicitis at grandparents home. serious condition. nurses Elnora Miller from Chappell assisting. Local visits to Sidney and Tarkio. flu and pneumonia present among residents. Legion mask ball at Englert Hotel with prize winners Wright and Bates. refreshments by Altar Society. Sth graders party at schoolhouse. Funeral for Norma Lehmkuhl attended by Julesburg visitors. Seven carloads of cattle shipped to Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NE. Pettys
Nidney
J. W. McDaniel
Cod. Moorhead
Overton
Mary Wilson
I .F. Carter
Tarkio
Missouri
George Nl. Stevens
North Platte
Ida Ostermier
Henry Ronneker
B. J. Bates
Jessie Walker
Z. F. Carter
Frank Hanson
al, R. Barlow
Flo
E. Davis
Legion Boys
Happy Harmony Kids
George Wright
Chappell
C. J. Smith
Altar Society
Englert Hotel
Center Area Social Notes and Weather Interruption
Center community notes recall visits among Henke Pelster Webster Scott and Wirer families with guests from Sidney Arriba and Bridgeport. A blizzard disrupted services at Center church while Ladies Aid extended meetings planning biweekly gatherings.
Grand Prairie Social Notes Record of Local Visits and Illness
Grand Prairie brief social notes document visits and illnesses among residents. Mr and Mrs Alva Hart and Mildred hosted a supper for the Johnsons. Henry Beebe was on the sick list. The Frerichs and Windsheimer families appear in several visits and shopping, with the Willing Workers planning a March 28 meeting at Mrs Frank Lundgrens. Florence Frerichs traveled to Peetz Colorado to aid a sick relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Windsheimer
E. A. Johnson
Henry Beebe
Alva Hart
Will Frerichs
William
Ernest Wickard
Albert Frerichs
Sundl
Earl Helms
Will Meyers
Mildred
Kucera
Johnson Brothers
J .C. Jorgenson
E. A
A. J. Johnson
Sidney
Will
Albert Johnson
Alec Pierson
Tenncs
Frank Lundgren
Henry Flesner
Frank
Edme
Hungry Gulch
Florence Frerichs
Peetz
Colorado
Blizzard Blues Update From Bunker Hill Unit Meeting
Bunker Hill B I C group met Wednesday with Mrs Wm Borcher and spent the day quilting. Next gathering set for March 8 with Mrs Paul Meyer. Several neighbors helped butcher Theo Borcher. Families visited and ate supper at Wm Borcher residence. A large Farmers Union turnout Friday evening with visits to Frank and August Gross. Children returned home with Pete and Fred Beyer after Friday afternoon visits. Mr and Mrs John Engel spent Sunday with relatives in Gurley. The blizzard passage affected local activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Henke
Adolph Pelster
John Brown
B. G. Edens
Arthur
S. W. Scott
J. B. Copley
Sidney
Glenn Copley
Arriba
Colorado
M. E. Webster
Glenn
Webster Boys
Bridgeport
Babe
7. M. Netherland
H. B. Ferrier
Gurley
Center Church
Center Tadies’ Aid
G. W. Scott
Albert Lint
C. R. Birdwell
I. AH. Wiker
John Groshans
A. D. Rose
H. E. Netherland
Dalton
Otho Campbell
Wm. Borcher
Paul Meyer
Glen Bales
Clyde Kinton
Homer Haskins
Theo
Borcher
John Borcher
Henry Schmidt
Fred Beyer
Mike Swartz
Farmers Union
Frank
August Gross
Pete
John Engel
Local farmers endure rough storm with optimistic wheat outlook
In a Saturday storm considered the season's worst yet of little crop benefit, residents from the vicinity shared meals at nearby homes including Mr and Mrs Glen Dales and families and Mr and Mrs E Troutman. Social visits continued Sunday with neighbors at Cash Scott s and Curt Scott s. A large number shopped in Sidney Monday, while Mrs P J Beyer and family visited Fred Beyer. Mrs Paul Meyer began a four day dressmaking demonstration at Curt Scott s, drawing enthusiasm. Wm Rohhde sold hogs at Gurley Monday as farmers remain hopeful about wheat prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Dales
E. ‘Troutman
Sheo. Borcher’s
Henry Schmidt
Cash Scott
Vernon
Curt Scott
Glen Bales
Hilbert Borcher
Cash Scott’s
E. Troutman
Sidney
P. J. Beyer
Fred Beyer
Paul Meyer
Wm. Rohhde
Gurley
History of death penalty through ancient to medieval law
The piece outlines capital punishment across civilizations and eras. It cites Hammurabi’s laws allowing burning drowning and impalement, and explains English practices from Saxon to Norman times. It notes shifting royal discretion and that by the 13th century death became common for treason and most felonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khammurabi
Babylon
England
William the Conqueror
Detroit News
Theory of Hollow Earth and Symmes's Claims
The article surveys John C Symmes and his hollow earth theory claiming open polar entrances and inner concentric worlds lit by two suns named Pluto and Proserpine. It notes 1823 congressional petitions, later debunking by Arctic findings, and cites a Koreshan Unity official linking geodetic survey support to flat concavity evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Symmes
Congress
Humboldt
Symmes
Humphrey Davy
Pluto
Proserpine
Koreshan Unity
United States Geodetic Survey
Detroit News
Livestock Prices at South Omaha March 21 1928
Liberal receipts of sheep and lambs, market slow and unevenly lower, best lambs at 14.75. Fat cattle steady to 15 25c lower, trade slow, Tuesday run like 6,300 head. Hog market up about 8 to 10 cents, bees hogs 8.15 to 8.25, beef and stockers listed with varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Omaha Delegation Returns as Blizzard Hits City
A car load of Omaha marketmen who attended the Texas Cattle Growers' association meeting in El Paso last week returned to Omaha Saturday on the Rock Island just as a blizzard struck. The rest of the delegation continued to the Pacific coast and were in Los Angeles today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Texas Cattle Growers’ Association
el Paso
Rock Island
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Dust Particles in Air Measured by Washington Weather Bureau
A Weather Bureau study shows daily counts of dust particles in Washington air. When pressure in a dust counter drops, a line of particles precipitates on glass for microscope counting at 1000x. Morning counts reach 3000 particles per cubic centimeter, dropping to 150 after precipitation. Most particles are fine minerals or organic matter. some carbon from smoke and gypsum or calcite from buildings is present.
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Weather Breau
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Federal stations study 150 agricultural problems in territories
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that federal agricultural experiment stations in Alaska and the insular possessions Hawaii Porto Rico Guam and the Virgin Islands are researching about 150 distinct agricultural problems pertinent to the regions where they operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Alaska
Insular
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Guam
Virgin Islands
United States Department of Agriculture
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