Postoffice thieves nab seven as big mail heist foiled
Inspector Doran details arrests of seven men including current and former postoffice workers in a major scheme. He ties the case to the July 18 registered mail theft of 1.477 million in liberty bonds and other covert securities, possibly linked to a $2 million mail truck raid in Manhattan. President Harding tells the Chamber the nation stands on the threshhold of a new era as business revives and the country finds itself. He urges strong American merchant marine to support world commerce and suggests the war might not have occurred with a larger U S merchant fleet.
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New York
City Hall
Post Office
Postoffice
Doran
Washington
Watertown
N. Y
Lower Broadway
Washington, D. C
Harding
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Change In Primary Law In Lincoln Neb
State elections law conflicts between 1919 and 1921 enactments were ruled on by Secretary of State Amsberry. The 1919 law remains in effect for selecting county committees and delegates to county conventions, establishing that delegates and committeemen are elected at the primaries.
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Lincoln
Neb
Secretary of State
Amsberry
Lincoln merchants oppose tariff bill spending schedules
Retail merchants in Lincoln Nebraska at a meeting declared opposition to any spending bill schedules that would raise prices. They adopted two resolutions urging the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce board to convey their views to Nebraska’s representatives and senators opposing the tariff bill under consideration.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Employment Advancing Rapidly in Cleveland Labor Market
Cleveland reports a sharp employment surge with 1,399 men and 1,789 women placed through state and city bureaus during the first half of the month, continuing a recent upward trend after a yearly dip. In Rome a hospital fire at Santo Spirito caused a ward collapse and sixteen deaths.
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Cleveland, O
Rome
Santo Spirito
Dismissal of Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Grocers Boycott Probe
The federal trade commission ends the boycott investigation of the Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Wholesale Grocers Association of Council Bluffs with dismissal without prejudice. Primary elections are set for Tuesday July 18 as Lincoln appoints a new governor.
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Diemieses
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
McKenvie
Language case seeks rehearing in state supreme court
Lincoln Neb Motion filed by counsel for German language interests seeks rehearing of the court s decision ap pelding Reed Norval language laws as a preliminary step toward appealing the case to the United States Supreme Court, septa re.
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Lincoln
Enlisted Reserve offers flexible path for World War I veterans
The Chief of Staff of the Fighty Ninth Division announces broad interest in the Enlisted Reserve Corps across South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas. Eligible veterans with four months service between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918 may enlist in their highest wartime grade with a medical exam only. Reservists face no required regular drills and attendance at training camps may be excused to avoid hardship due to farming duties. Inquiries are welcomed at the Army Building Omaha.
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Fighty- Ninth Division
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Army
Marine Corps
Col. Hopkins
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
Army Building
Omaha
Nebraska Building Boom Hints at 1922 Growth
State Industrial Notes report good crop prospects fair prices and falling building material prices. Omaha and Lincoln show strong building growth while unemployment appears. Transmisssion lines bring electric sighting to DeWitt and Plattsmouth mocks municipal power plans. Washington Kennard and others gain city lights from Platte Valley Power, parks planned in several towns, graduates seek June jobs, and Old Gas plans to buy power from the electric plant.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
DeWitt Eagle
Continental
Beatrice
Wilber
Nebraska City
Publc
Plattsmouth
Suggsts
Engineering College
the State University
Old Gas Company
Dis
Continuing the Use of Its Own Boliefs at Newman Grove
The item notes continued use of boliefs with about $3000 to be spent for paying at Newman Grove. It also advertises SIDNEY CREAMERY BUTTER urging readers to ask their grocer for the product.
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Newman Grove
Bake Sale At Jones Furniture May 27 By St Martha Guild
The stuhres of St Martha's Guild will hold a bake sale at the Jones Furniture Co Saturday May 27. Mrs West Mrs Daugherty Mrs Greenwood are listed as organizers.
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Stuhres
St. Martha’s Guild
Jones Furniture Co
West
Daugherty
Greenwood
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Sidney
the Electric Shop
Borland & Swanson
H. A. Stover
C. M. Wright
First Ave
Bake Sale
Bentley Land
Chappell
Hornaday Cafe
J.W. Johnson
Bidmey
Net
A. R. LE Sueur
Deal, Lumber and Builders’ Hardware
Standard Oil Company OF
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The
Liberty State Bank
Sidney, Nebraska
Crown Gasoline
Standard: Oil Company OF Nebraska
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