Warrant totals and rural notes dominate October Omaha report
State Auditor Marsh reports October expenditures at 890700 with warrants drawn. Lincoln reformatories escapees Anderson and Hostetter captured in Atchison. Pawnee City votes 75000 for new power plant. Cozad ranch feeding plans amid major sheep inflow. Census shows Nebraska high school attendance. Lincoln Legion police pay and role expand. Milk and butter production records cited. Beatrice Hotel financing plan set. Governor McKelvie urges farm help programs. Cornstalk disease hits Callaway area. Moonshine seizure near Plattsmouth. Bronze tablet planned for Gage county war dead. Carsh faces second degree murder trial in Falls City over Humboldt dispute.
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Marsh
H. H. Anderson
Harry Hostetter
Lincoln
Atchison
Kansas
Pawnee City
Cozad
Buffalo Country Agricultural
C. C. Baker
Federal
Nebraska
Board of Equalization
W. H. Osborne
Davis
Lancaster County
U. S. Census Bureau
Legion
Callaway
State Department of Agriculture
Plattssiouth
Missouri
Papillion
Gage County
Beatrice Kiwanis Club
Robert Carsh
Falls City
Henry Johnson
Carsh
Johnson
Humbolur
State Industrial Notes Highlight Energy and Bond Activity
Utilities in the state strained to stockpile coal and oil amid a looming railroad strike. Lincoln debates municipal electric vs private plants while residents fund night watchmen. October bond issues total over 1.25 million, mostly for schools and municipal industries yet tax free. Falls City remains dry near Missouri, Nebraska City offers to fund electric lines if fixtures are provided. Aurora to Grand Island road surfaces praised. Beaver City builds a 50000 community auditorium. Fremont opens a new livestock pavilion and park board buys land for skating pond and pool at a cost of 7000.
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Utllits
Lincoln
Carden County Court House
Missouri
Falls City
City Water Works
City Commissioners
Nebraska City
Central Avenue
Aurora
Grand Island
Beaver City
Fremont
Fremont Park Board
Scaring Away Capital In Finance and Regulation
The Columbus News warns that destroyed utilities jeopardize property values and deter new investment. Regulators loom large as companies fear mass protests, yet the paper argues regulation should persist while dissuading disruptive public meetings.
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Club
The
Columbus News
Large and Great Cast in The Old Nest
Reginald Parker production The Old Nest arrives at USA Theatre for two days starting in November. Written by Rupert Hughes and directed by Reginald Barker, the cast features Mary Alden Cullen Landix Louise Lovely Helene Chadwick and many others including the Edgar children Johnny Jones Buddy Messenger Lucille Rickson Maurice Flynn Molly Malone Richard Tucker Nick Cogley Dwight Crittenden and more. Clifford Robertson notes the film’s large cast follows characters from childhood to adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Parker
Goldwyn
USA
Rupert Hughes
Reginald Barker
Mary Alden
Cullen Landix
Louise Lovely
Helene Chadwick
Edgar
Johnny Jones
Buddy Messenger
Lucille Rickson
Maurice
Goldwyn Stock
Perfect Package Month Aims to Improve Shipments
A nationwide effort by railroads steamship lines and express carriers to run a perfect package month in November. Local transportation leaders including M. O. Shipman W J Shoemaker and C Geyer announce cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce to help shippers in this city. The goal is to aid packing problems improve service and record shipment faults for follow up with detailed reports to shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
M.o A. Shipman
W. J. Shoemaker
A. P. R. Re. C. Geyer
American Railway Express
Chamber of Commerce
Campaign to improve shipping methods through November drive
A nationwide November campaign aims to examine and tabulate shipping efficiency in every city and town across the United States and Canada. Leading cities will be showcased for perfection in methods as carriers are urged to assist, with railroads and express companies mobilizing nearly two million workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merce
United States
Canada
Deshler Farmer Dies Driving Car
Herman Burstead a retired Deshler Nebraska farmer died Friday morning while driving his automobile His daughter who was with him noticed the car veering and found him dead at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Burstead
Deshler
Nebraska
Card of Thanks from the Johnson Family
The Johnson family thanks friends in Sidney for sympathy after the death of their husband and father, for help with the body transfer, comforting words from Reverend Bennett, and choir assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Bennett
F. C. Johnson
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W. J. Jenkison
Monroe
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
University At Lincoln
Beatrice Hotel Company
Hackenbury System
Harrisburg
McKelvie
Fem
Papa
Willie
Barker Clothes Shop
Thresher Company
Colorado
Wyoming
J. W. Reinmuth
Glenn Matteson
Ed Wuenker
Tams
Metz
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