Rising discipline dispute at Lincoln state penitentiary
News briefs report a major unrest at the Lincoln state penitentiary as warden N. T. Harmon is replaced by Joe O Grady amid mass guard dismissals and staff resignations. Other items note New York beacon plans on the George Washington bridge, a 20 year prison sentence for Fred Mead in Blue Springs bank robbery, and various national issues.
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State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Board of Control
N. T
Harmon
Joe O'Grady
Pardon Board
Grady
Otto Dadschus
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Manhattan Towers
George Washington Bridge
New York
Fred Mead
Sioux City
Blue Springs
South Colton Community Gossip and Visits
Dorothy Elsen spent a weekend with Mary Kavabaugh. Local families hosted dinners and suppers, visitors called, and many residents attended a junior class play in Sund. Multiple gatherings at Elsen and Witters households, with neighbors and relatives noted in this social roundup.
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Dorothy
Elsen
Mary Kavabaugh
George Deaver
Henry Koester
George Messing
H. E. Witters
W. T. Sharmiah
Vern
F. A. Johnson
H. J. Elsen
Sadie Irwin
Bill George
Sidney
John Brauer
Eric Kohlschmidt
George Kavanaugh
Mary
Harold Witters
Stanley Elsen
Sund
A. J. Petre
George
Crook
John George
Melburn Brown
Jim Vacik
W. L. Needham
John George Farm
Earl Sharman
Charles Deaver
Harold Tremain
Mildred
Ruth
John
Theresa Hughes
E. W. Childs
Ruth Witters
History Of Interest Ttems From Gurley School Notes
Orval Hinricksen was ill with flu. Lucile Bartels missed a day. The junior class practices a play. Mr. and Mrs. Auten visited. Mr. Bartha described a football game in convocation. The freshmen hosted a program. the sophomores have the lowest spelling average. The senior class averages 100. Latin 2 studies Ulysses at Circe's palace. The high school received a Will Rogers memorial poster. Students take up clarinets. basketball practice began. most boys joined. A 14 game schedule is planned. Eighth grade studies equations. the sixth grade ahead in spelling. The eighth grade English and Dramatic club hosted a party. A large map is being drawn in geography. Penmanship papers on display include several names. Fourth grade hosted a Hallowe'en party. The ninth grade class week saw absences. Tenor orval Hinricksen. 24 years ago highlights include the Gurley State Bank closure and local events. 54 years ago notes cover a major livestock line, local deaths, and civic items.
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Orval Hinricksen
Lucile Bartels
Ulysses
Joséphiine Flora
Raymond Howland
Ruby Freudenberg
Erwin Rihn
Verdon Segelke
Verena’ Heine
Maynard Se
Lula Handley
Eileen Kreps
Billy Ross
Francis “Seimers
Charlotte Overshall
Wesley Urbanski
Betty Grunwald
Jack Reynolds
Red Campbell
al Greenlee
H. Schumann
Clark Woolridge
Fritz Runge
Gurley State Bank
A. J. Jorgenson
Virgil Marsh
Roy Price
Ralph Walsh
Burlington Viaduct
Higgins
Denver
Cheyenne
James R. Devine
Felix Polacek
Harry C. Olander
Sidney Nimrod
Pacific Hotel
Earl Kratz
Swenson Land Company
Joseph M. Swenson
Sidney High School
Lakeville University
Blaine Grabill
Ethel Wright
Guy Dedrick
Fred Parks
Irving Oberfelder
Cyril McConnel
Fred Geis
Milton ‘Wright
Frances Hart
Minnies Hicks
Florence “Merifield
John Witters
Elegant Rose Street residence rented and lamp adorns shopfront
The report notes the rental of the elegant residence of Joe Sharmer on Rose Street and mentions Moritz Urbach the baker who has adorned his storefront with a handsome street lamp. The passage encourages others to follow this example.
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Joe Sharmer
Rose Street
Moritz Urbach
Market Quotations and Local Visit Record
Market prices list Wheat 94 corn 55 ents 24 barley 27 colored hens 14 old rouster 6 colored springs 14 leghorn hens 11 leghorn springs 11 Outterfa 28 eges 30. We and Mrs Harold Bond and daughter Rita Jean visited the home of her brother Leon ard Bond at Lodge Pole Simday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bond
Rita Jean
Leonard Bond
Lodge Pole Simday
Two Oil Firms Challenge Nebraskas First Acts
The Nebraska Supreme Court faces a suit by Arlington Oil, Farmers Elevator, Davis Oil, and Donnelly Oil, seeking to strike down HR 9 and 11 as unconstitutional. They file to bar enforcement and to hold $1,113,000 relief funds as a trust for pro rata repayment to all oil dealers. Lee Basye, Lincoln attorney, files the action. Arlington Oil Co offices in Arlington. Farmers Elevator in Palmyre. Davis Oil in Corad. Donnelly Oil in Pawnee City.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Arlington Oil Company
Farmers ‘Elevator Company
Davis Oil Copany
Donnelly Oil Company
Lee Basye
Lincon
Arlington
Farmers Elevator Company
Palmyre
Davis Oil Company
Corad
Pawnee City
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William Phillips
Ernest B. Sayre
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Rockford
Colorado House of Representatives
James H. Carr
William C. Coleman
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Suis A. Scale
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Conn
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Fremont
Louise Miller
Nebraska House of Representatives
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Norfolk
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McCook
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Tom’ Pethybridge
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Mrs. H. J. Elsen
Sidney and Vicinity
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Ernest Kruse
Oke
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Fort Riley
Kans
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Little Big Horn
Custer
W. S. Allery
John Allery
Ada Murphy
Lines
Ogallala
White House Hall
Stanley
W. R. Claypool
W. R. Fausher
William Begreton
E. B. Carpenter
F. Oo. Wisner
Frank Berry
A. Judd
H. Klassert
R. S. Scott
H. H. Libby
J. G. Glen
Congress
Washington
Cambridge
Omaha Telephone Exchange
B. F. Knowles
J. W. Harper
Fowler
Redington
T. M. Bicket
Cheyenne County
Anton Chlonder
Colton
P. Rowlan
Irving
J. P. Lancaster
W. H. Davis
L. J. Taylor
Fritz Brauer
M. J. Lundell
Potter
D. J. Scanlon
Leavenworth
Weyerts
Kate Carl Jurgens
William Windsheimer
W. C. Haxby
Lavon and
Clairbelle
John I. Folkerts
Carl Jurgens
Earl Sears
Spokane
Wash
W. C. Sears
Rose
Dave Hume
Ralph Harris
Otto Rahe
Portland
Ore
Esther Bruns
Reva Folkerts
Pearl
Lloyd Bauer
Raymond
Leo Jessen
Clairbeli ‘Haxby
Mattie Folkerts
Lillian Schwartz
Alvina Berges
Evelyn Grimes
Lodge Pole
Melvin Jurgens
Louis Bauer
Fred Bauer
Bauer
Mr. Bauer
Leland Windsheimer
Pauline Ostermeier
Glen Thompson
Weyerts Lutheran Church
A. C. Huth
William Thompson
John F. Folkerts
D. L. Hume
Elda
Clairbell
Lavon
Charles Darrah
Chester
Lorenzo
Albert Brauer
HARDY
Wal-Bur Hall
Bridgeport
Star Market
Weiners
Frank Schwasnick
Greenlees
Bae
Roatt County
Lump
Dimension
Kentucky
Brown - Forman Distillery Company
Louisville
Western Ice & Storage ‘Company
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