State Industrial Notes on Bonds for Transmission Lines
Overwhelming majorities in Hershey and Sutherland vote bonds to build transmission lines carrying electric current from North Platte Electric Company to extend service to Maxwell and Brady. Omaha inspector Lovett lauds Omaha street lighting by Nebraska Power Company. Ogallala plant capacity doubling to meet rising demand. Beatrice voters extend private gas and electric franchise after defeating municipal plant plan. Broken Bow to get 18 blocks of new paving.
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Hershey and Sutherland
North Platte Electric Company
Maxwell
Brady
Lovett
Omaha
Nebraska Power Company
Ogullala
Beatrice
Gas and Electric Company
Broken Bow
Nebraska Electric Light Assn Discusses Farm Power Access
At the Omaha convention the Nebraska Electric Light Association focused on delivering electricity to farms and rural villages. Iowa Missouri and Kansas operators reported rising rural demand for electric current and debated centralized state supervision over rates and service and how to finance extensions and high tension lines. Industry leaders say farmers must push for wider control to secure broader service.
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Nebraska Electric Light Association
Omaha
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Black Cat at Work Haunts Hoodoo Friday Evening
In a Hoodoo Friday tale a car skids into a creek as lights fail at the city auditorium. Park officials report a man and woman in the car earlier, though no traces remain. A separate incident then sees a tree felled on L street causing city repairs and a fine for the unpermitted chop. The State Journal reports a curious series of nighttime happenings with evocative superstition.
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City Auditorium
Edinborough
Moving Picture
L Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
State Journal
Church Leaders Debate Blue Law Sunday Controversy
A Washington debate centers on federal action to regulate the Sabbath with churchmen from the South active in urging congressional steps. The charge that churches foster weak sentiment in support of old fashioned blue laws is challenged as unjust and misdirected.
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South
Washington
Congress
Resist Blue Laws In Modern Society Says Toledo Blade
The Toledo Blade argues that federal Protestant and Catholic bodies have not endorsed any drastic movement against recreation. It states blue laws from New England days are obsolete in today’s industrial, high pressure era. Leisure and Sunday observance should respect personal behavior without reviving old prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
National Federation of Catholic Societies
Church of Rome
Todas
America
New England
Toledo Blade
Horseshoe Club Formed At Potter Furniture Store
A group of barnyard golf enthusiasts met Monday evening to establish a permanent club. Peter Hansen became president and custodian, E H Briggs secretary-treasurer, Dr Amos official scorer. They plan to order equipment and expect hot games soon with several strong players identified among listing members.
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Potter Furniture Company
Peter Hansen
E. H. Briggs
Dr. Amos
Dr. A. J. Amos
E. Hi. Biggs
al Mickish
N. S. Miller
Dick Carlson
George Gunderson
Emel Cords
A. G. Thirwall
A. M. H. Stevens
F. C. Harris
Clarence Johnson
Ray Hager
O. G. Linn
R. A. Ba
Georgia’s Out of Bounds and Transcaucasian Statehood
The Boston Herald weighs Georgia’s regional rise as a potential block against Oklahoma while pondering the emergence of a new Transcaucasian republic. The piece frames Georgia’s footing in a broader, unnamed geopolitical contest and hints at shifting alliances.
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Oklahoma
Cam
Transcaucasian Republic of Georgia
Boston Herald
Great Deserter Bill Haywood Named by Dayton News
The Dayton News labels Bill Haywood the "great deserter" in a historical retelling. He is accused first of deserting his wife, then of deserting his country, and finally of deserting the I. W. W. movement.
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Bill Haywood
The
Dayton News
I. W
Parole Hearing Set on Larceny Convict in 1921
Whereas 2 Kerr convicted in Cheyenne county on October 1 1920 of grand larceny has applied for parole. Board of Pardons will hear at 10 a m October 11 1921 at the State Penitentiary Lincoln Nebraska. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the parole should or should not be granted. Secretary Board of Pardons N T Harmon Chief State Probation Officer.
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Kerr
Cheyenne County
Board of Pardons
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Nebraska
John Bartling
Amsbepry
Parole Hearing Sought for Auto Stealing Convict John Bartling
Notice that John Bartling, convicted in Cheyenne county on October 28, 1920, of auto stealing, applied to the Board of Pardons for parole with a hearing on October 14, 1921. DM. AMSBEPRY N. T. Harman, 52-2.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertised Cure
Catarrh remedy claims to cleanse the blood and boost the system to restore normal conditions. Marketing copy urges readers to obtain circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and to buy the medicine through all druggists.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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N. T. Harmon
C. M. Wright
First Ave
Me-o-my
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
P. A
Ea Iaat
Rives Co
Sidney Battery Service
Habbler Garage
Willard Batteries
Fashion Park
Fort
Fashion
Sidney Mercantile CO
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