Blight Control for Apple and Pear Orchards Advised
The University of Nebraska Agricultural College urges removing all blight limbs and cankers from trees this winter to cut spread of fire blight. Infected wood from pear trees and apples such as Yellow Transparent and Golden Reinette harbors bacteria. prune and paint wounds, shave off bark pockets, and dispose of prunings safely. A separate notice concerns the estate of William J. Martin deceased. creditors must file claims by May 30, 1924, before the county judge in Jefferson County Nebraska.
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U of N. Agricultural College
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Said
Sealy
Eouis Jo Nutzman
State prize essay on tobacco by Marie Wehling wins state prize
Marie Wehling a Steele City high school junior won a state prize for an essay urging anti tobacco measures. Her piece argues tobacco harms heart growth mental function and morals, noting costs to families and society and calling for school action and public awareness to curb cigarette use.
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Hich
Marie Wehling
Steele City
Jefferson County
Marie
Wisdom from Ptah Hotep Letters to His Son
Ancient vizier Ptah Hotep shares paternal maxims in letters to his son Dr James Walsh of Fordham University. The reforms echo Polonius, urging avoidance of quarrels with superiors and equals, and letting inferiors speak to reveal folly.
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Tut-Ankh- Amen
Land of the Nile
Ptah Hotep
Itoso
James Walsh
Fordham University
Wrzier
Shakespeare
Polonius
Hotep
Guerrilla Warfare in Spain Amid Invasion and Civil War
The term guerrilla applies to armed bands that wage irregular war during invasions or civil conflicts. The Rehrere clan in Spain faced sustained campaigns from 1808 onward, opposing Piva and its allied forces, with local populations suffering as resistance and discipline shaped irregular trooper actions.
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Spein
Ming
Practic ing on play and county tournament plans noted
Pedagogy class reports practice teaching in lower grades while seniors begin practice on their play for a future performance. The day was quiet with half the usual attendance as Mr. Cox called roll and noted Darling has few friends present. The boy’s basketball team will go Friday to the county tournament. hopes rise for a win.
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Bovn
Hollengberg Route Social Updates and Visits
Mrs Law is in Fairbury for treatment. Amiel Funk's child has been ill. Ed Zweifel and Pearle Willaford installed radio receivers. Claude Miller visited Fairbury over Sunday. Joe Alexa Frank and Gilbert Brenneis were Fairbury callers. Frank Carl Brenneis and Joe Alexa shipped cattle and hogs Wednesday. A C Rawls of Asherville Kansas spent weekend with friends on this route. Robert Correll of Scottbluff visiting brother Mr Foster and family. Mr and Mrs Harry Welch and daughter of Hanover visited Pearl Welches. Clarence Sands, formerly at Central City, came home for a visit.
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Amiel Funk
Ed Zweifel
Pearle Willaford
Claude Miller
Fairbury
Joe Alexa
Frank
Gilbert Brenneis
Carl Brenneis
A.C. Rawls
Asherville
Kansas
Robert Correll
Scottabluff
Nebr
Mr. Foster
Harry Welch
Hanover
Pearl Welches
Clarence Sands
Central City
Venetian Grand Canal described as city’s main water thoroughfare
The Grand Canal forms nearly eight miles of Venice’s landmark waterway. It divides the city into two halves, shaped like the number eight, and is traversed by the Rialto. Lined with palazzos, they appear stained by day but loom grandly by moonlight.
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Ventes
Ito
The Wind Like People In Nature's Expressive Force
A reflective passage in Youth's Companion compares the wind to people, noting its shifting character from violent storms to gentle caresses. It argues wind embodies human emotion and virtue, yet remains unstoppable and beyond human control.
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Manz
American Men of Letters and British Recognition
Brander Matthews argues that American writers have not been properly recognized by English authorities. He notes John Morley’s 1878 Eng lish Men of Letters omitted most Americans, contrasts U S publication practices with Britain, and cites Andrew Lang as a rare British tribute to figures like Irving Cooper Emerson Hawthorne Longfellow Lowell Holmes Poe.
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John Morley
Hawthorne
Emerson
United States
Great Britain
Andrew Lang
Irving
Cooper
Longfellow Sod Lowell
Holmes
Poe
Brander Matthews
Led who is to toe a inch of a hurry to be learned
Fragmentary text presents a quizzical line about a wise man’s pity and a haste to learn. It reads like a proverb or literary aside without clear event or subject. The readable phrases suggest older diction and a possible quotation.
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Stevenean
Veka Fires Costly, Ool Sytese Three in United Timber
A garbled early text fragment mentions Veka and a costly fire, with references to three in the United timber body and Washington. The rest is unreadable, with stray phrases about laughter, brush, and a doctor examining a stud with a stethoscope.
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Veka
United
Washington
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