Nebraska Halts in Winter Damage and Farm News
Hall County alfalfa damaged by winter weather per L V Lee. Gus Baumfalk lost about 200 chicks to a stove fire. Seed plans near Bridgeport include Woodruff Bros and seed peas and beans, soy test planned. Eastern NE livestock feeding rises. calf, pig, poultry clubs grow. Bruce Highley killed a large gray wolf near Beatrice. Elkhorn Valley creamery starts a cheese factory. Mitchell fire damages Royal cafe, State Bank, Elquist building, and theatre. Lincoln state penitentiary irrigation pump to serve 160 acres, $2000 project, June completion. Joe Zych badly shot in the face remains unable to talk.
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Gus Baumfalk
Ellie
Neb
North Platte Valley
Woodruff Bros
Bridgeport
Nebraska
Bruce Highley
Charles Mudge
Beatrice
Mr. Mudge
Young Highley
Dick Highley
Elkhorn Valley Creamery
Neligh
Mitchell
Royal Cafe
State Bank
Elquest
Royal
American State Bank
Elquist
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Joe Burns
Board of Control
Salt Creek
Joe Zych
Cross Crossings Cautiously safety drive in Columbus
Nebraska report notes Union Pacific will promote safety at Columbus schools during the first week of May as part of a nationwide safety drive. The goal is to cut railroad crossing accidents, continuing a program aimed at reducing incidents by 1930.
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Columbus
Neb
Union Pacific
Union: Pacific
Union
Pacific
Shubert predicts record apple shipments from Shubert district
Falls City Nebraska reports the Shubert area will ship more apples than ever this year as 480 new bearing acres join 2,000 total. Last year 100 carloads were sent from southeastern Nebraska’s Apple district. J F Shubert and brother A M have grown apples there for 20 years amid vine yard and development company plantings.
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Falls City
Shubert
J. ¥. Shubert
Nebraska
Vineyard and Development Company
J. F. Shubert
A. M
Wymore Builds New Flour Mill With Black Brothers
Grading equipment for a Hastings firm has arrived and work starts on a railway siding for a large new flour mill by Black Brothers in the north end of Wymore yards. Local investors raised 25000 for stock oversubscribed. the 200 barrel daily capacity mill will be frame built and powered by Black Brothers transmission line.
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Wymore
Nebr
H. F. Epley Grading and Construction Company
Hastings
Black Brothers
Elec
Lincoln-Crete club organized in Lincoln Nebraska
The Lincoln-Crete club formed at the Grand hotel with over 75 members. Officials predict enrollment will exceed 125 soon and, including families, 300 to 400 people connected with the club.
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Lincoln, Nebr
Lincoln-Crete
Saline County
Grand Hotel
Beatrice Veteran Certifies War Insurance Payout
After seven years since his son Albert died, naval World War veteran and ex councilman M M Falk of Beatrice receives a 10000 war insurance installment. An accident near Grand Island left Adolph Liebsack 18 with minor injuries when his car skidded into Wood River.
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Beatrice
Neb
Albert
M. M. Falk
Grand Island
Adolph Liebsack
Wood River
Pirate Chest Mystery Near Straitsmouth Cove Revealed
In Straitsmouth New Jersey in 1749 Richard Lindsay recounts an armed harbor encounter. He and villagers attend a tavern gathering where a pirate tale unfolds about the Black Panther. The next morning three strangers bury a chest and one, Burford, shoots a guard before boarding a vessel with Captain Barclay of the Black Panther.
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New Jersey
Straitsmouth
Richard Lindsay
Black Panther
Lindsay
Burford
Killa Qne
Barclay
Black
Lanther
Mec Alligter
Staton
Robert McAllister
Captain Meets Distant Double On Pirate Ship
The narrator describes a brutal pirate deck scene and an unexpected encounter in the captain’s cabin. A familiar face emerges as a shadowed twin, revealing a startling resemblance to the narrator and prompting cautious intrigue.
Dark Island Tales Onboard A Pirate Vessel
The narrator recounts a tense cabin scene aboard a ship named the Black Panther. Captain Tiremeth er weaves tales of untrustworthy allies, a Jamaica connected uncle Capt Andrew McAllister, and a dangerous past involving buccaneers, treasure, and a captured heiress. The mood mixes menace with forced conversation as secrets edge toward revelation.
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Jamaica
Andrew McAllister
Portuguese Charity Stamp: Free Mail For Public Benefit Bodies
In 1880s Portugal a postal official proposed exempting scientific and cultural associations from postage on correspondence and literature. A special charity stamp with unique imagery was devised to segregate this mail from ordinary letters, with fundraising methods noted.
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Portugal
Victoria Cross Established in Britain After Crimean War
The Victories cross was instituted on January 29 1856 marking Britain’s highest bravery decoration. It was extended in 1911 and 1920 and worn before all other medals on the left breast as a bronze Maltese cross 1 3/4 inches in diameter with a central device.
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Great Britain
Lemons Preserved in Traiser With Coral Water
A note advises storing lemons in a trauser filled with coral water and changing the water weekly to keep the fruit fresh.
Middle Courses Best Some Men Are Gluttons for Work
A brief line from Beoston remarks that middle courses suit some men who are gluttons for work while others prefer epicures. It reflects a light, aphoristic note in the transcript.
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Beoston
Veiled Tale of Treasure and Vengeance on the Sea
A narrator recalls a perilous voyage and a brutal betrayal. He tells of a mutinous mate, a captain, a staged treasure burial, and a bloody near-death on a remote Antilles island. The afterglow is vengeance driven by a vow to the false-hearted craven.
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Joya
Antilles
Npt
John Shively
Andrew McAllister
Robert McAllister
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for health
Mrs. Jack Lorberter writes from Dellwood Place to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co praising the Vegetable Compound. She describes prior fear and isolation before use and notes improved health and improved husbandly support after taking the remedy. She asks others to consider the Sunlit Road to better health.
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Paul, Minn
Ron
Jack Lorberter
Dellwood Place
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad
A global ad promotes CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS as a quick aid for indigestion and sick headaches. The laxative claims promise gentle bowel relief and a pleasant afterfeel. It notes a doctor's prescription origin and that druggists stock 25c and 75c red packages without mercury or habit forming drugs.
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Carters
Carter
Edison Aims at Waterproof Rubber for Florida Farmers
Edison works on rubber culture in Florida to improve India rubber farming and provide waterproof bhay for farmers, per Boston Transcript.
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Edison
Florida
Boston Transcript
Ornament tattooing among ancient customs noted
The practice called ornament tattooing is among the oldest customs, reportedly found in many regions and referenced in the Bible, including Leviticus.
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L. V. Lee
U.P
Wymore Mill
Linesin
Crete
Arnold
Custer County
Emil
Broken Bow
Battle
City
TriGtate
Cothenburg
Web
Gothenburg
Carib
RY H. Clark
Tiremether
McAllister
Bia
America
Tim
Rile
Alea
Robert Mealister
Anit Erie
Jirates
Hore
la Fm
Mex
Nicholas Magazine
SCA
Pse Merie Bone Dinca
Peemer
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