Million Dollar Storm Devastates Northeastern Nebraska
Flood waters cover nearly a dozen towns in five counties around Norfolk. A cloud burst and hail caused over a million dollars in damage as the Elkhorn and North Fork rivers rose, threatening city districts and transport. Sandbags race to contain overflow while vast grain and corn fields are flattened by water and hail.
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Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Elkhorn
Northfork
Senica
Farmers Grow Anxious Over Coal And Rail Strikes
Reports from thirteen states to Secretary J W Coverdale of the American Farm Bureau Federation indicate farmers fear fuel and transport shortages will disrupt harvesting and marketing. Officials cite coal scarcities in Iowa Washington Wisconsin Illinois and elsewhere and warn that continued strikes threaten grain and potato shipments with limited rail cars and grain car shortages. In California Nebraska Missouri Ohio South Dakota Idaho and other regions plan urgent actions to avert harvest disruption as August 1 set for Idaho potato shipments.
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J. W. Coverdale
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Iowa
Washington
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Ohio
Missouri
Carornia
Nebraska
Dakosta
Idaho
Summer Coal Famine Threat Raises National Alarm
A government official warns the nation could face the worst summer coal famine unless miners' strike issues are resolved or production rises. A winter shortage is seen as likely even with full production, risking fuel rationing for the northwest and New England. Also noted is North Dakota expects about 20 million bushels of wheat marketing this year from the Wheat Growers association with 9,000 members.
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Washington
Northwest
New England
Forks
N. D
North Dakota Wheat Growers’ Association
Fear Big Loss on Fruit Harvest Crisis
Farmers statewide fear rail strike will disrupt fruit shipments as harvest nears. They demand government action to ensure movement of crops and protect markets.
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San Francisco
Philippine coal proposal to Hoover to ease U.S. shortage
Philippine mine owners forward a plan to Secretary Hoover to ship about 20 000 tons of coal monthly to the United States during the strike. Of this, half would be semi-anthracite from the Sey Syres Island at a cost of approximately 200 000 dollars, covering production facilities.
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Philippines
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See Syres
Market Review from Nebraska State Bureau Declines in Livestock and Crops
Hog market fell with all sheep classes down and wheat slipping due to favorable crops. Cattle receipts weak beef steers down sharply while other weights mostly soft. Hog prices on Omaha market eased. packing sows and stock pigs also lower. Sheep across grades declined early, with late-week partial rebound. Wheat prices tumbled Monday then fluctuated. visible wheat supply 15.5 million bu versus 19.2 last year. Corn prices eased. visible corn supply 23.4 million bu. Potatoes and dairy worsened with heavy butter stocks and steady eggs. Local poultry prices steady to weak. live fowl slight drop.
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Omaha
Chicago
Money-lender described as tense mood, conditional loaning
A college English teacher defines a money-lender as one who serves in the present tense lends in the conditional mood keeps you in the subjective and ruins you in the future, illustrating language play and caution about debt.
Butterflies Touched by Australians Become Cakes
A sensational and odd claim describes butterflies in Australia being suffocated by aborigines and pressed into cakes for consumption. Mrs Pluyleigh comments on keeping her dog tied due to fears of tramps biting or stealing its bone.
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Australia
Magnified Trifiee Warns of Misplaced Attention
A critic argues that trifles are magnified while significant matters are ignored due to poor ability to appraise value. The claim emphasizes that accurate estimation of worth is in short supply among people today.
Remedy for Hives Using Calomel Twice Daily
A remedy for hives prescribes one tenth grain of calomel twice daily. Hives are attributed to auto intoxication a condition of internal poisoning from toxic substances produced within the body.
Kingdom of Tonga’s Independence Nuance Highlighted
A fragmented clipping notes Tonga as the last nominally independent Pacific state with historical mentions of bread and wine making practices. It references Ching-Noung as a reputed teacher and cites dates around 1998 B OC, framing bread as a patriarchal-era craft and later a Roman profession.
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Ching-Noung
Rome
Wife Faces Blame Amid Strained Marriage Tensions
A troubled couple grapples with blame and fear in their strained relationship. The wife speaks of fear and emotional distress while the husband shifts responsibility to her.
Vain Hope. Wife I Spent the Afternoon Shop
Fragmentary note records a wife spending an afternoon shopping with unclear context. The text includes stray phrases and appears to be from a damaged page segment with no clear events or names to establish a full item.
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