Farmers Institute to Be Held at Diller City Hall
The Extension Department of the University of Nebraska will hold a farmers' institute in Diller with forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions. County Farm Demonstrator Liebers and Lincoln speaker Miss Aural Scott head speakers. L. W. Leonard will lecture afternoon and evening. A basket dinner, exhibits in city hall and church basement, and premium judging and sales are planned.
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Netitiue
Argi ‘Extension Department
Theniversity of Nebraska, i
I Farmers’ Institute
Diller
Wm. Myers
A. H. Gretzinger
Extension Department
Liebers
Gage County
Farmers’ Institute
Aural Scott
Lincoln
L. W. Leonard
Pawnee City
Colonel Leonard
Leonard
Nebraska
M. E
Institute
Nebraska Farming
Miss Scott
Behrends & Goeke
Lawrence Logan
Premium awards listed for livestock and farm products show
The document outlines premium prizes for exhibits at a fair, detailing cash rewards for best colt under one year and other livestock classes, and various awards for farm products and domestic science items. Specific awards include first and second place money, service fees, and items like flour sacks, china, and household goods.
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Fairbury
Beatrice
Local Patient Recommends Bemain’s Tablets Cure
A patient cured of a liver complaint and toe discomfort reports trying a six box supply of Bemain’s Tablets from Shutt Drug Co and declares complete cure. The notice urges others to try the product.
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Saya
Bionk
Bemain
Shutt Drug Co. Se
Horticultural Report Issued by Nebraska Society
The 1913 state horticultural society report is issued by J. R. Duncan. It covers the state’s fruit growing industry and includes articles by prominent fruit experts on conditions in Nebraska.
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State Horticultural Society
Nebraska
Hotel Registration Notice Demands Compliance by January 1 1914
Lincoln News reports that Hotel Commissioner P F Ackerman requires all hotels, rooming houses, apartment houses, and restaurants to obtain a certificate of registration or face prosecution. Lunch rooms fall under the law. A 2 annual fee is charged by the department. Many notices remain unanswered and unregistered establishments must not operate without certification.
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The
Lincoln News
P. F. Ackerman
Hotel Commissioner’s Department
Hotel Commissioner
Nebraska Mineral Resources Mining Record
Nebraska is called the State without a mine yet it contributes to national mineral output via clay pits sand and gravel quarrying mineral waters and pumice. E W Parker of the US Geological Survey notes Nebraska leads in pumice with over half the state’s mineral value coming from clay pits in 1912 totaling $505 398 of $1 490 582.
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Nebraska
United States
E. W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Oregon Letter from Lexington describes move and farming prospects
A letter from Lexington Oregon dated November 25 1913 notes a relocation to a wheat and stock country about twenty miles from the Columbia River and near the Blue mountains. The writer compares dry land prices five to twenty five dollars per acre and irrigated Willow Creek land, reports wheat yields around twenty bushels per acre, and mentions Russian thistle and Jim Hill mustard weeds. The writer says land suitable for farming improves with longer cultivation and ends near Powder River country.
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Lexington
Ore
Diller
Nebr
Marrow Co
Malheur County
Columbia River
Blue Mountains
Mount Hood
Mount Adams
Washington
Willow Creek
Powder River
Aera
Woman's rights teased in a satirical exchange
An exchange mockingly outlines marital duties and rights, joking that a husband needs his wife's consent to sell property and must pay her bills. It extends to absurd consequences for desertion, breach, and even death, ending with a jab at granting women rights.
Regular Price Cut for Lincoln State Journal Offer
The Lincoln State Journal offers a special price cut on daily and Sunday subscriptions until December 28, 1914, with a $4 full year or $3 without Sunday, plus a bonus of Weekly Independent Farmer and Monthly Poultry Topics. Readership includes Nebraska news and reliable markets. Order via local agent or direct to State Journal in Lincoln.
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Lincoln State
Independent Farmer
Nebraska
Bixby
Journal
State Journal
Lincoln
Neb
Sandbagging Convicts In Fairbury Trial
Arthur Berry and John Bone were found guilty of robbing O Dey of $19.80 on Thanksgiving night at Endicott. Judge C C Boyle sentenced them to thirty days in the county jail after county court trial. F L Rain prosecuted the case. O Dey, 20, of Ashland Ky, identified the attackers.
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Fairbury
Neb
Endicott
Arthur Berry
John Bone
C. C. Boyle
F. L. Rain
O’ Dey
Ashland
Berry
Bone
Kansas City
O’dey
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Rchardson
Worthen
With
Carr
Chas
Hays
Jesse Hargis
Tom Tucker
Carl Schnuelle
Wil! Woods
Barber
Christie Thompson
James Hughes
Gene Hill
Lew London
Maw
Brandt
Riddle
McCune
Bert Gerard
Wilbur Hiatt
Cleve Hiatt
Will Myers
Will Robertson
Bernice Barton
Nellie Maw
Blanche Hudson
Blanche Hudson. = Committee on selection of premiums: Mrs. Tucker, With, Stange
Hargis
Calkins
Stange
Toaddie Bell
Ballard
O. H. Liebers
Mr. Liebers
Oregon
Nebraska Farmers’ Congress
Omaha
State University
Ai Associations of
Rome
Sey
A. T. Watson
Omaha, Neb
J.monroe Davis
Firet National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Col
Henry Eden
Lanham, Nebr
Eer
Hemi Esas
Emda
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