Nebraska Seed Potatoes Attract South Market
Nebraska seed potatoes are sent south to furnish early, disease free seed for southern crops. The move follows research by the Nebraska College of Agriculture that eliminated potato diseases, making Nebraska seed trusted by southern growers. Certification ensures seed holds minimal disease levels, boosting demand from under 400 cars in 1926 to far more if supply allowed.
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Newcastle
Nebraska
Mason and Dixon
Alliance
Burlington
New York City
South
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Maine
College of Agriculture
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Box Butte
Sheridan
Scotts Bluff
Nebraska Seed Potato Growers’ Co-operative Association
Red Triumph
Triumph
Republic
Sunny
New Orleans
Nebraska Seed Potato Special Sparks Southern Demand
A Nebraska Seed Potato Special traveled 1200 miles from Alliance to Alexandria to promote certified seed potatoes and Nebraska products. The train carried 48 cars of seed potatoes, 20 cars of sugar, and 7 cars of dried beet pulp, drawing crowds at every stop and securing publicity with southern growers, bankers, and merchants.
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Nebraska
Alliance
Alexandria
Louisiana
New Orleans
Nebraska Sugar
Scotts Bluff
Kansas City
South
Omaha
St. Joseph
Georgia
Kansas City Southern
Shreveport
Oklahoma
Mena, Ark
John
Donaldsonville
Plaquemine
Old Court House
Hatchery and Poultry Farm Planned at Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff may welcome a hatchery and poultry farm as 4 C Drake of Alliance Nebr plans incubi tors to hatch 150000 chicks per year each, totaling six or seven hatchings annually. Eggs would be sourced from local pure bred poultry raisers where possible.
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Scottsbluff
C. Drake
Alliance
Nebr
Hatchery Man
Drake
Quotes and quips from a 1920s column on life and manners
A collection of humorous aphorisms and social observations. The notes cover prejudice politics and religion, home life, dieting, discipline of children, jokes about gender roles and prohibition, and light satire on social norms and everyday behavior.
Opportunity often comes disguised as hard work
The saying notes that many fail to recognize opportunity because it presents as effort and labor. It also reflects on mutual misunderstanding between genders with women understood as well as men.
Fate Interferes as Man Misuses Materials for Happiness
A brief reflective note on fate placing life’s resources in a man’s hands and his subsequent poor choices leading to unhappiness. The line suggests irony and human error in pursuing fulfillment.
Fragmented clipped lines reveal stray quotes and musings
A Broken Bow girl mentions a man and a dentist as sources of influence. The speaker notes happiness depends on being understood. A scientist links sugar intake to metabolic effects. The era’s newspaper tone reflects scattered opinions on radio and writing.
Safe Robber in New York Draws Headlines
A New York headline notes a safe robber, while commentary reflects on laws and editors, mentioning writing with two fingers, smoking a pipe, and swearing as aspects of editing skill.
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New York
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