Record of Local Notes and Minor News Snippets
Roy Geer trip to Omaha for business. Jim Pickard addresses farmers in this issue. College athletes often become chicken chasers reflecting training value. Herman Fetere fills ice house with Blue River ice from Crete. Theo Henrichs nets near forty dollars per Hampshire hog at Beatrice sale. Carl Schmuelle returns from Lincoln after mutual insurance meeting and legislative session.
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Herman Fetere
Crete
Theo. Henrichs
Hampshire
Beatrice
Carl Schmuelle
Lincoln
Omaha store beauty contest draws 175 entrants for Nebraska title
More than 175 Nebraska women entered the Omaha department store beauty contest to name Nebraska's most beautiful girl. The winner gains a free trip to New York with all expenses paid. The passing of Mrs. Meikle brings funeral details in Lincoln and Prairie Home cemetery notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
New York
A. D. Stotte
Evelyn
Lincoln
Spawning of Salmon in Scottish Rivers
Salmon begin gathering in October to spawn, selecting upper ford areas or runs in main rivers. They prefer fairly large gravel and can move stones with ease, while fine gravel is rare and mud or sand would smother eggs, making them unsuitable for spawning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh Scotsman
Market Cattle Shipment Details Reported
F Hartzel went to market Tuesday with four carloads of cattle. Five carloads of stock were shipped from this station Sunday. Charles Barber sent two carloads to St. Joe. Frede Wiemers sent cattle to Kansas City. Fred Henrichs sent one hog to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hartzel
Chas. Barber
St. Joe
Frede Wiemers
Kansas City
Fred. Henrichs
Stock shipment boosted by St. Joe trader George Andrews
George Andrews of St. Joe visited the station to oversee business this week and accompanied a Tuesday shipment of stock consigned to his commission firm from this station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Andrews
St. Joe
Miss Gertrude Rice Visits Sister Then Returns to School
Miss Gertrude Rice, living with Mr. and Mrs. John Gretzinger and studying locally, learned her Quincy Illinois sister was thought to be dying of lockjaw. She traveled to her bedside, found her sister improving, and returned home to continue her schooling, arriving back Wednesday evening.
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Gertrude Rice
John Gretzinger
Quincy
Ill
Improving Pastures with Sweet Clover on Worn Lands
A note from North Agricultural College suggests sowing about fifteen pounds per acre of white biennial sweet clover on thin pastures. Harrow it in and delay spring grazing to allow establishment. With good weather, pastures’ carrying capacity can double using this method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Agricultural College
Town Pests
A fragmented excerpt presents The Expert offering free advice on diverse topics from raising chickens to town governance. The narrator notes the Expert has failed at everything he undertook, implying his guidance may reveal the wrong ways to proceed.
Income Tax in a Nutshell for Individuals and Couples
A brief IRS notice outlines who must file a 1923 return. Single filers with net income at least 1000 or gross income at least 5000 qualify, as do married couples with net income at least 2000 or gross income at least 5000. Final filing date is March 15, 1923, with payment to the Collector of Internal Revenue in the district of residence or principal business. It directs use of Form 1040 A and Form 1040 and notes a four percent tax on taxable income up to 4000 above exemptions, eight percent on the excess, and a surtax from 1 to 50 percent on net income over 6000 for 1922.
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Internal Revenue
Lanham Nuptials Bless Duis Webling Couple
Sunday February 11 a procession from the parsonage to St Johns Lanham Kan marked the wedding of Miss Mathilda Duis and George Webling Rev Lentz led the ceremony. The couple exchanged vows before God and were blessed with a church service and dinner at the brides home. They plan to reside on the Webling farm near Lanham and Odell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Lanham
Kan
Rev
Lentz
Mathilda Duis
George Webhling
Anna Duis
Elmer Wehling
Lulu Wehling
Rudolf Duis
Aaron
R. A. Duis
Odell
Christ Webling
R. A
John. Duis
Mad Missionaries Puzzled by Bible Translation
The Pall Mall Gazette notes translators struggle with biblical phrases in unfamiliar tongues. In Esquimaux speech the Lamb of God becomes the little Seal of God since sheep are unknown, and other terms like white as wool and fig trees or camels may lack local equivalents.
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Esquimaux
Labrador
Pall Mall
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim
The text argues catarrh is a local disease worsened by a run down condition, suggesting it is a constitutional issue. It presents Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy, implying health improvement through treatment.
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Roy Geer
Jim Pickard
Teer
A. Hospe CO
Nebr
Neabroske
Music Center
Duroc Jersey
Steinmeyers’ Hog Barn
Holmesville
R. J. Strawn
Livestock Adisi
Tecumseh. Nebr
Verte
Duis-Wehling
Lister
J. A. Pickard
Sherman County
J. W. Fouts
Ann
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Janesville
McCormick
John de Deere
Webber
Haahness
Concord
Martin Diekman
Citizens State Bank
Col
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Gage County
Sale Wiebe
Poland
Dempsters
Constructor
Iowa Timm Avalanche
G. A. Wiebe & Son
Nat'l Livestock
Tecumseh
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