Nebraska Briefs Chronicle Several Local Affairs
Nebraska brief items report on the Elks state bowling tourney in Omaha, county agent plans in York and Keith counties, large cattle losses from cornstalk poisoning in Custer County, and corn still standing in fields. Other notes cover a Minatare sugar factory, a baby beef club, anti tobacco campaigns at University Place, night school plans in Callaway, below normal wheat sowing, a man’s return to Shel ton after an estate death, a fatal tob bygone accident near Allen, hospital inmate-building steps at Hastings, fines for Hartington students, a 62nd wedding anniversary at Grand Island, a near fire saving a family, poison misused by a man in Omaha, drilling near College View wells, Nebraska’s share of sheep feeding, farm elevator losses since 1920, a Richland teacher arm injury, and coal yard thefts in Lincoln.
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Elks
Omaha
York County
Custer County
Keith County
Jay Hepperly
American Legion
Nebraska
National
Holly Sugar Corporation
Minatare
Elk Valley
University Place
Callaway
A. E. Anderson
Robert Meisner
Shelton
Ursula Webber
Allen
Board of Control
Hastings State Hospital For
Hartington High School
James Kirkpatrick
Grand Island
Louis Lustgarten
Lustgarten
Herman Lausch
College View
Lincoln
Wood Brothers Companies
Corn Belt
Federal
State Department of Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Lacey Clarke
Richland
Jefferson County
A. T. Stewart Coal Co
Colo
Range cattle prices rise in 1925 Nebraska season
Western Nebraska range cattle averaged $1.85 higher per hundred than a year ago and sold at the strongest prices since 1920, per the state and federal division of agriculture. Pat Meill of Wisner offers $1,500 to throw Joe Stecher twice in ninety minutes in Omaha or Des Moines. Gering voters approve bonds to buy Western Public Service transmission system and plan to acquire power from the Guernsey government plant.
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Lincoln
Western Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agericulture
Stecker
Omaha
Pat Meill
Wisner, Neb
Joe Stecher
Des Moines
Gering
Western Public Service Company
Guernsey
Wyo
Successful Irrigation Season Bridgeport
Delegates at the Nebraskan Irrigation Association convention anticipate rising interest in irrigation and a strong season next year after a highly successful irrigation run in Nebraska.
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Bridgeport
Nebraska
Nebraskan Irrigation Association
Largest Mor ril county cow sold to Denver firm
The famed Mor ril county cow, claimed as the biggest ever shipped from the area, was sold to a Denver commission house by farmer Oscar Lindquist of Broadwater. The six year old animal weighed 1620 pounds. Also noted is the 60th wedding anniversary of Crete residents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kimball, who married in Tekamah, Neb and have lived in Crete 45 years.
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Moorrill County
Bridgeport
Morril County
Denver
Oscar Lindquist
Broadwater
Crete
J. B. Kimball
Tekamah
Neb
Bladen Plans Local Masonic Lodge Formation
Bladen residents move to establish a Masonic lodge local to the town after previously meeting in Blue Hill. W. D. Edson of Red Cloud has been coaching local men on the craft.
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Bladen
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Order
Blue Hill
W. D. Edson
Red Cloud
Birds Seen Signal Mild Winter in Beatrice
Beatrice residents report redbirds and black birds flitting in trees over the past days, a sign suggesting the winter will not be severe.
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Beatrice
Prank May Cost Beatrice Eyesight
A Burlingon brakeman A G Pangburn may lose his sight after an unidentified prank. The incident is reported with limited details and no clear timeline or location beyond the names involved.
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A. G. Pangburn
Burlington
Unseen Whisper Sparks a Domestic Scandal
In a clipped exchange, Point laments a private affair leaked, denying talk before servants, while Fred suspects discussion through a keyhole. The murky insinuation hints at a secret stirring within the household.
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Myrtie
Fred
Whooping cough toll highlighted in 6,822 deaths
An advertisement warns whooping cough as a neglected danger in children with 6,822 deaths in the U S in one year. It promotes Dr Drake's Glossco as relief for violent coughing fits and a shorter illness, noting physician endorsement and dealer guarantees at 60 cents.
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United States
Drake
Pele Mele in Paris prompts child to work instead of sea
A fragment from a Paris publication features a cartoon caption where a child asks to go to sea while a parent or figure urges, Do your exercises and remember you are on earth to work. The dialogue contrasts work with wanderlust.
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Dean
Rale
Pele Mele
Paris
Bayer Aspirin Safety Ad Warns Buyers to Check for Bayer Cross
An old advertisement urges consumers to demand Bayer Aspirin and look for the Bayer name on packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity. It claims the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years, warning that imitations may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Wisdom's Height True
A brief aphorism attributed to Humphreys on knowing and doing what is best. The quotation frames wisdom as discerning valuable knowledge and actions and applying them rightly.
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Humphreys
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Nebraska Briefs
Colfax
Columbus
Szank
Walton League
Schuyler
Platte River
Hastings
Sam North
Frank Guenther
W. W. Burr
Agronomy
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Doan
Boettcher
Clay Center
Nebr
John Scheer
Creighton, Nebr
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfg
Buffalo
N. Y
Calumet
Northwestern Yeast Co
North
Ashland Ave
Chicago, TL
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