Lejeune to Lead Marines in Nicaragua Campaign
Washington reports Maj. Gen John A. Lejeune will command 1,000 Marines reinforcing 1,400 troops fighting Sandino in Nicaragua. He sails from Charleston aboard the cruiser Trenton with Brig. Gen. Logan Feland to direct the Nueva Segovia offensive.
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Washington
John A. le Geune
Marine Corps
Sandino
Nicaraga
Lejune
Charleston
S. C
Trenton
Logan Feland
Nueva Segovia
Lejeune
Nicaragua
San Diego
Mare Island
Managua
Senate approves flood relief and forest land bills
The senate agricultural committee approved a flood relief bill authorizing 500000 dollars to employ county agents in the Mississippi flood area. It also reported favorably on Senator McNary's 40000000 dollar reforestation bill creating a 5 million dollar annual fund for forest land purchases across eastern middle west and southern watersheds.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Mississippi
McNary
Middle West
Several More Bodies Recovered From Submarine S-4
Divers pulled four additional crew members from the sunken submarine S-4 in Provincetown Massachusetts. Two bodies were found beneath a tarpaulin near a prior recovery, while three bodies had been found earlier.
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Provincetown
Mass
Many Die in Thames Floods as City Sees Losses
London reports indicate more than twenty people drowned in the Thames flood and six others perished in gales, bringing the confirmed death toll to twenty seven with more casualties likely as checks continue.
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London
Thames
MacNider Quits as War Secretary. Robbins Named Successor
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider and announced Col. Charles Burton Robbins of Cedar Rapids Iowa as his successor. MacNider will return to Mason City Iowa to resume private business affairs.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hanford MacNider
Charles Burton Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
MacNider
Mason City
Cuba Maps Program for Coolidge Visit to Havana
The article outlines the official itinerary for President Coolidge’s Havana visit for the Pan American congress opening. It notes arrival on Sunday January 15, a Monday morning opening by President Machado, a speech by Coolidge, a Havana suburbs tour, a national palace dinner, and a farewell Tuesday evening departure with attended Cuban officials and U.S. guests.
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Havana
Cuba
Coolidge
Pan-American Congress
Machado
National Theater
United States
National Palace
Navy
Wilbur
Charles E. Hughes
N.B. Judah
Sanchez Bustamente
an-American Congress
Pan- American Congress
Lindbergh Received Valor Diploma in Nicaragua Welcome
Col Charlie Lindbergh was honored in a joint session at the national palace in Managua. President Adolfo Diaz presented a diploma and medal as the nation lauded the Knight of the Air amid the Star Spangled Banner and national anthem. Lindbergh thanked Nicaragua and spoke of future U S Central American air flights.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Palace
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Congress of Nicaragua
Adolfo Diaz
Senate
Chamber
Alfonso Estrada
Diaz
Lindbergh
United States
Central America
Teapot Dome Work Ceases In Casper Wyoming
Oil wells shut in and production halted at Teapot Dome in Casper. The site returns to its former status as a naval petroleum reserve under suspension of output.
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Teapot Dome
Casper
Wyo
Ed Ernst farm sale sets high local price in Elmwood district
The Ed Ernst 160 acre farm two miles north of Elmwood was sold to Frank W. Zoz of near Murdock for 33000 dollars. The sale, negotiated by F. W. Lorenz and C. A. Brown, marked the highest local land price in years and the farm is described as well improved.
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Nebraska
Wildcat Ridge
Bridgeport
Wyoming Line
Ed Ernst
Elmwood
Frank W. Zoz
Murdock
F. W. Lorenz
C. A. Brown
Boone County Fair Association
John Clipston
H. L. Kunkel
A. W. Lamb
A. G. Mansfield
Nebraska farmers win high yields in state corn contest
Lincoln report notes Douglas county farmer Joe McArdle produced 92.8 bushels per acre and Gerald Wilcox 93.5 in irrigated land competition for Nebraska state corn contest. Central and western winners were Emil Shimic and W R Nicholson with 75 and 73 bushels. Cost of production weighed as heavily as yield. Former Governor McKelvie urged efficiency similar to industry to reduce production costs.
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Lincoln
Iowa
Nebraska
Douglas County
College of Agriculture
Joe. McArdle
Gerald Wilcox
Red Willow County
Emil Shimic
Guide Rock
W. R. Nicholson
Beaver City
State
Crop Growers’ Association
S. R. McKelvie
Nebraskan Centenarian Case Celebrates 100th Birthday
Ne braskan centenarian Mr. Case celebrated his birth centenary with an open house at his daughter Mrs. T. P. Moren’s home near here. Born January 4, 1828 in Granby Connecticut, he moved to Nebraska in 1879 settling in Nemaha county. He is a carpenter by trade and farmer with two daughters Mrs. Moren and Mrs. Walter Gagnebin of Nebraska City.
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Auburn
Elbert Case
Mr. Case
T. P. Moren
Granby
Conn
Nebraska
Nemaha County
Moren
Walter Gagnebin
Nebraska City
Kearney Eyes Museum as Education Board Moves Ahead
By year end 1928 Kearney plans a new museum. The board of education has prepared plans and several local collections of relics may form the core. Citizens own material likely to support a museum if organized.
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Kearney
Board of Education
Coolidge Nominates Lincoln Resident for War Post
President Coolidge nominates Lincoln resident Charles B. Robbins as assistant secretary of war. A former Nebraska graduate of 1898, Robbins is the brother of Ida Robbins and Mrs. Arthur Anderson and Mrs. Warren Day, all of Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Charles B. Robbins
President Coolidge
University of Nebraska
Ida Robbins
Arthur Anderson
Warren Day
Farmer Hise ships 1400 pounds radish seed northward
Alliance resident George Hise and his son Ed along with William Haskins delivered 1400 pounds of radish seed from their farm to Morrill for shipment to a large seed house. Weather hurt the crop and reduced profits.
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Alliance
George Hise
Here
Morrill
Mr. Hise
William Haskins
Fremont Herald Secures Sole Ownership as Copper Takes Lead
Copper becomes sole owner of the Fremont Herald after Gene Owen retires. The weekly, Fremont's oldest paper, will be printed in the future by Perkins Printing Company.
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Fremont
Byron Copper
The
Herald
Gene Owen
Perkins Printing Company
Hall County Board Seeks Boost in Pauper Care Funds
The Hall county board of supervisors at Grand Island requests over a $3,000 increase in the pauper care appropriation for the year. This year's estimate calls for about $18,000 to aid 300 or more residents with food groceries coal and other supplies, compared with just over $15,000 spent last year.
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Grand Island
Hall County
Hall County Board of Supervisors
Girlhood to Motherhood: Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Mrs. Frank Sellers of Vinton Iowa testifies how the Vegetable Compound helped her from childhood to multiple pregnancies. The ad claims the product benefits girls and women across generations and has been praised for over half a century by mothers and daughters alike.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Sellers
7Th Avenue
Vinton
Iowa
Castoria for infants praised as safe remedy
The advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for colic, constipation, and diarrhea in babies. It claims it is gentle on the stomach, free from dangerous drugs, and endorsed by doctors, with a care booklet included.
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Fletcher
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