Marion Howland's Daughter and the Rise of a Hotel Empire
Marion Howland runs a refined boarding house kept separate from her daughter's social rise. After Shirley's whirlwind marriage to a powerful radio magnate, Marion buys and modernizes a family hotel, launching the Hewland Hotel chain and stepping into national prominence.
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Drewie
Otis Greer
Howland House
Shirley Howland
Marion
Shiner
Shirley
Shirlex
Marion Howland
Llewellyn Lewes
Pat
Howland
Lewellyn
Lewes
Hewland Chain
Nebraska court halts four cent gasoline tax on farm use
Injunction filed in district court by farmer Ga E Burke of Gurley to stop Nebraska from collecting a four cent gas tax on gasoline imported for tractor use. Defendants include State Treasurer Bass and Attorney General Sorensen. Also notes Nebraska seed potatoes from Alliance outperform southern stock in yield and disease resistance, with a comparison of certified western potatoes to inferior Louisiana crops.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Ga. E Burke
Gurley
Cheyenne County
Bass
Sorensen
Burke
Teffas
Alliance
Marx Koehnke
Louisiana
Co-Operative Growers Association
Depositors to Receive 50 Percent Dividend from Tecumseh State Bank
Depositors in the failed Tecumseh State Bank, closed January 12, will get their first dividend of 50 percent within days. Checks totaling 75,305 are being mailed from Lincoln by the state department of trade and commerce.
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Tecumseh State Bank
Lincoln
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Deposi
Monument Planned for Fremont Trail Route by Mormon Church
Herbert J. Grant, president of the Mormon church, attended the dedication of a site near Fremont where a monument will be erected by the Dodge County Historical Society. It marks the trail followed by Brigham Young and his followers in 1847.
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Herbert J. Grant
Mormon Church
Fremont
Brigham Young
Dodge County
Businessmen push petition for Chadron to Long Pine rail bus link
Chadron businessmen circulate a petition asking the Chicago North Western railway to start railway motor bus traffic between Chadron and Long Pine in addition to existing passenger and freight service. Towns along the route will cooperate to gain signatures with Valentine among those named.
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Businss
Chadron
Chicago, North Western Railway
Long Pine
Valentine
Biggest plow in United States under construction at Grand Island
A local machine shop in Grand Island builds a 2300 pound plow with a 4 foot furrow and 1.5 to 2 foot depth to improve road grading by turning dirt in one operation. It will be followed by a blade grader and powered by a 60 horsepower Caterpillar. The test road is about 13 miles west. North Platte reports civic club Federated Civic formed with leaders Kroh, Johnson, and Martin elected to presidium roles.
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Grand Island
United States
Here
Refinery Coming to Alliance From Osage Oil Fields
Enes Brothers of Newcastle Wyoming build a large crude oil refinery near Alliance with J W Enes to reside in charge. The facility will have a capacity of one barrels daily and land leased from Burlington on its right of way about four miles northwest of Alliance.
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Alliance
Osage
Wyoming
Enes Brothers
Newcastle
Wyo
J.“W. Enes
Burlington
Most Deadly Plant Discovered in Pretoria Adenia
A botanist in Pretoria South Africa reports the discovery of Adenia described as the most deadly plant. Even a minuscule amount a ten thousandth of a grain is said sufficient to kill an adult. Death or poisoning is hard to trace, with several rail workers and a botanist overcome by fumes from slicing a bulb.
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Pretoria
South Africa
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Fannie. Hurst
McClure
WNU Service
Arion Howland
Mr. Aver
Miss van Abtrip
Gadsby
Marion’ Howland
Lateslady
Kenneth Howland
Arirst Klas
Tealms
Young
Hammond Johnson
Peppee
Coco
North Platte
Western Nebraska
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