Red Cross to Work at Camps and Bases for Army Support
A nationwide Red Cross plan forms central warehouses and regional bureaus to distribute medical and relief supplies to every training camp and military hospital. Otto T. Saanerd to lead the effort with offices in Washington and branches in New York Boston Chicago Denver New Orleans and San Antonio.
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Nebraska's Foremost Soldier Pershing to Attend Celebration
Major General John G. Pershing, famed U S Army commander, will lead a commencement event in Lincoln Nebraska. The article traces Pershing's life from Missouri birth in 1860 through West Point graduation in 1886 and key commands in Cuba the Philippines and on the Mexican border. It notes his role as military governor Mindanao and his return to the United States in 1914. The piece emphasizes Pershing as a national hero and the impact of his career on Lincoln and Nebraska communities.
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la Clede
Missouri
Wee One
Missouri State Normal
Kirksville
West Point Military Academy
New Mexico
Geronimo
North Middle West
University of Nebraska
Cuba
Tenth Cavalry
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Phillipines
Japan
Roosevelt
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United States Army
Southern Division
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Mindanao
Zamboanga
United States
Mexico
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Southern ‘Division
Fort Gam Houston
Texaa
Soe Pershing
Rendigg News
Patty Cie
California
Lincoln
Lincoln to host state bands on main streets for all‑day music
Scattered plans outline many bands from across the state offering services while local ensembles prepare for the central streets event in Lincoln. Organizers aim to set up bandstands and deliver continuous music throughout the day.
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Lincoln
Semi Centennial and Preparedness Celebration Planned
The Semi Centennial Celebration Committee moves ahead with the Golden Anniversary events for Nebraska’s entry into the Union in Lincoln on June 12 13 and 14. They urge keeping business normal to support the war effort and maintain employment while preparing Nebraskans for future duties in democracy. The aim is to unite Nebraskans around heritage and sacrifice and to honor those who aided humanity and civilization.
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Lincoln
Wanted A Yoke Of Oxen For Nebraska’s Semi Centenary
In a Nebraska reenactment at the Semi Centennial celebration the beasts of burden will re enact their part. If modern farmers cannot supply them two wild steers from the Omaha stock market will be purchased and trained for the occasion.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Grasshoppers Make Merry at the Semi Centenary Pageant
The piece recalls 1874 a grasshopper raid described by A E Sheldon with clouds darkening the sun and wings roaring. It foreshadows their return to the pageant Nebraska the Semi Centenary celebration where grasshoppers “devour the fields” in a mocked stage act.
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Old Settler
A. E. Sheldon
Nebraska
Vehicles Drawn by Native Ponies in Valparaiso Chile
In the Valparaiso district of Chile native ponies pull pleasure vehicles. Shetland ponies are not seen there. The carts used with native animals are weight carts designed to carry a horse and weight.
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Valparaiso
Traveling Birds and Shared Feasts Across Spring Flock Bonds
The piece notes mixed bird companionship during migration and wintering, citing juncos white-throated sparrows and winter sparrows forming allied flocks. It highlights similarities in food habits linking nuthatches chickadees shore larks and snow buntings with ducks joining flocks yet separating in sustained flight.
A Few Years Hence
A Kansas City motorist recounts pursuing a strange rider in Ozark timber ten miles from town. The car knocked down the figure who sprang up and chased on hind legs for about half a mile crying in a human sounding voice. A garage proprietor suggests the sighting was a pedestrian.
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Steele City, Nebraska
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Abstract Office
J. Monroe Davis
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
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Adi Kodenare
Seanae
Sears
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