The Crop That Titled Nebraska Over
This excerpt extols alfalfa as Nebraska’s key crop, tracing its rocky start, farmer perseverance, and vast impact. It recounts early doubts, champions like Capt. Adams and Col. Watson, drought years, and the plant’s soil building, feed, and economic roles across the state.
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Nebraska
Capt
Clare B. Adams
Superior
Col. Watson
Massachusetts
Kearney
Captain Adams
Iowa
Pheasants in Nebraska
Capt. Frank B. O Connell explains pheasant introduction in Nebraska, behaviors, and care. The article notes Chinese Ring-necked pheasants, their habitat, reproductive habits, and minimal crop damage. It covers statewide stocking efforts, trapping of over 15 000 birds, and calls for continued stocking and protection with no open hunting yet.
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Nebraska
Pennyslvania
Howard
Sherman
State Department of Agriculture
Chinen Ina Se
First fish story of the season at Lake Quinnabaugh
Mr and Mrs Wallace Dixon concessionaires at Lake Quinnabaugh near Decatur Nebraska report a five pound bass jumped into their canoe on May 12 while they were on the lake and did not get away. Mrs R Seivers proprietor of the lake hotel vouches for the tale. Lake Quinnabaugh is a popular resort for Omahas.
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Wallace Dixon
Lake Quinnabaugh
Decatur
Neb
R. Seivers
The
Lake Hotel
M. C. Polmaniter
Omaha
Should Husbands Do House Work A Quirk Of Health Push
Mrs Mildred Dyer from Redlands Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound with improving her health after five years of illness. She notes her husband helped with housework but she seeks better health and a happier home through the tonic.
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Mildred Dyer
Mrs. Dyer
Redlands
Lydia WD
Pinkham
Balloon Tires For Giant Aerial Liners
Balloon tires for new giant aerial liners measure seven and a half feet in diameter and weigh about two hundredweight each. They are wired tires with a breaking load of 18 tons per bead. Inner tubes run about 38 pounds, vastly heavier than standard car tubes. Airliner wheels feature 20 inch hubs and weigh nearly a quarter of a ton per wheel.
Audience Chooses Plot in London Stage Villain Act
A London drama features a villain who pauses before a deed and asks the audience, Shall I The crowd then decides the next move, creating comic moments. Multiple plays include intentional halts to let spectators direct the plot and shape the action.
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London
Fiddle From Beer Keg Used For Portland Square Dances
John Shreiner an old time fiddler from Portland Oregon uses a fiddle crafted from a small beer keg for square dances. The instrument features two side slits as a sounding board with strings stretched across and a fingerboard about three feet long giving a cello like size and playing range.
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John Shreiner
Portland
Ore
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By Will M. Maupin
Mexico
Europe
Myezif
Beaver
Sappa
Furnas Country
Daily Enterprise
Illinois
Uncle Henry Pickrell
Marristown
Macon County
Henry
Will
Uncle Henry
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebrasa
Dawson County
Custer
Scotts Bluff
Morrill
Buffalo
Alfalfa
Newport
Nebra
Commonwealth
Ceres
Frank B. O'Connell
State Bureau Game & Fish
Reaeu of Game and Fish
Devon
State
Dr. Scholl
Sianple
Scholl
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