Do Your Bit Will Keep Industry Moving During Wartime
The text urges calm business action over hysteria and rejects paralyzing fear. It emphasizes supporting productive industries, prudent spending, and frugality while avoiding bond-posed burdens on future generations. It encourages continuing commerce to sustain the economy and war efforts.
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Lao
Supreme Court ruling limits railroad liability in crossings
The Nebraska Supreme Court holds drivers assume risk at grade crossings if not under full control. Failure of engineers to sound whistles or warn at crossings is not grounds for railroad damages. Autoists must ensure safety before crossing as trains move swiftly and highway rules favor driver responsibility.
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Supreme Court
Nebraka
Wheat Shortage Prompts Call for Full Seed Planting
Nebraska State Council reports wheat is scarce with over 90 percent of winter wheat killed. Counties may lack enough seed to meet war seed requirements and cannot ship surplus until fall needs are met. Council urges planting normal acreage and rapid provision for shortages.
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Nebran
Nebraska State Council
Coune
Postmaster General Orders Rural Carriers on Mail Delivery
Postmaster General directs Washington direct rural mail carriers to inform their stations that mail will not be delivered to certain areas. The notice outlines delivery restrictions and instructs carriers on procedural steps for handling undelivered mail and rerouting where authorized.
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Washington
Cat Show in Velvet Rooms Told by Daddy and Nancy
The tale describes a lavish cat show in a grand hotel with velvet cushions and shaded lights. Cats of many colors, including lavender, paraded as nobles observed, while Royalty and Nobility debate pride, breeding, and the fate of kitchen cats in a summer city.
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Daddy
Nancy
Royalty
Nobility
Summer Comes Again Remember My Sisters and Brothers
A fragmented line invites readers to admire the speaker if they wish but asks them to remember the speaker’s sisters and brothers when summer returns. The tone hints at a personal appeal amid seasonal reflection.
Vole plague studied for possible pest remedy in Italy
Professor Splendore identifies a potential cure for a vole infestation in Foggia Italy. A cocco-bacillus new species found in blood and organs of voles is linked to rapid epizootics. fleas on infected host transmit the organism to other animals, threatening a regional outbreak.
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Foggia
Italy
Splendore
Rome
Fragmented Thoughts on Success and Destiny
The passage argues success requires long mental preparation and cites Napoleon and Jeanne d Arc as examples who pursued grand aims through persistent mental focus. It suggests luck favors those who relentlessly pursue their goals, urging readers to reflect on their own efforts.
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Napoleon
Jeanne Ware
Wellon
Flowers in the Soul and Sunshine’s Gift
A reflective quotation by Mrs. Child on inner blooms. She argues every human soul contains flowers awaiting sunshine and free air to unfold urging happiness to curb quarrels and wickedness.
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Mrs. Child
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha June 20 1917
Union Stock Yards South Omaha reports liberal cattle receipts about 5,600 with strong demand for good to choice cattle and steady or slowly lower for medium grades. Cattle prices range from 8.25 to 18.55 for various classes, hog prices about 15.10 to 15.60, and sheep and lamb offerings about 3,700 with prices rising on some lots.
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California
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Packers Drive Active Market For Sheep And Lambs
The market was active with buyers seeking any suitable packer stock and bids up by 15 to 25 cents. Good Cantoreia spring lambs sold to $18.00 and clipped westerns $15.75 to $15.90. Sheep and lamb quotations range from lambs shorn at $15.25 to $16.00, spring lambs at $16.00 to $18.10, culls $12.50 to $15.00, feeders $12.00 to $15.00, yearlings $12.00 to $13.50, westerns $10.00 to $11.50, ewes $8.00 to $10.25, and ewes culls $6.00 to $8.50.
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Cantoreia
Andean Keyholes Describe Andean Village Doors
The article notes peculiar locked doors in San Pablo Colombia and Narino described by Harry A. Franck in Century Magazine. Keyholes take varied shapes like swans, men, horses, and geese and never fit easily. Locals rely on native help to unlock doors before travelers continue.
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Harry A. Franck
Century Magazine
San Pablo
Colombia
Narino
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