Nebraska News Snapshot Highlights Local Happenings
Reports from across the state note community hall talks in Clay Center, plans for cheese factories at Henry Bayard and Dutch Flats, and road to improvements at Gering. Griff Thomas of the Harvard Courier dies. 70. postmaster. Moe stock market members tour the southwest. McCook faces water shortage after bond defeat. Freddie Sullivan dies from burns. Humphrey restaurant fire. State treasury auto license tax brings in 484000 since Jan 1.
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William Young
Clay Center
Henry, Bayard
Dutch Flats
Gering
Griff Thomas
Harvard Courier
Moe
Omaha
McCook
Freddie Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
Greeley
Humphrey
Albert Dinkle
Pierce
Fred Liske
J. N. Campbell
Stamford
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Company
Beet Growers’ Association
Premont
Hilthorn
Burlington
United Brethren Church of York
H. D. Fox
Department of Animal Husbandry
College of Agriculture
Doane Agricultural Service
St. Louis
Frank B. O'Connell
Murant
American Legion
McMullen
Jenkins
Henry Taylor
Beaver City
Henry Clay
Sbeguserey
Mr. Taylor
Virginia
Peet
Herpeaa County
Henry Mundt
Springfield
McMulen
Philadelphia
Bue High School
Principel L. B. Mathews
Basterbrook
Arcadia
Omana
Dew
Animal Husbandry Classes Close at State School of Agriculture
Nebraska notes report the first month of hog feeding tests at the State School of Agriculture. Five hog lots fed varied rations show different gains and costs per cwt. Data include corn alfalfa tankage and linseed meal, with figures and pricing noted.
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Curtis
State School of Agriculture
Beatrice Urges Walnut Tree Planting in Nebraska
Wood Goble of the Isaak Walton league urged Beatrice residents to cooperate with Gage county on a conservation plan. He called on land owners to plant one or two walnut trees for every tree felled for furniture and veneer, and reminded Nebraskans of J Sterling Morton father of Arbor Day.
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Beatrice
Nebraska
Isaak Walton
New Home for Dependent Children Lincoln
The state board of control selected the Olive A. White property in University Place known as Whitehall as the new site for the state home for dependent children. After evaluating about sixty possible locations near Lincoln the purchase price for the six acre site with an eighteen room brick house was set at 80000 dollars.
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Lincoln
State Board of Control
Olive A. White
University Place
Whitehall
Totem Pole Acquired For Loup City Park Display
Jenners Park receives an antique Indian totem pole rich in grotesque carvings and painted scenes. Each carving holds meaning and together tell the life story of the pole’s owner.
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Loup City
Jenners Park
Boy Fends Off Robbers With Toy Pistol
Herman Uhrick, 15, chased away two holdup men who seized him and a companion after delivering newspapers. He drew a toy cap pistol, fired in the air for 75 cents, and the robbers fled.
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Scottabluff
Herman Uhrick
Herman
First Sow and Litter Club Forms in Walthill
The Farm Bureau office received the enrollment of the first sow and litter club in Walthill signifying spring. Ten local boys joined and elected L. W. DeMoss, vocational agricultural teacher, as leader.
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Walthill
Farm Bureau
L. W. DeMoss
Farm Loan Pay Improving Across Columbus Bankers
Farm loan payments are rising this year as Columbus bankers and mortgage association officials report stronger receipts on farm loans compared with recent years. The trend reflects improving agricultural finances and steady loan repayments.
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Columbus—Bankers and Mortgage Association
Bakers escape as steam tank explodes in town bakery
Red Cloud Two bakers Al Eck wall and Ralph Richardson narrowly escaped when a 40 gallon steam tank exploded in a local bakery. The blast blew out every window and two partitions, audible across a large part of the town.
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Buen
al Eckwall
Ralph Richardson
Cheese industry expansion planned in North Platte valley
Bayard and Gering plan new cheese factories and improvements as infant cheese industry grows in the North Platte valley, signaling regional agricultural diversification and investment.
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Bayard
Gering
North Platte Valley
Open Wet Hearing Marks Step in Prohibition Revision
Washington by March 31 the house modification committee will hold open hearings to draft a new prohibition bill. a five member temperance board will study questions and outline a program while all congress members and private citizens may speak. debates reference supreme court rulings and attacks by anti saloon league and critics on religious and political influence.
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Washington
Representative Hill
Rep
House Committee
Aan
Congress
Temperance Board
Supreme Court
John W. Davis
Wilebrandt
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Edwards
Dem
N. J
Britten
Snell
House Rules Committee
League
Tinkham
Rep. Mass
Dity
Jinx Ship of Dry Navy Is Now Beyond Reach
The T foot patrol boat 126, blamed for loss of life and near disasters amid rum running, has wrecked off Narragansett Bay shores and broken up. Eight crewmen await trial in New York on serious charges as the vessel sinks with no salvage possible.
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New London
Conn
Satsait
Coast Guard Service
New York
Narragansett Bay
Largest Consolidation in Petroleum Industry
One of the largest coalitions in the history of the American petroleum industry unites Associated and Tidewater into a single company. The merged group will run nationwide operations from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic Seaboard and will control an export business, strengthening its international position. The charter hints at further acquisitions by granting power to purchase other corporations' securities.
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New York
Amerpetroleum
Associated and Tideway
International Feild
Bull Charged Farm Bullfighter Shot By Officer
In Seattle Washington a bull on the BMEB Doty farm attacked a load of hay on the highway. Officer James Moffatt, a famed rifle shot, killed the animal to end the threat. The bull was valued at $106000 and belonged to Sylvia King.
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Sylvia
Carnation Stock
Seattle
Wash
BMEB
Oficer
James Moffatt
Focal Police
Diamond Dyes Sale Advice for Specific Fabrics
A shopper is advised to tell the druggist the fabric type before buying Diamond Dyes. The guidance covers wool silk linen cotton and mixed goods to ensure proper color results.
Exit the Camel at Funeral Fanfare in Arabia
The camel officiates his own funeral as he hauls automobile parts from Aden into Arabia. Sheiks crave luxurious auto interiors and bright calico exteriors while the camel plans a ironic laugh, noting cars become common carriers everywhere.
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Aden
Arabia
Los Angeles Times
Dr Drakes for Croup Ad Time-Tested Remedy
For CROUP What Would You Do presents a physician’s prescription long used in homes for croup relief without vomiting in minutes. Promotes quick cough cold and whooping cough relief. Recommends Dr Drake’s lesson as a valued family remedy. Bottle 60 cents.
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Dr. Drake
Poe Letter Repayment Note Sells For Five Hundred
Poe apology letter for a $50 loan sold at auction for $500, ten times the original sum. Heirs of the creditor gained a substantial realization after a long wait, illustrating the value placed on the deceased author.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Los Angeles Times
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Adverts
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a set for cleansing purifying soothing healing and perfuming your skin Featuring the three products as essential daily toilet preparations for clear skin.
Cannot Be Transplanted Buchu Plant Fails in America
Buchu, an African drug plant, has largely not adapted to American cultivation. The drug remains sourced from its native country where vessels and bullock carts carry it to markets for sale.
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America
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted by Detroit User
An Detroit woman Mrs M B Murray writes of health improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The notice cites Mrs Grace Gillem's published endorsement and notes the product has been used by women for over fifty years and is sold at druggists.
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Ohio
Helen Eer
Pinkham Company
Detroit News
Grace Gillem
M. B. Murray
Washburn Ave
Detroit
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
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