All Fools Day and local notes from a rural column
All Fools Day next Sunday. A few have planted potatoes. Mr and Mrs C E Waggoner were visitors at the county event Wednesday afternoon. Born Sunday March 25, an 8 pound girl to Mr and Mrs Paul Beckwith. Jorden Sapinann and John Steiner drove to Lincoln and then to Omaha on a business trip. Beginning next week the stores will be open again on Saturday afternoons and evenings. Caterpillar tractors have recently moved heavy loads across the Sahara in 21 days, a feat compared with traditional camel transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Beckwith
Myre
H. W. Clark
Jorden Sapinann
John Steiner
Lincoln
Omaha
Sahara
Agents Wanted Man with car preferred Big money proposition
Illegible ad fragment noting sales rights for Milburn Puncture Proof tubes and territory offers from Baxter Richardson Company Kirksville Missouri. Also a Beatrice Sun item about Mrs. John Sible returning from Lincoln State Hospital cured. Random newspaper promo language advertises state journal rates and Lincoln Journal features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn
Baxter & Richardson
Compan
Kirksville
M Mo
Harbine Community News Update Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Paul Arpke returns to Colorado after stay with family in Harbine. Mr and Mrs Geo Sharp visit at Tom Ewing's home. Mrs Powell remains ill at her home, with A Hafer and others helping. Mrs Parker and Celia travel to Canada. Buller family and Pate Fairbury noted in local social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Arpke
Elsie Sandman
Colorado
Geo. Sharp
Tom Ewing
Powell
A. Hafer
Fellowly
Imhb Campbell
St. Joe T
Parker
Celia
Celia, Setarnelsw Sweetey
Canada
Eure -Buller
Pate Fairbury
Local Students Return Home for Spring Vacation
Elery Combs studying telegraphy and station work with Burlington agent W J Filley spent a week with Kansas City relatives. Carroll Diller Lloyd Callander Harold Hutchinson Audrey Viller Isabelle and Arnold Fouts returned from Lincoln to visit State University friends and home folks during the spring break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elery Combs
Burlington
W. J.filley
Falks
Kansas City
Carrol Diller
Lloyd, Callander
Harold Hutchinson
Audrey, Viller
Isabelle
Arnold Fouts
Lincoln
The
State University
Women’s Club News and Garden Week Plans
The Women’s Club details a meeting at Mrs. Harry’s home with plans for National Garden Week April 22 to 28 endorsed by President Harding. Officers include Pres. Mrs. Scott Miller and others. The group voted to fund a one year room rent for a public library and fundraiser efforts continue. Mrs. Foote presented a paper on Old Fashioned Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trier
V. & Bolt
Rine
Woods
Woods Olin
Cully
Pearl Diller Victrola Music Music Dept
Dede Fanderoji Cor
Anes
V. B. Bell
Treas
E. Bill
Aditor
Callander
J. W. Foote
History of Lighting Through the Ages and Tutankhamen Tomb Illumination
The article surveys lighting history from crude torches in ancient Egypt to electric illumination used in exploring King Tutankhamen's tomb. It traces lamps from brass and bronze to Romans brushing rushes, later candles in Constantinople, and oil lamps with wicks, noting milestones up to modern electrification and the 1900s lighting advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tut- Ankh-Amén
Egypt
Tut
Bae
Auer Welsbeck
School Notes on tag week and athletic updates
Tags sold: First Primary 88 Second Primary 80 Intermediate 34 total $20. Esther Bristol sold the most tags and gets a candy box. Absent notes for Gerald Friday Meredith Robertson Freda Brandt Melvin Schraeder. Seniors practice teaching and play book Ste Lively. Jefferson Co tournament results and class A B standings. Diller and Steele City winners noted. 1922-23 Cage squad records and team details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Bristol
Gerald Friday
Meredith Robertson
Freda Brandt
Melvin Schraeder
Jefferson Co
Gam's
Steele City
Reynold
Plymouth
Diller Diller
Eee Hays
Winndbe Bell
Germ Me
Anderson
Roth
Bowers Wergand
Diller
Fe Plymouth
Eae
Daykin
Endicott Presnell
Jacobs
Mac
Jansen
Erickson
D.H. S. Cage
Io Experien
Ross Ca Nic Anderson
Blauser Party Visits Lincoln Kin from Spookane
C L E Blauser of Lincoln and his sister in law Mrs Pearl of Spoikan e Wash visited yesterday with Diller relatives mortaring down from Lincoln in the former s car. Mrs Marie Habicht has suffered sciatic rheumatism all winter. Wilson Brandt attended the funeral of Matilda Hargis at Beatrice. Hargis wife of John Hargis formerly of Odell left a large family. she was sixty five and had cancer for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sible
Elm Township
Lincoln
Sheriff Sailing
State Institution
Beatrice Sun
C. L. E. Blauser
Mrs
Pearl
Spoikane
Wash
Diller
Mr. Blauser
Marie Habicht
Wilson Brandt
Matilda Hargis
Beatrice
Hargis
John Hargis
Odell
Vessels Idle in U. S. Fleet Total 964 Ships Idle
Washington reports 964 ships idle at year start from the United States Shipping Board fleet of 1,879. Among idle Vessels 874 are steel cargo ships totaling 5,585,166 tons. Seventy seven tankers also idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S
United States Shipping Board
Washington, D.C
Personal note on hands and moved goods
A fragmented personal note discusses goods, a move, and a distant location. It mentions a person, an address, and a potential purchase or transfer need. The handwriting appears informal with unclear details about timing or quantities.
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Carnegie
Andy
Diller State Bank
General Banking
C. E. Waggoner
Ciller
Daily State Journal
Nebraska
Jogmel
Associated Press
Harbine
Womans Club
Mrs. Scott Millet
Geen
Deepen
Patta
Nebr
John Clausson
S. J. Thompson
W. E. Anderson
H. K. Shutt
J. Smith Diller
C. L. Geer
L. M. Cavett
Copes
Baugh
Dougies &T
Penin
Poole
Mallee
Feirbury
Dior
Bose
Cattla
Jenny Lind
E. F. Oaks
Woddell
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