Forty Years of Local Incidents and Notable Events
A sweep of past events and local notes from fifty to forty years ago recounts the emergence of a branch of the Anti-Saloon League in Diller. a school house contract let to Fairbury. real estate moves in Boise. Memorial Day plans by GAR and WRC. a barn fire scare with a sleeping tramp. deputy discharge in a dull sheriff’s office. a Reynolds schoolhouse incident involving an assaulted housekeeper and a fleeing girl.
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Anti-Saloon League
Diller
Jansen
Fairbury
J D Fanders
Idaho
Boise
Tate, Stein & Company
Nickajack Post Gar
WRC
Copeland
Bonowitz
J B
Zook
Reynolds
Record
Fifty Years Ago In Hollenberg And Endicott News
Fifty years ago Con verse & McCreight dissolved with A McCreight continuing the business. Dr Knapp bought half of Steele City flouring mill. Addie Handley tutored many pupils. P T Barnum offered a sweeping bond proposal for Philadelphia. A severe wind storm damaged Hollenberg causing many buildings to lose roofs and walls. a crowd watched as a flogging incident disrupted a school day.
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Knapp
Lincoln
Steele City
Hollenberg
Kansas
Methodist Church
GAR Armory
Comments From U S Capitol by Carl T. Curtis
Congressman Curtis argues that stopping totalitarian regimes requires strong American self government and isolation from entangling alliances. He warns against wasteful WPA spending, calls for targeted relief reform, and notes franking privilege concerns amid a broad discussion of domestic policy.
Congressmen Recall NBC Interview on Europe Burden
After the Hitler broadcast, a group of Congressmen spoke with NBC about U S policy in Europe. The remarks argued the United States should not send men or money to police Europe and emphasized America's distance as a shield for liberty.
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Hitler
NBC
Europe
United States
Union Pacific at Bonham Ends Soon
Theatre notice urges audiences to see Union Pacific starring Alice Faye Connie Bennett and Nancy Kelly. Fri day and Saturday are the last showings as three brave women pilots escape peril in this sky drama.
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Hollywood
Sky
Alice Faye
Connie Bennett
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelley
Comedy
Universal News
Freeview
Faye Bainter
Lady and the
Broadway Serenade Musical With MacDonald and Ayres
Jeanette MacDonald and Lew Ayres star in Broadway Serenade a grand new musical showing next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday If you are a MacDonald fan you will like this picture it is by far the best she has made since San Francisco Also Nelson Eddy is featured in Let Freedom Ring on Saturday.
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Jeanette Mac Donald
Lew Ayres
Mac Donald
San Francisco
Jeanette MacDonald
Comedy
Paramount News
Friday May 19 Screenfare Shows At Local Theater
The schedule lists Lee Tracey in Fixer Dugan with a pictorial and news reel on Friday May 19 followed by a comedy and news segment. On Saturday May 20 Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce and Victor McLaglen star in Let Freedom Ring while Roy Rogers appears in Shine On Harvest Moon along with news segments.
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Lee Tracey
Fixer Dugan
Plus
Nelson Eddy
Virginia Bruce
Victor Mclaglen
Roy Rogers
Harvest Moon
Plus News
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Converse & McCreight
Endicott
A. McCreight
Addie B
Handley
Jesse Miller
Henry Enjlers
Millard Robinson
Lulu Robinson
Addie Miller
Effie Powell
Sylvia Fallowell
Roy Miller
Glie Powell
Willie Friday
Alta Grotts
Horace Bishop
Johnny Friday
P T Barnum
Philadelphia
Ynaggoner Brothers
U. S. Capitol
Carl T. Curtis
America
Washington
Congress
United Chambers of Commerce
USC of C
Nebraska
Francis P. Mathews
Lynn Fogarty
Omaha
Harry J. Kruez
Post Office Department
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Jimmy Redmond
Union Pacific
the Bonham
Nelson Eddy Fane
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Cecil B McMille
Joal McCrea
Barbara Stanwyck
Robi. Preston
Akim Tamiroff
Brian Donlevy
Veal
Swift
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