April State News Highlights in Nebraska and Nearby Areas
April reports include 115097.54 paid to Nebraska defunct state bank depositors. Inman voters back public works aid to build a new school replacing the fire damaged one. Sheriff’s sale at Tecumseh sells an eighty acre Johnson county farm for 132 per acre to Archie Keebler. Hunters must wear identifying buttons. buttons manufactured at the state reformatory. Sandhill counties show mixed farm trends with declines in Arthur and Grant counties. A poetry contest offers a five dollar prize for a goat ode. University geography chair Dr. Bengston seeks a new pentabook including agent theory. EB Cornish of New York proposes donating 180 Iowa acres for an interpark at Carter Lake with no park-use conditions.
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Johnson County
Tecumseh
Archie Keebler
Nels. A. Bengston
Nebras
EB. J. Cornish
New York
Omaha
Iowa
Carter Lake
Cornish
Nebraska Fish Planting and Federal Grade Plan Talks
Conferences with federal officials will set project priorities for a potential grade separation program. Nebraska could receive up to 5 million dollars once priorities are set and funds released. State officials report over a quarter million fish stocked in streams recently, with several million more young fish planned from state hatcheries, mainly bullheads and crappies, for sportsmen's benefit.
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A. C. Tilley
Nebraska
Tilley
Frank O'Connell
State‘game Forestation and Parks Commission
Nebraska Service Establishments See 1933 Receipts Near 25 Million
The 1933 census of American business shows Nebraska had 7 649 service establishments amusements and hotels with receipts totaling 24 907 000 and payrolls 5 406 000 Grand Island lists 111 service establishments receipts 465 000 12 amusements 166 000 and 11 hotels 207 000 Omaha bank for Cooperatives reports loan milestone passing 1 000 000 in April loans totaling 127 900 to 26 farmers cooperatives across four states for marketing and processing and other uses total loans since March 1934 1 028 000 with 759 000 for marketing programs and 269 000 for property related needs.
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Nebraska
Tade
Commerce Department
Grand Island
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Hundredth Bus Laugh Lets Her Ride
An elderly woman asks a policeman the best route and is told to take the 412 bus. Later the same officer finds her still waiting. She cheerfully explains the bus she’s on is the four hundredth, so only 12 more to go, a gag from Tit-Bits magazine.
Senator Sorghum Sees Plowshares Through Reciprocated Plow
In a conversation the senator proposes converting weapons into farm tools as a remedy for conflict. The constituent agrees with the idea and calls for honest toil, while Sorghum adds that reciprocity should allow the plowing under any leftover swords.
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Sorghum
Seasons Spark Student Choice In Classroom Discussion
Children discuss their favorite seasons as the teacher asks which they like best. Doris volunteers spring, but notes she likes it best beside winter summer and fall.
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Doris
Who Has the Cash We Ask Who Drives the Family
A compact quotation piece contrasts old and new power within households, noting the shift from asserting a father’s headship to identifying who steers the family car. The dialogue highlights changing gender and domestic authority dynamics.
Bounty Fond Fatter Prize Mystery In Pathfinder Quote
A quoted exchange from Pathfinder Magazine features a man declaring the prize for marrying his daughter, while a young man questions if the reward is cash or a cup or other item. The dialogue hints at a humorous courtship contest in a period publication.
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Pathfinder Magazine
London Doctor Encounters Lodging Hurdle in Provincial Town
A London doctor visiting the provinces faced lodging difficulties in a small town. A landlady offered a dingy room and spoke sharply, highlighting the era’s housing scarcity and social tensions between travelers and locals.
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London
No Good As A Bedroom Says Helpful Servant
A refined exchange reveals a guest complimenting a room while a servant notes it fails as a bedroom. The dialogue hints at social decorum and practical evaluation within a household setting.
Woman seeks bank withdrawal record from grim faced teller
In a tense scene a woman asks to know how much her husband withdrew last week from the bank. The teller refuses saying he cannot disclose such information and notes he is the paying teller not the telling teller.
Not Tumultuous When Sambo Returned from the Process
Fragmentary quote details Sambo’s master asking if the crowd was tumultuous and Sambo answering that the crowd was not tumultuous, though sufficiently tumultuous to suit the moment.
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Sambo
Proceeding as Usual on Excessive Taxes
A farmer says his plan to handle high taxes is to make a loud fuss then pay them. The remark captures a blunt, practical approach to financial pressure. The grain of rural life and the humor in budgeting matters shines through.
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Corn Tessel
Simple house dress with scalloped surplice trim pattern 9244
Fashion copy promotes a simple dress with shoulder tucks, fullness at the bust, and scalloped trim. A kick pleat provides skirt fullness and a slender seam line. Pattern 9244 available in multiple sizes with yardage details and a sew chart, order by sending 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. NYC.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
Simple Twist He Becomes the Mrs Target of a Look
A brief item from Pear son’s Weekly notes a light moment about a man becoming the object of a woman’s gaze. The exchange hints at flirtation and social quickness in a humorous, colloquial tone.
George breaks leg joke cited in Tit Bits
Quip from Londos in Tit Bits features a dialogue on a fall and misdirection. The line hints at a punch line about George not breaking his leg despite questions about steps and injury.
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Kerplunk
George
Londos
Who Gave the Bride Away London
A terse London remark contrasts silence with questions about who officiated at a wedding. No speaker identified. the line hints at social expectations and decisive moments in ceremony contexts.
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Narya
London
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State News
R. L Cochran
State Reformatory
Sandhill
Arthur County
Grant County
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Western Newspaper Union
Mrs. Snoop Z
Felix
Pearson's. Weekly
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