Missouri River navigation urged to aid Nebraska region
The Missouri River Navigation Association, formed after a Kansas City conference of 600 delegates, argues that improving Missouri river navigation cuts transport costs versus all rail routes. Secretary Hoover notes inland waterways as crucial to economy, calling for recognition of the upper Missouri as a navigation project to relieve freight costs and spur regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River Navigation Association
Missouri River Valley
Kansas City
Secreeary of
Commerce
Hoover
Liverpool
Bue- Aires
New Orleans
St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Nature
United States
Great Lakes
Quotations on Loyalty and Truth in Small Town Life
A collection of wry maxims and observations on patriotism honesty and human behavior. Notables include Matt Jeff Andy Gump Dan Brown and Gus Bueschler as examples of local expertise and character while comments on reading writing and judging duty frame the tone.
Missouri River Navigation Praise and Feasibility Findings
The Missouri River Navigation Association advocates recognizing the upper Missouri as a Mississippi navigation project and argues for a unified waterways system. It cites economic gains from 6-foot deep channels Kansas City to Omaha, 1924 rate savings, and seven-figure transportation-cost reductions, urging Nebraska to support the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River Navigation Association
Mississippi
Ohio
Lower
Missouri
Board of Army Engineers
Distri
Kansas City
Omaha
University to require psychological tests for student fitness
A. A. Reed outlines plans to test Nebraskan university students to determine fitness for college education and block registration in subjects where lack of ability would handicap them. The plan, announced over radio, takes effect September 1, 1927, and may set a precedent for broader use in guiding student registration.
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University of Nebraska
A. A. Reed
Confidence Men Target Used Cars Over Gold Bricks
A local item notes that confidence men have shifted focus from gold bricks to selling used cars, finding greater financial opportunity. The remark suggests a trend in crimes or scams favoring vehicle transactions over precious metals.
Hooch and Indigestion Stir Moral Reflections
A columnist muses that drinking hootch worsens wicked thoughts beyond indigestion, wondering how anyone remains alive. The piece uses hyperbolic humor to critique intoxication and moral panic.
Modern Girls Welcome With Handshakes Not Kissing Proves Change
A note on social custom contrasts today with prior generations as young women greet each other with handshakes rather than rushing into embraces and kisses, signaling evolving etiquette and personal boundaries among modern girls.
Politicians urged to view farms as food factories
A reader argues politicians should see farms as essential food producers rather than mere voting blocs. The comment calls for policy focus on agriculture’s role in supply and national security.
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Middle West
Panama Canal
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
United States
Christianity Trials Many Try Yet Few Embrace
A reflection notes that while many people experiment with various things, Christianity remains less commonly adopted, suggesting a cultural or personal hurdle to conversion. The remark contrasts wide experimentation with the small number who commit to Christian faith.
Difficulty in guiding boys amid many opposing attractions
A remark on the challenge parents face raising boys as temptations pull them toward the opposite path, highlighting the struggle to provide proper guidance amid competing influences.
Gill Reynolds Objects to Phrase Newspaper Boys
Frank Edge Combe asks how to address a man who calls another publisher brother and whether such language should be challenged or clarified in publication practice. Reynolds protests the term as inappropriate for editorial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill Reynolds
Frank Edgecombe
Mother recycles dresses into small gifts for daughters
A mother once cut old dresses into two or three outfits for her daughters now values even a single handkerchief from an old dress.
Fashion Backlash: Roasts of Modern Dress Stir Debate
A columnist notes the double standard of roasting women for modern dress while warning of public uproar if they return to their mothers and grandmothers' styles. The piece contrasts societal approval and ridicule across generations.
Country editors reunion cheers junior reporter
The junior reporter enjoys her current work but shows particular happiness when reunited with a group of country editors, savoring the chance to meet again with longtime colleagues.
Lew Shelley Declares Rubber Prices Prompt Collar Protest
Lew Shelley announces he will not wear a collar again until rubber prices return to reasonable levels. The protest highlights rising costs and calls for market stabilization to ease consumer burdens.
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Lew Shelley
A Man Studies One Specimen to Understand Women
The remark suggests men know little about women because they devote all their time to studying a single example.
Local Ads Boost Merchant Profits Against Mail Order
If you are a merchant the advertising columns of your local paper pay you more than an even break when competing with mail order houses.
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A. J. Weaver
Missouri River
Pittsburgh
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
West
Missouri Valley
Sam
Matt
Jeff
Andy Gump
Fletch Merwin
Dan Brown
Gus Bueschler
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Mississippi River
Cumberland
Tennessee
Europe
Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
Australia
Tidewater
Interstate Commerce Commission
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mississippi and Warrier Service
Abilene and Southern Railway Company
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
C. E. Cairds
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Line
Monongahela River
Upper River
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