Rioting Prison Mutiny Kills Guards in Canon City
In Canon City Colorado a prison riot left multiple guards dead and others wounded as prisoners seized the yard and buildings. A fierce firefight, use of machine guns and dynamite followed a demand for freedom and escaped transport. Warden Crawford and James Pardue led the disruption while several structures including the chapel were burned.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado
Siain
Francis. E. Crawford
John Allen
Golden
E. J. Holster
J. J. Belles
R. A. Williams
Pueblo
Belles
Warden Crawford
Colorado Springs
James’ Pardue
St. Louis
Irwin
R. P. Brown
Rinker
Pardue
Taft Returns to Duty After Health Recovery
Washington reports Chief Justice Taft has returned to the capital much improved in health following a lengthy stay at his Murray Bay summer home in Canada.
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Washington
Taft
Murray Bay
Canada
Elevator plan moves toward grain elevator reform
Chicago reports the Farm ers' National Grain corporation, funded with twenty million dollars, nears final approval through Farm Board review and Farrand’s sign off. The group will probe elevator conditions, aiming to finance new elevators or coax railroads to provide better facilities, addressing high insurance costs and outdated structures.
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Chicago
National Grain’ Corporation
Federal “Farm Board
George Farrand
Wlliam Settle
Farrand
Washington, D. C
Stresemann Dies After Heart Attack in Berlin
Berlin reports the death of Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann from a heart attack following a stroke. He had been in ill health for months yet recently resumed duties including the reparations conference at The Haeme and the League of Nations session in Geneva. Stresemann led the German People's Party and held key roles in government.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
Doctor Stresemann
Haeme
Assembly
League of Nations
Geneva
Europe
German People’s Party
Reichstag
German Republic
Mueller
Bodenhamer Named New Commander of Legion
Louisville report notes Q O L Bodenhamer of El Dorado Arkansas elected national commander of the American Legion at the convention. He enlisted in 1917 as a private and left service as a major in 1919. At the closing session five other national vice commanders were chosen: Morton M David Denver Morrison Brewer Campbell Schoble Dugan.
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Louisville
Nineteenth
United States Infantry
QO. L. Bodenhamer
el Dorado
Ark
American Legion
Legion
Morton M. David
Denver
Colo
Willis M. Brewer
Pontiac
Explosion Kills Three Officers in Bayfield Rescue Station
Three officers of the lighthouse tender Marigold were killed in an explosion on the White Bay buoy. Four seamen aboard the tender, moored nearby, were slightly injured. The incident occurred during a distress operation near Bayfield, Wisconsin.
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Bayfield
Wis
Marigold
White Bay
Grand Island Claims Center of the United States
E P Ryan of the Grand Island chamber of commerce argues Grand Island is the U S center using 41st latitude and 95th longitude tests and 50 mile squares to equalize land area He cites mileage from Boston to San Francisco and notes government radio monitor stations and maps placing Grand Island at pivot of the nation and world
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Grand Island
United States
E. P. Ryan
Ryan
Boston
San Francisco
Toston
New York
Iowa Corn Yields Per Dollar Surpass Nebraska
A. E. Anderson compares 10 year averages showing Nebraska land values lower but yields 26.9 bushels per acre versus 40.3 in Iowa. Iowa land values 119.28 compared with Nebraska 50.58 for farmland without buildings in 1925. If Iowa yield scaled with price, would reach 63.5 bushels.
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Lincoln
Iowa
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Walnut Grove Fruit Farm Shows Big Output on Missouri River
Elmer S. Berlin’s Walnut Grove tract at Brownville covers six acres of pears and six acres of grapes. This year the pear orchard yielded about a thousand bushels, sold in two car loads at $2 per hundred. Grapes produced around 6 000 baskets of six pounds, with a carload shipped and the rest sold locally by truck or auto. The vineyard age ranges from three to ten years, and land value returned approximately $75 per acre from the grape harvest.
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Stella
Missouri River
Walnut Grove
Elmer S. Berlin
Brownville
Corn Delivery Record Set Near Ashland
J. C. Lemon, living south of Ashland, delivered corn to the elevator in record time. The crop went from planting to delivery in a little over three months, with husking shelling and delivering on the same day saving time, expense and labor.
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Ashland
J. C. Lemon
Warning on parasites in wild ducks from Omaha official
Omaha Health Commissioner Pinto warns hunters to cook wild ducks thoroughly due to parasitic worms found in a spoonbill duck. The worm feeds on muscle tissue and can be present in packing houses. infested meat should go to rendering. Hunters should ensure game is well done to destroy the pest.
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Omaha
Pinto
Melschar Lynch plans bottling works in Neligh
Frank Melschar of Lynch proposes to build and operate a bottling works in Neligh with operations to start by January 1, 1930. Local voters in Alliance approve a 116000 bond for a new sewage system and the project work will begin immediately. A beehive theft near Brule nets one and a half tons of honey and 21 colonies destroyed. A remarkable Nebraska corn prize ear was found near Falls City on the Williams Bach farm, a central ear surrounded by 10 smaller ears.
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Frank Melschar
Lynch
Wins
Neligh
Alliance
Frank Meyer
Brule
Nebraska
Willians Bach
Falls City
Pender State Bank Takes Over Farmers and Merchants
The Farmers and Merchants State bank at Pender has been purchased and taken over by the Pender State Bank. Officers and directors of the former bank will remain the same under the new arrangement.
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State Bank, Pender
Pender State Bank
State fair board reports eight day profit of 10371
Secretary George Jackson presented a tentative financial report to the state fair board showing total receipts of 262328.30 for eight days in 1929 and disbursements of 251957.31 leaving a net profit of 10371.17. A fire damaged the home of L E Lanham in Ashland when a gasoline stove exploded causing kitchen destruction and smoke and chemical damage throughout the house with partial insurance coverage. An overflow audience attended Central City Memorial Library dedication for the 25000 Hards Memorial Library funded by Mrs. Melvina C Hards who resided in Central City since the 1880s.
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State Fair Board
George Jackson
L.E. Lanham
Ashland
Central City
Orchard Woman Cans 219 Quarts of Peaches
Mrs Frank Hrock of near Barneston picked and canned from a back yard peach orchard of under a dozen trees. She produced 219 quarts of peaches plus several quarts of peach butter and fresh slices for the table this season. The peaches were small but of good quality.
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Frank
Barneston
Sugar beet harvest under way in western Nebraska
Harvesting 76 000 acres of sugar beets is underway in western Nebraska with six factories starting slicing. The crop is expected to average twelve and a half tons per acre, at seven dollars per ton, delivering about six and a half million dollars to local beet growers through January 1.
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Nebraska
Perch and bullheads salvaged from Ely drainage moved east
Thousands of perch and bullheads salvaged when ditches and a lake near Ely were drained are distributed in eastern Nebraska ponds and streams. Warden Frank OConnell said the fish were brought to Lincoln, held at the fairgrounds plant, and redistributed by truck. Over 100,000 fish have passed through the Lincoln holding plant since it opened last month.
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Ely
Nebraska
Frank O'Connell
Lincoln
Fairgrounds
Nebraska hosts sixth annual state husking contest
A prize of 100 dollars and a free trip to the national husking contest awaits the man who proves Nebraska's best this year. An additional 100 dollars will be divided among second to fifth places. The awards mirror the national contest with 200 dollars to five men. The sixth annual state contest will be held in November at a place to be named later. Only county champions and runners up may enter.
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Nebraska
Stromsburg High School cornerstone laid in ceremony
The cornerstone of Stromsburg's new $100,000 high school building was laid in a ceremony attended by a large crowd from the city and nearby counties. State Superintendent C. W. Taylor and E. C. Nordlund spoke and the high school band provided music. Attendees included residents who were present for the first high school construction in the early eighties.
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Stromsburg
C. W. Taylor
E. C. Nordlund
Profitable Park special reaches ONeill on first Burlington stop
The Profitable Park train with 2 305 through passengers began its run on the Burlington with 63 stops. Five exhibit coaches and a flat car show hog production aims. Prof Howard Gramliech of the University of Nebraska urged the crowd that the train’s goal is not more hogs but more profitable hog production. Burlington representatives and college of agriculture faculty join the tour.
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Park
Burlington
O'Neill
Howard Gramliech
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Senate approves Simmons amendment on flexible tariff voting
Washington reports a 47 to 42 Senate vote adopting the Simmons amendment to the tariff bill. It strips the President of power to adjust duties after investigations, a victory for the Democratic coalition and opponents of a flexible tariff.
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Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Hoover Haus
House
Congress
White House
Thirteen Deaths From Southern Storm Toll
The tropical gale killed thirteen people as it moved from Nassau to the Virginia capes then inland across the Florida peninsula and into Alabama and Georgia. The storm caused tangled communications, halted rail and roadway traffic, and damaged homes along its path.
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Atlanta
Virginia Capes
Nassau
Bahamas
Florida Peninsula
Pensacola
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Preacher Confesses Bank Robbery Then Ends Life
Rex Frolkey an ordained Evangelical minister aged 38 is identified as leader of a bandit gang linked to bank holdups in Le Mars Iowa area. He allegedly confessed to the Sioux Center State Bank robbery then killed himself after denial and questioning.
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Frolkey
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William H. Taft
Stresemann
Germany
Bodenhamer
U. S
Inrest
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