Wheat Insurance Seeks 75 Percent Guarantee for Jefferson County
Wheat insurance plans target 862 Jefferson County growers with 75 percent of a normal crop guaranteed next year. Coverage insures bushels not price, with loans and parity payments boosting to 75 to 80 cents per bushel. Jacobs reports average application cost about $2.00, borne by the crop insurance corporation. Premium payment deadlines and rate adjustments depend on market price and notice timing.
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Jefferson County
Jacobs
Crop Insurance Corporation
Sorghum Silage Timing and 4-H Prize Trip Info
Farmers seek guidance on the best time to cut sorghum for silage with dough stage seeds as the target. Too green harvest risks excessive acidity, adequate packing is essential, and water is usually unnecessary if timed right. Rock Island Railroad offers an educational prize trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago for Jefferson county's top 4-H member, with Ruth Sollenberger last year.
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Farm Bureau
Jefferson County
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Ruth Sollenberger
Memories Of The Past In Diller Nebraska Reflections
Narratives recall residents visiting relatives in Hanover and Hebron. Memories cover EdMandeville's Norfolk stay, Wobblfarths' Idaho move, Dan Fry teaching, Osborn's south town school, Pitts in Denver medical study, hailstones at Fairbury, Oliphant misprint, and Stockton sermon anecdotes. Diller school history notes 132 pupils and textbook changes.
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Dan Fry
Blauser
Chas Osborn
Solis Pitts
Denver
Fifty Years Ago in Fairbury and Nearby Places
Fifty years ago Fairbury operated a soap factory. D R Kelley attended the national GAR encampment at Columbus and extended his visit to Saxton Pennsylvania. A sensational Guide Rock incident reports John Baker killed after maiming a threshing machine operator. Neighbors hanged Baker to a straw carrier.
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Fairbury
D R Kelley
GAR
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Kelley
Saxton, Pa
Guide Rock
Diller
John Baker
Weeks
Baker
Love Finds Andy Hardy and Give Me A Sailor at the theatres
At Theatres shows Judge Hardy’s children in Love Finds Andy Hardy with Mickey Rooney as Andy and Lewis Stone as Judge Hardy. Judy Garland adds charm and Martha Raye appears in Give Me A Sailor with Bob Hope. Jane Withers stars in Keep Smiling. The Movie Quiz contest is highlighted. obtain your quiz book at the theatre.
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Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Andy
Lewis Stone
Judy Garland
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Jane Withers
Cecelia Parker
Cartoon
Merchant
Hudson Valley Ancient Past Preceded Grand Canyon
A brief note recalls the Hudson Valley region’s antiquity long before the Grand Canyon formed, highlighting ancient landscapes and geologic timelines in a concise historical sketch.
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Hudson Valley
Grand Canyon
Smoke Particles Drift Slowly Through Air
Dr. Thom as M. Beck explains in the Chicago Tribune that smoke particles are dense yet fall slowly due to balance of weight and air resistance. Their tiny size and electrical charges prevent coalescing, making removal from air harder than for gaseous impurities.
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Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Masonic Blue Lodge Explains First Three Degrees
The Masonic Blue Lodge is a symbolic lodge where the first three degrees of Masonry are conferred as part of initiation and fellowship.
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Masonic Blue Lodge
Masonic
Lifeboat Invention Traces From 1765 to Greathead Craft
London Answers Magazine notes the first complete lifeboat account traces to a 1765 French inventor but records no use. The design heritage is attributed to three English men with Wire, Lukin, and Greathead. Greathead built the first practical lifeboat launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1789 and served for thirty years, saving hundreds of lives.
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London Answers Magazine
Wire
Lukin
Greathead
Newcastle-on- Tyne
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John Mathias
Hanover
Harry Colman
Hebron
Edith Mandeville
Norfolk
Nebraska
Wobblfarths
Idaho
Oliphant
Colorado
Lew London
Stockton
Kansas
Bordeen
Lockwood
McCall’s Magazine
Pictorial Review
Farm Journal Breeder’s Gazette
The
Diller Record
Woman’s World
Jimmy Redmond
Edw
B. Ackermen Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
Blue Valley
Credit Ass’n
Bonham Theatre
Rudy Vallee
Rosemary Lane
Paris
Charles Quigley
Wm. Boyd
Old
Mexico
Allens Store
Fitz
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