25 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
1
The article discusses housing fires as a dominant factor and notes eight percent are preventable. It cautions figures cover insured properties only and suggests uninsured properties would raise totals by about forty percent. News Bulletin, Division of Fire Prevention.
State bankers show limited enthusiasm for a proposal by J. E. Hart Secretary of the State Banking Board to require all bankers in the state to have their fingerprints taken. Hart proposed the measure after the disappearance of E. A. Rasher cashier of the State Bank of Octavia who left no trace of identity. An Omaha banker suggested testing the plan on oil promoters first before applying it to bankers.
A serious auto accident nearly occurred on the highway two miles from town when Harry Soucey’s car following the Milton Coffman vehicle veered and turned into the Coffman place, landing in a ditch beside the culvert. No one was hurt though Soucey’s front wheel shattered and the wreck involved both cars. the drivers and occupants escaped with minor injuries.
Prairie fires cause heavy damage each season as dry grass catches from a spark. Avoid starting fires by clearing a ten to twenty foot fire break around planned burns and plowing ahead of the blaze to starve it of fuel.
Reports detail visits by John K Friesen family and Rev D A Friesen to Meade Kansas and Chicago. accompanying relatives travel by car. Birthdays and social gatherings at H Heidelk home and H A Thiessen party. train schedule changes affect local lines linking Omaha Belleville Goodland.
John Horton and Henry Slack, two inmates who fled Nebraska State Penitentiary, were recaptured near Plymouth after an all day chase led by W. T. Fenton. Horton was caught near between Clatonia and Plymouth. Slack surrendered at 7 30 PM after eluding pursuers until then. They were returned to Lincoln and placed in solitary, fed bread and water. On the return trip, fingerprint expert Hans Nielson and penitentiary clerk James O Connell were injured when their car veered into a ditch.
The Evangelical St. Pauls Church mission festival on Cab Creek drew a large crowd despite crowded seating as sermons on Home and Foreign Mission impressed attendees. A free will offering for mission work reached 303 dollars, with two Sundays slated for no services due to Rev. E. Vogt’s absence for events in Guide Rock Syracuse and Lincoln.
The editor offers free tickets to the Thayer County Fair for Children’s Day on Wednesday August 31. Eligible school children may receive free admission and grand stand privilege by calling to obtain them.
J. J. Whiting directs a pageant at the county fair witnessed by an estimated 10 000 people in Reirbucy feet Sall.10 20h. A new monster heating plant at Camp Fenston costing 125000 may serve Meshes Kansas business district as a potential sale target. Railroads offer one and a half fare for round trips to the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln from Sept 4 through 9 with sale starts Sept 3 and return by Sept 10.
The Friesen family announces the marriage of Ynein vieladeg to Jacob Brandt near Henderson, with both families linked to Hen derson and Jansen. The couple plans to reside east of Jansen shortly. A fuller report was unavailable at press time due to limited interviews with local attendees.
North Platte deputies foil a jail break as four inmates dig through a brick wall in the cell house. The bricks were hidden inside the wall when Deputy Roy Wilson discovered the plan as the men prepared to crawl out.
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