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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
7
A fragment shows dialogue from Boy Life about travel pain and Scoutmaster urging action. The line “John we are you doing there in the On Tenderfoot Getting wet” hints at Scoutmaster instruction during outdoor training. The text reflects early 20th century youth scouting tone with family and travel references.
Police identify 19 year old Fred Poffenbarger of Council Bluffs as a suspect in the Burlington mail train robbery. He is also connected to a Howard cafe hold up on South Main street by witness Mrs. Anne Hadigan. Mrs Myrtle Collins, mother of Keith Collins sought by investigators over a $100,000 mail pouch theft attempted suicide Sunday by poison.
Kansas City delegates to the National Farmers' Union convention last week indicate E. M. Pollard of Nebraska as the acceptable choice for secretary of agriculture though the group did not officially endorse a candidate.
Bonds worth thirty thousand dollars belonging to the Lumm berman's Trust company of Portland were among the loot taken during the Council Bluffs train robbery last week. The bonds were insured and were being shipped east, according to company officers.
Topeka flour mills officials told the Kansas court of industrial relations they partially shut down due to weak demand for Kansas flour. They argued Northwestern mills using cheaper Canadian wheat can sell flour about $1 per barrel cheaper, marking a first-of-its-kind case in the world according to Judge W. L. Huggins.
Varnal income taxes collected for the calendar year 1918 totaled $306,053,565, surpassing every other state. It exceeded Kansas by $87,529,511 and Wisconsin by $115,853,880, and topped the combined personal returns of Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Hawaii by about $2 million.
In Bologna Italy eight people were killed and 70 wounded during fighting between socialists and anti socialists at a meeting of the new municipal council. Order has been restored and a judicial inquiry begun.
California Senator James D. Phelan has sent a telegram to governors and senators of western states urging them to telegraph the State Department their political protest against any treaty granting citizenship rights. The move signals strong opposition among some Western leaders to proposed changes in citizenship policy.
The National Grange in Boston Massachusetts states opposition to repealing the excess profits tax and calls for a revision to modernize the law. The group urges lawmakers to update provisions to reflect current economic conditions and ensure continued revenue.
An old advertise ment promotes Kilmer s kidney remedy claiming it aids kidneys liver and bladder and can be tested with a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Mention the paper in your letter.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch comic piece rejects lynching as brutal and impolite. It humorously bounds a hypothetical list of culprits, from backseat drivers to lip-stick chewers, to critique mob violence.
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh. It claims no other ailments are treated and lists F. E. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as the source.
An English town tale describes a wealthy miserly woman and a 14 year old boy who serves as butler, kitchen maid and gardener at once. A visitor asks what he does and the boy replies he is a butler a kitchen maid and a gardener out of a job.
A humorous exchange about French phrases ends with a punchline about carbolic acid. The fragment then promotes Cuticura products for infants and complexion, touting Soap and Ointment plus a facial trio as a beauty aid.
The article explains that any planet rising before midnight is called an evening star, while a planet rising after midnight is a morning star. It notes these terms apply only to planets and not to the real stars, which are fixed stars.
An aged remedy claim states Green's August Flower has served thousands of households worldwide for fifty four years with no observed failure to relieve illnesses. The advertisement notes it is sold everywhere.
Dean Walter Williams of the University of Missouri school of journalism cites a reporter sending a class member to cover a railroad wreck. As the press hour neared the student had no story because of the excuse Too much excitement Wait for the situation to quiet down.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple instructions that any woman can dye fabric. It highlights a color card featuring 16 rich colors and urges dye quality to avoid damaging materials.
Report notes monks at a hospice faced exploitation by visitors including 700 vishers who arrived by car and stayed the night. They dined with wine and did not pay. the entrance collection box held only 15 francs.
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