10 Jul 1919
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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
1
Farmers warned that fires from locomotive engines burn shocked or stacked grain along Nebraska railroads. With a record grain crop and hot conditions, the notice urges immediate fire guard plowing along all farm edges adjoining the tracks and around every stack to prevent losses.
Seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Owen McGrady of near Powell Fairbury Neb was fatally injured when he fell from a moving truck Friday morning The truck did not pass over the boy but the fall ruptured two blood vessels Lincoln Star reports the incident occurred in Fairbury on July 5
Beatrice Nebraska July 5 Carl Sonderegger 11 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Sonderegger was struck by an automobile last evening on Court street and badly hurt He received two gashes in the head and severe bruises The bicycle was completely smashed reported Lincoln Star
Ey St Pauls Church on Cub Creek hosts new officer installations for the Jugend Verein including Armin Vogt president Arthur Sellenrick vice president Miss Elsie Ruhoke secretary and Miss Ida Rohr treasurer A surprise party honors Miss Freda Vogt with games lunch and best wishes.
Soldiers and sailors forming American Legion posts to uphold the constitution and promote Americanism. Fifteen or more soldiers can start a post locally. Colonel Roosevelt Jr will visit Nebraska in September to address members. Write John G. Maher at 204 South 11th Street Lincoln Nebraska for details.
A. K. Moses of six miles west of Fairbury was killed at noon Tuesday when his car was hit by Rock Island train No. 306 at a crossing two miles west of Gladstone. A curve in the tracks hindered his view and the skull was crushed. He leaves an aged mother and several siblings near Fairbury.
Meade County news recounts a Sunday auto collision eight miles north of Meade Kansas involving Mrs Peter Thiessen and her son in a Ford wrecked but occupants escaping with only severe shaking. The Meade Globe News July 3 notes both cars lacked lights and speed caused the crash. Additional items cover local births, visits, Chautauqua attendance, and agricultural notes.
Nearly 250 Elsasser relatives gathered at Fimwood Park Omaha for a reunion. Four generations ranging from 3 weeks to 67 years enjoyed a day starting with morning activities for children followed by a 7 30 family dinner. The event traces back to 1866 with settlers Chris Pete and Fred Elsasser and the clan now spans Nebraska Iowa Kansas Wyoming and South Dakota.
Threshing starts this week in the area as growers expect a smaller wheat crop due to June heat. Most grain will be cut this week with hot conditions lowering yields compared to earlier expectations.
Frank L. Rain of Fairbury won the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks national convention vote in Atlantic City against Albert Brophy by 1052 to 451. Rain, a 1906 member and former Fairbury lodge organizer, served on the grand lodge judiciary committee and chaired it in 1915 and the following two years. The region faces lower wheat yields but expects above average oat yields.
The Railroad Administration declined a proposal for a one cent a mile rate to move farm laborers to Kansas wheat fields during harvest. It offered to assist movement at normal fare with guarantees, and to operate special trains if needed, coordinating with Governor Allen of Kansas via Topeka.
Minnesota message says A. H. Fast, government employee at the National Capitol, is visiting with his grandfather and the J. H. Balzer family near Bingham Lake.
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