Nebraska Briefs From Red Cloud To Omaha And Beyond
Nebraska brief items note an intensive farm man program for Red Cloud public schools, Merna signs a twenty year contract with Nebraska Electric Power Co for street lighting, and York justice R C Stewart suffers paralysis. Other notes cover state health contest entries, Holt county prairie fire damage, death of Charles McLeod, Midland College changes, Columbus Ohio’s Xander succeeding, Omaha merchants market week, corn crop yield projections, Mayor Dahlman’s life title in Chicago, Roosevelt elk remains sent to the university, Hodges’ seven foot corn field, Grandpa Mohr’s 95th birthday, Legion decorations in Omaha, a golden wedding of John and John Heinzman, a state fair fashion show by clothing club girls, West Point candidate Jack Brookley, Pickrell elevator fire, a drowning near Monroe, thousands of tourist cars at North Platte camp, a fatality involving a rural carrier’s son, Lincoln safe theft, tall corn stalks at Steele City, and invitations to Norfolk for a 60th caravan anniversary.
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Red Cloud
Merna
Nebraska Electric Power Co
R. C. Stewart
York
Nebraska
Holt County
Dorsey
Charles McLeod
Stanton
W. E.eilbers
Midland College
Kremont
E. Clyde Xander
Columbus
Omaha
Dahlman
Uptown
Chicago
Roosevelt
Alfred
Fred Hodges
Minatare
Scotts Bluff County
State College
Mohr
Arlington
H. W. Lewis
Atlantic City
N. J
American Legion
John N. Heinzman
Clothing Club
Agricultural Extension Service
Jack Brookley
Edgar
Neb
West Point
A. C. Shellenberger
Seymour-Dix
Pickrell
Evelyn Marie Lambs
Frank Lamb
Monroe
North Platte
R. S. Wilfley
Tn Bank
Steele City
Burt Yurhes
Norfolk Post
Norfolk
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Wheat Production and Crop Rotation at Curtis Nebraska
Curtis Nebraska reports on 1923 harvest results from the Nebraska School of Agriculture plots. Nebraska No. 60 winter wheat out-yielded all varieties, while No. 83 matured earlier but yielded less. Rotation and seed-bed practices influenced yields. summer fallow offered slight gains over continuous wheat. Winter rye and oats timing affected yields. barley timing showed April sowing ahead of March. Lincoln notes include a 235 mill levy for state taxes to fund warrants and road deficits.
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Curtis
Neb
Nebraska School of Agriculture
Nebraska No
Nebraska No. GU
Red Cloud Boys Find Possible Ancient Indian Villages
Three Red Cloud youths Bertrand Schultz Charles Auld and Frank Crabill report locating two sites of old Indian villages. One site west of the Innavale bridge over the Republican yields pottery an axe a pestle arrowheads beads and several graves. Pottery style and absence of metal tools suggest occupation before white settlers.
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Red Cloud
Bertrand Schultz
Charles Auld
Frank Crabill
Innavale
Industrial accidents rise in Omaha early year report says
Omaha records more industrial accidents in the first seven months of the year than all outstate cases combined, according to Frank A Kennedy the Lincoln secretary of labor and compensation.
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Omaha
Frank A. Kennedy
Labor and Compensation
Lincoln
Career of Booth Utah's Commander in the American Legion
John Booth of Spanish Fork Utah leads the state department of the American Legion earning recognition as a self made business leader and wartime veteran advocate He built a drug store empire after serving in infantry field artillery and medical corps guiding post activities and directing Utahs first county council and department convention.
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American Legion
John Booth
Department of Utah
Lugs
Ife
Spanish Fork
Tie
University of California
Ar. Booth
Beatrice J. Mckhell
Booth
Utah
the Legion
First Legion
Ile
St. Paul
National Americanism Commission
Can-Picking Champion Named Noah Bennett of Belle Plaine
Noah Bennett of Belle Plaine Iowa won first prize as champion can picker in a contest held by the American Legion during clean up week. He collected 5384 cans between one and six on a Saturday afternoon while local merchants donated prizes and school boys gathered a hundred thousand old cans during the afternoon.
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Noah Bennett
Belle Plaine
Iowa
American Legion
Noah
American Legion Auxiliary Plans National School Medal Award
The American Legion Auxiliary adopts a national school medal award as part of its Americanism program to recognize one eighth grade girl per community who exemplifies scholarship, honor, service, courage, leadership, and Americ anism. The award aims to encourage nationwide youth achievement across all communities.
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American Legion Auxiliary
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Nebraska Briefs
State Board of Taxation
General Fund
Fremont
Donald Anderson
Ni Jni
Novgorod
Russia
Extension College
State Extension College
Alpina Dairy Products Company
Scottsbluff
John
Carl Agenstein
Wisconsin
OUR Comic
Little
Sayafra
Felix
Fanny
LE van Cems
Mik
Felix Featherhead
DOWS
Tom
MR. Featherhead
Western Newspaper Union
van Celm
THE
American Legion News Service
John E. Booth
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