Cortland votes to gravel business district streets
A Cortland town board decision funds street gravelling in the village business area. The Platte river, previously dry in parts, now runs nearly bank full after weeks of low water. Aurora moves to curb reckless driving with arrests already reported. Articles of incorporation for Minute Men of America filed in Lincoln.
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Cortland
Platte River
Aurora
Minute Men of America
Lincoln
Nebraska
Walther League
Deshler
Sholes
Lexington
Roy Martin
Blue River
Holmesville
Franklin County
Omaha
Superior
Norfolk
Hamilton County
Fix State Levy at 2.35 Mills in Nebraska
The state board of taxation sets the state levy at 2.35 mills, including a redemption levy of 0.20 mills. The 2.35 mill total compares with 1.8 mills last year, of which 0.8 went to a new capitol and the rest to the general fund. The redemption levy is now authorized separately up to one mill to cover unpaid warrants, expected to raise about 631,877 dollars to fund 462,000 dollars in warrants from road contract deficits.
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Lincoln
State Board of Taxation
Capitol
General Fund
Red Cloud Village Sites Unearthed by Local Boys
Red Cloud youths Bertrand Schultz Charles Auld and Jank Crabill report locating two potential old Indian village sites west of the Inavale bridge on the Republican. They found pottery axes a pestle beads and graves. style suggests occupation before white settlement.
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Red Cloud
Bertrand Schultz
Charles Auld
Jank Crabill
Inavale
Chancellor Samuel Avery Visits State University Agriculture Station
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the State University paid an official visit to the School of Agriculture at this location. The visit was part of his annual inspection tour of the university's outlying plants and stations.
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Curtis
Samuel Avery
The
State University
School of Agriculture
Mysterious Horse Disease Baffles Distant Vets
Dr. L. R. Cantwell of the state department and three veterinary surgeons have worked in the Roundeau district seeking the cause and cure for the mysterious horse illness that has claimed many horses in the area. So far, efforts have been in vain.
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Scottsbluff
L. R. Cantwell
State Department
Roundeau District
Nebraska City bid for federal highway via Missouri River bridge
Figures from the chamber of commerce show 3,769 motor vehicles crossed the Burlington bridge over the Missouri River during the week. The data will support an argument for a federal highway through Nebraska City.
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Nebraska City
Burlington
Missouri River
Chamber of Commerce
Geological Survey Camp At Salem Fair Grounds
Making Geological Survey Tecumseh Dr George E Condra and his assistants have established a camp in the fair grounds at Salem for a geological survey of Richardson county. For the next three weeks or more they will work on the field study. Potato Crop Will Fall Short In Nebraska The state's potato crop is projected at about 45,149,000 bushels this year, down from 7,743,000 in 192. Most farm crops are poor and the early commercial crop was only fair.
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Alfred
Fred Hodges
Minatare
Scotts Bluff
State College
Major Lilly
Buffalo Bill
Col. Cody
Jim Dahlman
Omaha
Norfolk
Mohr
Arlington
Diamond Dick
American Legion
Nebraska
Amos Elquist
Mitchell
W. I. Hildebrand
Dahlman
Chicago
National Forest
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Cherry County
Thomas County
State Fair Board
Charles McLeod
Stanton
Gage County
Tecumseh
George E. Condra
The
State University
Fair Grounds
Salem
Richardson County
Lincoln
Federal
Grocer Bitten by Huge Tarantula in Beatrice Bananas
Beatrice grocer John Winbe is recovering with a badly infected arm after a tarantula bite in a bunch of bananas. The incident occurred in Beatrice as authorities and doctors assess the bite’s severity and treatment options.
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Grocer
Beatrice
John Winbe
Dog Poisoner Creates Grief in Creston Town
Five cherished dogs in Creston are found poisoned causing widespread grief, especially among children. Residents keep remaining pets indoors and near kennels as fear and mourning spread through the town.
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Creston
Public Library for Comstock Planned for Town
Comstock to get a new public library with a reading room as plans proceed. The town advances toward a fitted facility to serve residents.
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Comstock
Has Made Sheep Raising Pay in Nebraska City
Henry Kasbohm of near Dunbar profited from a sheep flock. He bought 98 head for 150 dollars last fall, sold wool and lambs for 611 dollars, still owns the ewes, and recently sold 38 head of lambs in Omaha at 14.35 dollars per hundred. Bayard reports Scottsbluff hospital board adopts equipment to meet standard.
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Nebraska City
Henry Kasbohm
Dunbar
Omaha
Endowment Fund Growth in National Legion Campaign
The nationwide drive for the American Legion's 5 million endowment fund for disabled veterans and orphans of World War II raised over 8 million dollars, with 21 states over the top. New York Illinois Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Wisconsin Minnesota Texas California and Connecticut contributed at least 10,000 each, some multiple times. Panama and District of Columbia donations highlighted local efforts, while states like the Rocky Mountain group oversubscribed by about 50 percent. Unique local methods included a carload of fruit from Hickville and a New York house-to-house paper drive to boost quotas.
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American Legion
The
Legion
Indianapolis
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Texas
California
Connecticut
Calvin Coolidge
James A. Crain
Paul. McGahan
District of Columbia
Coolidge
John Lays Tammeond
Northampton
Mass
Department of Panama
Drain
Executive Committee
Fred de V. Sill
Panama
Rocky Mountain Group
Hichard W. Townsend
Auburn
Cal
Hickville
N. Y
West Coast Post
Florida Again Leads Legion Parade Privileges
The Department of Florida Ameri can Legion will head the Omaha national convention parade from October 5 to 9 and receive priority seating and hotel preference. Florida posted a 134.92 percent membership over the 1921–24 average, with Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming and Oregon following in ranking order.
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Department of Florida, American Legion
National Convention of the Legion
Omaha
Florida
St. Paul
Floridans
National Executive Committee
Mexico
Nebraska
Wyoming
Oregon
Howard Rowton
Department of Florida
Wisconsin
Delaware
Minnesota
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Vague Laborer’s Itemized Bill Cited in Salient Note
A colored laborer on a hauling job learns he won’t be paid until he submits an itemized bill. He then drafts a quirky entry: "3 comes and 8 goes at 4 bits a went -$3." illustrating the humor and friction in early wage accounting.
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American Legion Weekly
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Fairfield
McKelvie
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Gas Tax Bureau
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Deuce
Bela Wd
Cary
Nell
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