School and Fire News From Pawnee City and Grand Island
Table Rock Nebraska reports Pawnee City school board securing five acres for agricultural work and adding new courses in sewing cooking manual training and scientific agriculture with basement rooms converted for these uses. Grand Island firefighter Tony Fleischer died after being electrocuted while directing water streams at a planing mill as a 2300 volt wire fell in a blaze threatening the railroad district and livery stable.
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Table Rock
Pawnee City
Grand Island
Tony Fleischer
Freman
Fleischer
Planing Mill
Grand Island Electric Company
Lexington Postmaster Pushes For Mail Carrier Service
Lexington officials press for a mail carrier system after three years of post office receipts over ten thousand dollars. Postmaster Nielsen argues Lexington qualifies, citing steady annual receipts and the department’s carrier criteria. Local interest rises as the move seeks federal confirmation. The school of agriculture dedication follows, with state officials and thousands attending a barbecue event hosted by the commercial club.
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Lexington
Nielsen
Post Office Department
School of Agriculture
Curtis
Southwest Nebraska School of Agriculture
McKelvie
Avery
Dean Burnett
The
State University
Commercial Club
Fire destroys farm stock near Fremont
A fire eight miles northwest of Fremont destroyed nine horses a dozen calves and over 2000 bushels of grain plus hay and machinery in Albert Cherney's barn. The loss is about 7000 dollars with partial insurance coverage and the cause remains undetermined.
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Fremont
Albert Cherney
Large Swine Barn Opens at County Fair Grounds
Beatrice report notes Professor Lee from the State experiment station urged farmers to cut corn for silos during a Commercial club session Saturday. In Norfolk, James Combs, 26, an engineer's helper at the electric light plant, was instantly killed by a 2000 volt shock after falling on a live wire at the switchboard as he swept the floor.
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Aurora
Beatrice
Lee
The
State Experiment Station
Commercial Club
Norfolk
James Combs
Norfolk Electric Light Plant
Four State Baseball News Open Date and Fast Win
A fragment reports Wisner and other teams in four state baseball action with a Tuesday win over Geneva in a fast game and notes an open date at Superior Columbus and additional results including Beaver and Santo events.
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Siantol
Superior
Ees
Ates Beaver Ee
State House News Highlights From Nebraska Agencies
A deputy game warden reports Drable chickens are killed in western Nebraska and concealed in tires on cars. The Nebraska Insurance Board names H S Wiggins J W Jones and C S Clayton as examiners and actuary. Samuel Hinkle to succeed Jones in the governor’s office. Over thirty counties seek bridge plans from the state engineer. demand strains draftsmen. Possible Good Roads day proclaimed by the governor to mobilize rural road work. The state board of control moves twenty two Norfolk asylum patients to Beatrice institute. Attorney General says blue sky securities exempt from license need not be licensed to sell but non exempt securities require a license. Lincoln fire payroll reform unlikely soon due to funds. Water shortage at the penitentiary with old well still in use. new well incomplete. Rock Island rail fridge service between Fairbury and Omaha approved after complaint. Nebraska oats production rises to 251,882,864 bushels in 1913 with 40,975,016 last year and a 4,907,518 gain. State fair agr i culture displays expected to be strong. Ragan club check for 15 dollars returned to fund school libraries. Governor Morehead declines fees for speeches. Tom Collins, life-sentenced, released to outside duty to thresh with Lancaster farmers. Field assignments set for county teacher institutes led by Superintendent Delzell and delegates Delzell Elliott Anna Day and R J King.
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Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Lincoln
Word Origins: Neighbor Gossip And The Pitcher Proverb
Word building is a carpentry of language taking centuries to shape. Neighbors became gossip and farmer from boor reveals how meanings shift. The proverb little pitchers have big ears traces from pitcher meaning chap to ears in satire.
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Godsib
Thirteen Year Record Shows Global Turbulence and Progress
In 1813 the thirteenth Congress met as Europe warred with Napoleon. The New York Sun notes American triumphs on land and sea, Perry’s Lake victory paving the 1814 Ghent path, and Madison beginning a second term. The year saw global upheaval with Leipsic and the birth of future leaders Wagner Bessemer Livingstone Pitman Douglas Porter Fremont.
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United States
New York Sun
Republic
Great Britain
Commodore Perry
Great Lakes
Ghent
James Madison
Europe
Leipsic
Argentina
Spain
Richard Wagner
Henry Bessemer
David Livingstone
Isaac Pitman
Stephen A. Douglas
Admiral Porter
John Co. Fremont
Chinese First to Use Tea Legends of Early Origin
The article notes that Chinese claim to be first tea users dating back 2000 years before Christ. A palace romance inspired a tea habit when a princess drank water infused with a tea twig, later leaves and stalks, spreading through the court and fueling a burgeoning Chinese tea industry.
Stepmother explained in a child’s joke
Matty asks what a stepmother is and Mammy explains that if her father remarries, the new wife would be a step mother. Matty then humorously concludes that she would step out and the stepmother would step in.
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Matty
Tommy’s Hard Wood Question Causes Gentle Family Laughs
A father asks Tommy which wood is hardest to split. The boy replies he does not know the answer but recalls trying to split some of it once, turning the moment into a light family anecdote.
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Tommy
Pop
How to Make Rabbit Trap from Farm Stock and Home
A writer explains a simple rabbit trap using a soap box with one end removed. The craft involves nailing cleats, building up the opposite end, drilling a bait stick hole, notching to hold a brace, trimming the top, and securing the end with a cord from the front to the brace.
Simple Lever Operated Apple Trap Instructions
A compact method describes placing a tray on a box with small hinges and using two leather strips as a makeshift trap. Bait with apple, position in a run way, and check the setup each morning and evening for effectiveness.
Not in a car it closes at home Bobby defies seat swap
A street car scene ends with a child named Bobby refusing to give up his seat for his father. The lady scolds him and he replies the car seat rule ends at home, revealing a quiet domestic boundary. The exchange, sourced from Ladies' Home Journal, highlights humor and family dynamics.
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Bobby
Ladies' Home Journal
Learning as We Go Back Yard Garden Reflection
The speaker reflects on gardening in the back yard, noting that two weeks earlier this year they realized it was a recurring folly. They describe quitting the futile tinkering and attribute wisdom to experience as a great teacher.
Five Iowa farms for sale at auction this September
Five Iowa farms are offered at auction on September 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10. Buyers may pay 110 cash and receive half the crop yearly until balance is paid, or choose ten equal payments. Contact J Mulbell at 420 6th Street, Blous City, Iowa for ad details.
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Iowa
J. Mulbell
6Th Street
Blous City
Monopoly of Currants and Misc Prose Bits
Greece dominates global currant cultivation while water blue dyeing inflates costs. Cross Ball Blue advertises whitened clothes. A small town mockingly notes amateur shows. Mrs Winslow's Syrup soothes teething. Marriage is linked to strikes. Lewis' Single Binder cigars claim a mellow taste. Witty ad line suggests wives value full disclosure.
Woman Recounts Health Turnaround From Pinkham Remedy
Mrs WittaRD A. Graham of Bovina Center New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with dramatic health improvement after years of back pains and irregular ailments. She now handles most work and child care, endorsing the remedy and inviting letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance.
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Bovina Center
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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