Nebraska items drift through diverse local updates
Dispatches from Washington note Genoa Indian school budget of 202500 for next fiscal year if congressional recommendations by President Couljige are adopted. Central Power line extension will supply Kenesaw Denman Shelton and Prosser with continuous current. Albion approves Sunday movies by large margin 559 to 402. An eagle seven feet wingspan shot near Steele City. A Nebraska City hat bears Romans 1:XVI in silk embroidery. Rivoli and Electric theaters consolidate in Falls City under Jean Mullin. 6000 gophers killed in Gage county since January with bounties totaling 181. Last year bounties across species reach 2127.25. First National Bank of Lyman to open January 1 with W J Otto cashier. Rattlesnake seen near Dykin killed. Three new industries to start at Hastings including Bick and Co cereals, Berry Allen Hatchery, and Massey Harris Canada branch. Nebraska City bid to have a toll-free Missouri River bridge faces Burlington opposition. Niobrara island transfer to state proposed. NH bill to build free Missouri River bridge Sioux City South Sioux City cost 800000. Municipal skating pond discussed for Nebraska City. Odell Stanoschek brick building completed costing about 15000 with Basim cafe center room bank north room Tincher grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bick and Company
Wichita
Kas
Berry- Allen Hatchery Company
Des Moines
Massey Harris Company of
Canada
Hastings
Nebraska City
Missouri
Burlington Railroad
KE. E. Flynn
State of
Nebraska
Niobrara Island
Niobrara
Howard
Missouri River
Sioux City
Iowa
Stanoschek
Odell
Basim Cafe
State Bank of
J E. Tincher
Western Nebraska legislators hear western needs at Chadron meet
Chadron hosts third biennial meeting for fifteen senators and representatives from western Nebraska. F M Broome urged changes to theft evidence rules and proposed muskrat trapping dates Jan 1 to Apr 15. Lawmakers were asked to back a two cent gasoline tax to secure federal highway aid. valley irrigation interests urged water priority during droughts. Park boosters sought 4000 acres for Pine Ridge and a 27500 increase for park maintenance and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron
Nebraska
F. M. Broome
Livestock Growers Association
Sandhills
Nebraska Good Roads Association
North Platte Valley
Drouth
Chadron State Park
Pine Ridge
Aspirants for U S Veterans Hospital Vying in Nebraska
Washington eight cities across Nebraska competed for a U S veterans hospital to be built in the state. A hospitalization board committee will consider cases after regional advocates spoke. Omaha and other cities including Columbus Kearney Lincoln Norfolk Falls City York Seward Alliance Scottsbluff urged central placement to avoid Missouri Colorado and South Dakota hospital proximity.
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Washington
Nebraska
U. S. Veterans Hospital
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Glen B. Eastburn
Industrial Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Edgar Howard
Columbus
Robert G. Simmons
Kearney
Missouri
South Dakota
Colorado
Lincoln
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Simmons
Seward
Norfolk
Falls City
York
Black and White Color Motif for Lincoln Nebraska Plates
Lincoln Nebraska unveils new black and white auto license plates with bright white figures on black. Exact shipment counts to county treasurers are unavailable. counties received roughly the prior year’s allotment. Last year 379,901 plates were sent, generating $3,740,552.84 in revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Capitol
Epidemic Fears Grip Omaha As Flu Strikes Deep
Hundreds of Omahans suffer lagrippe and influenza with some physicians counting cases in the thousands. Doctors warn the illness has reached near epidemic levels in several city sections. Drugstores struggle to restock medicines as homes darken with illness, blamed partly on heavy snow.
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Omaha
Beatrice-Vernon Heddix Plans Return of Steele City Press
Beatrice publisher Beatrice Vernon Heddix will reestablish the Steele City Press after the plant’s destruction weeks ago. He will install new equipment and expects to open for business soon.
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Beatrice—Vernon Heddix
Steele City Press
Lincoln University to receive estate and notable art collection
The University of Nebraska at Lincoln will inherit an estate valued at 175000 to 200000 plus a premier art collection from Mrs. Annie Hall widow of Frank Hall a former Lincoln attorney. The collection includes paintings statuary tapestries and is described as highly representative of the middle west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varsity
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Annie Hall
Frank Hall
Middle West
Southwestern Nebraska Historical Society Formed
A new regional historical society was organized at McCook to cover nine counties in southeastern Nebraska. Dues are one dollar per year. The group aims to collect and preserve historical material, mark sites of interest, and promote authentic local history. The society is named the Southwestern Nebraska Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Society
McCook
Nebraska
Southwestern Nebraska Historical Society
Review of Coolidge Agenda and Senate Actions
Edward W. Pickard surveys Congress opening amid memorials and Coolidge's farewell address. He highlights calls for farm relief, a strong naval build up, Kellogg pact ratification, railroad consolidation, and a restrained budget that still shows a small surplus. The piece notes debates on debt handling with France and a McNary farm relief bill, plus international reactions to American naval policy and Soviet unrest.
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Edward W. Pickard
Coolidge
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Treasury
United States
Hoover and Hoover Administration Tours South America
President Hoover and Mrs Hoover completed a South American tour beginning in Guayaquil Ecuador aboard the cruiser Cleveland. They met with President Ayora and officials in Guayaquil and Lima where Boeing air service between continents was forecast within twelve months. The party continued to Antofagasta Valparaiso and Santiago with official receptions across multiple ports.
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Mrs. Hoover
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Cleveland
Guayas
Ayora
Mr. Hoover
Callao
Lima
Leguia
Pizarro
Peru
Maryland
Antofagasta
Chile
Bolivia
Valparaiso
Santiago
Southern Chile Earthquake Kills Hundreds Wrecks Towns
A powerful tremor in southern Chile killed over two hundred people and damaged Talca and Constitucion. The quake caused a large dam break at Barahona and 40 drownings from floodwaters. Fifty died in a copper mine as the government dispatched relief and guards to the disaster scene.
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Outhern
Chile
Talca
Constitucion
Barahona
King George Forming Royal Commission During Illness
King George of England, battling lung inflammation, remains in danger but shows recovery through brave spirit and skilled physicians. On Tuesday he created a royal commission to perform duties, naming Queen Mary as head with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor Hailsham, and Prime Minister Baldwin. the body acts as a limited regency council of state.
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George
England
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Archbishop of Canterbury
Hailsham
Baldwin
Federal grand jury indicts Canadian distillers in liquor smuggling bid
In Buffalo indictments target Canadian distillers with thirty true bills for conspiracy to smuggle whisky into the United States as part of broader crackdown. In Detroit a $2,000,000 river liquor conspiracy links inspectors and guards to booze runners, with twenty or more arrests and shocking confessions already reported.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Detroit
Chicago Bank Merger Creates Two of Nation’s Largest
A major Chicago consolidation unites First National and First Trust with Union Trust, forming one of the country’s two biggest banks. The deal yields about 600 million dollars in assets, around 500 million in deposits, and roughly 70 million in capitalization, ranking second to Continental Illinois Merchants.
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Nother Big Bank
Chicago
First National
First Trust and Savings
Union Trust Company
United States
First National-Union Trust Combination
Continental Ilinois Merchants
Ruhr metal workers reopen plants under ministerial arbitration
Triking metal workers and their employers in the Ruhr district agreed under government pressure to accept the arbitration of Minister of the Interior Severing. Plants have been reopened on the previous wage scale pending his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triking Metal
Ruhr
Germany
Farewell to Ira Meeker Oregon Trail Pioneer at 97
Ira Meeker, last survivor of Oregon Trail pioneers and a famed figure, died last week in Seattle at ninety seven after guiding his wife and infant child over the trail in 1852.
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Ira Meeker
Seattle
Trail
Casserole Dishes And Tea Table Hospitality Tips
A feature on easy casseroles for tender meats and party dishes like Escalloped Sweetbreads Lobster and Mushrooms and Cheese and Egg Custard. It also explores afternoon tea etiquette and decor ideas using simple china, flower blossoms, and candied garnishes to create inviting, low cost hospitality.
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Nego
Genoa
Couljige
Central Power Company
Kenesaw
Albion
C. A. Marccellus
William Tianahan
Steele City
Fairbury
Rivoli
the Electric
Gage County
First National Bank of
Lyman
W. J. Otto
J. ¥. Riedeforn
Denver
Wyoming
Winford Schmitt
Dykin
Schmitt
Western
Buckingham Palace
King George
Portes Gil
Mexico
George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Benjamin Strong
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
Britten
House Naval Affairs Committee
Department of State
Esme Howard
Kellogg
Dar-es- Salaam
Suez
Brindis
Calais
Duke of Gloucester
Bulawayo
Capetown
Balmoral Castle
Seld
Sir William Robertson
League of Nations Union
London
France
Italy
Russia
America
Houghton
Pilgrims Society
Great Britain
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Minsk
Poland
Siberia
Urals
Caucasus
Ecretary
Mellon
Sargent
Willebrandt
Senate
Johnson
California
House
Pbich Pabine
Sir Henry Wotton
Western Newspaper Union
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