Nebraska News Highlights From 1925 Local Scene
Reports from across Nebraska cover new civic projects, including a Masonic temple in Cornell and a veterans memorial hall for Stratton. Local notes mention auto licenses rising in Fillmore County, school milestones, oil prospects in Gage County, and rail ice blasting by the Union Pacific.
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Himselsdtone
Masonic Lodge
Fillmore Vunty
Veterans’ Memorial
Stratton
Kenneth Wernimont
Geneva
Hebron
Oma la
Grace Episcopal Church
Hartington
Lloyd Poe
Edwin
Norfolk
Columbus
University of Nebraska
A. J. Weaver
Falls City
Farmer
Basinessman
Nebraska
Douglas County Sunday School Association
First Baptist Church
Omaha
Platte River
Yurlington
State
Fremont
Pawnee City
Burington
McMullen
Emily P Hornberger
Lincoln
Bureau of Child Welfare
State Department of Public Welfare
John Weber
Cook
Otoeoounty
Gage County
Grand Island
Fairbury
Old State
Tristate
Iowa
Kansas
Dick Grotte
Tristate Loop
Carl J. Lord
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lord
J. A. Butler
Gering
Floy Butler
Union Pacific Railroad
State Normal Board
Thomas J
Majors
Peru
Dan Morris
Kearney
H. KE. Reische
Chadron
Newman Grove
Chicago
Eri. C. Campbell
United States Army
Marine Corps
Campbell
Uncle Samu
Civil Service Department
American Legion Endowment Drive Expands To 32 States In South
The American Legion Endowment fund moves into a second group of 32 states led by Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia and Ohio. Louisville editor Judge Rogert W Bingham chairs the Kentucky effort as Stearns post in Kentucky becomes the first to top its $100 goal, sending the full amount to Indianapolis within a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianna
Illneis
Kentucky
American Legion Endowment Fund
South
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Ohio
Rogert W. Bingham
Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Stearns Post
Stearns
Legion Post
Indianapolis
Eugene Post
Eugene
Ore
C. Hi. Berry Post
Tamaqua
Penn
Oregon Post
Arthur 8. Wolfe
Tamaqua Post
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Lloyd W. Kendall
Legionnaiire
Farmer City
William B. Boggs
Department of Pananmm
Canal Zone
Legion
Panama
John W. Davis
Paris
Mary Lord Harrison
New York City
Benjamin Harrison
William Green
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Will Hl. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, Inc
John I. Quinn
Los Angeles
American Legion
Charles H. Brent
Buffalo
Booth Tarkington
WW. M. Johnson
Rockford
Kiwanis International
James B. Chandler
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Charles Dana Gibson
James A. Thomas
Dublin
The
United Confederate Veterans
John EH. Dunn
John Drew
Predict Veterans Will Seek State Home Care
Lincoln Legion officials predict that within a few years World War I veterans will seek admission to state homes in large numbers. They note current facilities are adequate but future demand will require state support. deaths of Civil War veterans contribute to lower numbers now, yet demand will rise as more veterans age.
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T. L. Norval
Seward
Irs
Norval
Los Angeles
Cal
State Department of Highways .Ag
Platte River
Yutan
Saunders County
R. B. Windham
Plattsmouth
Nebraska Territorial Pioneers’ Association
American Lithuanian World War Veterans of
South Omaha
United States
Cuntry
Stratton High School
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Cedar River
Sfullerton
Inbraska
Bellevue
Amos Cadue
Government Indian School
Genoa
Beaver Creek
Smith-Hughes
Bergwn
Guilford School House
Kenneth Myers
Smith- Hughes Extension
Edward Marohn
Schuyler
Frank Mitchell
Omaha
York
W. G. Brooks
Nebraska State High School Athletic Association
College View
W. W. Prescott
Union College
Banking Department
Franklin
Izaak Walton League
Lovely
Simmonds Creeks
Fontezelle
A. H. Waterhouse
Fremont
Association of Nebraska
Vellen Rice
Chapman
Congregational
Presbyterian
Aurora
Federated Church
Marion Graham
Wsod
Neligh
American Legion
Lincoln
Neb
Legionnaires
Massachusetts Legion Nearing Balance At Pittsfield
Massachusetts department of the Legion reports a shift to black ink in its balance sheet at the state convention in Pittsfield. Treasurer KE W Gross notes debt of 10600 dollars in January 1928 contrasted with a 279.50 dollar surplus currently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
American Legion
Massachusetts
KE. W. Gross
Department of the Legion
Minnesota Legion Post to Award Cup for Best Record
Gerald Barron of Cloquet Minnesota past department commander announces a cup donation to the Legion post in Minnesota with the best and most consistent five year record. The trophy will be awarded at the next department convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald ¥. Barron
Cloquet
Minn
American Legion
Legion
Department of Minnesota
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Cornhusker News
Mickie
Aown
Xole
Swncres
Felix
American Legion News Servileo
American Legion Fund
Minnesota Post
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