Locust threat and pottery clay venture in Nebraska
Seventeen year cicadas suspected in Nebraska orchards near Nebraska City with state officials Bruner and Marshall assessing damage and life cycle. A Montrose California firm forms Wonder Lycan tile and Manufacturing to develop pottery clay deposits near Wymore, with 65 acres along the Blue River and promising clay tests for building rock and cement. plans include building a factory to exploit the clay resource.
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Wines
Bas
Montrose
Cal
Wymore
Savouray 72 Wonder
James A Monge
Charles Wonder
Compa
Wonder “Lycantile and Manufacturing Company
Aimes
Blue River
United States
Gentral Osursveyss
Uninag
Wonder of
Wimore
Locomotive Kills Child in Elmine Nebraska
An 18 month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus Price, was crushed by a freight train near Elmine Nebraska as the child wandered from home to play. The mother stood at the doorway and witnessed the tragedy after the child stumbled on a switch rod and could not rise in time.
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Kestes
Mas
Rufus Price
Elmine
Parton Plans Water Tank Factory in Fremont
W H Parton of Macolu starts converting the old fenew factory in Fremont to a plant manufacturing water tanks grain bins and other farm accessories. The plant will open for business within a few weeks after completion with Parton in charge.
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Fremont
W. H. Parton
Macolu
Mr Parton
Farmers Cultivating Corn In Wakefield Neb
Wakefield Neb farmers have begun cultivating their corn and report prospects for a fine crop this year with excellent early conditions and growing yields across the area.
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Wakefield
Neb
Tecumseh Mill Change Hands After Deal
Tecumseh Mill in Tecumseh, Nebraska changes ownership as J. W. Mackle and GGS Hotchkin sell to B. F. and F. W. Shrimpton. The shift in management takes place before month’s end. Shrimpton brothers are experienced millers. Mackie will move to Austin, Minnesota.
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Tecumseh
Tecumseh, Neh
Tecumseh Miling Company
J. W. Mackle
GGS, Hotchkin
Minden
B. F
F. W Shrimpton
Gement
Shrimpton
Mr. Mackie
Austin
Mian
Insurance Law Clash Delayed as Fraternal Groups Eye Court Action
Officials weigh constitutional challenges to the new insurance code before it takes effect next month. Fraternal societies face potential changes while old line companies discuss possible court action. No organized petition drive has begun, though one insured man says 20,000 signatures could be collected in two weeks with agent organization.
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Insurance Code Law
Insurance Department
Prison Religious Census Reveals Inmate Church Affiliation
A report to the governor notes 365 prisoners at the state penitentiary in May with 305 inmates declaring church ties. Catholics and Methodists lead among denominations, while several inmates report non religious or Zionist affiliations.
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Warydon Fenton
United Brethren
Grain Car Shortage Opens for Nebraska Wheat Run
Railways begin to feel effect of a large grass crop in Nebraska as the railroad commission receives early complaints about inability to secure cars for grain shipments. Reports show a shortage of over eighty cars on the Nebraska division of the Rock Island. Representative Potts of Pawnee county seeks to ship corn.
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Nebraska
Railway Commission
Rock Island
Potts
Pawnee County
Accountant Takes Charge After Omaha Insurance Probe
State Auditor Howard and Insurance Commissioner Clancy ordered L L Gregorgon, an accountant, to take charge of the Business Men's Accident Insurance association of Omaha pending court action to appoint a receiver after actuaries flagged the company’s bad condition. Elderly woman Mrs Sidney Gebbart found dead in Ged Bradshaw home. physician says age over 79 and death occurred more than an hour before discovery.
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Howard
Clancy
Business Men's Accident Insurance Association of Omaha
Gilchrist
Department of Insurance
Ll. J. Gregorgon
Ged
Bradshaw
Mra
Sidney
Backyard Swing Construction From Poles and Ropes
Instructions for building a backyard swing frame beside a fence or shed using 2x4 uprights or long poles, rope or ring bolts, and a notched wooden seat. Details cover peg placement, rope knots, clove hitches, seat cleats, pole bindings, and protecting tree bark with cloth wraps. Copyright 1912.
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A Neely Trall
Stutterer Holds Up Court in Milwaukee Case
Hugo Greysmuhl, charged with stealing six dollars from a saloon companion, could hardly answer the judge’s first question on age. After minutes of stuttering he spoke of being twenty three, prompting the judge to sentence him to about six months in the house of correction.
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Stutterer
Hugo Greysmuhl
Milwaukee
Slugo
Hugo
House of Correction
New York Telegram
London barber methods cited in Rosenthal case
District Attorney Whitman likened a detective’s bungling technique to a London barber. He described how a barber lathers without protecting the lips and teeth, recounting a Bond Street shop tale where a patron literally spat out lather and quipped about teeth cleaning.
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London
Whitman
Rosenthal
Bond Street
St Paul
Artificial Diamonds from Berlin Method
Reported new method forms carbon crystals by decomposing coal gas with mercury amalgams. It offers safety to the maker, contrasting with past attempts that used extreme heat and pressure and ended in dangerous explosions.
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Berlin
Nature
Once Exclusive Pet of Royalty
The Pekingese, known as the lion dog, was once the sole possession of China's rulers and removing one from the imperial palace was a capital offense. After Pekin fell in 1860, two dogs were brought to Europe and from them and a few others, American specimens of the breed descend.
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China
Imperial Palace
Europe
Canada finances rise as economy shows strength
Finance Minister W T White reports Canada’s fiscal year ending March 31 will reach revenue of 168 250 000 an increase of over 32 000 000 from 1911 12. He notes steady monthly gains from customs excise post office and railways and says debt reduction of 23 000 000 amid money stringency reflects strong Dominion credit and favorable finances.
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Canada
Finance Department
Dominion
W. T. White
House of Commons
White
A Prerequisite Courtroom Quips on Shoreville Vacation
A judge jokes about Shoreville as a vacation spot while a fragmentary ad touts Winslow's Soothing Byrup for children. The snippet notes teething relief and wind colic cure claims at 25 cents a bottle.
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Winslow
Childre
Red Cross Ball Blue Bluing Ad and Quotes
An ad fragment highlights Red Cross Ball Blue as a top blueing value for laundry, alongside quotes about seeking happiness, earning peace and self-respect, and leaving the world wiser and better. The pieces reflect a vintage ad plus inspirational lines.
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Huxley
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Bruner
Retary Marshall
State Hortoral Society
Nebraska City
Marshall
State Enton
Parton
A. Neely Hall
Shoreville
Shuttleworth
Dean
Cal Kidnawe
John H. Matthews
Dalles
Dean’s
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
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