Worthwhile Readings From Nebraska State News
Miss Kathleen Hearn retires after 28 years as Aurora high school principal and will move to Lincoln likely with a pension. Robert Driscoll, ex-Nebraska City resident, to co-own a $100000 fur farm near Madison. Musk rats and rabbits to be shipped to Enola Lake. Edward Van Steenburg elected president of Group 4 at the Hastings bankers’ convention. Holdrege named 1929 convention city. Sheriff J M Rafling dies suddenly at 69 due to overwork from Wymore bank robbery search. Over 300 visitors attend the Walther League rally in Alliance. Rev W C Rehwaldt of Norfolk speaks. Midland College completes 37th commencement. degrees include honorary D.D., B.Div., B.S., B.A. Northwest Nebraska baseball league formation with Alliance Hemingford Crawford Fort Robinson. two leagues total. US Army engineer Charles Folsom arrives in Kearney for Platte valley survey on federal project. McCook girls discuss travel if given a year to live and 250000. one nurse aims to public health drive. M W A state encampment at Capital Beach Lincoln June 17–21 is largest yet. plans include Forester Teams from adjoining states honoring A R Talbot.
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Kathleen Hearn
Aurora High School
Lincoln
Aurora School Board
Robert Driscoll
Nebraska City
Madison
Enola Lake
Edward, van Steenburg
Hildreth
Hastings
Holdrege
J. M. Rafling
Wymore
Nebraska
Walther League of Sl . Lutheran Church
Alliance
W. C. Rehwaldt
Norfolk
Midland College
Northwest Nebraska
Loop
Hemingford
Crawford
Fort Robinson
Chadron
Rushville
Hay Springs
Gordon
Charles Folsom
Capital Beach
Woodmen of America
A. R
How many Nebraska towns got their names
Arlington originated as Lelle Creek named for a stream that became Arlington due to L B Shepard. Stanton honors Edwin M Stanton, secretary of war in Lincoln era. Fremont commemorates General Fremont. Pilger derives from the man from whom the station grounds were bought. Meadow Grove named for a cottonwood grove in the valley.
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Nebraska
Arlington
Lelle Creek
L. B. Shepard
Stanton
Edwin M. Stanton
Lincoln
Fremont
General Fremont
Pilger
Meadow Grove
Doane College elects Sheldon to three year board term
C C Sheldon of Columbus is elected for a three year term on the Doane College board of directors at a Crete meeting. Power Brothers of Humboldt run the state’s largest sheep feeding station with eight carloads of wool shipped to Boston and nearly 20 000 sheep on hand. From Aug 1 1927 to date they fed and shipped 97 386 sheep. Douglas County votes a bond issue not to exceed 750 000 for a new county hospital with interest capped at 4 1 2 percent. Hubbell school district in Thayer county has approved 23 000 bonds for a new modern school building, replacing an 1881 frame structure.
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C. C. Sheldon
Columbus
Doane College
Crete
Power Brothers of
Humboldt
Boston
Douglas County
Hubbell
Thayer County
Grand Island Dedicates Three New Churches Amid $425000 Outlay
Grand Island prepares for three church dedications totaling about 425000 in buildings and equipment. The First Baptist unit costs 47500 with 34 Sunday school rooms and a two story worship space. The Trinity Methodist church will be dedicated soon with Bishop Waldorf preaching and Keeney presiding at the consecration, marking Keeney’s last Omahan appearance before transfer. The Gothic style church costs 71000 for building and furnishings. St Mary’s Cathedral in Omaha, presided by Cardinal Hayes, costs about 200000 with a 17000 main altar and 12500 pipe organ.
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First Baptist Church
Trinity Methodist
F. L. Waldorf
Kansas City
F. T. Keeney
Omaha
Keeney
Atlanta
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
New York
Major Long Monument Dedication Near Fremont
The dedication ceremony for the Major Long Monument occurred recently at the foot of the bluffs on the Cornhusker highway four miles north of Fremont to honor Major Long and his party of mountain climbers who visited the site.
Wilber Celebrates Cornerstone Laying for New Court House
More than 10,000 people gathered in Wilber for a city celebration that included a street parade, band concerts, a cornerstone laying for Saline county’s $235,000 courthouse, a baseball game, and an evening program. The afternoon program drew about 3,500 attendees.
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Wilber Wilber
Wilber
Saline County Court House
Marker to mark Steam Wagon site near Arbor Lodge
A temporary marker will stand west of Arbor Lodge State Park in Nebraska City to honor the 1862 demise of the Steam Wagon. The old vehicle, built to haul freight across the plains, made a fatal trial trip and was later broken up at an iron foundry. One cylinder remains as evidence.
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Nebraska City
Arbor Lodge State Park
Arbor Lodge
Two Banks Taken Over By State in 1925 Collapse
Fremont The Dodge State bank once the First National of Dodge is now under bank examiner Lyman Sorensen of Fremont as the guarantee fund commission prepares to assume control. Organized in 1925 to absorb the national bank, it held 245000 dollars in deposits and 25000 dollars in capital. The State bank of Humboldt was recently taken over by the state department of trade and commerce. No new deposits or withdrawals are being allowed and no further condition details are released.
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Fremont
Dodge State Bank
First National of
Dodge
Lyman Sorensen
Bank Examiner
Guarantee Fund Commission
State Bank
National Bank
State Trade and Commerce Department
State Bank of
Humboldt
Beet Workers Arrive for Harvest in Alliance
More than 1,000 beet workers from eastern Nebraska arrived in Alliance on two trains from Lincoln. The trains carried 181 families averaging six persons each. Unloading began at DeGree and finished at Morrill. Officials called it the largest beet season migration into the valley.
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Harvest Alliance
Alliance
Lincoln
DeGrew
Morrill
Deposits In Banks Show A Gain In Omaha
The five Omaha banks reported savings deposits of 9 125 298 on May 1 this year, up 1 199 359 from 7 925 939 a year earlier. Omaha flour mills produced 1 689 more barrels in April this year than April 1927, totaling 88 000 barrels versus 86 371 the prior April. Four Omaha department stores showed again.
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Omaha
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank
Lincoln Summer Session Aims Attract 2600 Students
About 2600 students are expected to attend the first session of summer school at the University of Nebraska. Prof. R. D. Moritz of Teachers College oversees the sessions. Five hundred prospective students registered recently and 1400 slips were issued. The campus looks much as during the regular term with undergraduates and degree recipients leaving, while others arrive for the summer.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
R. D. Moritz
Teachers College
Airplane cross Pacific to Australia sets new record
News Review reports Charles Wingsford Smith and Charles Ulm with Harry Lyon and James Warner piloting the Southern Cross from California to Hawaii to Fiji and on to Brisbane, Australia in 84 hours 38 minutes, the longest overseas flight yet. The crew faced storms and scarce fuel, with contingencies involving Phoenix atolls and Naselai beach.
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Alifornia
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Charles Wingsford- Smith
Charles T. K. Ulm
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Arctic
Wilkins
Hawaii
Fiji Islands
Kingsford-Smith
Suva
Coral
Phoenix Group
Albert Park
Fiji
Naselai Beach
Brisbane
Loyalty Islands
New Caledonia
Sydney
United States
Oakland
Tonolulu
Allen Hancock
Los Angeles
Nobile
Franz Josef Land
Spitzbergen
Hobby
Holm
Department of Aeronautics
Pershing Rush Trip Sparks Nomination Rumor
Reports in New York and France say John J. Pershing hurried home from Paris to Cherbourg and boarded the Leviathan as friends launch a boom for him as a dark horse candidate for the Republican nomination for President.
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John J. Pershing
Paris
Cherbourg
United States
New York
France
Chang Tso Lin resigns rule of Peking as warlord flees
ARSHAL CHANG TSO-LIN, Northern war lord, abandoned Peking for the Nationalists. His train to Mukden was bombed. several soldiers died and Chang was badly injured. Nationalists occupy Peking as Chang’s forces retreat. General Hsi-shan named garrison commander of the Peking-Tientsin area to rebuild. The U S government was urged to evacuate troops from Tientsin but declined. Supreme Court upholds admissibility of wiretap evidence in prohibition cases, five to four, Taft authoring the majority with dissents by Holmes, Brandeis, Butler.
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Arshal Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Manchuria
Mukden
Chang
Hsi-shan
Shansi
Peking-Tientsin
Tientsin
United States
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Holmes
Brandeis
Butler
Justice Stone
Post Office Department
Sam proposes large tax pursuit against Henry M Blackmer
A Denver oil operator Henry M Blackmer, who fled to France to dodge the Teapot Dome inquiry, faces income taxes interest and penalties totaling 8 498 935 with tax liens filed in Denver and France as part of the ongoing enforcement actions.
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New York
Blackmer
New York City
Continental Trading Company
Ls Sam
Henry M. Blackmer
Denver
France
Teapot Dome
Vilna Capital Claim Denounced at League Session
Poland protested I T H U a n t a s assertion that Vilna is the capital of Lithuania at the League of Nations opening its fiftieth session in Geneva. Foreign Minister Zaleski submitted Poland's note asserting no juridical basis for Lithuania’s claim, citing 1924 diet and conference as Poland’s established rights. Briand and Stresemann were absent due to illness.
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Vilna
Polisky
Briand
France
Stresemann
Germany
Zogu Eyes Monarchy Crown as Albania President
Reports claim Ahmed Bey Zogu plans to proclaim a monarchy with himself as king. At 34, he has served as premier and commander in chief after revolts and wounds from past clashes with Democrats and Liberals. Premier Mussolini’s address urged friendship with Yugoslavia and a treaty with France.
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Itenna
Ahmed Bey Zogu
Albania
Noli
National Assembly
Miss Universe crowned at Galveston pageant
Atlantic City abandoned its annual beauty contest yet Galveston hosted the International pageant of pulchritude. Miss Ella Van Huesen of Chicago won Miss America and was later crowned Miss Universe. Other prize winners hailed from France Italy Colorado West Virginia Canada Luxembourg Ohio San Antonio and Tulsa.
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Tlantic City
Galveston
Texas City
Ella van Huesen
Chicago
France
Italy
Colorado
West V Virginia
Canada
Luxembourg
Ohio
San Antonio
Tulsa
Not by appointment we meet Delight and Joy in Life
The 1928 feature offers chicken heavy recipes and summer dressings. It details a Italian style Chicken Pot Roast with browned fowl, onions, celery, and rice gravy, plus Sutherland Fritters and Westford Chicken ideas. Also includes guidance on salad dressings and several fruit based dressings and lemon butter.
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Sutherland
Westford Chicken
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Columbia University
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Brule River
Wisconsin
Coolidge
Edward W. Pickard
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Committee On
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Texas
Hoover
Mellon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Lowdon
James Watson
Indiana
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Frank O. Lowden
Dawes
Smith
Reed
Mussolini
Balkans
Duce
Yugo-Slavia
Yugo- Slavia
Venice
Austria
Upper Adige
Western Newspaper Union
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