Nebraska In Brief Crop Prospects and Local News
An average wheat crop is forecast for Nebraska with good oats, rye, and barley prospects after recent rains. Potatoes are sprouting. alfalfa harvest begins. corn suffers some washout or coverage from rain. Long Pine elects Lewis E. Smith grand master of the Grand Lodge AF&AM. Reports on tuberculosis accredited herds, road work, and potato acreage by Kearney farmers. Also notes a deadly tropical serpent in Auburn, rattlers on Missouri river bottoms, and various county records seizures in Thomas county.
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Nebraska
A. B. Anderson
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Lewis E. Smith
Long Pine
Grand Lodge
A. I
A. M
Omaha
Missouri
Federal Bureaus of Animal Industry
Valentine Sparks
Valentine
Cherry-Keya Paha
Kearney
Wymore
Bleai
Olson
Washington County
William Buchholz
West Point
Cass County
Box Butte County
Pilkington
American Legion of North Platte
Scottsbluff
Lake Minatare
Saunders County Farm Bureau
Wahoo
McCook
P. C. Baird
Superior
B. C. Mendels
Fairbury
Darrow
Thomas County
Thedford
Biven
Ieisner
Court House
Reisner
Aistriescow T
Platte County
Evangelical Lutheran Synods of
Ohio
Plvants
Mchkeelie
Davis
Capitol Square
Lincoln
State House
Valuable Roman Coin Found by Oregon Legionnaire
George D. Foster, a Cottage Grove Legion member and former Fourth Engineers corporal, found a gilt Roman coin dated 306 A D during World War I ruins near Sergy France. A professor valued the piece higher than its gold weight, noting Trier mint marks and inscriptions Magnu s Vot ies XX Beatas Tranquilitas Percursa Treveris.
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Hiffel Tower
Sedan
France
George D. Foster
Fourth Engineers
Fourth Division
Sergy
Foster
American Legion
Cottage Grove
Ore
Magnus
Constantine
Trier
Germany
Legion Honor at Cloquet for First American Indian KIA
Thousands of bodies return from France prompt American Legion to ensure respectful reburials. Carl Anderson Post of Cloquet Minnesota holds a military funeral for John Defoe, first American Indian from Minnesota killed in action. Tribe grants rights to burial by white comrades in fitting ceremony.
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France
American Legion
Legion
Carl Anderson
The
Cloquet
Minnesota
John Defoe
Ex-Service Men Hired Now for Distillery Work
Private Paul J. Healy, a World War I veteran and president of the Chicago Grain Products Co. in Rockford HL, is hiring ex-service men for a new distillery construction. Healy, once a private later discharged as a sergeant after being gassed at Albert, aims to create a veteran staffed payroll and an organization of former soldiers.
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Paul J. Healy
France
Chicago Grain Products Company
Rockford
Healy
American Legion Notes on Members and Activities
The American Legion highlights loyalty from members Neff and Zimmer, calls for navy retainer pay data, and reports a $5,000 donation by Mrs. Newton L. G. Wilson for disabled ex-service men. It notes contests over oldest Legionnaire in Minnesota, immigration rights for veterans, Legion fundraising for jobs, anti I W W activity, and Legion events in Chicago New Orleans Portland and Idaho campaigns.
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Navy
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
American Legion Weekly
St. Louis City
American Legion
Newton L. G. Wilson
St. Paul
Minn
Legion
Heroes of 1914 Animals in Posts Warned of Attacks
Mrs. E. Hatheway Turnbull, Blue Cross leader, arrives to lecture on animals' war work with motion pictures. She condemns New York cat neglect, advocates lethal pet chambers, and notes dogs and other animals aiding troops, including a dog at outposts that never slept and warned of enemy approach.
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E. Hatheway Turnbull
Blue Cross Society
Red Cross
London
New York
New York Times
The Story of Our States and California’s Rise
A compact history of California from early romance and mission life to statehood. It notes Spanish discovery in the 16th century, Alta California, Mission settlements, Mexican rule, Fremont, and the 1848 peace and gold rush. California enters the Union as the 31st state in 1850 with 158,297 square miles and thirteen presidential electors.
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California
East
Lower
Alta California
High California
Mexico
Fremont
United States Territory
Sacramento Valley
Texas
Learn Japanese Sounds Easy Says Sir Dennison Ross
Sir Dennison Ross, director of the London School of Oriental Studies, urges Britons to study Japanese claiming it is easy to pronounce. He notes most words end in vowels and consonants pose few problems while highlighting its grammar as unfamiliar to beginners. He argues six months of study with good teachers can yield practical mastery for an English speaker.
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Dennison Ross
London School of Oriental Studies
Faithful Firehouse Dog Jerry Dies in Electric Chair
The Dalmatian named Jerry, a beloved member of Engine Company 58 and faithful to the New York Fire Department, died in the electric chair in Chaplain Joseph H. Ivie’s presence. He had never missed a fire in six years and his heart and eyes were damaged by his devoted service. The World notes his death as the humane ending of a life of loyalty rather than crime.
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Jerry
Fire Department
Joseph H. Ivie
New York
Senator Hall Attacks Fake Oil Firm Fraud
The senator denounces a fraudulent oil company that duped investors out of millions. He quips that learning comes from action and perhaps even more from being acted upon, as reported by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Senator Hall
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Minnesota State History and Growth to Statehood
Minnesota formed from parts of the Northwest Territory and the Louisiana Purchase. Early exploration by Duluth and Hennepin gave way to settlements in the 19th century, with St Paul founded from a chapel by Father Galdler, and Minneapolis rising near St Anthony Falls. Admitted to the Union in 1858, it covers 84,682 square miles and counts twelve presidential electors.
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Minnesota
Northwest Territory
Mississippi River
Duluth
Lake Superior
Father Hennepin
la Salle
Upper
Mississippi
Falls of St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Father Galdler
St. Paul
Minne
North Star State
In the Day of the Buffalo
The text recalls the historic range and naming of the buffalo in early America. It notes bison roamed from Pennsylvania to Georgia and western New York, with Buffalo named after the animal and habitats extending from the Susquehanna to the Sierras.
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Republic
Pennsylvania
Georgia
New York
City of
Buffalo
Susquehanna
Sierras
Mississippi Valley
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Evangelical Synod of North America
Nebraska Shorthorn Cattle Breeders’ Association
State Farm
State Department of Agriculture
State Bank Guaranty Fund of
First Savings Bank
Guaranty Fund
First State Bank
Gothenburg
Butcher
Brown County District Court
Department of Trade and Commerce
Brown County
Stratton
City of Neligh
Seward Amusement Association
North Platte
Papillion
Grand Island
J. T. Ellsberry
Sutton
Pioneer State Bank
Oshkosh
State Supreme Court
District Court
Morrill County
William I. Dyson
Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
Wareham
Randolph
Railway Commission
Kansas City
Chester
O. B. Miller
Oregon Legion
American Legion News Service
Chicago- Grain
Trench
Zimmer
Neff
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Slacker
Redwood Falls
Dr. Gibson
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Kimball Post
Adam Brower
Joe Mason
Congress
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Marine Corps
United States
Industrial Workers of the World
Legion National
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
K. M. Landis
Battling Nelson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
New Orleans
New Orleans Railway and Light Company
America Legion
Kan
Portland, Ore
Idaho American Legion
Summit Post of
Akron
Blue Cross
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Great Britain
Paris
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Iowa
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