Nebranka Briefs and Local Notes From County Fairs to Fires
Nebraska briefs summarize Morill county fair displays a beet exhibit, local road contracts, fires at Chadron, and civic notes. Notables include Mrs. Rothschild’s death, Ferdinand Risser buying airplanes, Arlie Dobson’s death from a foot injury, a Lincoln heat record, and plans for junior bands in Morrill.
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Morill
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Scottsbuffs
William Rothschild
Ferdinand Risser
Wisner
Cuming County
L. W. Moody
Scottsbluffs
Mor
Fider
Glen Davis
Co. M. Davis
Ponca
Scottsbluff
Lincoln
United States
Weather Bureau
Chadron
G. H. Michelmann
United Lutheran Church
Grand Island
Martin Luther Seminary
Elkhorn Valley Association of Congregational Church
Natural reservoirs eyed for irrigation project near Elwood
Federal engineers assessing sites along the Platte near Elwood say natural reservoirs could store enough water to supply 12 inches annually over 450000 acres. A single dam would divert Platte River waters into the reservoirs, forming the first in a planned multi state irrigation effort across the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
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Elwood
Her
Platte River
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Omaha motorists urged to use Legion convention parking
W B T Belt, transportation chairman, expects 13 000 to 25 000 cars for the American Legion National Convention in Omaha. A parking station will be set at Twenty fourth and Martha streets with visitors paying 25 cents per day or 1 00 for the week.
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Omaha
Nebraska
American Legion National Convention
W. B. T. Belt
Committee On Transportation
Fourth
Martha Streets
Nebraska Masonic home infirmary dedicated at Plattsmouth
The new infirmary at the Nebraska Masonic home in Plattsmouth, costing 136000 dollars, was dedicated by grand lodge officers and the Masonic home board. The three story building with basement will house forty patients as the first of several new structures on the home grounds.
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Plattsmouth
Nebraska Masonic Home
Grand Lodge
Masonic Home Board
Peculiar Tree Disease Studied By State Expert
Professor E. B. Engle of the state university agricultural department, visiting Scottsbluff area, questions earlier theory that aphis insects cause the peculiar tree disease. He suggests soil conditions, especially iron deficiency or other nutrients, may be the real factor affecting the trees.
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Scottsbluffi
IE. B. Engle
Agricultural Department of the State University
Arens Brothers Escape Train Collision Near Crofton
Joseph and Fred Arens escaped serious injury when their brick truck collided with a train near Crofton. The cab was wrecked and the truck toppled was prevented but the dynamite in the vehicle did not detonate. Joseph suffered cuts and bruises while Fred was nearly unscathed.
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Crofton
Joseph
Fred Arens
Here
Irrigation Project Idea Stirring Lincoln Conference Plan
Governor McMullen may call a conference of governors in Lincoln in October to discuss using Missouri River waters and other large streams to irrigate vast western farmlands and assess feasibility. The proposal aims to harness major watercourses for extensive agricultural development across the region.
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Lincoln
Missouri River
McMullen
Fremont to present new zoning ordinance to limit stations
A new zoning ordinance to halt erection of filing stations and small stores in residential areas will require consent from all property owners within 100 feet. The measure will be brought before the city council soon for action.
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Fremont
Fire destroys shoe repair shop and stock at Towner firm
Inferno of unknown origin gutted the electric shoe repair shop and a large stock belonging to H. A. Towner, causing more than $7,000 in losses. Firefighters battled the blaze, with damage described as extensive to the building and contents.
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Superior
H. A. Towner
Canning Season Ends as Fremont Farmers Earn 36000
Fremont farmers receive 36000 dollars for corn used in the three weeks of the Fremont canning company's season. The harvest was the heaviest in five years, marking a strong local agricultural period.
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Fremont Fremont
Fremont Canning Company
Memorial for Bryan planned in Capitol square
Jacob North elected chair of a committee to plan a memorial for the late William Jennings Bryan to be placed in Capitol square. In Scottsbluff a man wounded a large hawk and failed to subdue it, leading to injury. Whitney Carr of Mitchell sustains a painful hand injury after a hawk fight. In Bayard two Mexicans arrested in Scotts Bluff county jail recovered stolen goods from a year-old theft at a Minatare hardware store.
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W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Jacob North
William Jennings Bryan
Capitol Square
Scottsbluff
Whitney Carr
Mitchell
Bayard
Scotts Bluff
Minatare
Apple Harvest Begins at Richland Nebraska Orchards
The fall apple harvest has begun in the commercial orchards around Shubert Nebraska in Richardson county, the state’s largest apple shipping point and a major growing area.
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Nebraska
Richardson County
Entire Family Wiped Out Bayard Train Tragedy Auction
The Ne'n family estate of eight killed at a Lodgepole railroad crossing was auctioned at the farm near Mitchell. The sale marks a somber closure to a double tragedy as relatives and local residents reflect on the loss.
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Bayard
Ne‘n
Lodgepole
Mitchell
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Nebraska Briefs
Omaha Automobile Club
Rodney Dunlap
Anton DeGroot
Madison
National Legion
First Christian Church
Aurora
Omahe
Morrill
Ethel Wilson
Della Mae Cline
Buffalo County
Maude Marston Burrows
Kearney
S. T. Farmer Canning Company
Raymond Walters
Edward Snedexer
Dan Loewenstein
Alfred Schmidt
Tecumseh
Johnson County
Re.thomas & Mol
Re.thoma
and Witt
Legion
OUR Comic
Mickie
Monem OD
Shane
Champion Spark Plug Co
Toledo, Ohio
Windsor, Ont
London
Paris
Pate
Monarch Manufac Co
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ledo
Ohio
MenaMotor Oils & Greases
Reater
U.S
Ivery Audh
Voltaire
Bellans
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