Movement to reopen Missouri river steamboats to Nebraska
A Kansas City led effort seeks federal dredging to create a navigable Missouri River channel from St. Louis to Yankton to restore steamboat traffic. Omaha meetings urged farm and business leaders to attend a Kansas City conference October 19–20 with Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover as lead speaker.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Yankton
Pierre
Nebraska City
Omaha
Bluffs
Kansas City
Missouri River
Therbert Hoover
Sidney J. Roy
J. C. Nichols
James McQueeny
New Orleans
Kaw River
Sioux City
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Yellowstone River
United States
Northwest
Council
Council Bluffs
St. Joseph
Upper
Decatur
Kansas Citions
Nebraska Masonic Home Infirmary at Plattsmouth Completed
The Nebraska Masonic Home Infirmary at Plattsmouth, first phase of the grounds development, is finished and nearly furnished at a cost of 125000. It offers 40 beds with fireproof design, marble stairways, and modern hospital equipment in each first floor patient room funded by state lodges and individual donors.
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Nebraska
Lewis M. Keen
Fremont
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
John L. Webster
Omaha
Plattsmouth
A. F
A. M
Home
O. EH. S
Mt. Zion Commandery No. 56
Knights Templars
World barley production falls from prewar four year average
Global barley output outside Russia and China reached 1.215 billion bushels last year, down 114 million from the prior year and 130 million from the four year prewar average, per Science Service.
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Russia
China
Science Service
Submarine rescue device hailed by Lille worker
A Lille, France workman claims to have invented a submarine rescue apparatus. He challenges all maritime nations to seal him in a submarine and sink it to any depth, promising he will escape in under thirty minutes.
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Lille
France
Robins Wear Red Waistcoats in Winter Joke
A man in England explains to his niece that robins migrate but stay for winter by "putting on a new red waistcoat." The child counters with a joke about corsets, noting many pictures show robins with red waistcoats but none with stays.
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England
Man’s Romantic Range Involves Bird Song And Mechanical Notes
A man cherishes both the screech pawl’s notes and the mocking bird’s melodies, finding romance in mechanical and natural sounds alike. He values unusual, vivid auditory experiences, blending invention and nature in his affections.
Brain development forecast by British psychologist Bolton
Dr J S Bolton, a noted British psychologist, predicts that men and women will eventually become a race of intellectual giants. He argues brain development is far from tapped and even at maximum effort the brain operates at a fraction of its potential capacity. He adds much thinking is repeat of learned by heart gossip and scandal.
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J. S. Bolton
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Iowa
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Burgess
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Chicago
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Winnipeg
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Portland Cement Association
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