Gornhusker News Highlights Nebraska Towns and Events
Omahas third annual all breed ken nel show at the aud torium November 13 14 open season on prairie chickens in nebraska for this month only Mrs J Belle Corbin Lincoln school principal dead Will of William J Bryan admitted probate in Lancaster county court Nebraska plays Illinois 14 at Urbana and other season notes from Beatrice Gothenburg and Pawnee City plus weather and crime items.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Friend
Geneva
Beatrice
Gothenburg
Pawnee
D. C. Stratton
Omaha Stockyards
Clyde Moser
Dorchester
Gage County Fair Association
Coronado
North Nebraska
Lydrick Place
Hartington
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
G. H. Wentz
Lincoln
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Fenton
Board of Control
R. A. Porter
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Porter
Portland
Ward Elliott
Scottsbluff
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Grand Island
Fred C. Hager
Nebraska Holstein Breeders’ Association
Kearney
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
Penria
Peterson Jewelry
President Coolidge Delivers Tolerant Address to Legion Convention
President Coolidge spoke at the Seventh Annual American Legion convention in Omaha delivering a fervent call for tolerance across American life. The evening parade drew about 100000 spectators as a vast crowd endured chilly weather and stood along the reviewing stands. Alliance Lodges plan a Northwestern district gathering in October with 200 or more delegates from nine counties and a formal program from state officers.
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Legionaires Omaha
Coolidge
National American Legion
Stray Shot Kills Old Dick at Temple Theatre Raid
Wild shot during capture of bandits who blew the Temple Theatre safe at McCook killed Old Dick, a pure blooded Hambletonian horse owned by Nebraska School of Agriculture. Old Dick was the Chancellor of the University of Nebraska’s driving horse in pre auto days. 106 Bushel Oats per Acre at Scottsbluffs Farm Ed Lynch's 26 acres yield 106 bushels per acre, with potential rise to 110. Seward Boy Dairy Champion Albert Hartman of Seward named state dairy champion, earning a trip to the National Dairy Show in Indianapolis sponsored by Blue Valley Creamery after seven years in club work.
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Old Dick
Curtis
Temple Theatre
McCook
Nebraska School of Agriclture
University of Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Ed Lynch
Cherry Creek
Seward
Albert Hartman
Nebraska
Indianapolis
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Eighteenth Child Born in Reeves Family Farm
A Lincoln report shows the eighteenth Reeves child, a boy born August 14, with Mr. and Mrs. Garrison B. Reeves living on a local farm. Both parents survive. the father is 58 and the mother 45.
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State Vital Statistics Office
Lincoln
Garrison B. Reeves
Reeves
Shipping Cattle and Local Incidents From Gordon Tecumseh and Scottsbluffs
Twenty nine ars of cattle were shipped from Gordon last week as cattlemen report the best market since the war. An airplane over Gus Werman’s farm near Tecumseh frightened a team and injured 12 year old William Werman. In Columbus Rev Richard Neukmarker retires after fifty five years in ministry. Scottsbluffs solicitors say 15000 acres along the river are needed to build a new sugar factory with 16 miles of railroad spurs, farmers show enthusiasm.
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Gordon
Cettlemen
Tecumseh
Gus Werman
William Werman
Scottsbluffs
Bee
Hay baling contest crowns Haskins and Schaffer team
At the Tri County Improvement Association field day in Stuart three teams competed in the hay baling contest with a $200 cash prize awarded to the Haskins and Schaffer team from Stuart.
Frylings Flag Returned After War Through German Lieutenant
A Philadelphia brother learns a flag sent to Corporal G. W. Fryling by his brother survived World War I. Fryling died September 26, 1918 in the Argonne while with the 28th Division. A German lieutenant later recovered the flag and mailed it home with a letter apologizing for the delay and recounting the return of Fryling’s knapsack and papers.
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Corp
G. W. Fryling
American Legionnaires
Philadelphia
Tancock
Fryling
S. TH. Fryling
S. Hl. Fryling
North Marshall Street
Argonne
Twenty Eighth Division
S. H. Fryling
Army
A. Scheiffele
Breichstr. 15
Geislingen
Wurttemberg
Germany
D. R
May Reclaim Charter if Mine Resumes Operation
Mohrland Utah reports all records and the charter of Mohrland post of the American Legion are being forwarded to headquarters. All affairs of the post have been settled. the charter is asked to be suspended without prejudice. If the mine resumes operations the post will become active again. Do not reply to Mohrland. the post office has closed.
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Utah
Utah Hills
Department
The
American Legion
Mohrland
Americans' Graves in France Not Disturbed
A New York report claimed World War graves in France and allied cemeteries were being dug up for science. E. I. David of the U S army cemeteries division said the six American graves sites in France Belgium and England are strictly supervised by Col. W. W. Smith and a quartermaster force, making disturbance impossible.
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France
Department of New York
American Legion
New York
E. I. David
Division of
United States Army
Belgium
England
W. W. Smith
Get Proper Papers for World War Veterans
Chairman Watson B. Miller of the American Legion national rehabilitation committee urges veterans without discharge papers to obtain certificates from proper government departments. Proof of service is required for hospital benefits and for burial in a national cemetery under the World War Veterans act.
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Watson B. Miller
American Legion National Rehabilitation Committee
Miller
National Cemetery
Course in Salesmanship Sparks Self Doubt
A quotable exchange from the American Legion Weekly shows a trainee lamenting the value of a salesmanship course and fearing he will never reach the skill of the man who sold it. The humor highlights doubt about self improvement and mentor influence.
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American Legion Weekly
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