Nebraska News Briefs and Local Happenings
Osceola to hold fall festival October 1 to 3. York starts fundraising for YMCA drive of 12,000 dollars. Nebraska Waitner League to meet in Omaha for 1926 convention. Paul Carisen, four, fatally injured in barn accident near Columbus. Oldest male resident Samuel Isouvier, 88, dies in Omaha. Panama native John Thomas Marshel dies after illness. Leonard Buckles of Pawnee City injured by a kick. Nebraska reports 580 paupers in almshouses across 54 institutions. Omaha trader D. C. Bristol, 93, dies in Dakota county. St Pauls church celebrates 50th anniversary at Papillion. State fair attendance rises to 2,67,581 with gains over last year. City paving district created at Wymore. Tabletop revival tabernacle planned for Gothenburg. Egger family holds 150-member reunion near Sprague. Boy Scout band director hired for Neligh. Izaak Walton League elects Howard Miller as president. Walter Harmer boosts Omaha fat cattle market with 52 head Hereford steers. Western Public Service moves headquarters to Scottsbluff. Wheat crop rank expected to stay steady. Warlan, 10, injured after fall from maple tree in Fairbury. Golden wedding celebrated by J. H. Rogers and wife at York. Battery B to attend American Legion convention in Omaha. Orange tree nearing fruit in Omaha. Burlington conductor O. J. Smith injured by rat bite. State fair total attendance 267,581, up from last year. Local horse losses reported near Ellis. market weights show July and August trends.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Dawson Couny
Sue Sieutest
Histury
York
Nebraska Waitner League
Omaha
Frst
Guernsey
North Platte River
Paul Cariensen
Columbus
Samuel D. Isouvier
Joun
Thomas Marshel
Barnet
Panama
Lee
Leonard Buckles
Pawnee City
D. C
Tomer
St. Paul’s
Lincoln
Nebraska State Federation of Labor
Egger
Fred A. Egger
Sprague
Wymore
Gothenburg
Chamber of Commerce of
Neligh
Arthur D. Brownell
Norfolk
Izaak Walton League of America
Howard Miller
Battle Creek
Valentine
Walter Harmer
Avoca
Western Public Service Company
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Scottsbluff
A. I. Anderson
Warlan
Car
American Legion
F. J. Thrall
O. J. Smith
Burlington Railroad
Frank Amos
Ellis
Charles Nickeson
Nebraska seeks ideas for new Omaha convention badge
Omaha officials call for artistic Nebraskans to submit badge designs to replace the Omaha Key used by the Publicity Bureau. Three cash prizes total 185, with $110 for first, $50 for second, and $25 for third. Contest closes Saturday October 31.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Publicity
Railroads Win In Neb Fare Law Disputes
Federal Judge T. C. Munger issued two decrees sustaining Missouri Pacific and Rock Island challenges to the 1907 Nebraska two cent fare law. The decisions convert 1915 temporary injunctions into permanent ones, ending a decade of litigation with the state railroad commission.
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Lincoln
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
State Railroad Commission
Nebraska
T. C. Munger
Plattsmouth Masonic Home Infirmary Dedicates New Building
The Nebraska Masonic home infirmary, cost 125000, three stories with basement, dedicated by grand lodge officers and Masonic home board. It will hold beds for forty patients and is the first of a new building series on the home grounds. Lincoln babies Kimball and Hay win state fair best child awards with 98.1 and 98 percent ratings respectively.
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Plattsmouth
Nebraska Masonic Home
Grand Lodge
Masonic Home Board
Lincoln
Betty M. Kimball
Arthur Kimball
Nebraska
Richard S. Hay
R. S. Hay
Legion Visitors Arrive Led by Nice Brothers in Omaha
Walter and Fred Nice, brothers and members of the Tamaqua Pennsylvania American Legion post, arrived at headquarters in Omaha as the vanguard of visiting legionnaires. Both men are anthracite miners who were called out by the September 1 strike order.
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Omaha
American Legion
Walter
Fred Nice
Tamaqua, Pa
Legion
Lincoln Custer County Tops Farm Value Report
Custer County Lincoln topped seven counties with a grand total value of 17,886,000 set on major field crops and livestock in a Lincoln chamber of commerce report. The figure excludes eggs milk butterfat and similar produce.
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Custer County
Lincoln
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
First to swim irrigation tunnel near Gering
Jack Miller and Elizabeth Armstrong became the first people to swim the mile and a quarter irrigation tunnel southwest of Gering last Sunday. The feat took a little more than fifteen minutes.
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Bayard
Gering
Jack Miller
Elizabeth Armstrong
Duck Hunting Season Opens in Lincoln Statewide
The 1925 duck hunting season has opened with all waters guarded by armed hunters and game wardens enforcing laws, reporting little trouble. Thurston county’s boys and girls clubs showcased demonstrations and exhibits at the county fair drawing a large crowd. Pawnee City notes a 14,000 water bonds issue registered with the county clerk by DuBois town and county, bonds sold to local buyers.
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Lincoln
Waithill
Thurston County
Pawnee City
DuBois
County Charge Heir to Fortune Beatrice
George Lawrence, ill and a county charge, inherits a fortune totaling $30,000 after his Wisconsin brother’s death. He has been cared for at local friends’ homes for several months due to his illness.
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Beatrice
George Lawrence
Wisconsin
Lawrence
Heaviest Rainfall in Eleven Years at Pawnee City
August rainfall at Pawnee City reached the highest total in 11 years, according to reports forwarded by local weather observer F A Batton.
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Pawnee City
F. A. Batton
Competitive Examination Notices for Lincoln Area Clerks
Receipts of applications to take the competitive examination for forest and field clerks close October 7. Examinations will be held at Alliance Beatrice Broken Bow Cadron Columbus Fremont Grand Island Hastings Holdrege Lincoln McCook Nebraska City Norfolk North Platte Omaha ONeill Scotts Bluff Sydney Superior Valentine.
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Lincoln
Wisling
United States Civil Service Contression
Alliance
Beatrice
Broken Bow
Cadron
Columbus
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Holdrege
McCook
Nebraska City
Norfolk
Porth Platte
Omaha
O'Neill
Scottsbluff
Sydney
Superior
Valentine
Sugar from Artichoke Promises Cheaper Sweetener
Government experts report artichokes can yield sugar one and a half times sweeter than cane or beet sugar. A simple refining process could greatly lower production costs and boost yields, suggesting artichokes may become a major future sugar crop despite prior crystallization hurdles.
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Government Bureau of Standards
Germans Start Saving Again as Depositors Rise
Recent savings bank figures indicate Germans are returning to saving. Over the last year and a half the number of depositors grew rapidly as inflation faded. Government officials and brain workers provide the largest share of deposits.
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Germany
Tanlac hailed by nurse as best tonic and health builder
Nurse M. E. Chappelle praises Tanlac after fifteen years of use, citing her mother’s recovery from rundown health, poor appetite, and weak digestion. The testimonial claims Tanlac restored vigor in an 80 plus year old and urges readers to buy from druggists, noting over 40 million bottles sold.
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Tanlac
M. E. Chappelle
Taniac
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Kremola
Drug and Dept
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