Word: neb
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rest of the West did not take this corpse-rustling quietly. North Platte, Neb., where Buffalo Bill had built a home with two stuffed buffalo flanking the front door, wanted him too. So did Cody...
...rich North Platte valley just outside Scottsbluff, Neb., Harold Baltes bought a farm for $364 an acre, roughly three times the local price in 1939. In the rolling, rocky hill country north of San Antonio, the old ranchers were moving back like Indians in the face of the assault from pale-faced city slickers. Land worth $8 to $10 an acre a few years back was going for as much as $100. Drawled one old rancher: "They want a place where they can keep some horses, have a big hat, boots and station wagon with their name on the side...
...Army lost 5,808 dogs from all causes while on duty, although only a very small percentage were actual battle casualties. Of those that came back, 446 were found to be unalterably affected by their war experience. At the Army's dog retraining center at Fort Robinson, Neb., they were destroyed, with the consent of their owners. They had become incorrigible killers...
Heavenly Day. In Gering, Neb., Carl Honey married Velda Angel...
...Ideal of Service. In Hastings, Neb., the Chamber of Commerce got a simple, heart-warming request: "Please send me all the information you can. Thank...