Word: neb
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Broke and hungry on Thanksgiving Day, 1905, McVittie shelled out two of his last three nickels for coffee & doughnuts in a Grand Island, Neb. cafe, vowed to eat a doughnut a day in memory of his plight, has done...
...foster son, grandmother of 22 offspring, blushed and stammered "I am just scared" when she was chosen American Mother for 1940. 1935's Mother: Mrs. Fletcher M. Johnson, Gainesville, Ga.; 1936's: Mrs. James R. Smith, Claremont, Calif.; 1937's: Mrs. Carl R. Gray, Omaha, Neb.; 1938's: Mrs. Grace Noll Crowell, Dallas, Tex.; 1939: Mrs. Elias Compton, Wooster, Ohio...
...strange week for Southerners. Outside the South it was cold enough, but not unseasonably so, as snow covered most of the Eastern States. It was so cold in Lincoln, Neb. that, according to one scientist there, the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium shrank four inches, reducing its seating capacity by 29. Little grumbling went with bad weather there; Nebraska's drought had been so bad that a heavy snowstorm brought Statewide rejoicing. Miles City, Mont, was reported the coldest place in the U. S. last week, with 27° below...
Hastings, Neb...