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Title
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Scottsbluff Narratives, 1936_034
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Alternative Title
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1936 Scottsbluff Narratives
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Date
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1936
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Frank Shoemaker - Sandhills Narratives
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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7 with thousands of workmen, fine commercial houses, the streets crowded; a bee-hive of industry. But now . . The Antioch of my night walk, by the light of a quarter-past moon and every star in the heavens, was a matter of silhouettes. For two miles along the "Potash Highway" I could see, to the north, plant after plant - huge buildings - great banks of boilers and tanks; dark masses of ruin, spelling disaster running into many millions of dollars. Not one enterprise operating - complete devastation - because Germany is our beloved and trusted friend - and furnishes cheaper potash! There is a railroad station; a post office; a store or two; scores of dark masses representing abandoned ventures; the glow, here and there, of a kerosene lamp in some humble home - for there is not "city" electric lighting system. It is simply a city done to death - because subsidized German potash costs less! "The ingratitude of republics!"
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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