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Grand Island Independent
Wednesday, January 8, 1930
F. L. Danes, of 224 North Ruby street, found the family bus disinclined to start, Tuesday afternoon, so he tried to warm it up by holding an oil saturated and burning cob under the manifold and close to the carburator. The idea worked. In fact it exceeded all expectations and Mr. Danes was forced to call the fire department to extinguish the resulting blaze that enveloped the engine. When they got the fire out Mr. Dane found all the ignition wiring had been cremated, so he had to walk after all.
Grand Island Independent
Thursday, January 9, 1930
BIRTH RATE IN CITY FAVORABLE
Grand Island's birth rate managed to keep far ahead of the death rate during 1929, although both the births and deaths fell considerably under the 1928 totals. There were a total of 481 births in this city, in 1929, while there were 337 deaths.
January and March seemed to be the most popular months in which to be born, while February and April took the high marks in the death column.
The record, by months, with first the number of boys born, next the number of girls, the third column the total number of births and the fourth column the total number of deaths, is:
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January | 34 | 16 | 50 | 30 |
February | 23 | 15 | 38 | 35 |
March | 24 | 27 | 51 | 31 |
April | 28 | 18 | 46 | 36 |
May | 13 | 11 | 24 | 32 |
June | 17 | 21 | 38 | 33 |
July | 22 | 17 | 31 | 24 |
August | 23 | 23 | 46 | 26 |
September | 15 | 18 | 33 | 21 |
October | 17 | 21 | 38 | 30 |
November | 33 | 16 | 49 | 14 |
December | 15 | 14 | 29 | 21 |
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Totals | 264 | 217 | 481 | 337 |
In 1928 there were 258 boys and 249 girls recorded to make the total number of births 507, while a total of 369 deaths were recorded. In 1927 the births totaled 510, a record for this city, while there were only 302 deaths.
As has been often explained before, the fact that Grand Island is fortunate to possess splendid hospital facilities and in addition a large number of bery competent physicians and surgeons, naturally attracts a number of persons to this city in the event of serious illness.
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