Local Happenings Hit List of Visitors and Travel
A parade of visitors and trips fills the week with residents going to Shenandoah Lincoln Omaha Council Bluffs St Joseph and Monticello. Guests include Mrs Henry Zack Miss Effie Brown Miss Eva Hatton Roy Wikoff H H Williams and many relatives visiting with friends in Malvern Creston Tarkio and Watson. Also noting local moves and attendance at events in St Joseph and the military tournament in St Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wikoff
Omaha
City
H. H. Williams
Council Bluffs
Dave Hardman
Lyla, O'Dell
School Notes Highlight Preparations and Activities
Visitors frequent the school as board members call in, and football players prep for a game at Sidney next Saturday. More blackboard space is planned, with lab equipment already ordered. Janitor Neff maintains the building, while teachers and students show strong effort across grades. A merit rule from last year remains, granting next-year coursework opportunities to those with high six-week averages. Textbooks and copy books arrive, with writing space expanded. Phone use is requested outside class hours. Physics lab reports eleven experiments on matter and films, and a well-equipped lab supports physics teaching. Country students welcomed into the high school. several join seventh and eighth grades. The high school forms an athletic association led by Paul Rees, with officers and a 50-cent semester fee for boys and 25 cents for girls. Local workers traveled to Coburg to build an elevator, while relatives visit Percival and travel to South Dakota and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Neff
Miss Crowder
Miss McNancy
Mabel Brainard
Elva Chandler
Katie Parker
Elsie Stinson
Paul Rees
Ralph Stoner
Arnold Jolly
Christie McCormick
Wellington Davey
Roy Hoggett
The Alien and the Ham Theft Trial Jumble
A New York politician cites The Alien’s view of jury trials while recounting a ham theft story. A man indicted for stealing 600 or more hams is found not guilty after a juror hides a ham on each member, a gag that defeats the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bull racing and boxing in Burma and unlikely woodland friends
A Calcutta Telegraph excerpt notes bull racing in Burmah with a prized bull valued at 25 000 rupees and an annual income of 12 600 to 15 000 rupees. It also mentions boxing among Burmans, described as imperfect by Queensberry rules. A separate Exchange item describes a black and white woodpecker and a sparrow forming an unusual deep friendship visiting a yard and sharing treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Calcutta Statesman
Lady Sparrow
Mr. Woodpecker
His Incorrect Diagnosis and a Missouri Hotel Misstep
A Chicago News item recounts a traveling man mistaken by a waiter at a Missouri hotel. The scene features miscommunication and a humorous exchange about food and a supposed ailment, illustrating city-bred expectations clashing with local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Chicago News
The Resemblance Misidentification in Conversation
In a Philadelphia Press note, Mrs Knox and Mr Nearaite meet Nel Browne who mistakes her for you. Miss Magley cites Nell’s appearance as altered by a face poison, creating a striking and unusual misunderstanding about identity.
Towne-Luschman Struggles With Wife’s Nightly Insomnia
Town describes impact of his wife's severe nightly insomnia when he returns home late, causing great trouble for both. Browné recalls lack of prior knowledge of the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Towne
Luschman
Browné
Town
Marriage Announced For D. D. Darby And Grace Rhodes
Word comes of the marriage of D D Darby and Mrs Grace J Rhodes of Sidney solemnized last Saturday September 14 at Judge W W Wilsons Nebraska City office. Darby, a Fremont County schoolteacher and newspaper man, has been with the Sidney Herald. The Reporter extends congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Darby
Grace J. Rhodes
Sidney
W W. Wilson
Nebraska City
Fremont County
Hambore Democrat
Local notices and receipts from a midwestern paper
A collection of brief items mentions Mrs. Nancy M. Slanson Hamphrey praising Dr. Thomas Electric Oil for a burn care case, G B Franklin traveling to Council Bluffs and Omaha, various medical patent remedies offered by druggists, and social notes about George Galen and family moving to Omaha and Henry Zack visiting Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy M. Slanson Hamphrey
N.Y
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Kenneth Murchson
Paysman
J. F. Riedy
Amburg
Towa
Henry Zack
Shenandoah
Charley Hatch
Lull Hancock
Lincoln
Charley Golden
Frank McBride
Coburg
Effie Brown
Shepandoah
Eva Hunter
Watson
Flossie Clary
Malvern
H. A. Noble
Monticello’ Mint
Paul Dean
Tarkio
Clifford Good
Manly Burrows
Buttner
Phelps Addition
T. B. Hickman
Columbia, Me
Mrs. Roy Hoggatt
Creston
Eva Hatton
Riverton
G. Tiler
J. Sayers
St. Joseph
Ben Givens
Pew
Burlington
Gail . Ferguson
Friends
John Murphy
Mr. Mueller
Thurman
H. H. Faxon
Will Mormon
Kansas City
Stauffer and Alberson
George Elkins
Roy Wooten
Beg, Tiller
Wife
Charley Clark
Edd Doll
Rose Kost
Henry Vanderpool
A. L. Switzer
Henry Ackley
Gnas
Lloyd
Howard McKissick
McBrides
Mesdames Lumm and
Parkinson
Percival
T. J. Osborne
South Dakota
Ace Harris
Bertha Townsend
Tier Evinger and Wife
Rebecca Sowers
Burmah
L. J. Hilger
Hamburg, Iowa
Marie Hall
Arthur Murdock
Ray Oviatt
G.M. Privett
Henry Parkinson
Redfield
Adelin Wadhams
Charlotte Lair Roberts
Montrose
Colo
QO. H. Coffey
Lee Moomaw
Loveland
Augustus Wardell
Winfield
Chase County
Kansas
J. G. Woolsey
Hamburg
Iowa
H.H. Hervey
Alice Smith
Frank Craig Evan Johnson
Thos
Noble Ray Wilson
A. Danforth
P.M
Seli
Frank Davis
G. B. Franklin
Dean
George Galen
O. P. Colon
Bo P Ping
Calumet Fx
Chicago
Spear’s
McAdoo’ & Dean
Connor Bros
Green’s Grocery
Tiller & Smith
Spear
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Bellingham
Victoria
Spokane
Walla Wella
Wenatchee
Ellensburg
St. Louis
C. M.previtt
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