The Telegraph Files of 44 Years Ago Grand Roundup Preparations
Busy notes from The Telegraph recount Western Nebraska cattle raisers stockmen preparing for the May 10 Grand Round-up. Audiences learn of overhauling old gear, horses being shod, and supplies readied while workers anticipate weeks of labor and wages. A sideline mentions ice delivery, a local baseball challenge, and the stock association’s track. The item also notes Barnum’s hoped visit and a bank pouch theft on a Northwestern train with missing currency valued near ten thousand dollars.
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Nebraska
Telegraph
Sidney Telegraph
Morton
Morton and Teague. Base Ball the Summer Base Ball Club of “D" Co
Sidney
J. Morgan
Sidney Stock Association
Woodson
Frank Norths
Hughey Bean
Regional notes on bonds and buildings across Nebraska counties
McCook plans a seventy five thousand dollar cathedral while Oxford funds a sixty five thousand dollar school house. Scottsbluff votes on ten thousand in Waridge bonds and Fremont eyes seventy five thousand for water extension, seventy five thousand for a park and one hundred thousand for an auditorium. Clay county buys a frond grading outfit with a punch house and escort wagon. Jenklin county petitions the state supreme court over county gear. A county spring horseshoe tournament looms as Silver Triggs of ONeill seeks Hoyle. In South Dakota a six year old dies after a riding accident. Ike Anderson suffers severe injuries from a gasoline mishap near One Creek.
Mail pouch robbery tied to Stuart bank haul
Four hundred dollars in incomplete national bank currency and many valuable papers were secured by mail pouch bandits in a January 29 robbery at Stuart Nebraska. Postal inspectors and Secret Service agents remain at work in the area to apprehend the culprits.
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First National Bank
Stuart
Nebraska
Preacher Ackley jailed on adultery Mann Act case
Wisconsin born preacher Eugene Ackley, temporary supply at United Brethren in Broken Bow, is in county jail on adultery and Mann Act allegations. Woman, Zylpha Mae Wallace, said to be his daughter, faced questions over marriage plans. federal inquiry underway. Willard Piper fined $100 for liquor transport. jailed after plea.
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Eugene Ackley
Broken Bow
Wisconsin
United Brethren Church
Zylpha Mae Wallace
John McGinnis
Ackley
Willard Piper
Fudge
Sears Place
sheiff—State Journal
Death Sentence For Smooth-Haired Brown Dog
A police court proceeding before Judge Schenck last Wednesday involved Carl Anderson’s dog that often rushed from a yard to grab passersby, tearing clothing and hurting feelings. Frank Adams and others testified. The court fined the owner one dollar plus costs and ordered the dog to be euthanized, with police enacted to carry out the sentence.
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Scottsbluff Herald
Jail Breaker Ben Scott and Wife Leave Scottsbluff
Ben Scott and his wife of Scottsbluff were convicted of illicit liquor sales and jailed. While imprisoned they refused to work, were fed bread and water, then offered credit for digging a jail annex basement. He accepted, the hole was dug, and the couple was released with until April 1 to sell their household goods and depart Bayard Transcript.
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Ben Scott
Scottsbluff
Ben
Bayard Transcript
Father Duffy Sees Virtue on Front Page
Former Army chaplain Father Duffy voiced optimism about the world in a New York Herald editorial. He remarked that virtue would dominate front pages if it were as uncommon as imagined, and the Herald pondered a time when wickedness would dull and virtue be sensational due to rarity.
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United States Army
Father Duffy
New York Herald
the Herald
Harlem
John Smith
Newspapers omit common virtue and sin in daily pages
The piece argues editors chase sensational sins while many acts of everyday virtue go unrecorded. It notes headlines would mislead readers toward rare sensational tales and contends newspapers miss ordinary good deeds that would deserve study.
Why Not Sidney Cleanup Day Becomes Town Initiative
Why Not Sidney Clean up look up stay up. It is only a matter of days when spring cleaning will be with it again. Let's be ready for it and improve upon past years. If everyone goes to it with determination it will take little effort from each person. We want a general spring cleanup day with every citizen removing debris and cleaning alleys and unused streets to stamp cleanliness and beauty on the community. A town picnic closes businesses, so closing for a municipal bath is likewise feasible. Cleanup holiday is a good move for Sidney with everyone in action. Garden Co News.
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Garden Co
Open White House Gates Reflect Hospitality During Harding Era
Detroit Free Press notes the White House grounds reopen to the public for Easter egg rolling and receptions under President Harding. Though only a limited city population will access the mansion, the policy radiates nationwide warmth, presenting the front door of the president as open and welcoming to all Americans.
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White House
Executive Mansion
Washington
Harding
United States
Detroit Free Press
Fodder Hung In Trees In Cashmere Fashions Winter Stores
In Cashmere a novel method of storing fodder for winter is in vogue. The chief industry is wool production and textile manufacture, with Cashmere fabrics known globally. Winter snowfalls bring five to six yards of fodder hung among tree branches, easily reached by sheep docks.
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Cashmere
Million Dollar Gift Chain Proposes Equal Share
A plan envisions one million people each giving one dollar to a single recipient in need, creating a cumulative million dollar fund. The concept highlights collective generosity and a simple path to a major aid total.
Legislative Budget Control and CrimeID Bill Advances
The administration budget system passes committee of the whole, empowering Phil Bross to audit expenditures and cut ineffective spending. A state Bureau of Criminal Identification is sanctioned to keep prints and measurements, aid recoveries, and assist peace officers. Senate moves toward acquiring flat state park lands near Chadron for park purposes. The American Legion funds 2,000,000 to aid disabled World War I veterans. The state reformatory bill loses emergency clause but passes. a movie censorship bill clears the house after a tense session. The speaker is authorized to set adjournment dates, with adjournment likely by April 15. Preliminary reports indicate 1921 property valuations may fall about 15 percent from 1920.
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Phil Bross
Finance and Revenue
State Public Welfare Department
Representative Assembly
American Legion
House
Senate
State legislature acts on reapportionment and reforms
The article reviews the legislature's stance on reapportionment for various offices, a canceled shipper label rule by the state railway commission, and passes a reformatory funding bill. It notes House actions on adjournment, a defeated adjutant general salary bill, and the first out of committee cooperative banking legislation. It also covers school land rents, and Wart named receiver for the defunct Castetter bank in Blair.
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J. E B. Wart
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Castetter Bank of
Blair
Department
Nebraska farmers back 17s grain plan after large meeting
Representative farmers in Nebraska approved the committee of 17s grain marketing plan after a meeting with more than 500 attendees. Only four votes against the proposal were recorded, signaling broad support among participants and farm interests.
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Nebraska
Committee of 17S
Elixir of life debate in Huxley flatsworms essay
In a Minneapolis Journal piece a reader muses on Professor Julian Huxley’s flatworm aging experiments and the prospect of delaying human aging. The essay notes the limits of current results, hints at future ethics, and imagines life extending to nineteen generations, while poking at modern city life and a looming public works project.
Scintillations of a Cold Day and Human Folly
A reflective piece notes sunshine scarce in the world and the burden of thought. It claims flowers would need disinfectants if they shared human discontent, and asserts a soulless poem cannot achieve immortality. It condemns stealing smiles and likens beauty and love to simple universal truths.
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P. T. Barnum
Mr. Barnum
O'Neill
Stuart Bank
Treasury Department
Stuard First National
Beth
McKinle
Hugh McCullog
McCook
Clay County
Scottsbluff County
Waridge
Jenklin County
State Supreme Court
Oxford
Fremont
j/ Silver Triggs
Hoyle
Alexander Milford
Witten
South Dakota
Ike Anderson
Bristow
O'’Neill
United
Legislative News
Chadron
Valley Creek
James W. Good
Dawes
State Board of Assessors
State Railway Commission
Whote
Co-Operative Bank
Julian Huxley
Professor Huxley
Huxley
Lowry Hill
Chaucer
Man
Oxford University
Fourth Street
Riverside Avenue
Oneida
Phoenix
Mr. Rothschild
Hennepin
Martin
Minneapolis Journal
Cheyenne County
Rumleys
Twin Citys
Heiders
Water Loo Boys
Litz & Sitz
W. W. Heinemann
Nebr
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
A. E. Phelps
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