Sidney Community Notes Reflect Departures and Local Happenings
Mr Fred Wetzel drove to Sidney Monday to attend to business. Mr Charles Osborn urged to Sidney Tuesday and will soon depart for Omaha to assume state president duties of the Farmers Cooperative Union. Mrs Walter Wasatin arrived from Clarke for an extended visit with her parents. Mrs Alice Wyrant of Marvin Iowa visiting the Goodwin family. Recent rain and snow improved ground moisture for crops. Mrs Ray Frame’s mule team ran away but caused no damage. Harold Spiker braved the snow to Sidney. Mr William Reinner and family at the bedside of Mrs Mike Swartz, who has been ill nine weeks. Mrs Swartz’s mother arrived from South Dakota. Mrs John Jones and Geo Ripple shopped in Sidney. George Jones kicked by a horse last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Lew Sparks in Broadwater for business. No school in district 67 Friday due to storm. district 11 also closed for fuel shortage. Mr and Mrs Ed Brockelsby visited Sidney last Thursday. Mrs Frank Goodwin and children ill last week. Mr Frank Kinton and Uncle Sam Donaldson visited Sidney Sunday. Donaldson, nearly eighty, enjoys good health.
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Fred Wetzel
Sidney
Charles Osborn
Clarke
Isaac Jones
Alice Wyrant
Marvin
Iowa
Frank Goodwin
Ray Frame
Harold Spiker
William Reinner
Mike Swartz
South Dakota
John Jones
Geo. Ripple
George Jones
Lew Sparks
Broadwater
District No. 67
Ed Brockelsby
Frank Kinton
Sam Donaldson
Hichardson County
Donaldson
Strange But True From a Bank Robbery to Blindness
F J Livingston was shot and permanently blinded after robbing a Cherokee Iowa bank last week. Two men died in a well near Onida South Dakota from gas after attempting to rescue one another. A fatal auto wreck near Julesburg and a Broken Bow youth dies two days after a Sunday school accident.
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F. J. Livingston
Cherokee
Iowa
Onida
South Dakota
Julesburg
John Douglas
Broken Bow
Young Douglas
Timber Wolves Steal Homes in Arthur County North
In Arthur County a band of nocturnal timber wolves, referred to as the jacktail rustlers by the Enterprise, have stolen frame houses and a windmill tower. Moses Abusch and a neighbor named Smith lost homes and property, prompting heightened local anger. Arthur County offers a $100 reward plus $33 in bounties from neighbors for apprehending the rustlers, with possible prosecution ahead.
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Arthur Co
Moses Abusch
Smith
Arthur County
Arthur Enterprise
Dr M E rettibene Gentist Mele teak block
Dr M E rettibene is listed with contact details in Gentist. The entry notes a block at Mele teak, Room 5 6s and a phone number 64. This terse listing appears to be a directory style address entry.
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M. E. Rettibene
Mele
Miss Lucille Atcherson Sought as Paris Embassy Secretary
President Harding weighs Miss Lucille Atcherson of Columbus Ohio for secretary of the Paris embassy. Washington reports approve by Secretary Hughes and appeal to Myron Herrick Paris ambassador designate who saw her relief work with Anne Morgan in France during the war.
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Lucille Atcherson
Columbus
Ohio
Paris
Harding
Washington
Miss Atcherson
Hughes
Myron T. Herrick
Anne Morgan
France
Tariff Bill Passes After Party Line Vote in House
Washington reports the house approved the emergency tariff bill by 269 to 112 after two days of debate. Fifteen Democrats backed it and nine Republicans opposed it. The measure, now sent to the senate, imposes six month duties on about 25 farm goods and includes an anti dumping provision and a foreign exchange clause.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Storm Kills 1 in Chicago During High Wind Storm
Chicago faced a near hurricane with 50 mph winds and heavy rain causing many accidents. John Schweitzer of 4047 West Twenty first Street died after colliding with a street car at West North Avenue and Dayton Street. A large flagpole fell near North Clark Street, narrowly missing a car. Signs and billboards were blown down, trains halted, and telegraph communication to the west was nearly paralyzed.
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Chicago
John Schweutzer
West Twenty-first Street
West North Avenue
Dayton Street
Wentworth Avenue
City Hall
North Clark Street
West Randolph
West Washington Streets
Points West
Agree on Scale at Cleveland Street Railway
In Cleveland Ohio on April 18 an overwhelming vote by about 8000 employees of the Cleveland Street Railway company approved a new wage scale and working conditions. The new scales cut wages by about 20 percent.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Street Railway Company
President Harding Poses as Artist's Model in White House
In Washington on April 18 President Harding served as an artist's model. During morning calls Miss Neysa MacMeth and Miss Sadie Farnham sat in the presidential office and made sketches of the Chief Executive.
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Washington
Harding
Neysa MacMeth
Sadie Farnham
Local Socials and Small Town Mishaps Highlight Sunol News
Sano Items report Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oldenburg visiting relatives in town. Little Billy Dickens injured a finger when a dresser toppled onto it, treated in Chappell with no fractures. Mrs. Frank Oliverus and son Frank were in Lodgepole. Multiple gatherings at Pavlat and Booth homes. A fire burned straw stacked prairie acres, aided by Sunol firefighters. Community notes mention school plays and exchanges between Sunol and Lodgepole.
South Omaha Live Stock Prices Report April 19 1921
Liberal run of cattle and hogs at Union Stock Yards South Omaha shows prices lower by 15 to 25 cents on beef: best beeves at 8.40, hogs steady to 10 cents lower with tops 8.45, bulk 7.50 to 8.25. Sheep and lambs demand brisk with fat lambs 10.25, ewes 2.00 to 7.25, lambs 7.75 to 10.25, overall higher trends from Tuesday sale.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Neb
May Achieve Goodness Quote by Lowell
A reflective note defines goodness as a willful achievement and a lasting quality of life rather than mere tenderness or generosity, stressing character over temperament as the path to virtue.
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Lowell
French savant narrows window for life’s origin on Earth
A French savant claims to place the origin of life on Earth within a wide window between 20 million and 80 million years ago. The statement emphasizes increasing precision in dating life’s beginnings, sparking debate among scientists about methods and certainty.
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Bcience
Dietary Example Prompts Preachers’ Longevity Claim
A Lexington Leader note cites statistics claiming preachers live longer than others, suggesting the result supports the belief that people eat too often and too much. The piece reflects an editorial stance on dietary habits and longevity.
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Lexington Lesder
Nebraska Legislature Passes Game Preserves and Ballot Reform
Both chambers approve a bill creating game preserves at Valen tine and Halsey while a 21 age for Nebraska girls replaces 18. An amended Omaha charter bill moves to third reading as the senate backs nonpartisan candidates on the ballot without party labels. Beebe substitute for the house movie bill clears the senate. O Furey elected Nebraska vice president of the National Editorial association. Foster resolution against convict road labor is tabled.
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J. P. O’ Furey
Nebraska Press Association
Nebraska
National Editorial Association
Legislature Sets Pay for Private Secretary and Deputy
The house and senate settled on salaries of 2640 dollars per year for private secretary and deputy state officers, below the original 3000 and below the 2500 preferred by the house. The senate advanced bills on boxing under American Legion rules, co operative banking, and a transfer of the legislative reference bureau from the university to the clerk of the supreme court, all without debate.
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House
Senate
American Legion
Legislative Reference Bureau
Supreme Court
Senate trims primary bill to two nominees clash
R. B. Howell opposed the bill saying the change spells the death of the primary. Adjournment remains a live issue with forecasts ranging from May 1 to May 23 as lawmakers push to finish before going home.
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Senate
R. B. Howell
Governor signs 90 bills as legislature in flux
The governor had signed 90 bills so far, with 66 from the house and 24 from the senate. The house sent 207 of its bills to the senate, passed 45 senate files, killed 411 of its own bills and 26 senate bills.
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House
Senate
Senator Reed Says Bill Nullifies Parish School Law
Senator Reed notes H. B. 100 passed by the house would nullify the parish school law enacted two years ago. The bill faced careful senate review to remove objectionable features.
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Reed
House
Senate
Senate Approves State Flag Banner and Advertising Tax Levy
The senate approved a bill creating a state banner and revising the state seal after replacing flag with banner, and a second bill allowing cities and towns to levy for advertising. Both measures were signed by the governor.
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Senate
House Members Demand Senate Speed Up Work
House members complain that the Senate adjourns from Friday to Monday and otherwise moves slowly, treating the session as if just beginning instead of nearing finish. They urge swifter action and more timely sessions.
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House
Senate
Senate Rejects Concurrence On Tuition Provision
The senate refused to concur in the house bill charging high school pupils tuition and amended it to require schools to charge actual cost only. During debate in the house opponents argued the provision could invite endless lawsuits.
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Senate
Nebraska establishes commission to license horse racing
Nebraska enacts a law creating a state commission to license and regulate horse races but excludes state and county fairs. An antiquated act bans racing at fairs and bars fair funds from purses, while another statute permits trials of speed serving the same purpose.
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Nebraska
County child welfare bill killed after cut of board plan
The measure establishing county boards of child welfare and paid superintendents was vetoed or removed, ending what supporters called a key reform and related jobs. The decision halted the major child welfare proposal to create county level boards and paid superintendents.
House speeds through session but kills entire bill
In the committee of the whole the full bill was thought best to kill. The house set a speed record on Saturday April 9 acting favorably on 37 bills and killing only one. As the session winds down everyone wants to quit and leave, causing bills to miss needed attention.
House Stifles Supreme Court Commission Bill
The house again attempted to move the supreme court commission bill but supporters say it is killed for good. The action is expected to delay supreme court business as members cite incapacity limiting part of the court’s ability to work.
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House
Supreme Court Commission
Supreme Court
Court
Bill lets county boards fill highway commissioner post
The House approved a bill allowing a member of a board of supervisors or a county commissioner to serve as county highway commissioner in counties with populations over 8,000. Proponents say the change guards against incompetent appointees by granting the board authority to act.
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Board
House Debates New Tax Bill and Minnesota Model
A heated session over the taxation bill unfolds in the house with forecasts uncertain. A Minnesota tax department representative was brought in by the house committee to explain similar state law operations and implications.
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House
Senate
Minnesota Tax Department
House Committee
Senate approves Hoagland substitute on aliens in citizenship plan
The senate killed the house anti-Jap bill and adopted a Hoagland drafted substitute covering all aliens. Eligible aliens have five years to establish citizenship, aiming to prevent rape from acquiring real estate and applying to aliens who refuse to become citizens, a feature long discussed in the house debate.
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Senate
Hoagland
County Seat Bill Advances After House Action
Jack Walsh gained favor with the legislature as his county seat bill, once killed, was revived and passed by the house. If enacted Crete could pursue a county seat change sooner, with several other counties showing interest, though some objected that it could trigger county seat fights statewide.
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Jack Walsh
Crete
House approves statewide voter registration bill
After a debate that was warm in spots the house approved Senator Reed's bill requiring statewide registration of voters. Registering will be done by the assessors and new registration is not required unless one changes his residence. The object of the bill is to compel voters to refrain from switching in primaries. A voter may change party affiliation by notifying the county clerk at least thirty days before primary. Non partisan league
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House
Reed
Members Vote Against Directly Aimed Bill
Members treated the measure as targeted at their group and all cast ballots in opposition.
Senate Finance Committee Adds 1.86 Million to Approp Bill
The senate finance panel tacked 1 860 000 onto the appropriation bill raising its total to 22 860 000. Of the extra amount 476 000 goes to the university including 350 000 for a new gymnasium conditioned on an equal subscription. The rest 396 000 funds university general expenses and improvements. Other additions cover various state departments and special purposes. Senators opposed to the house movie bill defend Beebe amendments as improving pictures and predict varied house action on the Beebe bill with no sure outcome.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate fight ends with Beebe amendments on movie bill
The final senate clash over the movie bill on Monday, April 11 defeated the house bill and substituted Beebe amendments that form a near new bill. It bans certain pictures, imposes penalties, and tightens regulation. The fight may continue as the bill must pass third reading and be concurred in by the house, with some predicting no further legislation this session.
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Senate
House
The Old Maid's Prayer Quips About Wedlock
A brief joke from Tyrrhuns in Christiania notes the desire to wed before the Christian era as years allegedly moved backward, reflecting a light hearted remark on marriage timing.
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Christiania
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