County Commissioners Transact Routine Work 1917
Sidney Nebraska August 1 1917 board met with all members present including Chairman Frank X Rihn County Attorney and Clerk. Minutes read and approved vacancy filled for Potter precinct Anton Leafdale upon qualifying. A ten mill five year district 23 levy for building fund approved. Audited claims listed by fund with amounts for clerk supplies water service janitor work and bridge labor among others.
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Court House
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Board of
Seea Commissioners
Suly
Frank X. Rihn
L. R. Barlow
N. H. Troelatrup
Clayton
Radcliffe
F. N. Slawson
Justice of the Peace
Potter Precinct
Anton Leafdale
General Fund
M. Lancaster, Co. Treas
C. D. Essig
W. H. Gates
State Journal Co
Zion Institution & Industries
E and Treas
F. Roeckel
Oflice
Sidney Municipal Service
Water and Light
Sterling
H. E. Gapen
A. E. Hedlund
Same
F. W. Scott
Omtha Pty. Co
Atty’s Typewriter
Ptg. Co
Ceca
C/ M. Wright
Fixtures & Pipe
W. C. Pettett
Survoyor
Ceee Ee
Dalton
Co Publishing
Pea la Posse
David Huff
deMene
Neb. Telephone Co
Jesse Hunnecutt
Omaha Ptg. Co
John Owens
Sur- Veyor
L. H. Bordwell
H. F. Lichty
Sur- Veoyor
Adam Schimka
Fred C. Schrimp
Anna McFadden
Municipal Light Plant
Huffman Supply House
J. Z. Easterday
J. L. Sitton
J. L. Bitten
Sidney Lumber Co
Omaha Pty. Co
Anton’ Kripal
Lancaster, Co. Treas
Seco Standard Oil Co
A. Martin
Oscar Konst
Frank McCool
Jake Morfield
Fenske Bros
D. Jamea “Lumber Co
Bidney Lumber
Village of
Potter
Lancaster
Chas
Pee Cece
William Walsh
John Portz
Jake Standard Oj
Drayee
M. Lancaster, Co
Treas
George H. Gunderson
G. T. Hall
George Myers
Reddy
J. D. Adams
Morfeld
H. E. Folkerts
Albert M. Durling
A. J. Huffman
George Vogler
Bridgeport Lumber Co
W. W. Chowins
EB. Reynolds
C. E. Reynolds
W. Cuddyford
Road District Labor and Adjourning Notice 1917
County records list workers across multiple road districts including Davison Eagle Colton and Sidney with payments for grader pulling road work and labor. Meeting adjourned until August 10th 1917 with County Clerk F N Slawson announcing the adjournment.
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha August 1 1917
Receipts of cattle 6,200 head as western grassers dominate July run at 89,400 head. Corn fed steers steady with top $14.00, grass beasts weaker. Hogs steady with choice weights up to $15.60 and packers paying $14.50–14.80 for most. Sheep and lambs dull. fat lambs around $14.25–14.75, feeders up to $15.20. Market trends show lower lambs and mixed cattle demand with steady hogs.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Neb
How Franklin Learned Manners
Franklin compiled thirteen daily life etiquette principles and practiced one each week to form habits. Over three months he covered them all, then yearly renewed each one for four weeks. He continued this for years, transforming from a quarrelsome youth to a respected statesman admired by English, French, and American readers.
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Franklin
Conventional or unconventional in a teasing exchange
A witty exchange from the New York Sun about a girl accusing a man of being frightfully unconventional and his retorts. The dialogue hinges on perception and social cheek, illustrating playful gendered push and pull in manners and convention.
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New York Sun
Congress to raise 7 billion via tax or bonds for war
Washington estimates the coming year's war cost at 10 735 007 000 with 7 billion to be raised through taxation or securities. Leaders foresee most funding from bond sales and treasury certificates, while only about 2 billion may come from taxes. Army and navy budgets dominate the outlays, with receipts projected around 1.33 billion plus 1.67 billion from a pending tax bill.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Capitol
Treasury
War Department
Navy
The
Shipping Board
McAdoo
House, Ways and Means and
Arnate Finance Committees
World War enters fourth year with Entente gains and new entrants
London reports the third year of the world war closes with the Entente fortunes generally favorable despite uncertainty in Russia. Central Powers suffer major setbacks as the Western front shifts to defense. Entry of the United States and other nations alters the struggle with Caesar Nicholas and Constantine fall in Russia and Greece. Allies gain with Portugal Roumania US Cuba Liberia Panama Costa Rica China Bolivia Guatemala Brazil and Uruguay taking sides. Total casualties exceed forty five million with 7 million killed in the first nine months.
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London
Europe
Teutons
United States
Nicholas
Russia
Constantine
Greece
Balkans
Portugal
Roumania
Cuba
Liberia
Panama
Panama Canal
Costa Rica
China
Bolivia
Guatemala
Brazil
Germany
Uruguay
Siam
Arthur Henderson
British War Council
Mr. Henderson
A Picture of Pershing in the Nation's Image
The Chicago News praises General Pershing as a quintessential American, noting his physical and mental traits mirror the soil. The piece likens his tall figure, bronzed face, sun grin, and stoic air to a great Native American chief, drawing a comparison to Geronimo in captivity.
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Pershing
Red Men
Geronimo
Chicago News
Bookwalter Family Reunion At Old Pawnee Homestead
Nine of the Bookwalter children attend a family reception at the old Bookwalter homestead in Pawnee county. In all forty two people are present including Mr. and Mrs. Bookwalter, their sons and families, and their daughters and families. The reunion is held under large tents under the trees on the homestead.
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W. YH. Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Pawnee County
Bagdad in Decay and the Call for Western Help
The London Chronicle recalls Bagdad’s past grandeur under Haroun-i-Rashid, noting a split between the western city and eastern suburb. It laments ruins on the western bank after the court’s move in the eleventh century and urges Western civilization to renew the eastern city. A London Chronicle forecast hints at fair weather but signals an approaching storm.
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Bagdad
Haroun-i-Rashid
Tigris
London Chronicle
Why Dorothy Talks So Much At Dinner
Dorothy, four, was at a family dinner when guests amused themselves and she suddenly exclaimed that she talked so much because she had nothing else to say. The remark drew amused comments from her parents and guests.
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Dorothy
Kauaaa City
Modern Travel Quips on Rail Oddities and Fearful Conductors
The poem-like snippet notes a brakeman without a lan tern, a train batch trying to sell a passenger, De Morgan replacing Bertha M. Clay, a conductor refusing to carry babies for fear of the auditor, and light coaches that leave spooning couples bored. Ralina. Journal
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de Morgan
Bertha M. Clay
Unclear Historical Quote Attributed To Lamb
Fragmentary quotation features racial slur and dialogue about a button near the body that would prevent the backbone from unraveling, attributed to Lamb. The context suggests a rough social or dialectal speech sample without clear人物, event, or publication details.
Not the Result Expected
A dialogue shows a cashier protesting a salary and the employer demanding a bond of five thousand dollars tomorrow, reflected in the Rostén transcript.
Leaders and the Race of Life by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Poem excerpt praising leaders who guide a weary world. The speaker credits leaders for supporting the worn and guiding paths before, behind, and beside. The verse urges ongoing effort and wide reach in leadership across society.
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Charlotte Perkina Gilman
LODGEPOLE NOTES AROUND TOWN AND REGIONAL TRAVEL
Mrs. W B Jewett visits from David City with her mother and sister. Union Pacific workers complete park fencing north of the depot, blue grass to appear next spring. Local families plan a Colorado motor trip with Estes Park as a goal. Residents cheered Gurley in a Sunday game. Properties change hands in town. Local riders and a horse accident are reported. A Broken Bow man is bound over in federal court on gun threat charges. A Biblical note recalls early Egyptian pomegranate cultivation and wilderness complaints.
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W. B. Jewett
Jentz
Mabel Zentz
David City
Union Pacific
B. J. Bates
Language notes and a railway fact from old press
The piece critiques Thackeray style and common English errors with examples from "compared to" and the mispluralized Misses Potter It cites the Siberian railway as the world’s longest at 4785 miles and ends with a sober remark that disease is humanity’s greatest foe.
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Thackeray
de Prettest
Patt
Misa Potters
Misses Potter
London Standard
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Meri
Clinton Scollara
Lodgepole
Benjamin R. Warbicton
Broken Bow
Grand Island
Carroll
Commissioner Cleary
Warbleton
Wyoming
Egypt
Zin
NEW
U.S. A
NGH
Douglas Fairbanks
America
Fairbanks
WM. Farnum
Theda Bara
Dorothy Dalton
Chas. Ray
WM. Hart and
George Walch
C. A. Wagoner Oil CO
Breadwater
Nebr
Ye Planty,” Inc. Beautiful Homes
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