School Opens With Changes in Curriculum and Procedures
School opens September 6 with Labor Day observed. No drinking cups. faucets enable drinking without cups. Trigonometry dropped. solid geometry becomes elective. Examinations for classifying may be taken September 1. First graders needing start by September 19. Below ninth grade students keep old placements morning. new students visit superintendent. Beginners welcome after 9:30. State athletic qualification rules adopted for inter-scholastic programs.
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Sidney
Board of Education
Had a Good Reason
Dan a colored man employed as a porter in a Florida mercantile store explains his chronic lateness. He lives beyond Mount Hermon cemetery and jokes he wants a home beyond the grave.
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Dan
Florida
Mount Hermon Cemetery
Testing His Scales
A woman over 200 pounds recalls James using baby as a term of endearment. A butcher set up a concealed weighing device to embarrass him, prompting a change in their dynamic after the incident.
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James
Jones
Baby
New York Times
Curious Old English Law Deodand Fines for Rail Accidents
The article recalls the old English deodand law where an instrument causing death became the crown’s property for pious uses. Locomotives were included, but coroners juries later fined instead. In 1838 a liver pool and Manchester line locomotive killed its engineer and fireman and was fined £20. in 1839 another locomotive on the same line was fined £1,400.
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Liverpool and Manchester
Hne
Christ Church Services on August 28 at Ogalalla
The church will conduct holy communion at 7 30 a m and morning services at 11 with the sermon. Sunday school is at 10 and the 8 p m evening service is omitted as the pastor is ordered to hold evening service on the last Sunday of the month at Ogalalla.
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Ogalalla
Advertised Letter List from Sidney Neb Post Office 1910
The Sidney Nebraska post office lists unclaimed letters dated August 26 1910. Names include Miss Lois Snyder Mrs G M Simpson Earl Porter Harry Pettite John Patzoo Irene Edwards Miss Adele Lee and many others, with notes for callers to identify themselves.
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Sidney Neb
Sidney Post Office
mAwantiaod
Muuuvol Vintu
Lois Snyder
G M Simpson
Earl Porter
Harry Pettite
John Patzoo
T. B. Geurry
Irene Edwards
Adele
Skedaddled But Pinched
Henry Barrett section foreman at Old Colton tracked three foot gentry who broke the bunk house and stole clothing and cash. One suspect was captured wearing a stolen suit and carrying a bathing suit. he was bound over to district court after a Saturday trial. J W Richerson of Sidney visited his parents and brother, County Treasurer S A Richerson, before returning home.
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Henry Barrett
Old Colton
Mr. Barrett
J. W. Richerson
Sidney
S. A. Richerson
Sterling Democrat
Charpiat Hansen Wedding at Lutheran Church
A wedding of George J. Charpiat of Denver and Miss Laura Hansen occurred at the Lutheran church in Peter Monday with Rev. D. H. Shultz officiating. The couple was attended by Miss Elma Hansen and Charles Hansen as bridesmaid and groomsman. After the ceremony guests joined at the Hansen home west of Potter for a course dinner. The newlyweds will reside in Denver where the groom is a prosperous business man.
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Peter Monday
D. H. Shultz
George J. Charpiat
Denver
Laura Hansen
J. H. Hansen
Elma Hansen
Charles Hansen
Little Flowers
Dorothy McAdams
Erma Struble
Mayme Hansen
Wasteful or charitable, old junk debated
A Washington Herald quotation ponders thrift and generosity as one character rejects discarding unused items while another urges giving them away to feel charitable, reflecting attitudes toward waste and reuse.
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Washington Herald
Poor Pickings On The Farm
A new boarder tours a farm and asks about berry plants and filling a pail. Mrs. Howe quietly reveals the berries are taters bugs as she continues gathering from beyond the wall, prompting a puzzled exchange in a Youth's Companion tale.
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Mrs. Howe
After Dinner Speech Etiquette Compared
A Japanese visitor critiques American habit of post meal speeches. He notes Americans insist on after dinner orations, while in Japan guests rest after meals. He cites a New York Press quotation about Americans dining with guests yet never letting them speak at home.
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United States
New York Press
Lands Bought and Sold at the First National Bank
Sidney real estate notices announce transfers and listings of lands bought and sold through the First National Bank. The fragment indicates a local land sale record from a Farmer-Real Estate column with emphasis on property conveyances.
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National Bank
Sidney
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James Whitcomb Riley
Duke Franz Josef
Bavaria
America
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
William B. Corey
Mabelle Gliman
John Moissant
Paris
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English Channel
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O. H. Carter
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Ratality Wallace
Louis Willson
Harry Taylor
Jessie Chambers
C. L. Anderson
Branger Raeford Sale
Eddie A
Bradley
Sting Long
Eanser
Shas
Liebhart Land Co
Cheyenne County
Oberfelder Block
Sidney, Neb
J K. Elms
North Platte
Joseph Oberfelder
UnityEd States
Nebraska
James Tucker
Court House
Neb
W. Frazey
Veh Oy
W. 4. Hitcacock
Laramie
Wyoming
Kucera
C. Beebe
Gapen Block
Henry E. Gapen
Gapen
Hoagland
W. V. Hoagland
Hoagland & Hoagland
Attorneys AT Law
North Piatte
Jeroy Martin
Attorney AT Law
F J. Woitisher
Cleburne Block
Frank L. Doty
M. Graham
Stowitts Building
A. J. Kinnersley
Dalton
H. E. Mantor
H. Becker
O’kane
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