Congress and Lincoln Highway Rename Debate
The Nebraska legislature asks Congress to rename the Lincoln highway to Old Oregon Trail. The letter questions if Congress can erase history by law and if the highway would accept such a renaming or seek another route. The Roads Committee weighs whether Congress should decide such disputes or hand the issue to a different tribunal. Robert G. Simmons.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Nebraska
Memoraliz Ands
Congress of
United States
Omaha
Ogallala
Committee On Roads
America
Robert G. Simmons
Boys and Girls Win State Club Prizes
County celebrates state club prize winners led by Gunhart Olson and Svend Olson south of Potter. Edward Busboom of Sidney wins trips and prizes for county level club work. Three Cheyenne county boys earn Club Week trips from Antelope Corn club. Nebraska Farm Journal pins awarded to Olson brothers, with Lincoln scholarship for Gunhart Olson in agricultural college program. Club Week attendance urged to spur future enrollments.
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Edward Busboom
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Lincoln
Gunhart Olson
Potter
Antelope Corn Club
The
Agricultural College
Omaha Union Stock Yards Company
Cheyenne County
Svend Olson
Norman Trobaugh
Nebraska Farm Journal
South of
Sidney Tops Jonesing for League Lead
Mockett the lanky Kimball center led the night with sixteen points and Tiebrink added most of Kimball's twenty three as they powered the winning effort. Perry was the lone Sidney scorer with regularity while Wait struggled under heavy defense.
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Mockett
Kimball
Tiebrink
Sidney
Perry
Wait
Knights of Columbus offer charity reward over Lincoln cartoon claim
The Sidney Knights of Columbus announce a $500 charity gift if proof satisfactory to a fair judge shows Abraham Lincoln uttered the line attributed by The Enterpris e cartoon deeming Catholicism a dark cloud. The item has been debunked. Lincoln did not say it.
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THE
Knights OF Columbus OF Sidney
the EnterpriSe
Local Academy Triumphs Over North Platte In Hard Fought Win
St Patrick's academy rallied in the second half to beat St Patrick's High School of North Platte 11 to 9 on Friday night at the local floor. Fitzpatrick led the visitors with a standout showing while Sidney Mitchell and Murphy starred on offense. It was North Platte's first loss of the year and the locals moved to four wins and four losses. The local academy then dropped a 23 to 18 decision at Potter on Monday in a fast paced clash decided late.
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St. Patrick’s Academy
St. Patrick’s High School
North Platte
Fitspatrick
Sidney Mitchell
Murphy
Academy
Potter
Railroad Notes From the Desk of the Rip Track
Ernest Jaeckel takes a thirty day leave and enjoys vacation in Iowa. Rudy Roneker spends two days in Cheyenne last week. George Thirlwall slows recovery after hospital operation in Omaha. Denny transferred from Sidney to North Platte to work in the new automatic train control department. Jack Hearhin escorted his sister to an Omaha hospital for surgery earlier week. W. J. Nolan C. J. Hellwig and John Costello attended Cheyenne division safety meeting Wednesday. Herman Schroeder W Shoemaker and H Bangert attended Old Timers banquet in Cheyenne Wednesday evening. Twenty years of service required for Old Timers club membership.
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Ernest Jaeckel
Iowa
Rudy Roneker
Cheyenne
George Thirlwall
Omaha
Denny
Sidney
North Platte
Jack Hearhin
W. J. Nolan
C. J. Hellwig
John ‘Costello
Division
Herman Schroeder
W. J. Shoemaker
H. Bangert
New Declamatory Contest Adds Extemporaneous Speaking Class
District Declamatory association officers in Scottsbluff announced a new extemporaneous speaking section for the spring contest. Contestants will draw a subject, have one hour to prepare without notes, and compete in topics ranging from The Lynching Problem in America to Clean Journalism. Towns qualified include Mitchell, Scottsbluff, Gering, Bayard, Bridgeport, Oshkosh, Alliance, Mellen, Thedford, Kimball, Lorenzo, Dalton, Sidney and Chappell.
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District
Scottsbluff
Liebendorfer
Mitchell
Gering
Bayard
Bridgeport
Oshkosh
Alliance
Mellen
Thedford
Kimball
Lorenzo
Dalton
Sidney
Chappell
Anniversary of Birth of Two Good Men
Nicholas Mahr, an old settler in the county, was eighty six on Lincoln's birthday and received calls from children and relatives at his daughter Mrs Carl Livoni's home. His distant children sent messages of final remembrance. Mahr has been somewhat feeble this winter but is improving, a sign of good health to longtime neighbors.
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Nicholas Mahr
Lincoln
Carl Livoni
Mahr
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Southan
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Delaney
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