Improving Rural Schools in Nebraska Report
W H Campbell chairman of the educational committee reports to the Nebraska Farmers congress on prospects for rural schools. He cites a state program to tailor courses to rural conditions with term divisions for new classes and reviews. Secretary Lane notes rural schools face challenges from low pay and outdated one room schools, and urges grouping schools and graded systems to improve life in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Farmers’ Congress
W. H. Campbell
Educational Committee
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Teachers’ Association
Great
State University
Lane
Federal Department of the Interior
Gays
Immigration Regulation Faces Congressional Debate
Congress will tackle broader immigration rules amid labor calls for tighter limits. Postwar emigration fears, wartime tax burdens, and social strains may push more people to leave Europe. Some fear influx will depress wages. others urge humane limits while upholding asylum for the oppressed.
Farmers Stand To Lose Most If Treasury Gap Widens
Treasury estimates show the government will fall about eighty two million dollars short of disbursements for 1916 with a ten million postal deficit. The shortfall implies new taxes, adding to the burden on all interests and the public. The text argues for strong agricultural support and warns that preparedness may lead to war if necessary to defend national rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Congress
Preparedness and Coast Defenses Urge Adequate Manning
The article argues for readiness to avoid war losses, noting costly US coast defenses are well built yet seriously understaffed. It cites shortages of 530 regular officers and 10,828 regulars, plus 271 National Guard officers and 9,891 guards, urging immediate manning to withstand a modern attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department Bureau
United States
National Guard
New Year Cheer Across Times and Traditions
Minna Irving reflects on bidding farewell to the old year with celebration and hope, urging readers to embrace the upcoming year with joy. The poem contrasts past joys with future promises and urges forward motion into the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minna Irving
Being Good A Lone Some Job In This Community
An extended meditation on happiness and misery contrasts choosing virtue with living a reckless life. The piece notes the Kaiser’s illness as a fleeting remark and follows street conversations about good versus bad habits, urging cautious self-discipline while recognizing varied moral views and social pressures.
Ford Party to Go Through Germany
The German government has granted the lord peace expedition permission to travel to The Hague through Germany by special train. The party will leave Copenhagen Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Germany
Lord Peace Expedition
The
Hague
Copenhagen
Conscription Will Not Miss Ireland
The British Press Association declares Ireland will be included in the new compulsory recruiting bill and not exempted from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
British Press Association
Combination Sale Announcement
Readers are invited to attend a combination sale set for Saturday January 15. The notice emphasizes a unified sale event likely featuring multiple items or lots and urges timely participation.
A Blessing for New Year and Civic Talk
A New Year blessing hopes for peaceful rest and fading sorrows as Christmas joys depart. The piece reflects on how urban commerce funds city improvements, noting that weekend illumination and busy streets result from local spending and merchant reinvestment rather than taxes or charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marths J. Opie
Ford Back From Europe Pacificist Arriving in New York
Henry Ford, who led the peace mission that sailed from New York December 4 on the Oscar II for Copenhagen to press a neutral nations conference, has returned aboard the Bergensfjord II. He says his view of the war’s cause shifted from bankers and munition makers to the people who are being slaughtered, and that the peace movement is now organized and moving forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
New York
Oscar II
Copenhagen
Bergensfjord
Ford
Long Grind In Prospect Opens Congress With War Law Debate
Congress reconvened Tuesday and began consideration of momentous legislation before the holiday recess. During two weeks of preliminary work there were assurances that foreign relations tied to the European war and national defense preparedness would dominate the session, with indications strengthened by international events since the recess that the legislature will seek all available government information on foreign complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Legislative Branch
Generals to Confer With Carranza over Provisional Cabinet
Generals with Carranza’s de facto government plan a conference with General Obregon and staff, left Juarez for Chihuahua to meet General Treviño in command of Carranza forces. Aimed at forming a provisional cabinet, with plans for Carranza and army entry into Mexico City underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvaro Obregon
Juarez
Chihuahua
Trevina
Carranza
Generis
Mexico
Mexico City
Sheriff Sale Notice in Cheyenne County Nebraska
Notice of Sheriff's Sale issued after a 1915 court order. Anta Thompson sues Lincoln G. Simon and Tyrone E. Simon. real estate NW quarter section 10 township 16 north range 49 west in Cheyenne County will be sold for cash at 10:00 am on February 14, 1916, at the Sidney courthouse. Sheriff J. W. McDaniel signs the notice dated January 6, 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
H. M. Grimes
Anta Thompson
Lincoln G. Simon
Tyrone E. Simon
North
Court House
Sidney
J. W. McDaniel
Said County
Cheyenne County Nebraska Probate Notices for 1915 Final Settlement
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the county court hears the final settlement of J R Shoemaker as executor of Mary Francis Shoemaker estate with hearing set for January 22 1915 and publication in The Telegraph for three weeks. Also notice to creditors of Edgar H Heath estate with claims due January 18 1916 and June 16 1916, four weeks in Sidney Telegraph prior to January 18 1916.
Notice to creditors in Wheeler Heath estate Nebraska
County Nebraska Wheeler W Heath deceased meet the administrator of said estate before County Judge of Cheyenne County at the County courtroom on January 18 1916 and June 16 1916 at 10 o'clock a m for presenting claims for examination adjustment and allowance. Six months allowed for creditors to present claims and one year for administrator to settle from December 13 1915. Notice to be published in Sidney Telegraph for four weeks before January 18 1916. Witness hand and seal December 13 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Edgar H. Heath
Said County
Sidney Telegraph
Wheeler W. Heath
Arthur T. Hiett
Said
Probate Notice to Creditors Hiett Estate Cheyenne Nebraska
Probate notice to creditors for Arthur T. Hiett deceased. Executrix to meet county judge February 1 1916 and June 15 1916 at 10 a m for claims examination. Six months to file claims and one year to settle from November 15 1915. Published in Sidney Telegraph February 21 1916. Witness seal and hand December 15 1915.
Order for Hearing on Petiton for Probate of Will
In Cheyenne County Nebraska County Court, Patrick and James McAleese petition to prove and probate the last will of Daniel McAleese dated December 22, 1915. Hearing set for January 17, 1916 at 10 a.m. in Sidney County Judge's office. Public notice to be published in the Sidney Telegraph for three consecutive weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Daniel McAleese
Patrick McAleese
James McAleese
James J McIntosh
Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Seal Co
P. Chambers
Sheriff Sale in Cheyenne County Nebraska Real Estate
District Court of Cheyenne Counts Newareska enters a sheriff sale on January 11 1916 at 10am in Sidney Nebraska for the property of Genevieve Williams and Marian Moncrieff to satisfy a judgment in favor of J L Smith for 372 82 plus costs. The real estate described is northeast quarter section eight township fifteen north range fifty two west sixth principal meridian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Cheyenne
Newareska
H. M Grimes
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
J. L. Smith
Genevieve Williams
Marian Moncrieff
P. m
Court House
Sidney
J. W. McDaniel
Said County
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Ancona
R. E. Moore
Fundingsland & Millett
Sidney, Nebraska
Europe
E. Harper
Gov
Tory
Thomas Jefferson
State of
C. P. Chambers
Mary Francis Shoemaker
J. R. Shoemaker
Telegraph
C P Chambers
Sheriff's Sale
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