Facing Federal Role and Local Change in Sidney
An editorial argues communities must share in federal initiatives, urging Sioux Army Depot repurposing with possible federal and state funding. It laments loss of payroll, notes business and political forces shaping policy, and predicts rising taxes regardless of election outcomes. The piece also highlights Leo Bolin's departure from Memorial Hospital, and marks Charles D. Matthews’s election as Newark Essex County Board of Freeholders director, noting welfare implications.
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Sidney
Sioux
Defense Department
Johnson
Uncle Sam
Charles D. Matthews
Newark
New Jersey
Essex County Board of Freeholders
Matthews
Rutgers University
Essex County
Why continue this weekly routine WEAKLY
Editor reflects on the demands of weekly newspaper life in a small Nebraska town. He links dedication and community responsibility of editors to honest, sometimes painful impact on family and friends, while noting wildlife rescue news and a Nebraska survey on student drug use as positive local signs.
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Nebraska
Kerry, Leggett
Committee On Education
Ansley
Hospital Board
Fullerton
NLS
Gutenberg
United States Department of the Interior
Twin Taxation Issues Highlighted by Lincoln Journal Editorial
The Nebraska State Education Association argues Nebraska cannot fund schools and public services by property taxes alone. It supports the income tax approved by the legislature and seeks a constitutional amendment to guarantee school funding from sales or income tax revenue, linking both goals for real reform.
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Nebraska
NSEA
Out Of Old Nebraska Early Dramatic Clubs Are Popular
Nebraska settlers formed dramatic clubs soon after settlement. From 1859 to 1860 Nebraska City hosted Othello and Uncle Tom's Cabin with Joshua G. Abbe starring. clubs in Plattsmouth, Fremont, O Neill, Bell Creek, Grand Island, West Point, Scribner, North Bend, Omaha, Wahoo and Alma followed. The University of Nebraska seniors staged Latin and Greek plays in the 1890s and early 1900s, while small western towns built opera houses and active clubs. Ashton C. Shallenberger appeared among Alma actors before rising to governor and congress.
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Nebraska
Nebraska City
Nebraska State Historical Society
Joshua G. Abbe
Mr. Abbe
George Harris
Bene
Good Templars
Shakespeare Club
Neligh
O’neill
Bell Creek
Grand Island
West Point
University of Nebraska
Alma
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Congress
Siders Dad Siders Dead at Seventy Nine
W J Dad Siders former Sidney resident died at age 79. The obituary notes his years of service in the community and his family connections. Memorials and funeral arrangements are not listed in this fragment.
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Western
Associated Press
Nebraska Press Assn
Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Llth Ave
United States
Leo Bolin
Mr. Bolin
Memorial Hospital
Bolin
Carl Curtis
Val Peterson
Long Island
Canada
Wood ‘Buffalo Park
Sass River
Arctic Circle
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Corpus Christi
Texas
The
Christian Science Monitor
Lincoln Journal
Nebraska Education News
Nebraska State Education Assn
Borman
Lovell
Old
Pioneer
W.J
Dad” Siders
VFW
Cecil Hunt
Wilford Nelson
Potter
Washington
Paul Narses
Walford
Pat
L. Patrowsky
Tom
Kokjer
Henry Gapen
Dan Campbell
Lawrence Clinton
Hagemeister
Deal
Proudfit’s
Lions Club
H. D. Stirling
Midway
Montgomery Ward
E. P. Sparks
Fletchen Mann
I. L. Pindell
John Gilbert
WPA
A. L. Miller
Fred Parks
University of Wyoming
Sidney Country Club
A. K. Greenlee
H. M. Christofferson
USA Theatre
Christofferson
Lucy Hiett
John Call
Douglas Cruise
W.H. Cruise
Julesburg
M. A. Shipman
Burlington
Omaha
A. J. Jorgenson
North Divide
John Null
Gurley
Swatzlander
Aeolian Gramaphone
Ann Radcliffe
Henrietta Shoemaker
Northwestern University
Chicago
George McCarty
Frank Stowell
Fort Sidney
Twenty-first Infantry
Prof
Morrison
McCarty
Maxwell
Mercury
Trognitz’ Place
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