Exchange Starts Out With Hearty Support
The Exchange aims to restock county farms by bartering buying and selling milk stock hogs and other stock. Three hundred hogs have been placed in three weeks with five hundred more due from Idaho. Manager C M Andrews at Liberty State Bank handles barter arrangements and a Hillside Dairy feed yard aids movement to meet demand.
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Idaho
C. M. Andrews
Liberty State Bank
Hillside Dairy
Exchange
Beneft
The Exchange Eases Farm Finance For Farmers
The text describes how a lower price in one commodity can be offset by income from other months and resources. Farmers approve of the Exchange and many use it to secure stock, paying with money or other forms of exchange.
How Much We Owe In Real Figures 1909 to 1920
A summarizing table shows farm mortgages totaling 11 929 648 50 city mortgage 1 849 807 59 chattel mortgage 6 884 816 07 across eleven years 1909 through 1919. By 1920 county indebtedness rose to 11 678 933 34, plus 4 314 093 95 mortgaged debt for 1920, reaching 15 591 027 29. The note adds that unsecured debts and bonds are not counted.
Rural schools deserve broader attention and consolidation gains
In Salt Lake City 1920 remarks by St. P. Crawford highlight rural education progress. He notes 50,000 one room schools replaced by 12,000 consolidated buildings, with Indiana Ohio and Iowa leading in consolidation and state laws aiding this shift. Minnesota funds such schools with 3000 to 4000 dollars annual aid, while salaries average about 634 dollars. The piece cites moving picture school projects in Mingo Ohio and a Sunday-use Colorado Sargent school as examples of modern rural education upgrades.
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National Education Assation
Salt Lake City
St. P. Crawford
The
Nebraska Farmer
United States
Middle West
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Minnesota
United States Bureau of Education
Mingo
Moving Pictures
Sargent School
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Rural teachers urged to build modern homes and communities
The author argues that rural teachers can create lasting impact by moving beyond textbook teaching. If farming is the world's biggest business, educating farmers' children should be, too. A teacher who can awaken a community will gain recognition, seeking better pay from others if needed.
Potter Woman Taken To City After Fall Down Stairs
Mrs Stromberg of Potter suffered a broken jaw from a fall in her cellar at home. After temporary aid she was moved to Omaha for hospital care during the healing of the fractures.
Gun Club Notes and Recent Match Result
Mr. Bert Manning of Hastings representing Remington Arms Co will shoot with the local Gun club next Sunday. Greeley defeated Sidney by five targets in the match last Sunday.
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Bert Manning
Hastings
Remington Arms Co
Greeley
Sidney
Lincoln Nebraska State Land Reappraisal Increases Rentals
The biennial report by Dan Swanson shows state school land in twenty two counties raising rental values from 883000.83 to 2599267.53, a yearly rise of 102975.84, with Wheeler and Cherry counties posting the largest gains. Office receipts totaled 1530224.62, aiding the temporary school fund now at 11151220.44 and apportionment to public schools twice yearly.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Dan Swanson
Public Lands and Buildings
Wheeler County
Cherry County
Marion Mikkelson Dies of Pneumonia Near Sidney Ranch
Marion Mikkelson son of Mr and Mrs Michael Mikkelson living a few miles southwest of Sidney passed away at the family home at 8 30 Wednesday morning from pneumonia. He aided his father in running the ranch. The funeral will be held today in the city at the home of aunt Mrs Ella McCarty conducted by Reverend Ives. A more extended notice will follow next week.
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Marion Mikkelson
Michael Mikkelson
Sidney
Ella McCarty
Ives
Plain cold figures reveal county records for 1920
In 1920 the county clerk’s office logged 5,616 instruments filed with farm mortgages totaling 3 126 574 27 and city mortgages 545 262 15. Chattel mortgages filed 2 258 895 39 with releases 589 615 43. Fees from filing and licenses totaled 3 918 08 and 785 65 respectively, funding office expenses. Over four years, 22 172 instruments filed. Coyote bounties claimed 510, 270 pests killed. New offices show county agent upkeep 3 001 65 and road commissioner 3 775 02.
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F. N. Slawson
F. B. Kreuger
Shawson
County Officials Seek Missing County Treasurer Coins
County commissioners probe the treasurer for missing coins this week but have not yet located any misplaced money. The search highlights concerns over asset tracking and financial records within the county government.
Baby guesses money in bowl at Furer Grocery
In a bowl at Furer Grocery the public guessed the cash value including bond certificates. K D Bassett counted the amount Wednesday evening and found the total to be 3 dollars 85 cents. The winning guess belonged to the child Charles.
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Furer
K. D. Bassett
Little Charles
Metz Child Quarantined as Diphtheria Fight Continues
Metz, son of Mr and Mrs C W Metz, received a money send out to him but his quarantine for diphtheria did not slow his recovery. The note emphasizes ongoing illness and little impact of luck on his health progress.
Extension Plans Extend Peetz Line to Nearby Ranches
More Phone Extension Elex Kinton of Peetz and the manager of the Peetz Telephone company were in the city on Wednesday and completed arrangements for continuing their line fourteen miles west of Peets to the Jensen and John Anderson ranches, and north to include the William Reinicke ranch. This will bring those neighborhoods into the bande which reach round the world.
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Elex Kinton
Peetz
Peetz Telephone Company
Peets
Jensen
John Anderson
Willam Reinicke
Death by Wringer Tragedy Claimed Mrs Spitzer at Home
Mrs A A Spitzer of Sterling Colorado died last week in a wringer accident at home. The shawl and hair caught in the electric washer wrap twisted around her neck causing fatal strangulation as she fed clothes into the machine. The body was found by her child on returning from school and help was summoned.
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A. A. Spitzer
Sterling
Colorado
Courts Free a Local Man in Non Support Case
In a crowded district court session Judge Chambers presided over a trial for wilful non support of wife and children. A six man jury acquitted the local man after hearing the defense and noting faults of the wife. The judge fined a drunken youth twenty five dollars plus costs and warned of future pest house has a possible thirty day term. A bank check without funds led to bonds set at one thousand dollars.
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McCleneghan
Sidney Lumber Co and Dr M E Tettigene Dentists Ad
An old classified snippet promotes Sidney Lumber Co and dentist M E Tettigene in Heom 5 5c with a phone 68 listing and a taxi service number 161 nearby. The brief ad blends business names and contact details for local services.
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M. E. Tettigene
Mele
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