Local School Meeting Sees Record Attendance and Plans
The annual school meeting drew a record crowd as voters approved the agenda. W. Goding was elected treasurer for three years while reports note good crops ahead with a bit more moisture needed. Various local activities include road improvement, drilling a well, and schoolhouse matters in Dist. 7 with the old structure sold to Peter Beyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Goding
Evan Stines
Robinson
Stanton
Josie Stanton
Dist
Peter Beyers
Sidney Draw Greeting Visits and Local Happenings
Mrs Hiett from the eastern part of the state visits Mrs Selover this week. Ray Pitts visits in Colo. H A Lockhart and Ed Nelson shear sheep this week. Thirty one attend Sunday School at Bethel. Mr and Mrs Hazlett spend Tuesday with Mr Glassburn and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiett
Selover
Ray Pitts
Colo
Potter Notes and Local Social Highlights
Mrs Thos Thornburg and Miss Dorothy spent time in Potter. The Dix Epworth League hosted a hat trimming event with paper hats bearing girls names and a supper outing for the honored pairing. E G Wallin of Bethel completed homestead proof. Farmers welcomed recent rainfall as Eberly’s illness and other local moves feature in community news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Thornburg
Dorothy
Potter
Dix Epworth League
Visit Notes From Sidney and Oshkosh Visits
Marshall Perkins and Will Jeudes visited Sidney on Sunday. Tom Halston and family of Oshkosh visited relatives here Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Perkins
Will Jeudes
Sidney
Tom Halston
Oskosh
Cool days and heavy rains spur regional farming notes
Union Valley reports variable rainfall with fall wheat maturing well though straw short while corn potatoes and pastures improve. Hay may be scarce and gardens suffer from heat weeds and bugs. A Weyerts fishing party failed to catch fish. a road rumor about a blown tire sparks laughter as they return home with tall fish stories.
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H. A. Fecht
Hot Springs
S. D
Kraft
John Jurgens
Chris Weyerts
Weyerts
Kruger’s Lake
Sidney
Rahe
Fred Bauer
Geo. Miller
Fritz
Colton Sees New Grading Crews Arrive and Crossing Updated
Two grading outfits arrived from Columbus Nebraska and camp on the Kreuger ranch. A new railroad crossing was installed just east of the old one which has been closed. The Curtiss camp reported a house wagon and its contents lost to fire last Friday June 23 with a $200 loss. North Colton Sunday school.
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Columbus
Nebr
Kreuger
R.R
Curtiss
Dell Neel Spaete
Boston
Detroit
San Bernardino
Cal
Harry Adams
Atlantic City
Germany
Japan
Southampton
White Star
Express
Prohibition
Trostberg
Bavaria
McCumber
Congress
Taft
George W Fitzgerald
United States
Chicago
Landis
Wall Street
United States Circuit Court
St Louis
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
D H Jarvis
Booth Fisheries Company
Guggenheim
Washington
Alaska
Arctic Club
Seattle
Foresters
Woodmen
Buffalo
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
E .O. Phillips
Chicago Tribune
Springfield
Phillips
National Children's Home Society
Ben Lindsey
Colorado
E. P. Quivey
Nebraska
F. A. Hiser
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Togo
London
Community notes from region events and farming update
A class held a picnic at Kreuger’s Lake on Friday. Mrs C E Stonehocker and children shopped in Sydney on Wednesday. Mrs J Curtiss Mrs Drum and daughter visited Mrs A J McGrath Tuesday afternoon. R Kreuger has begun cutting alfalfa.
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Kreuger’s
C. E. Stonehocker
Sydney
J. Curtiss
Drum
A. J. McGrath
Cotton yields forecast to set new record this year
Experts predict a record cotton harvest while the Elis plan a 50 000 attendee convention in Atlantic City. A seven week drought ended in Leavenworth Kansas after a heavy rain, and the Chicago stock firm W H Lake Co suspended operations amid southwest distress.
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Atlantic City
Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago Board of Trade
W. H. Lake & Co
Southwest
The Fourth in History on Independence Day
A concise roll of significant events dated July 4 across history. Highlights include Saladin’s 1187 victory at Tiberias, Henry IV’s 1591 Huguenot edict revocation, 1776 Declaration of Independence, 1880 Statue of Liberty gift, 1898 Cervera’s victory report, and other notable milestones and deaths tied to the date.
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United States
Saladin
Tiberias
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Henry IV
Nova Zembia
St. Joseph
Daniel
Cromwell
England
Colonel Clarke
Kaskaskia
Fort George
John Quincy Adams
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Stephen Foster
Suwanee River
Charles Carroll
Baltimore and Ohio
James Monroe
Sonoma
Cal
Fremont
America
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
France
Hawaiian
Cervera
Santiago
Happiest Girl in Lincoln Credits Stomach Tablets Cure
A Lincoln Nebraska girl reports relief from chronic stomach trouble after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She began taking the medicine and within three days she could be up and improving steadily. The claimant says she is the proudest girl in Lincoln to find such a good remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Chamberlain
Reflection on Wrath and Patience
A quotation from Sydney Smith advises not acting or writing until the day ends and wrath has cooled. It emphasizes how a shifted view after time can prevent folly and misjudgment in response to events.
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Sydney Smith
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Pleasant View
Will Goding
Alden Kimball
Kimball
H. F. Chartwright
George Hicks
Clara Godings
Vermillion, S. D
Will
Mrs. W. Jeudes
Miss Wetzel
Horsts
Knox
Paul Collart
Holstons
A. Jeudes
E. G. Wallin
Bethel
Julius Johnson
Stanton and Robins
Union Valley
Colton
North Colton Sunday School
R. Kreuger
Luke Lea
Tennessee
San Diego
Lumber Dealers’ Secretaries’ Association
Adking
Illinois House
Oswald West
Oregon
Jesse Hall
Blodgett
Mississippi
Missouri
Sidney Mercantile Co
Sidney Mercantile Company
the Capitol
Schlitz Beer
Tobdin
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
OUR
American Bank
Sidney, Nebr
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