Nebraska on a straight line of trade and growth
The piece extols Nebraska’s strategic position along a direct east to Pacific line, praising easy access, commercial travelers, and a government report showing agriculture dominates employment while noting urban migration and the need to attract foreign workers to rural areas through federal plans. It also covers unrest in Italy postwar, Italy’s volatility, and U.S. ties with Rome amid a busy wartime diplomacy scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
France
Omaha
Southland
Pacific Coast
Hurge
Kansis
Lincoln
Lincoln Commercial Club
Personal Wealth Reframed by David’s Taste Insight
A saying contrasts wealth and happiness citing a rich man’s claim that poverty grants joy. It invites recalling David’s measured perspective on value and contentment as a counterpoint to material abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
The Man on the Street and City Addressing Signs
A lively column lampoons misdirected street navigation in a midsized town. It recounts a man seeking the mayor, guided by odd directions, wandering past a Lutheran church and into a tangle of officials, before being stopped for trespass. It argues for clear street markings and house numbers to avoid such mixups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Eyvangelionl Lutheran Church
Launcelot
Sidney
Depth records and diving claims in historical note
Report mentions a purported greatest depth for a diver at 04 feet and notes useful work depth at 182 feet. It adds that sponge and wear divers, without armor, frequently descend to around 60 feet. Also announces Delco-Light Farm Lighting Plants price increase of 5000 effective August 1, with a garbled line about SOLLARS AND TITOREEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delco
Sollars
Titoreen
Wedding Bells and Local Nuptials in Sidney Nebraska
A sequence of Sidney Nebraska wedding notices details weddings of Helen Marie Bassett to Stephen Paul Jensen in July 1919 at the bride’s home, followed by vows for Helen Margaret Lancaster to Matron Dilwood Oliver and other nuptials including Harold Mock Laura Sholds, Alvah Bliss Nettie Wyckoff, and Thomas A. Rucker Mabel Moffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WF Bassett
Helen Marie
Stephen Paul Jensen
Sidney
Nebraska
Helen Marie Bassett
Henry Ives
Episcopal Church
Killarney
Denver
Jensen
W. O. Bassett
Denmark
Sidney Trick and Motor Company
Dilwood Oliver
Oliver
John P. Lancaster
John He. Oliver
Burlington Railroad
Colorado
Harold Mock
Laura Sholds
Cheyenne
Chambers
Cliss—Wyckroff
Alvah @ Bliss
Colorado Springs
Nettie Wyckoff
C. P. Chambers
Court House
Thomas A. Rucker
Mabel Moffet
Potter
M_ FE
L. E. Lewis
Hardly Complimentary Exchange Quip on Adolescent Vanity
A neighbor's family invites visitors to meet a newly adopted little girl. During the visit the speaker’s young daughter blurts, in a contemporaneous remark, that the baby is homely and the other girl pretty, illustrating a candid child’s take on beauty. The exchange reflects social attitudes and the innocence of childhood commentary.
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Fateres
Neb
H. E. Gapen
Agriculture and Immigration
Washington
Chima
Weoare
Kingdom of
Stay
Fiume
Adriatic
League of Nations
Florence
Italy
Europe
Vesuvius
Aetna
Stromboli
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Rome
Paris
United States
London
Oliver- Lancaster
John F. Lancaster
Helen Margaret
Rucker—Mospet
ST. Louis, MO
Traffic Motor Corporation
Anderson Hart-Park Company
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