Commencement in Sidney Honors Local Students and Band
An editorial recalls the Sidney high school commencement and baccalaureate, praising the audience, the two top graduates Beth Travis and Gordon Daniels, and the impressive performances by the S. H. S. String Trio, Miss Anne Taylor, and the high school band led by Prof. Cochran. The piece highlights awards by Superintendent Lieben dorfer and warm remarks by President Ladegard, with strong community pride and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liebendorfer
Ladegard
Sheaff
Sidney
Spehr
Charles Miller
Board of Education of
Albin
Beth Travis
Gordon Daniels
Daniels
Anne Taylor
Cochran
Sincerity versus hypocrisy in public life and recovery
An essay questions sincerity as a virtue amid widespread hypocrisy in business, politics, and society. It argues leaders and the public share a belief in honest effort toward recovery, while presenting a medical analogy of doctors agreeing on a treatment, highlighting the difficulty of consensus in the body politic.
Sincere Leaders and Intelligence Needed for Recovery
The speaker contrasts Roosevelt and Hoover and asks how sincere leaders can unite without guidance. He notes partisan bickering harms the nation, questions whether sincerity alone is virtuous, and urges intelligent leadership backed by knowledgeable citizens to avoid dictating mistakes and a slide toward dictatorship.
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Babel
Roosevelt
Hoover
House
Senate
Contex
Idle wisdom from a divided nation on leadership and lore
The piece jokes about presidential life and public opinion. It contrasts Roosevelt’s challenge of pleasing diverse constituents with business regulation debates. It lampoons big business and politics, noting contradictions, vanity, and world affairs punctuation.
Potter High School Graduation Continues Quiet Friday Picnic
Potter High School ends the year with a class of 16 graduates and a Friday picnic. Notes report Beulah Hicks underwent a second eye operation in Omaha, while Edna Maher of Denver visited family. Local movers include the Seyfings, Shucks, Johnsons, and Dybdahls. The Village Board backs a library gift and a new summer water rate, plus a Sunshine party hosted by the Womans club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Heizer
Potter
Denver
Beulah Hicks
Edgar Hicks
Beulah
University Hospital
Omaha
Edna Maher
John
Seyfang
Glenwood
Lipska
George: Juelfs
Lafferty Place
Byron Paviat
Sidney
Paviat
Linden Street
Pauline Johnson
Alfred Jehnson
Betty Johnson
Charles Sleeth
Montgomery Ward
Hazel Sleeth
Potter Public Library
Ladies Aid
William Hagemeister
E. Weikhorst
E. Jd.Browning
George Reetz
Ray Fisher
Ray Wickhorst
Womans Club
C. J. Osborn
N. S. Miller
Remedies Outlined By Bureau On Cut Worms
In response to many reports of cut worm damage to early gardens, the Farm Bureau outlines life history and control measures. Larvae come from eggs of gray millers. worms may winter in soil or hatch in spring. No single method fully controls them. arsenic baits give satisfactory results for small areas, using a formula with wheat bran and white arsenic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Swinbank
Indestructible status of Platinum as US standard
The text notes platinum as nearly indestructible and unaffected by heat cold light and water. It mentions blocks and bars of platinum stored in vaults at the United States Bureau of Standards as official standards of weights and measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
VEW Speech Contest Set For Saturday
A special speech contest titled What Makes A Good Citizen will be held Saturday at the senior high school auditorium starting at two in the afternoon. Sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, medals will go to the top eighth grade and high school speakers. County Superintendent Gertrude Nelson notified teachers and invited entries. judges will be drawn from county communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gertrude Nelson
Busy College President At Harvard and early colleges
The text notes that the president’s duties included inspecting student manners, delivering Bible exposition at morning and evening services, and leading readings from Hebrew to Greek for the Old Testament and from English to Greek for the New Testament, highlighting a traditional religiously infused leadership role at early colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Horse Cheese Italian Cheese Named for Horse Head Mark
The cheese called Caccio Cavallo translates to horse cheese. A horse head imprint is said to have served as a trademark. It is a hard Italian cheese made from cow’s milk, shaped like a beet root, produced locally in small amounts, with imported versions more highly valued. It is typically grated for use.
Lesson in wealth and agriculture from a king tale
A queen teaches a king a moral about wealth and progress by setting a table with gold and silver fruit. The king learns that gold is ornamental, not sustenance, and shifts focus to promoting agriculture for real improvement and wealth.
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