Much Happiness and Patriotism at Chautauqua 1917
Patriotism and happiness dominate the 1917 Chautauqua program to be held June 22 to 26 at The Lyceum. Notable acts include The National Quartet with Tack and Cox, St Claire Sisters, Dr. Charles A. Payne with travel pictures, The Melting Pot stage production, Mauna-Kea Hawaiians, Marie Scammell and Lawrence Lewis, Alton Packard, Chaplain E. H. Lougher, and Robert L. Finch with Shifting Gears, offering a mix of education, entertainment, humor, and inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Quartet
George Tack
Charley Cox
St. Claire Sisters
Charles A. Payne
America
God’s Country
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Southland
Alaska
Klondike
Hawaiii
Canada
Mexico
Guila Adams
Watkins
Bamby
Marie Scammell
Lawrence Lewis
Alton Packard
E. H. Lougher
Robert L. Finch
Old Man Tries to Enlist at 62 in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas S L Palmer a 62 year old pawnee county farmer with 700 acres sought enlistment as a telegramist draftsmann or mechanic claiming fifteen years telegraph experience. Officers refused as government policy bars enlistment beyond thirty five. He appeared distressed explaining motive to help out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
United States
S. L. Palmer
Pawnee County
Palmer
Pawnee
Fortune Frowns on Frown as Bait for Luck
A quip notes that a frown rarely yields fortune. The line suggests mood and attitude shape outcomes, casting skepticism on negative charm in pursuit of success.
Honorable Industry Quote by Samuel Smiles
A compact quotation lighting the value of steady work as vital personal and state discipline. It links industry with enjoyment and duty and asserts progress hinges on persistent effort.
Nebraska news highlights reach many fronts
The Lincoln Drug Company files for a liquor permit under the new laws, Falls City brewery may become a cereal mill with a new $10,000 corporation. a lightning death in Franklin County. bankers gather at Cambridge with John Marvel elected president. Navy league in Fremont knits for the battleship Nebraska. German language teaching in Nebraska schools may end next year. various local notices include tax levies, thefts, fires, and agricultural drives across the state.
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Falls City
Henry Burns
Gage County
Franklin County
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Cambridge
John Marvel
Hastings
B. van Peterson
Curtis
Ford McWhorten
Bertrand
Fremont
Navy League
Nebraska
W. H. Clemmons
Grand Island
William Reuter
Sutton
E. Berg
Mead
L. C. Mathews
Phil Ackerman
Union Pacific Company
Red Cross
Gothenburg
J. S. Walsh
C. C. Farrell
Elizabeth West
C. Soules
Omaha
Forts
Crook
Fort Crook
Atwood
Farwell
Anton Novak
Novak
St. Paul
Equator in Africa Has Two Seasons Wet and Dry
An article explains Africa’s equatorial climate with a long wet season from eight months at temperatures of 110 to 125 F and a short dry season around six months with temperatures rarely dropping below 70 F. It notes native housing during rains and departure to forests when rains end. It also describes a Water Boiling Contest at Woodcraft camps using basic tools and a pail to test speed in boiling water.
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Equator
Africa
She Lays Down the Law in Yonkers Jest
A Yonkers Statesman quip riffs on a husband asking if his wife went to college before marriage. The reply notes she once considered law but now gladly lays it down, turning ambition into household authority.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Graduates listed from Sidney Public School and St Patrick's Academy
Sidney Public School and St Patrick's Academy graduates named include Lloyd J Aldridge Lloyd Boggs Foster M Cook Shard EF Clark Eva Rk Darnell John P Daugherty Charles H Daugherty Emily D Gould George Iverson Victor Knox Ariene F McCann ipal M McDonald Helen Pearson Gladys Philson Harry F Philson Piva Perry Doyle RE Perrys Carolyn A Roth Edward W Runge Maynard Roach Jean Swatzlander Leona Spitler Lois E Stowe Herman Schroeder Marjorie Wallick Sol F Willis Norman Wilnes St Patrick's Academy Sidney graduates include Kate Teimer Venita Stines Mart Holm Ferl Planck Sophia Zalesky Jeffie Fulton Clara Johnson Guy Tarmian Anna Kurt Everett Mohatt Carl Zimmerman Ruth Brothers Archie Kirkpatric Beryl Bewley Catherine Kallhoff Anna Meyers Esther Miller Irend Ruhter Willie Meyer progress noted by district listings for multiple Sidney districts.
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Sidney Public School
Lloyd J. Aldridge
Lloyd Boggs Foster M. Cook Shard EF. Clark Eva Rk Darnell
John P. Daugherty
Charles H. Daugherty
Emily D. Gould
George Iverson
Victor Knox
Ariene F. McCannipal
M. McDonald
Helen Pearson
Gladys Philson
Harry F. Philson Piva Perry Doyle
RE. Perrys
Carolyn A, Roth
Fdward
W Runge
Maynard Roach
Jean Swatzlander
Leona Spitler
Lois E. Stowe
Herman Schroeder
Marjorie Wallick
Sol, F Willis Norman Wilnes
Sidney Carl Zimmerman
Sidney Ruth Brothers
Dye
Nebr
Archie Kirkpatric
Gurley
Beryl Bewley
Catherine Kallhoff
Anna Meyers
Esther Miller
Irend Ruhter
Lodge Pole
Willie Meyer
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Chautauqua
Samuel
Oberfelder Bldg
Sidney, Neb
The
Scott Fruit Co
News OF Nebraska
Lincoln Drug Company
Davenport
Marschell
Nebraska Postmasters’ Association
KH. J. Brady
McCook
Nebraska Postmasters
State Association of Commercial Clubs
Alliance
Watson
State Association
Wallace R. Lane
Chicago
Barrett
Lincoln
State Railway Commission
Lincoln Traction Company
State Hospital For
Board of Control
Willis EB. Reed
William S. Farrey
Aurora
Lincoln Creek
Farley
Good
Leo Phillips
Phillips
J. F. Davies
Cleary
Nebraska State Pharmaceutical Association
North Platte
Scout’s Rest Ranch
National Cemetery
Sioux Lookout Mountain
State Experimental Station
Box Butte County
P. G. Fuscher
Pender
Dorsey
Smith
Fuscher
Rebekahs
Emerson
Hattie Hoagland
Emma Talbot
Henrietta Brunick
Wynot
Daisy Lindwahl
Ponca
Minnie Cook
Ruth Kindwall
Martha Belersdorf
Grand Lodge
John Stevens
Leo Multen
Robert Marnell
Ralph R. Horth
Edward L. Lambe
Beaver City
McAdoo
Vrooman
Ensign Bayley
Union Pacific
Army
Navy
Bayley
Omaha-Lincoln-Denver
C. H. Roper
R. A. Blake
L. T. Bonner
Imperial
A. Laverty
Ashland
P. Walsh
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
Cheyenne County
Opera House
Salo
Sigmund's
Homer Phelps
Henry Ives
Anna Kurz
Opal Allington
Sidney
Dorothy Bales
Eulasseminger
Opal McDonald
Fern Barlow
W. J. Braham
Sidney City
Lewis
Carrig
Jacobs Bond
Florence Shroeder
Ananinas of
Poketown
Beatrice Ewing
D. J. Lewis
HW. J. Young
St. Patrick’s Academy
Jielen Bowen
Doris Fiekes
Mllen Femimer Frederick” Kretz
Misnabeth Maginnis
Gertrude Peurtrey
Rose Walsh
Lodge Pole Fern Barlow
Homer Cage
Helen Englert
Charles Emanuelson
Teddy Veln
Cora Kidney
Edni Larson
Wazel Meyer
la Verne Weatherwax
Albert Woodhouse
Peetz
Colo
Emmet Miner
Dalton Henry
Rhode
Potter Vienna Caywood
George Gunderson
Sidney Donald Spiker
Sunol Opal Allington Rdawnard Smith
Potter Kate F Teimer
Venita Stines
Sunol Mart Holm
Ferl Planck
Sunol Sophia Zalesky
Sidney Jeffie Fulton
Clara Johnson
Sidney Guy Tarmian
Sidney Anna Kurt Everett Mohatt
Lodge Pole Rosa Verner
Dalton Mary Panabaker
Sidney John Brauer
Dalton Loretta Edwards Iva Harr Irwin Perso Maurice Scott
Sidney Bertha Krei
Sidney Idred Anthony Vernon Livingston
Roscoe Madden
Sidney George_Jones
Ward Jones
Dalton
Corinne Huffman
Muln Iseminger Maud Laing Ehner Martin
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