Sidney High school play earns wide praise in town
The Sidney Light reports a crowded audience enjoyed Sidney High School seniors in a lively class play led by Professor Volkert. Cast included Betty Gardner Evalena Gray Howard Green and many others with Marjory Wallick praised for her dancing. The performance showcased local talent and drew cheers for its humor and finish.
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Sidneyite
Sidney High School
Volkert
Sidney
Pepp
Archie Kirkpatrick
Betty Gardner
Evalena Gray
Howard Green
George Iverson
Betty
C. B. Buttonbuster
Erwin Perse
Marjory Wallick
Petunia Muggins
Marjory
Sim Batty
Ralph Binning
Tie
Minerva Boulder
Inez Lally
Benson
Allen Chambers
Noisy Fleming
Maynard Roach
Pink Hatcher
Harry Philson
Buster Brown
Petunia
Mr. Buttonbuster
Minerva
Professor Volkert
J. Johnson
Johnson
Girls’ Glee Club
Whispering Hope
Alice Blue
The
Bays
Jean Swatzlander
Rupert Campbell
Dorothy Wright
Marie Webber
Leonard Flo
Ralph Wath
Spencer Flo
Leslie Bentley
Bill Lowe
Hastings Gas Company Industrial Notes Excerpt
Industrial notes show Hastings Gas company involved in a listed project or activity. The fragment references utility operations, possible expansion or maintenance items, and local industry context. Further readable details are limited in this excerpt.
Federal tax burden for automobiles in 1920 totals 148 million
The passage notes that a 1920 federal tax on automobiles reached 148 million dollars, enough to cover expenses of the federal, judiciary, congressional and executive branches as well as the interior, commerce, treasury, justice, labor and agriculture departments, plus diplomatic and consular services.
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Federal
Judiciary
Congressional
Executive Departments
Department of the Interior, Commerce, Treasury, Justice, Labor and Agriculture
Diplomatic
Consular Service
Fathers Admit Voting Against Sons After City Election
In a Nebraska town two fathers, both heavy taxpayers, confessed they voted against their own sons for council seats in the municipal election. Each son had built a reputation as a liberal spender, prompting the fathers to align with opponents.
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Nebraska
Italian officials study U.S. electric industry in two month visit
A delegation of Italian officials, educators and scientists arrives in the United States for a two month stay to investigate the electric industry, focusing on transmission lines and railway electrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oshkosh Residents Reject Municipal Gas and Electric Plant
By a wide margin Oshkosh citizens voted against a municipal gas and electric plant. The result is seen as a turning point in the city’s public opinion and policy direction.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Ogden Voters Reject Bonds for Municipal Electric Plant
In Ogden Utah citizens rejected a proposition to issue bonds for a municipal electric plant amid a heavy tax burden. The vote outcome halted plans for the city owned power facility and reflected fiscal concerns among residents.
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Ogden
Utah
Milkman Seeks Fair Price With Open Letter to Nelson
A Nelson milkman writes an open letter explaining why he charges 12 1 4 cents a quart and cannot compete with cheaper one cow producers. He recalls his 13 years delivering milk, cites rising costs for bottles and caps, and urges local business leaders to maintain prices while a community committee audits profits to fund a library.
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J. BE. Lee
Nelson
Smiths and Jones
Paul
Henry Rice
Billy Voight
Community Club
Woman's Club
South Divide Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs J A Yowell recovering after illness with Sidney visitors nearby. Mrs Chnick hosted TH H C in Sidney with dainty five o clock refreshments. Afternoon callers included Mrs Call, Mrs Clyde of Sidney and Mrs Anderson of the South Divide. Andersons live on the Dimick farm. Mrs Henry Worden to entertain the I H C on June 1. Jota Crosby visited Mrs Robertson. Mr and Mrs Earl Wood and Ernest Wood went to Denver on the 14th. men returned by auto and Mrs Wood by train. Mrs Walker returned to Kearney after days at the Hand home. Yowells of Sidney visited their sons and families Saturday. Marvin Hiett, George Fulton and Esther Shaw graduate eighth grade this year. Foster and Brothers attended the High school class play. Roy Walker left Monday for Medicine Row on business. A Foster and family called on the Yowells Sunday afternoon. Mrs Handy and Mrs Roy Walker spent the day with Mrs Wood. Nearly everyone from the Divide attended the baccalaureate services.
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J. A. Yowell
Yowell
Sidney
Chnick
TH. H. C
Call
Clyde
Mrs. Anderson
South Divide
Andersons
Dimick Farm
Henry Worden
Jota Crosby
Robertson
Earl Wood
Ernest Wood
Denver
Esther Shaw
Foster and Brothers
Roy Walker
Medicine Row
A. Foster
Yowells
Handy
Wood
Divide
O'Grady Aged 14 Survives Boat Sinking
O'Grady and three companions were in a small boat that sank. He and the others swam to safety, with O'Grady 14 years old at the time.
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Othy O'Grady
Funeral Procession for James Benishon Noted Families Absent
The article lists many residents from the Sex torp neighborhood attending the funeral of James Benishon on Saturday. It notes several families present and mentions others whose names were not secured.
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Sextorp
James Benishon
L. Brett
Fishers
Sanders
John Anderson
Jacobson
Oscar Johnson
Carlson
Jeulus
Hard Business Sense Co operative Marketing
A keen note on cooperative marketing stresses results come from united effort and good business. Observing the requirements for success is essential. A practical view highlights collective labor and disciplined strategy as the path to solving common problems.
Lincoln dairy expert here seeks boost for county dairying
Dairy man M N Lawritson of Lincoln extension dairy specialist visited this city on Saturday to confer with County Agent Scott and spur a new impetus for dairying in the county. He then traveled to Scottsbluff.
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M. N. Lawritsonm
Lincoln
Scott
Lawritson
Scottsbluff
Nebraska towns seek bonding for water and sewer projects
North Platte plans a $65,000 sewer extension and water plant expansion. Hershey votes on $10,000 more water and light equipment. Beatrice Block GOO contests L'il ol' Broadway. Superior repeats effort for $55,000 water extension bonds. Norfolk proposes $200,600 paving this summer.
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North Platte
Hershey
Superior
New Zealand Railways to License Private Light Lines
A British parliament report on New Zealand proposes licensing several privately owned railways to build and operate light feeder lines to the government trunk system. The plan would require significant new capital and aims to ease the burden on island residents from current overtaxation.
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New Zealand
Walter Thomas Mills
United States
Electrically Driven Cargo Ships Adopt Electric Power
Electrically powered merchant ships follow ships in war use as the United States Motor Merchant Fleet expands. The first is the SS Belipse chartered by the Shipping Board to International Mercantile Marine. It measures 11,568 dead tons, 440 feet long, 56 feet beam. Eleven more large freighters are being equipped with electric driving power by the Shipping Board.
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America
Belipse
S Shipping Board
International Mercantile Marine
Shipping Board
Electrically Heated Seventy Three All Electric Houses Built
Seventy three all electric houses built for workers at a large English power plant include cooking stoves branding apparatus and household articles. Emergency provisions rely on one chimney allowing coal stoves if needed. Grand Island sewer work paused due to inability to market 5 percent tax free bonds for 200000.
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Grand Island
Did Bill Fail to Get Job After All
Dialogue reveals Bill sought a position, claimed he could demonstrate and sell anything. He did secure a demonstration, but the firm specialized in manufacturing bathtubs, implying the job outcome did not meet expectations.
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Bill
Drowning of Three Boys at Burtels Reservoir
Three Evans youths Oliver Brendan aged 13 Marvin Doney 16 and Albert Tinker 105 drowned when a flat boat carrying them and two companions sank on Burtels reservoir a seven acre lake one mile south of here and one mile north of Evans Colorado at 4 o clock Friday. John Miller 13 and Tim were the remaining names from Evans in the incident.
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Burtels
Here
Evans
Colorado
Oliver Brendan
Marvin Doney
Albert Tinker
John Miller
Tim
Library hours update for summer schedule edition
The library announces summer hours with afternoon openings daily, standard evening hours on Monday Wednesday and Saturday, and closed Tuesday Thursday Friday evenings and Sundays until further notice.
Wise Not Optimist Fairy Tale Endings Questioned
A playful exchange frames the question why fairy tales end with the phrase and they all lived happily ever after. The pessimist quips that such endings imply the tales are fiction.
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Beccause
Economy In Operation
W. J. Shoemaker, a Union Pacific agent, spent Friday in Cheyenne with the department for prevention of loss and accidents in shipping. Members from all Wyoming division points attended and the meeting was deemed to have achieved substantial progress in reducing losses.
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W. J. Shoemaker
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Department For Prevention of
Wyoming
Denver to abandon daylight saving time May 22
Return to standard time at 1 a m Sunday May 22 after daylight saving was repealed by a strong popular vote Tuesday.
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Denver
Man's Magnanimity and the Public’s Park Dispute
A quirky dialogue vignette shows The Brute and his Helpmate arguing over public park ownership. Perso asserts public right and questions fairness, while a Cop confirms public status. Perso contemplates selling his share as the exchange ends with a gag about park access and property.
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Perso
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