Fine Lectures and Papers At Nebraska Association Meet
The Western Nebraska Educational Association held a well attended convention in North Platte, with over 100 enrolled despite poor roads. Speakers included State Supt. McBrien and A. O Thomas, while the gathering featured demonstrations, musical numbers, and reports from county superintendents. The next meeting is planned for spring 1908 in Ogalalla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogafalla
Western Nebraska Educational Association
North Platte
Ogalalla
Grant
Chappell
Lodgepole
Potter
Kimball
Bridgeport
Bayard
Scottsbluff
Big Spring
Brady
McBrien
John McLaughin
C. H. Mumford
Lincoln
Garrett
Fremont
James Delzell
Lexington
A. O Thomas
Kearney
A. R Moore
Alliance
Cowan
Fragmented list of names and towns appears in clipping
A string of names and places is presented: Brady, Paul Goss, North Platte, P E Adams, Chappell, Anna Gray Clarke Big Springs, A R Moore Alliance, Campbell North Platte, J Delzell Lexington, W V Steuten ville, Kimball, Wm Ritchie Jr Lodge pole, A C North Bridgeport, E F Keller. Bayard, Miss Whitehead, Potter.
Declamatory Contest Impresses Western Nebraska Schools
The Western Nebraska High School Declamatory contest at the opera house drew ten contestants across three classes including North Platte Ogalallu Brady and Sidney. Miss Alice Wilcox won Oratorical, Miss Anne Radcliffe Dramatic, and Miss Esther Antonides Humorous with Hazel Oberfelder taking a second prize in Humorous. Sidney awaits Miss Anne Radcliffe to bring more laurels from the state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Nebraska
Opera House
North Platte
Ogalallu
Brady
Sidney
Ann
James
Methodist Episcopal Church
Simon
Rushin Hart
Annie Stabt
Alice Wilcox
Anne Radcliffe
Esther Antonides
North Plate
Hazel Oberfelder
Anne Ruadelffe
Western Nebraska Educational Association Resolution
The Western Nebraska Educational Association thanks Sidney residents for warm reception and accommodations. It also thanks those who provided musical entertainment non residents who aided the meeting and the association officers and local committee. A copy of these resolutions will be submitted to the local press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Nebraska Educational Association
Sidney
Land Transfers Listed Between Local Parties
A sequence of property transfers records several pairs of buyers and sellers with sections and dates. Notable entries include C C McNish to J H Durst for $1,000 and B F Clayton to R J Tate for $13,000, among others. The list also notes transfers to C C McNish from A Parson and to S Peterson from R D Overholt, with values ranging from $1,600 to $32,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Clayton
R J Tate
A. Parson
C. C. McNish
Local School Notes Highlight Absences And Marks
Esther Minshall returns from Denver after four weeks away. Jay Closman Bernice Kelly and Clarence Wright win head marks this week. Fern Coats starts seventh grade while Julia Seido and Kenneth Bassett miss classes due to family illness and other absences. Examinations run in room six as Alvah Buzza and Fred Minshull shift grades this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Minshall
Denver
Jay Closman
Bernice Kelly
Clarence Wright
Alvah Buzza
Fred Minshull
Harold Yuegle
Fertile Table Lands around Sidney described by Omaha visitor
Geof Wallace of Omaha notes Western Nebraska table lands near Sidney now yield alfalfa wheat rye and good potatoes with corn at twenty five bushels per acre. He describes houses on about every third section stock hay and grain bins and thrifty farmers. He cites inmigration by eastern Nebraska buyers seeking cheap land and homestead opportunities amid drought concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geof Wallace
Omaha
Sidney
Western Nebraska
Nebraska
Drouth
Sidney Farmers Institute to Hear Practical Agriculturists
The Sidney Farmers Institute announces a Friday program on November 28 with speakers from the State University. Alfalfa and Pork Production from Hull and Ashburn in the afternoon, soil tillage and poultry raising in the evening, plus local talks. The event, under University of Nebraska auspices, is free to all and aims to boost farming standards. A potential new Omaha to Sidney train is hoped to be true to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Farmers’ Institute
The
State University
Axst
Supt
Keyser
Telegraph
Sidney
Farmers’ Institute
Hull
Alma
Neb
D. P. Ashburn
Gibbon
Ashburn
University of
Omaha
Chappell
Ite
Chappell Register
Local residents and visitors flock to Sidney for meetings and business
Frank Rowan and many others traveled from nearby towns to Sidney this week. Attendees included teachers at the association meeting, Misses Klter and Emeline Fee from Redington, and residents from Dalton, Redington, North Platte, Bridgeport, Potter, Dix, and Lexington. Business trips to Denver and Oregon were noted, plus weather and storm impacts on stock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Bakery
Callahan
E. E. Rumsey
Krug’s
Fred W. Vath
First National Bank
Cc. F. Willison
Sidney, Neb
E. J. Sweet
Court House
Teachers Association
Finis
Pres
A. O. Thomas
Kearney Normal
H. F Carson
North Platte College
WR. Pate
Migs Neubauer
Anne Radcliff
E. McLernon
K.Q. Chambers
BE. McLernon
Arthur M. Oberfelder
J. H. Durst
R. D. Overholt
S. Peterson
H. G. Carson
Chadwick
R. J. Tate
A. Krause
C. H Johnson
J Borgqvist
N. W. Olson
Fern Coats
Julia Seido
Orlando Kulp
Kenneth Bassett
Fertile Table Lands
Oberfelder Clothing CO
Outfitters
Frank Rowan
Dalton
W. Cheeney
Redington
Tra M. Johnson
Avoca
Colorado
Jennie Paylat
Miss Morrison
A. J. Haskell
Flynn
Bangert
Charlie Lager
Clara
D. H. Shultz
Dix
Benny Dean
Alden
Gilbert Nelson
M. Lucy
Potter Precinct
Win Austin
Knox
Wilber Coulter
Orville Dugger
Miss Evelyn
Susie Klter
Emeline A. Fee
A. W. Atkins
Son Clark
Barnhart
Mrs. Callahan
St. Margaret's Guild
A. B. Perginger
Devel County
North River
Mary Stevenson
City
John Koehn
A. J. Guernsey
Union Pacific
Shoemaker
Simla
John Sherer
A. E. Monnett
Colorado Ranch
Ben Chase
California
TRE Telegraph
Clint Pomeroy
Davison Precinct
Cheyenne County
Ettie Braden
Charles Olunder
Harry
Lt. Clough
la Grande
Oregon
Wu. Stillwell
Carrie Haxby
D. J. Scanlon
E.R. Yaegle
Harper & Wright
Frank Pierson
Wm. Gates
Swan Dedrick
Metropolitan Hotel
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