Local Notices from Sidney and Vicinity Reflect Quiet Weekend
Local residents and visitors are noted in greetings and travels across Potter, Dalton, Gurley, and surrounding areas. Several moved households, visits to family, hospital trips, and a few hunts for business, education, or health mark the weekend, including O'Connell family changes at Sidney Tractor & Machinery.
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William O'Connell
Minnesota
Mr. O'Connell
Sidney Tractor & Machinery Company
Mr. O’connell
J. H. O’connell
South Dakota
Simpson Family Thanks for Kindness in Time of Bereavement
The Simpson Family expresses gratitude for the kindness and thoughtful sympathy shown after their loss. Floral offerings and supportive gestures were deeply appreciated by the family.
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Simpson
Society Notes From Area Churches And Clubs
A raft of community notices covers Dorcas Society at Trinity Lutheran, St Martha's Guild at the Episcopal church, Birthday Dinner for Kathryn Livoni, Goodwins hosts for Rev Hall and others, Mothers Club talks on boys' physical education, High Five party hosted by Raddatz, Home Missionary quilting, and a largeCenter school minstrel. Also Americanization class at library, Frances Willard Union and Foreign Missionary society meetings, Abeha Hanta Campfire girls club formed with ten charter members, N P B Club meeting with a nutritious lunch and study, next Dec meeting at Leslie Cruise home.
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Mothers Club
LeRoy Lars
M. W. Dimery
Abeha Hanta
Womans Club
House of Peace
W. M. Winders
Virginia Johnson
Winders
Virginia Larson
Nyda Schwasnick
Zelena Worden
N. P. B. Club
Henry Yowell
Ed Wolverton
Leslie Cruise
Ed Brockelsby
Kensington at Methodist Church Service Planned
Kensington of Methodist church holds a Wednesday afternoon service at the church basement.
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Kensington
Methodist
Community group schedules and meetings list
Rebekah Kensington holds a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Rebekah kitchen. Presbyterian Circle meets Thursday afternoon in church parlor. Eastern Star chapter convenes Wednesday night at Masonic hall. Walther League of St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran church meets Thursday night at church school. Frances Willard Kensington hosts a Friday afternoon business meeting at Mrs. Charles Trognitz’s home. Members are asked to bring their work.
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Rebekah Kensington
Rebekah
Presbyterian Circle
Eastern Star Chapter
Masonic Hall
Walther League of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frances Willard Kensington
Charles Trognitz
Plant life at Nebraska arboretum highlights state farming
The University of Nebraska arboretum houses trees, flowers and shrubs suited to local conditions. The College of Agriculture, on a separate campus, emphasizes teaching and extension work. Officials say new practices from improved crops and superior varieties yield millions annually for the state.
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College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Industrial College
Nebraska
College enrollment grows with farm and home economics programs
Improved cultural practices and better feeding plans boosted agricultural output. Last year the college enrolled 730 students, including 384 men and 346 women. In addition to full time campus students, hundreds from the city campus took courses in agriculture or home economics.
State Teachers Examination Schedule At County Courthouse
A state teachers examination will be held at the courthouse on Saturday, November 23. Forenoon subjects include Agriculture, Geography of Nebraska, Arithmetic, Reading, Civil Government, Orthography, Grammar, Penmanship, American History. Afternoon sessions cover Public School Music, Drawing, English Composition, General Geography, Theory and Art, Mental Arithmetic, Physiology and Hygiene, Nebraska Elementary Courses of Study, Bookkeeping. Gertrude M. Nelson, County Superintendent.
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Court House
Nebras
Gertrude M. Nelson
Nebraska Roads and Saunders County Wealth Highlight Era
Nebraska will add 4 334 miles of gravel surfacing and 250 miles of pavement to its highway system by year end with 550 bridges. Roy L Cochran reports 68 new bridges and 318 miles of permanent grading. most work funded by gas tax, not bonds. Saunders county leads Nebraska in land and crop value per recent USDA data with 4 2409 acres valued at 160 67 per acre and crops and livestock yielding nearly 11 million dollars annually.
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Saunders
Nebraska
Saunders Farms
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Saunders County
Roy L. Cochran
State Department of Public Works
Saunders County Crop Yields Highlight Nebraska Soil Versatility
In 1928 Saunders County produced 6,036,412 in total with livestock returns of 4,527,251 to breeders and feeders. Corn dominated with 174,421 acres at 36 bushels, wheat 60,307 acres at 22, oats 59,802 at 28, and hay and potatoes also rated. The report underscores diverse cropping and continuous yields without soil enrichment when rotation methods are used, proving Saunders excels due to Nebraska soil diversity.
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Saunders County
Nebraska
Saunders
Nebraska Gas Tax Divides for Pavement and Maintenance
State Engineer Cochran explains the two cent tax rate since 1925 funds pavement and gravel surfacing with a half cent for paving where needed and another half for gravel and related work. He notes maintenance costs rise as highways expand and traffic grows, with a fourth cent directed to counties. Traffic has more than doubled, and Nebraska pavement width is 20 feet while some states still use 18 feet.
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Cochran
Nebraska
Julesburg Council Lowers Town Tax Levy
Julesburg council reduced the town levy by two mills at a regular meeting noting the town’s strong finances. The total levy drops from 14 mills to 12 mills helping attract residential buyers and new business investment in Julesburg.
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Julesburg
Juliesburg
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Potter
G. B. Wookey
Gurley
C. A. Long
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Edward Walsh
West of Dalton
Sidney
Lonita Bell of
Grant
Hal Schenck
Meta Wagner
Henry Moench
Frances McDaniel
Boulder
George Davis
Ella
Edna Vizina
Omaha
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Ed Morrow
Emma
The
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North of Potter
T. C. Middleswart
Scottbluffs
Bob Scoular
Scoular Bishop Grain Company
Superior
Ralph and
F. A. Reinmuth
Dalton
H. S. ‘Ipton
John Fisher
Taylor Hospital
Fred Griffith
Charles Jobe
Ada and
Estyl
Center District
William Neary
Dewey Larson
Potter Neighborhood
Henry Blome
J. H. Foster
J. M. Kreader
Masonic School of Instruction
Catherine Stroud
Sterling
Ingram Sweet Shop
Mrs. Ingram
Gertrude Fullerton
Mary Walsh
Meadow Lawn
Franklin Barger
Ruth Bush
St. Joseph, Mo
F. A. Bush
Nat Baker
Casper
Wyo
Charles Cullen
George Holdtoff
University At
Laramie
Ralph Osborn
Ray Spiker
West of Gurley
Spurling Hospital
F. Mann
Huron
S. D
Mr. Mann
Sydney
Bancroft
Centerville
Society Notes
Dorcas Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
Herbert Rabe
John Anderson
Albert Wold
St. Martha’s Guild
G. R. Brill
Stanley Durkee
St. Martha's Guild
Episcopal Church
Kathryn Livoni
Ada Gerard
Jean McIntosh
Jeanette Dodds
Frank Raddatz
Catherine and
Ruth Miller
George Jobman
John Frerichs
Thomas
Herman Miller
Benninghouse
Louis Benninghouse
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Center School
Center
Agnes Choffell
H. E. Mantor
Francis Zamarripa
Mantor
Frances Willard Union
Frances Willard
May Halston
Indianapolis
Fairbury
Foreign Missionary Society
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
David Ells
Harriet Hart
Gus Hellbush
Indian
China
Coats
Coolie
Suedes
Jersey
Clithero
Sidney, Nebr
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