Local and Personal News Mentions in Sidney
Local and personal notes list visitors to Sidney from Lodgepole Colton Gurney and Gurley and reports on residents, births, and social events. Names include Bollinger Heinzman Alzheimer Hoell Sheets Jacobson Engeland Chambers Dalton Gathman Thayer Horst Bewley Yowell Weeden Atkins Van Necker Hellyer Kirkham Ames Quinn Miles Huntling Hedlund Huntling David Hodgkin and others. A new daughter born to Clarence J Chambers and to Patrick J Dalton and social visits around Armistice Day are noted along with several relatives and neighbors' activities. There are also brief anecdotes about shoes and a humorous quip about finance and a cautionary remark.
Denver social guest Marion Hildreth Howlett visits Simon home
Marion Hildreth Howlett of Denver is a pleasant guest in the home of her sister and brother in law Dr and Mrs L G Simon and will remain until after Christmas in a brief social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Hildreth Howlett
Denver
The Man on the Street on Harding's Conduct
The piece reflects on strong moral judgment and political leadership, contrasting past and present norms. It portrays a sharp, blunt stance toward responsibility and the consequences of public behavior amid Harding's conduct.
Runtiness in Runty Poultry: Early Hatching Key to Size
A United States Department of Agriculture study based on nearly 1000 farmers finds 7 percent of animals on surveyed farms are undersized runts and 6 percent of poultry. Early hatching markedly improves growth and avoids runts. Inbreeding avoidance and purebred stock are advised to sustain rapid early growth and desired size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Virginia
Bureau of Animal Industry
The Runty Livestock Problem and Its Causes
The text reviews how chicken and other meat animals show size variation within species and classes. It cites parasites, immature cull breeding, nutrition, water, fatigue, exposure, overcrowding, and mental factors as growth limits, asserting that proper management can largely eliminate underdeveloped animals.
Grave of Father of Abraham Lincoln Poem in a rural graveyard echoing anonymity
A poem by Geo. B. Balch laments the humble grave of Abraham Lincoln’s father. It contrasts grand monuments with the simple hillock marking his remains and envisions a quiet rest undisturbed by state honors as angels guide him to Abraham’s bosom. Hink's Boot Shop advertises better shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln the Great
Abraham
Geo. B. Balch
Mindset for Wealth Creation by William E. Towne
The passage advises abandoning coercive wealth attempts and focusing on favorable conditions for success. It urges affirming inner Spirit as wealth’s source, cultivating constructive thoughts to increase earning power, and avoiding fixed timelines or fear of failure. It emphasizes releasing thoughts of poverty and debts to invite prosperity.
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William E. Towne
Nautilus
Metz Millinery Bargains Continue At Dr Snell Dentist Ad
Continuation of wonderful bargains at the Metz Millinery with Dr F L Snell dentist in Newbauer Building. Phone 12 features Hink's Boot Shop offering better sheen and footwear options.
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F. L. Snell
Newbauer Bidg
Harding's Birmingham speech frames race rights in constitutional terms
The Springfield Republican notes President Harding urged equal political and educational access for Black citizens under the Constitution, arguing against federal punitive enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment. It contrasts this with racial cautions toward Japanese and Chinese, framing racial questions as global and pressing after World War I.
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Harding
United States
George Holden Tinkham
Congress
Pacific Ocean
China
Birmingham
Washington
Springfield Republican
Timely Poultry Topics on Disease Prevention and Feeding
Advice from Farm Life on keeping fowls healthy and productive. Topics include clean water, light sandy soil, netting against predators, charcoal for digestion, nest placement, varied feeds, oats and sprouted grains, lice prevention, ventilation, and selective breeding for strong layers.
Senate vote limits surtax at fifty percent
The maximum surtax on incomes was set at 50 percent after a divided Senate vote, a change from the 32 percent urged by the finance committee. Only fifteen senators opposed the amendment backed by the agricultural bloc, while the rest supported the higher rate amid a lengthy debate.
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United States Senate
Finance Committee
Tax Rates and Treasury Gain or Loss
Commentary argues confiscatory tax rates reduce revenue and demand rational, fair rates. It criticizes senators for political demagoguery supporting a 50 percent maximum while profits loom from tax exempt securities and avoidance. The House should resist dictation and seek fiscally sound rates.
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Gress
Chicago Daily News
Carey presses six Chinese concessions in 1916
William F. Carey of the Selms- Carey Railway and Canal Co obtained six Chinese government concessions for dredging and railway lines from Szechuan to Hainan. His map discussion with the Russian legation revealed foreign spheres of influence as he queried where in China his ventures lay.
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William F. Carey
Selms- Carey Railway and Canal Company
American International Corporation
Peking
Paul 8
Reinsch
China
Washington
Carey
Grand Canal
Szechuan
Han Basin
Yellow River
Inner Mongolia
Kansu
Hainan
Gulf of Tongking
China Sea
Yangtze Valley
Yunnan
Fukien
Manchuria
Mongolia
Macao
Labor, public, and law clash over wartime strain
The New York Commercial argues that wartime labor scarcity gave unions an edge they quickly seized and now seek to maintain, threatening the community. It cites the Boston police strike and the Kansas industrial law as evidence of efforts to curb labor, warning that defiance of the transportation act could invite stricter legislation and political backlash from an unsettled public.
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Boston
New York
Woman's Night Off Encouraged for Farm Life Women
A Farm Life column urges farm women to claim one evening weekly for personal freedom. It suggests the husband stay with children, allow use of the car or buggy, and time to attend sewing clubs, town visits, or social events, with gentle coaxing and a kiss to seal permission.
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John
Sara Jenkins
Margaret W. Jackson
Japan's Policy Choices in 1853 Modernization Report
William H. Gardiner argues in World's Work that when Japan renewed world relations in 1853 it faced a critical choice between peaceful industrial growth or a path of aggressive war. Feudal leaders favored German liberalism as a model for rapid national ascendancy while seeking guidance from imperial Germany.
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Japan
Germany
United States
Imperial
William H. Gardiner
Metz Millinery Continues Wonderful Bargains
Bargains persist at Metz Millinery as inventory is refreshed with stylish hats and accessories. Shoppers are urged to visit the shop to view new arrivals and take advantage of current sale prices before selections dim.
Was Columbus Italian A Debate Across Many Nations
A Toronto Mail and Empire piece surveys the claim that Christopher Columbus was Italian, Spaniard, Jew, Greek, Irish or Portuguese. It details a Spanish commission, birthplace contests, and varied genealogical theories sparked by his will and portraits.
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Christopher Columbus
Genoa
Lsted
Spain
America
Italy
Greece
Ireland
Columbus
Ohio
de Colon
de Colons
Pontrevadra
Christopher
Susana Fonterosa
Susana
Jacob
Abraham
Eleazer
Fernando
Toscancelli
China Hesitates as Washington Conference Looms
The New York Tribune notes China lags behind other nations invited to the Washington conference. With two administrations split and 80 propositions unresolved, China risks failing to present a united front on Pacific issues. Meanwhile rival Turkish factions ratify later treaties while claiming independence.
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Washington
China
Serres
Constantinople
London
Japan
New York Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Nebr
Guy V. Doran
C A. Bollinger
Lodgepole
Frank Heinzman
North
Colton
R. Alzheimer of
Gurney
Ray Waterman
O. F. Hoell
W. C. Sheets of
Peetz
Warvey Jacobson
Lorenzo
Claus Engeland
Huntsman
Clarence 8. Chambers of
Andrew Nelson
Potter
Co. E. Mapes of
Patrick J. Dalton
Pleasant View Precinct
Charlie Gathman
Will Gathman
City
Gurley
Earl Thayer
Henry Horst
Davison
George Bewley
Esther
California
Lloyd A. Yowell
South Sidney Precinct
George Earl
W. R. Weeden
Longmont
Colorado
Paul Martin
Atkins
van Necker
Little Son
Frank Whitelock
Fred Parks
Laramie
J. J. Parks
Dora Jacobsen
Kearney
Nebraska
Della Kirkham
The
Sidney Mercantile
Roy Hellyer
A. J. Ames
John Quinn
Redding
Dalton
Glenn Miles
Mesdames Huntling and
Hedlund
Miss Ruth Huntling
American Legion Hall
Frank Englert
C. W. Smith
Will Jewett
O. P. David
Belvidere
Edward Furer
W. K. Hodgkin
Lincoln
Mrs. Hodgkin
Patrick Henry
Abraham Lincoln
Hink
Metz
Laggard
Kink’s
Etter Shees
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