Premium List Shows Local Fair Winners and Honors
Read of the Boys and Girls contest with numerous prize awards for sewing, baking, and embroidery. Notable mentions include Clyde Johnson winning potatoes and planning to attend the National Horticultural Congress in Council Bluffs. Also covered are local movements, visits, and remarks on Congress and regional relocations.
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Mary Harris
Gertie Plorin
Lodgepote
Dorothy Hart
Button Hales
Ethel Bungert
Genevive Long
William Gunce
Frances Pearson
Augusta Ruther
Dalton
Mary Seeger
Marni Johnson
Lodgepole
Florence Johnson
Omaha
Frances Start
Sidney
Jessie Harvey
Eva Stedow
Helen Stewitts
Joseph Rihn
Longepole
Julia Rihn
Marna Johnson
Joe Nelson
Potter
Clyde Johnson
Alvah Birdwell
Walter Brauer
Joe Ruhter
Emma Rihn
Lillian Roth
Edna Hopkins
Alfred Bentley
Mildred James
Persis Lipska
Bennie Vacik
The
State University
Council Bluffs
Ill
Clyde
Bridgeport
Herron
Nebraska Farmer
Stewart
Nebraska
Newtons Light Theory Clarified by Later Discoveries
The article recounts Isaac Newtons fame for universal gravitation and his earlier corpuscular theory of light. It notes the shift from corpuscles to wave theory via ether and reflects that modern physics still handles particles emitted by matter at high speeds.
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Newton
Isaac Newton
Bir
Isaac
Sir Isaac
Tife
The Town Buster Critiques Local Life
A compact critique labels a citizen as the town buster for sneering at local enterprises belittling improvements and buying goods by mail while using outside services for printing.
Fortune Teller Sets Friday Appointments Amid Superstition
Two women seeking a reading were told by a renowned seer to come on Friday. She noted many avoid Friday as unlucky and claimed the day would give them more time, avoiding rush in handling cases. The story appears in the St Louis Stepub Ne.
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St. Louis
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Sidney High School Notes Highlight Lectures Exams Sports
The Garber Howe entertainers drew a crowded audience at the high school Wednesday night. Normal training students will take state exams in arithmetic and reading at the school house Saturday under county supervision. The county teachers association meets at the high school Saturday with two sessions. Two basketball games are on Saturday night Bridgeport vs Sidney and Sidney girls against Bridgeport girls with 25 cent admission. John Witters leaves school due to eye issues. The state superintendent recognizes Sidney High School for normal training, bringing about $350 yearly support.
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Garber Howe
Lecure
Lincoln
State Department of Education For Correction
County Teachers’ Association
Sidney
Ritchie
Mre. Knox
Mrs. Callahan
J L. McIntosh
Bridgeport
John Witters
John
Sidney High School
Methodist Church Repairs and Humble Hog Donation
The church and parsonage repairs continue with new windows and tower fixes while the parsonage water system is restored. Mr. and Mrs. Buzza of LeGrand hotel donated a dressed hog to the pastor and wife, prompting thanks. Sunday topics include Why all Men Should go to Church and The Lost Christ as attendance rises.
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Mbré
Buzza
LeGrand Hotel
Christ
Equinox Myth Or Misheard Tale In School Chat
A dialogue on equinox blends myth with fact as a boy asks what an equinox is and a parent jokes it is a fabled creature half horse half cow. The exchange critiques modern schooling and knowledge.
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Tommy
Italian in Civil Service Exam Hails Naturalization
An Italian applicant visited the civil service rooms for a laborer post and answered most questions. When asked if he had ever been naturalized he hesitated then replied with a punny mispronunciation claiming naturalization last week.
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Civil Service Commissioners
Quotations on Courage and Gratitude by Goethe
A dialogue where Prudent Swain asks about stealing a kiss causing a scream and a timid maiden replies that fear makes her dumb and that no man of real ability has ever been ungrateful. The exchange frames boldness versus tact in romantic restraint.
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Goethe
Couldn't Help It. Englishman's Excuse Delays Mountain Trip
A young woman recalls an English guest who joins an American party in Mexico. He delays a moonlight mountain trip by apologizing that he had to fetch his mother from the gardens, claiming it is a necessity to be kind to one's mother. The line surfaces as a humorous anecdote from the Milwaukee Free Press.
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Mexico
Don
Don’cherknow
Milwaukee Free Press
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