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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
3
The Sidney high school outlines keys to achievement: regular attendance, close attention in class, and disciplined home study. With eight class periods, students should devote two periods to outside study, maintain good physical health, and avoid unexcused absences to prevent falling grades.
A nostalgic poem praising Sidney High School values and loyalty ends with a light exchange about cafeteria food, highlighting school pride and student life through verses and a humor line.
In Sidney II report reader glimpses fashion and life notes. Jack Lowe reads Whiz Bang with Shakespeare. Holse Hine sports rhinestone bracelets, Henry Siedow wears 24 inch trousers, Oma Chick 22 inch skirts. Doris Maley uses fonteil lipstick and Three Flowers rouge. Lilian Hostetler struggles to keep hair in place with 3 in 1. Willie Kennedy uses a morning fire extinguisher on her hair. Harriet Jones stands out as the quiet librarian. The Bells of Sidney chime out with dustier lines as Tubby Ahrens wins as the champion ukulele player. Sis looks forward to choir practice.
A Tuesday afternoon tour explains how ice is made in a factory. Engineers explain ammonia gas to liquid cycles, brine cooling, freezing water, and the storage rooms where finished cakes await delivery. Helen Doran notes the loud engines and the learning experience.
Miss Schlichting and Miss Keefer weekend at Volkert ranch. Katherine Brown visiting. Six Sidney high school representatives started Friday at ten toward Alliance but diverted to Bridgeport for a Bridgeport Toodge Pole game. Third graders earn red stars in spelling and Caroline Kennedy and Lois Hardy win gold stars in arithmetic after top exam scores.
Alliance defeats Sidney 13 to 7 on Alliance soil as heavy snow disrupts play. Sidney outgained the locals but failed to convert momentum into touchdowns, with a lone 20 yard run by Wait highlighting their effort. Snow hindered seeing the ball on punts and led to two Alliance scores via muffed placements. Sidney dominated territory and yardage but could not punch in.
Memories of spelling lessons were revived as 150 students took a 50 word test from the Buckingham extension of the Ayr es spelling scale. Only three students, Helen Doran, Jack Towe and Helen Reed, spelled all words correctly.
Thomas A Dorney of Gillman City Missouri joined St Benedict's College Atchison Kansas in youth and faced pity for his missing left arm. He rose as a top football player showing grit, skill, and leadership, inspiring teammates and defying expectations despite his handicap. His coaches praised his effort and scholastic standing remained high. local rivals soon learned to respect him as a standout athlete and integral member of the team.
The field reports show Dorney, a one-armed athlete, excelling in football basketball and baseball. He spills interference and gains three yards while drawing laughter and respect. Teammates and rivals praise his speed strength and sure tackling proving handicaps are self made.
A quirky collection of light verse and cartoon style jokes. It mixes a moral tone about a senior on a railroad with a playful Mars punchline and a potshot at an egg dish. Characters named Tom Walker and Mr Horn appear in short exchanges about cooking.
Nellie asks about losing Prof Davis and Irene wonders why. Nellie quips that he is long enough, hinting at an informal campus exchange about a faculty member.
Mrs Swenson of 700 West Alt reports kidney trouble with backache dizziness and fatigue. She credits Dean's Pills for rapid relief and normal kidney function after one box and urges others to ask for the same product from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An advertisement seeks a borrower for two to twenty five hundred dollars on good farm land at eight percent interest. Call W P Miles for details.
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