Rangert Family Receives Visit From Cheyenne Relatives
The Rangert family in Winnebago hosted several visitors over the past two weeks. Mrs. Bird Mrs. Emerick and Miss Fay Rangert of Cheyenne were among those who visited before leaving. Rev A Corbett appointed by Bishop Shayler served Winnebago Hartington and Wayne parishes and departed last Tuesday for his new assignment. Belle Hower Morris of North Platte visited her parents Charles and Mrs Hower in the city last Thursday and Friday. Morris was once noted as Sidney’s leading singer.
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Rangert
Bird
Emerick
Miss Fay Rangert
Cheyenne
A. Corbett
Ernest V. Shayler
Nebraska
Winnebago
Hartington
Wayne
Belle Hower-Morris
North Platte
Charles Hower
Morris
Sidney
Social notes from Grand Prairie and surrounding towns
Grand Prairie residents share weekend visits and travels with relatives in Sidney Burlington Lodgepole and Gurley. Mildred Hart returns from a week with her sister Mrs Clayton Parks. Frank Heinzman family tours Colorado visiting the Swenson family and Paul Heinzman before returning home. Various callers and gatherings with the Johnson Hern bloom Dykman Frerichs Planck and other neighbors are recorded along with hog hauling and harvest work details.
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Little Mildred Hart
Sidney
Clayton Parks
Frank Heinzman
Burlington
Colorado
J. M. Swenson
Paul Heinzman
Henry Beebe
Verniel
Johnson
EB. A. Johnson
Wil and
Albert Johnson
Walter Hernbloom
Jorgen Dykman
Herman
Bertha Dykman
Lodgepole
Fred Windsheimer
Albert Frerlechs
Alva Hart's
Frank Tundgren
Emory Planck
Will Frerichs
Russell Gelacian
Charley Rogers
Emil Hernbloom
Osceola
Alek Pierson
Gurley
C. P. Anderson
Roy Colick
Johnson Bros
Residents spend day at Hahn home after Alliance visit
Monday morning for their home in Alliance. Mrs. Juundgren and sons spent Tuesday at the Hahn home.
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Alliance
Small Town Press Defends Its Honest News Stance
In a pointed reflection the country press rejects the charge of triviality, arguing its reports are factual and uncolored by sensationalism. Editors emphasize community welfare, safe guidance for youth, and transparency about whether statements are based on fact or routine "news paper bank."
Idle thoughts to spur community betterment in ours
A bygone editorial urges residents to use idle hours for deep thought and action to improve the town and countryside. It argues that inspiration in rest can lead to concrete community development, painting a metaphor of adding a new coat of paint to the house and increasing its value.
Parents Responsibility During Vacation Brings Guarded Youth
A editorial urges parents to guide children through vacation, noting the danger of freedom from school. It warns that lessons learned in class are easily forgotten when youths wander streets. Strong parental direction should balance rest with ongoing conduct rules.
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Lfe
Impulse to Forget Shapes Juvenile Learning, Editorial Note
An Exchange opinion argues impressions fade quickly but repeated exposure can harden a juvenile mind. It stresses teacher responsibility to instruct during study hours and a double duty for parents to safeguard both teacher and child’s work.
Lawn Into Theatre in a Paris Garden Palace
A Paris quarter's garden palatial home hosts a summer nightly theatre. A pneumatic silk roof inflates into an arch, covering an open-air auditorium with stage and seats, then deflates at dawn for easy removal. Henry S. White reports in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Paris
Henry S. White
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Gone West in 1920 Homeseekers flood the Plains
A Burlington Road bureau report shows 2,222,380 acres of dry land homesteaded in Buffalo Douglas Newcastle and Cheyenne districts during 1920 along with 10,000 irrigated acres in Nebraska projects. 1,549 carloads of emigrant movables were unloaded and 5,062 new families were received at western stations, signaling a surge in markets for local goods despite a poor homesteading year.
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Torace Greeles
B. Howard
Homeseekers’ Bureau
Burlington Road
Omaha
Nebraska
State Immigration Bureau
Buffalo
Douglas
Newcastle
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Shenshoné
North Platte
Burlington
Colorado
Montana
Modern Man of Business Advocates Self Destruction
A business man in People’s Magazine prescribes “dying” by self-action at intervals to shed ego and shift to a collective “We.” He claims the practice yields profit and advancement, arguing workers should replace individual ambition with shared authority and responsibility. He praises perpetual self‑sacrifice as a ladder to “heaven” on earth through honest, workmanlike conduct.
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People’s Magazine
Warshal
New Guinea Is World's Largest Island Excluding Australia
Article notes New Guinea or Papua as the largest island after Australia, lying north of Australia near the equator with about 215000 square miles of area and a native population near 1 million. In 1914 the southeast, northeast, and west portions comprised Australian, German, and Dutch territories, with September 24, 1914, marking the German territory transfer to Australia. The British controlled area then reached about 160000 square miles and a native population around 820000.
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New Guinea
Papua
Island
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Kaiser Wilhelm's Land
Netherlands, East Indies
New Gulara
Need Protection from the Husband Protective Association
A humorous polemic argues husbands face growing threats as wives grant autonomy and firearms rise, urging men to unite. It contrasts perceived protective laws for wildlife with neglect of husbands, noting sightings of lone, wary men in rugged terrains fleeing skirts and danger.
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Rockies
Plains
Oklakhoma
Kansas
Pep and pace replace dignity in modern life
J. K. Egbert in Judge laments a shift from respect for judgment and poise to a culture obsessed with pep. He warns that exuberant activity and flashy charm eclipse steady, honest work, courteous conduct, and traditional values across business, church, and social life.
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Hms
J. K. Egbert
Training Camps Open For Young Americans This Summer
The War Department will run training camps for citizens ages fifteen to thirty five, drawing on the Plattsburg model. Nine camps nationwide will offer free, recreation filled military instruction with twelve hundred at Devens for New England. Over ten thousand applicants are expected, with admission based on physical and mental tests and obedience to orders. Providence Journal.
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Plattsburg
War Department UN Uder
Congress
New England
Army Corps
Devens
War Department
Providence Journal
Real Test of Friendship in Faithful Separation
A reflection on enduring loyalty when companionship fades. The text urges sacrificing presence without abandoning hearth and emphasizes love as the indestructible element. Lucy Larcom quotes offer a meditation on friendship, sacrifice, and spiritual resilience enduring across separation.
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Lucy Larcom
Velocity of Light Redetermined by Toothing Wheel Method
Physicists report a new measurement of light speed using the Fitzean toothed wheel method in Nice. A beam traveled 57 miles round trip, with 1,100 observations yielding a velocity of 186,225 miles per second.
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Nice
Buffalo Nuisance Reverses The Plains Herd Crisis
A fragment notes buffalo populations rising after years of decline. Yellowstone uses a large hay launch to feed park herd during winter snows, but rapid growth may outstrip available forage. Edward C. leads efforts to take the issue to Washington for action.
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Plains
Yellowstone
Park
Washington
Edward C
Gossip as Social Warfare in Modern Practice
A Boston transcript notes a remark where a gossip defends herself by calling gossip a social attack conducted on the approved principles of modern warfare. She says you are not supposed to see the person you are shooting at. The comment reflects attitudes toward gossip as a hostile social tactic.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Patch Your Linoleum Repair Method
Instructional note explains patching linoleum by marking a repair shape, cutting a replacement piece, and gluing it in with hot glue to fill the crack. No walls needed, matching design minimizes visibility and dust ingress.
Interior official tours national park herd growth noted
Finney first assistant secretary of the interior visited with Park Superintendent Vorace Albright to review buffalo herd expansion. A "Buffalo run" saw over 500 animals driven from hills and plateau in a stampede while about 100 young buffalo, mostly bulls, appeared this year. Bulls cannot be killed under current law, and park space is nearly exhausted, creating a "pigs is pigs" style dilemma for officials.
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Finney
National Parks
Vorace Albright
Four Burned To Death In Cleveland Explosion
Four people perished in a Cleveland fire caused by escaping gas when an explosion rocked an east side house. Two women and two children were trapped in their beds and suffocated by smoke as flames spread. Victims named Mrs Moseman age 58 Tillie 28 Helen Stankelveiz 3 Felix Stankelveiz 2.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mrs. Moseman
Tillie
Helen Stankelveiz
Felix Stankelveiz
The World Not Small After All Says Shackleton
In 1921 the Rocky Mountain News asserts the world remains vast and largely unexplored. Sir Ernest Shackleton vows to venture again, with explorers facing undiscovered regions in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. New lands and species await discovery as adventurers plan journeys into fields unknown.
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Ernest Shackleton
North
South America
Africa
Asia
Tts
Rocky Mountain News
Daugherty Drops 45 Special Attorneys and 70 Agents
Attorney General Daugherty has trimmed the Department of Justice by removing 45 special attorneys and 70 special agents since March 6. The reform saves about $500,000 annually. He cites one case of a special attorney paid $24,000 as an example of excess inherited from his predecessor.
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Daugherty
Department of Justice
Department
Reforming Prisoner Learns Lesson On Visiting Day
A jail visiting day scene shows a kindly lady advising the inmate to consider meditation and reform, while the prisoner vows to change as he asserts his next crime would be against slaves. The item ends with an advertisement asking readers to ask for Jap Rose Soap from grocers.
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Legion Weekly
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Jim Birmingham
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Beatrice
Spent Ily
Allen Lough
Robert
W. T. Kahse
Lutheran Church
Lincoln Church
Delia Markham
Pueblo
R. O. Chambers of
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Mrs. C. P. Chambers
GC. M. Wright
Ri. W. Wright
Lawrence Fork
Frances Williard
J. J. Lipske
California
C. D. Green
North River Valley
Cash Scott
North Table
Albert Greenlee
W. O. Campbell
Jennie Armstrong
Denver
T. E. Quinn
Bridgeport
Clay Harry
Bell Telephone Company
Kimball
Windom
E. R. Whitlock
Telephone Exchange
Grand Prairie
Phelps Studio
Metz
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