The Independence of Solitude and the Island Job
An island eight miles from shore in Lake Champlain seeks a single resident caretaker for July to September with food and shelter but no pay. Over 1600 men applied, not from unemployment but from a desire for solitude and escape, echoing Emerson and Robinson Crusoe as a test of independence within society.
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Lake Champlain
Island
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
London
Emerson
Albert H. Laidiow
Reformed Old Man Finds Youth in Mind
A man aged beyond his years claims renewal after abandoning fixed views. He retreats from ageist authority, reads widely, and learns what the world does and says. He asserts age is more a state of mind than joints or hair. John Pilgrim.
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Times
H E
Andy Jackson
John Pilgrim
Question of authority at home sparks playful debate
An abrupt person asks who is really in charge at home. The reply centers on Henrietta who rules the children, the servants, the dog, the cat, and the canary, while the speaker admits he can still do as he pleases to the goldfish.
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Henrietta
Washing Machine for Small Spaces in Apartments
A compact portable washing machine designed for kitchens or bathrooms, ideal for small flats. It features two moving parts a small tub and a stand and is driven by an electric motor. The unit supplements larger basement machines and emphasizes ease of use in limited spaces.
Instructed Machine Sends Suds in All Directions
An August Popular Mechanics Magazine article describes a washing machine where a worm worn right of the stand rotates from the motor shaft, tilting the top to oscillate the tub. It can wash one handkerchief or collar up to five large bed sheets.
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Popular Mechanics
Staying at Home Eases Costs Amid Rising Rail Rates
A Chicago News note says rail road rates may be advanced and hotel rates fail to drop, but comfort comes from saving by staying at home. The item cites broader travel cost trends and suggests domestic savings as a practical response.
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Chicago News
The Greater Glory First Dog Prize Quip
A Life magazine quip recalls a dog show prize won by “My father” and a brag from the second dog about a three pound beefsteak stolen from a butcher shop, reflecting humorous antics of dogs in newspaper lore.
The Best Days Lie Ahead for the Young Graduate
A Baltimore Sun quoted reflection on the season of commencements urging optimism for new graduates. The piece contrasts cynical witticisms with Browning’s line and emphasizes that each life period holds unique joys, suggesting the happiest days may yet come for the young.
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Yong
Crow
Browning
Baltimore Sun
Those Cheap Men and Her Mean Husband Fight Over Dog Biscuits
A humorous Life magazine quip cites a husband blaming his wife for extravagance over insisting Fido’s monogram stamped on dog biscuits. The exchange highlights domestic sparring about spending.
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Fido
Lost The Lions Share In Grandmother Will Joke
Jones, after his rich grandmother’s death, faces mock pity from friends. He jokes that she left a will and testament, and proclaims he is to have the testament, in a brief, local newspaper style line.
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Jones
Jenkins
Jack Canuck
Urban Curiosity Watkins and the curious calf encounter
Watkins and his young son Louis walk across fields during holidays when Louis first sees a cow. The child asks what horns are and which horn the cow blew, prompting a brief parental explanation. The anecdote captures a child’s wonder at farm life as reported by Harper’s Magazine.
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Watkins
Louis
Harper's Magazine
De Ducks Joke Sums Up Farm Cash Struggle
An Iowa farmer explains to a Dubuque banker why he needs a loan after shipping crops. He jokes that "de ducks" took most of the sale money through freight, commission, elevator charges, and wages, leaving little for the loan.
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Iowa
Dubuque
In Defense Of Corsets Says Cantlie Urges Men Wear Belts
Sir James Cantlie argues corsets protect women by maintaining even body temperature and reducing liver troubles. He notes more boys die in childhood without corsets and urges men to wear cholera belts for similar protection.
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James Cantlie
The Iniquity of Bobbed Heads
A Baltimore Sun discussion critiques bobbed hair as a minor fashion issue blown out of proportion by public opinion. The piece notes the trend’s sudden rise, the harsh moral judgments it invites, and parallels past fashion debates over hair parts, urging restraint and context in judging women’s attire.
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Hope
Baltimore Sun
A Gentleman Wanted Mr Bully Cross Examines Witness
A courtroom exchange features Mr Bully probing a downtrodden witness about what a gentleman looks like. The stammering reply irks the judge as the witness snaps to focus, challenging the accuser’s transparency and authority in the Kansas City Star style.
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Bully
Kansas City Star
Honest Tom and a broken engagement over a diamond ring
Mabel, indignant, says Honest Tom is no gentleman. Tess explains she returned his gifts except the diamond ring. He sent back unopened cigars a pen wiper and a knit necktie plus five boxes of face powder claiming he owed such amounts for his conduct during their engagement.
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Tom
Mabel
Tess
Houston Post
Anatomy by a Florida schoolgirl
A student response redefines anatomy as a human body with three parts the haid the cheist and the stummick. It describes the head containing brains the chest containing the liver and the sites and the stomach holding the entrails and the vowels a e i o u and sometimes w and y.
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Florida
Texas
Parlor Magic Puts Jones to the Test at Banquet
During an after-dinner speech the toastmaster performs a sleight of hand with two spoons. He suggests they vanish into Jones pocket then back. Jones retorts he can perform the trick and demands corroboration or a search. The scene unfolds at a Legion weekly event.
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Jones
Rose
Toastmaster
American Legion Weekly
Thrift as Foundation of Business Success, Strauss Says
The article argues that lasting business success stems from thrift, not genius or luck. S. W. Strauss, president of the American Society for Thrift, says thrift forms the essential framework of every notable enterprise and urges young Americans to apply this principle.
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S. W. Strauss
American Society For Thrift
America
Thrift Magazine on Keys to Business Success
The article argues that to advance in business a person needs courage initiative and restless aggression balanced by good judgment patience and self discipline. It emphasizes hard work and the fortitude to endure setbacks with thrift as the core principle guiding all activities.
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Threft Magazine
Idealism vs Bolshevism in Russian trade case
A Russian representative with contracts for about half a billion dollars of goods to Russia was arrested and charged under the espionage act. The piece argues the United States has not recognized Lenin's government, yet business with Russia continues via intermediaries, with famine relief and Bolshevik decline attributed to droughts and plagues, not foreign action. It notes U S shipments pass through English and Dutch hands and hints at broader trade tensions.
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Russia
United States
Lenine
Urigie
Washington
Illumination by Hidden Spotlight in Bouquet in Vaudeville
Popular Mechanics describes a hand spotlight hidden in a bouquet used by a singer to softly illuminate the face during a vaudeville performance. A flashlight inside a metal compartment with a polished reflector bends light to remove harsh shadows and can emit colored light via a replaceable slide.
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Popular Mechanics
Utilities In Pueblo Restoring Light And Fuel After Flood
The Pueblo press lauds electric and gas utilities for rapid service restoration after the Pueblo flood. Utility managers from across Colorado dispatched workers to aid, turning darkness into light and supplying fuel to refugees within hours. The Pueblo Chieftain notes residents of 65,000 have reason to appreciate prompt public utilities service.
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Press of
Colorado
Electric and Gas
Pueblo
Hc Utilities
Lighting survey links factory efficiency and safety gains
A survey of 446 industrial concerns in 15 states and 57 towns found that 25 percent of work is done under artificial light while only 40 percent of factories are adequately lit. Proper lighting raised production reduced spoilage cut accidents improved discipline and hygienic conditions.
Bake Sale by St Martha's Guild at Sidney Mercantile
St Martha's Guild holds a bake sale at the Sidney Mercantile store at 2 30 p m on Saturday September 3rd. Dr B Charles Pease an eye ear nose and throat specialist is now located in the Osborne Ridg.
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St. Martha’s Guild
Sidney Mercantile
B. Charles Pease
Osborne Ridg
Catholic Church Mass and Rosary Schedule
Rev Anton Link announces Sunday Mass at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 p.m. Weekday Masses at 7:00 a.m. in the Catholic church.
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Anton Link
Church Schedule for Rev Henry Ives At Local Parish
Open daily for prayer and Holy Communion each Sunday at 11 am. First Sunday of month includes 12 am service. Church school at 10 am. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 am led by Rev Henry Ives.
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Henry Ives
Special Music at Trinity English Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church hosts morning worship at 11 with a sermon Not Weary in Well Doing. Sunday school at 10 features Rock of Ages and a violin duet by Miss Van Tardeveld and Donald Livoni. Minuet in G played by L van Beethoven.
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Rock of Ages
A. M. Topsidy
Miss van Tardeveld
Donald Livoni
L. van Beethoven
Miss van
Morning worship service invitation at the church
Evening worship at o clock with a cordial invitation to the public. Rev. W. T. Kahse serves as pastor inviting all to attend.
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Bible School
W. T. Kahse
Potter Lutheran service to be led by Rev W Kahse
The First Lutheran Church in Potter will host a Sunday service at 2 30 PM with Rev W Kahse preaching. A confirmation class follows at 3 30 PM.
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Potter
Kahse
First Luthern
Lutheran Emanuel Church to Celebrate 35th Anniversary Festival
At Weyerta Nebraska the Lutheran Emanuel Church marks 35 years since orgn on August 2 1886. A Sept 11 festival features Rev C Flelschman from Fort Collins CO preaching in German at 10 30 am and Rev K A Stein from Kimball NE preaching in English at 8 pm. Choirs perform. services also on Sept 11 at 3 pm. Karl Fenske pastor.
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Cheyenne County
C. Flelschman
Flelschman
Fort Collins
Colorado
K. A. Stein
Kimball
Nebraska
Christ
Karl Fenske
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Schedule and Festival Invite
St Pauls Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 and services at 10 30 next Sunday Trinity South Divide observes a mission festival on September 4 and the congregation is invited. September 6 the Christian day school opens for the new school year.
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Trinity Congregation of the South Divide
Our Christian Day School
Trinity Lutheran and Presbyterian Church Notices
Trinity Lutheran Church at Gurley lists KH L Borgmeier as pastor and Presbyterian Church names Rev Samuel Light as pastor in this local church directory snippet.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Gurley
KH. L. Borgmeier
Sunday church services with special music and sermons
Sunday school at 10 00 a m with communion after. Christian Endeavor at 7 00 p m Mrs Cooper district secretary preaches both services Morning subject The Constraining Power of Love Evening subject The Growing Kingdom Mrs Daniel offers a special song in the morning and the Ladies Quartet provides music in the evening Mrs Cooper has been here before and was well liked by all who heard her Everybody invited to these services.
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Christian Endeavor
Cooper
Daniel
Methodist Church Welcomes New Members and Sees Growth
The Methodist Episcopal Church invites attendance at 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship as the pastor preaches. The church reports increased attendance last Sunday and two new members were received. Bring your friends to service.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Labor Day Address Invites Union Members and Public
At 7 p.m. Epworth League hosts a Labor Day service with a pastor urging every laboring man to attend. Union members are especially welcome, and all are invited to join the service led by T. Porter Bennett.
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Epworth Leagu
T. Porter Bennett
Lorenzo Methodist Church Community Church Service and Election
Lorenzo Methodist Church invites all to Sunday school at 2 30 p m with preaching to follow The pastor will preach at the close of Sunday school An election of officers will be held next Sunday The pastor Porter Bennett encourages friends to attend
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Porter Bennett
Sidney Baseball Association financial statement July 1921
Financial statement for Sidney Baseball Association from July 1 to July 30 1921 shows disbursements including overdraft June 30th railroad fare umpiring telephone and telegraph balls and bats and revenue expenses on show upkeep of grounds salaries with cash on hand 105.02 totaling 3076.85. An itemized account of all accounts due and paid is on file at the secretary's office. Directors listed as Alan Colen and Reetum Essig Dr Von L Snell dentist Neubauer Building Sidney Nebr. Phone numbers 485 and 404. FOR TAXI CALL 161.
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Sidney Baseball Association
Boosters
Telephone and Telegraph
The
Sidney Baseball
Alan
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale in Sidney Nebraska
Warren and Hodgkin attorneys announce that on June 8 1921 P S Creedan mortgaged personal property to M W Osborne 371 owed 121 plus 10 interest Dodge roadster china dishes dining sets and three bedroom suites were pledged under chattel mortgage 18967 filed July 12 1921 at 1130 am The sale to satisfy the mortgage will occur September 24 1921 at 2 pm at the M W Osborne Garage Sidney Nebraska highest bidder cash includes roadster motor number 588329 and serial numbers as listed.
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Derby
P. S. Creedan
M. W. Osborne
Dodge Brothers
Iowa Guarantee Company
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Towlt
Sidney
Pedersen suit against Warren Hodgkin in Cheyenne Co Neb
Carl A. Pedersen files suit in Cheyenne County Nebraska district court seeking 782.67 plus interest at 10 percent from December 28, 1820 on two promissory notes dated December 28, 1920. The North half of section 31 township 17 range 48 was attached. Respondent must answer by October 6, 1921.
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Tudvick Westberg
Carl A. Pedersen
District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
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Bake Sale
Christ Episcopal Church
United Lutheran Church
Trinity English Lutheran Church Special Music
Grace Church
Lutheran Emanuel Church
Weyerta, Nebr
ST. Paul's Lutheran Church
W. F. Peters
Lorenzo Methodist Church
Financial Statment
Colen and Reetum
Essig Bidg
Sidney, Nebr
von L. Snell
Neubauer Bidg
Ewe Seer
Park Eee
Reese
Ae Teen
Ae Wean Eeae
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