Equalizing Board Proceedings in Cheyenne County Neb
The Cheyenne County Board of Equalization met in Sidney with Chairman Lewis Broti and members L R Barlow J B Haiston and Clerk A T Doran. State Board valuation set at 2 188 179 00 dollars. Levies: General Fund 5 mills Road Fund 1 mill Bridge Fund 1 mill. Additional school district levies cover general high school and interest on outstanding bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Neb
Board of Equalization
Lewis Broti
L. R Barlow
J. B Haiston
A. T. Doran
State Board of Equalization
H.T. Doran
The Making of Words in Swift Era Language
The passage notes Dean Swift criticized new war era terms like ambitiously long words and rumors of doubled consonants. It observes many once unfamiliar expressions are now standard in English. It also recalls Swift’s critique about spelling shifts such as mob written mobs and phizz now simplified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Swift
Verbal Skirmish Over Household Comforts
A brief exchange shows a suitor requesting familiar comforts for the daughter as he jokes about routine at the house. The dialogue references breakfast coffee, reading the paper, possible discharge of the cook, and a club dive, in a tone echoed by the New York Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater
New York Journal
A Clean Cut and Consoling Her Observations
A humorous dialogue notes a lady barber giving a man a shave and a comical misperception. The exchange turns on vanity and self image as Bess consoles Nell over how others perceive her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykes
Tykes
London Telegraph
Bess
Nell
Browning
Notable Banter Quips Appear in Boston Transcript
A playful exchange features Maude a lifelong friend and Ethel remarking on her appearance noting she doesn’t look a day over forty in a lighthearted Boston Transcript moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Ethel
Boston Transcript
Literary Firsts and Seconds in a Reporter’s Tale
A youthful reporter dreams of fame while an older writer snags a manuscript and quips about the two stages of a writer’s life. The first is surprise at rejection, the second is surprise at success in keeping manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Browning Hosts Uninvited Cook For Barrett Browning Exhibit
In Florence Robert Browning greets a familiar woman at his drawing room door who turns out to be the cook sent by Barrett Browning. He escorts her around the room with courtly attention as she views the new paintings in the family display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Browning
Barrett
Florence
Mr. Browning
The Rat and the Bulbs
A gardener planted 250 tulip bulbs on a terrace and found next morning they were missing. He blamed rats, killed a large female, and uncovered an underground chamber with a hay lined corridor and two storehouses containing the bulbs neatly arranged in two rows, none damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Parville
The Rhodum Sidus Flower Fad
A country nurseryman sold a simple flower as Rhodum sidus earning a large sum as it became a season’s rage. A botanist questioned the name and the nursery man explained he found the plant by the road and christened it Rhodum sidus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Indies
Purist Loses Sale Over Icebox Tin Pan Preference
A customer recalls his wife’s exact instruction to buy a specific tin pan for under the icebox. The clerk offers a generic under icebox aid, but the customer insists on the exact item, saying he will search another store. The exchange ends with him bidding goodbye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Horse Sense in a Downpour Irish Farmer Tale
An Irish farmer sends his drenched lad to fetch a horse from a distant field. After delays the boy returns saying the horse stood in shelter, dry as a bone, while the farmer jokes the animal knew more than both of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedad
Methodist Notes Sunday School Service Opens School Year
The second Sunday in September is set for a national education prayer day. The M E church Sunday service will focus on opening the Sunday school and invites the Board of Education teachers and pupils to attend. The pastor goes to annual conference September 21 in North Platte. The church board meets September 20 at 2 pm to settle year’s business. Unpaid benevolent pledges should be given to the pastor then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Board of Education
North Platte
Billboard nuisance threatens Atlantic City seascape
An editorial attacks the spread of large sea front billboards near Atlantic City. It argues the War Department cannot authorize interference and urges the city to act to prevent defacement of the seaward vista, citing examples in Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Department
Atlantic City
Ephesus
Diana
Paul
St. Stephen's
North Cape
Morning Deck Walk Promised Before Breakfast
Bonney urges a brisk deck walk with an empty stomach while Klabber laments an empty cup. The exchange happens on the second day out as breakfast is delayed for half an hour aboard the unnamed voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonney
Klabber
Cappie
Chicago Tribune
In Art Circles by an Old Master Mention
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet notes a gallery owner praising a painting as by an old master while a critic questions the mastership and field of expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia Ledger
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Nebraska Testimonial
A Sidney Nebraska resident reports relief from kidney and bladder trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes intense back ache and urinary issues resolving after one box, noting no recurrence since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
Sidney
Willis
West Second Street
Nebr
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jackson
E. J. Sweet
Dobaler
Sidney, Neb
M. W. Osborn
American Bank
C. J. Hellwig
North Side Blacksmith Shop
Lloyd Mann
S.R. Sweet
Harper & Wright
Methodist Notes
Henry Zinnecker
Billboard
Sidney Mercantile Co
Mercantile
IPANY
OUR
Stabi
Nelson & CO
Potter, Nebraska
Nebraska
Schlitz Beer
Tooin Block
F. Mitchell
Propriaton
Nebraska State Fair
Lincoln
Galliornia
Northwest
Puget Sound
California
Shasta
Mitotane Hott
M. A. Shipman
J. W. Wakeley
Omaha
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!