Sioux Ordnance Depot seen in rush shipments question
Observers in recent days questioned whether the Sioux Ordnance Depot is involved in rush shipments of American military supplies to Middle Eastern countries.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Cheyenne Couty
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
William Harm Frerichs
Frank Boyle
Ruth
Boyles
Illinois Street
Cheyenne County
M. M
Jack’ Inhelder
Sidney
Dust storm follows brief disturbance a quarter century past
A brief dust storm occurred 25 years ago signaling a notable weather episode. Local reports recorded visibility reductions and scattered debris, with residents recalling drifting dust and calm after the gusts. No injuries were reported and authorities noted temporary travel advisories.
Largest college enrollment expected after pleasant summer
The city prepares for the largest group of college students to leave for various institutions next week following a friendly summer with home folks. Nebraska faces a rich man issue and banks cut time deposit rates as a 100 million dollar wheat crop inflow changes deposits and lending. Eleven football lettermen and twenty-five hopefuls report to Weymouth for season practice. local high school looks to defend undefeated record, while waterfowl sportsmen anticipate a hard season around Sydney. Willard oil test repulls gear as drilling resumes with four-inch casing planned. Evangelists Lockart and Walker set September 14 for services at the Christian Church.
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Nebraska
O. J. Weymouth
Athletic Park
Sydney
Sidney
Lockart
Walker
New Christian Church
Sidney Public Schools Open with Record First Day Attendance
Sidney Public Schools opened on Tuesday September 4 marking the largest first day enrollment in the district's history. High school attendance is slightly below last year due to the war, but grade levels compensate with crowded classrooms and a severe shortage in the primary division that may require another teacher. Miss Greenlee, a member-
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Sidney Public Schools
Miss Greenlee
Local Residents Attend Gatherings and Planned Donations
Twin Falls fourth grade teacher search follows departure of current holder Miss Hubbart from North Platte. Visitors include Forest Knox and family from Elm Creek and Conor with Earl from Julesburg visiting A B Knox. Mrs Lundelings and Eleanor start new life in Kansas City after relatives visit. A library drive is underway with A K Greenlee overseeing book collections for soldier camps. Kings Daughters hosted by Miss Ann Radcliff as Red Cross work planned, while Edith Martin replaces Florence Parks at Cheyenne County Lumber Company office for a month.
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Ber
Twin Falls
Idaho
Hubbart
North Platte
Forest Knox
Elm Creek
Conor
Earl
Julesburg
A. B Knox
Lundelings
Eleanor
Kansas City
Fullers
Soldier Boys
K_ Greenlee
Kings Daughters
Ann Radcliff
Red Cross
Edith Martin
Florence Parks
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
Taxpayers oppose 25 mill school levy in district 13
D5 years ago Gust Erickson and other resident taxpayers appeared before the Board of County Commissioners to object to the levy of 25 mills for a school tax. They argued the district has no school age children and that ample funds already exist with the county treasurer to run the school.
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Harvey Vizina
Sidney
Congressional Investigation
Special Committee
Cheyenne County
Sioux Depot
Gilbert P. Levy
Col
Richard J. Sothern
Don Jorgenson
Sidney Country Club
Frank Gallagher
Gust Erickson
Board of County Commissioners
County school tax adjustment prompts district changes
The county superintendent’s estimate for the district is deemed erroneous and after board review the clerk will cancel the school tax and align the 1907 tax lists accordingly. Pence Portrey, a ninth grade nonresident student, bikes nine miles daily to school. High school enrollment shows a strong male presence, with parents urged to send both girls and boys to school for better futures. Local updates mention Postmaster Higgins and wife visiting town for supplies and farmers near Cheyenne county nearing a prosperous period on Easy Street.
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Pence Portrey
Higgins
Clara
Cheyenne County
Oldershaw
Kruse Ranch
Mesdames S. O
A. O. Witters
Webster
Irrigated Platte Valley boost and county fair plans
The North Platte Tribune reports strong irrigation profits in the Platte valley with wheat harvests near $1,050 from fifty acres. Sidney bands perform publicly, a Chautauqua circle forms, state fair trips offered at reduced Union Pacific rates, and plans for a county fair in Sidney October 4-6. A G A R reunion crew returned home, and the Fort Sidney Social Club schedules its first dance season premiere.
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A. H. Frame
J. H Hershey
P. & H. Ditch
Great Platte Valley
North Platte
B. A. Jones
Sidney
Union Pacific Railway
West
Cheyenne
Fort Sidney
Hall Boys
Club Seeks Games Across Cheyenne to Sidney
Regular club plans several away games for the coming week soliciting clubs from Cheyenne to North Platte and around the country. Prof Alexander and Harry High recount a Tuesday night head examination by the game professor in a sideshow contest to determine who would walk home with Miss Stannus the elocutionist several nights ago.
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Cheyenne
North Platte
Sidney Harry High
Alexander
Harry
Stannus
Siouxanna: A Proposed Name for a New Black Hills Territory
The Denver Tribune reports Hank Clifford of Running Water ranch pushing improvements and a new blacksmith shop. He proposes naming the prospective Black Hills territory Siouxanna, arguing it mirrors Louisiana and Indiana in spirit.
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Denver Tribune
Black Hills
Siouxanna
Louisana
Indiana
Hank Clifford
Hank
Local Plains Notes On Hay, Mail Route, and School Heads
Ranches between Sidney and Red Cloud report 100 to 300 tons of hay each. Sidney to Black Hills mail trains run hot both directions. H Reynolds runs a Camp Clarke saloon with strong business. Sitney schools host 113 pupils under principals Professor McLernon and Miss Beard. McLernon stands out for logic and scholarship while Beard charms pupils and shares top educational resources.
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Sidney
Red Cloud
H. Reynolds
Camp Clarke
Sitney
McLernon
Miss Beard
Beard
Larde
Mortgage loans funded by International Brotherhood of Teamsters pension
The pension fund authorized several loans totaling millions of dollars. Among them a three million dollar loan to aid a new general hospital in North Miami and a half million dollar loan for the Miami Beach Hebrew Academy.
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Pension Fund of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
General Hospital
North
Miannela
Mian Beach
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