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Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in 'straight laced'.

August has been a busy month at Hof Batie. The constant heat and prolonged dry spell have kept us hustling to keep the crops, lawn, garden, flower beds and young trees watered. Then there are all the seasonal activities to attend and special occasions thrown in to keep the calendar full.

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AMANDA WEHNES Injuries continue to plague the South Loup Bobcat cross country team with two members sidelined Thursday at the Burwell Invitational, but that didn’t discourage them from bringing home four individual medals. Sophomore Ella Cool finished in third place with a time of 18:37.

AMANDA WEHNES The South Loup Bobcat football team, despite a 28-54 loss on Thursday, Aug. 25 to Elm Creek, is seeing improvements over last year and it’s only the first competition of the new season.

Roxanne Converse-Whiting “Put yourself in the way of beauty,” I heard Cheryl Strayed say was the best advice her mother ever gave her. “No matter how things are or how negative and ugly things may seem, you always have the opportunity to put yourself in the way of beauty.

ELLEN MORTENSEN The beginning of another school year brings with it the renewal of the interlocal agreement between Callaway Public Schools and Arnold Public Schools for the South Loup sports program. That agreement was one of the items on the Callaway School Board agenda at their Aug.

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.