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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
5
Businessmen in Dalton organize an electric light company to power streets homes and offices using a 125 volt Westinghouse system with storage batteries and an Edison type. The Dalton water works engine will provide power and installation is to begin once supplies arrive.
A local report clarifies that Lutheran church improvements totaling about $2000 will be financed by both the Dorcas society and men of the congregation. A new room addition was also confirmed, a fact overlooked in last week’s item.
County board minutes show disbursements for printing law costs and juror fees plus road project expenses. Payments include wages for stenographers and jurors, bailiff and attorney services, insurance, and road work across districts with culverts, drains, and fumigation items noted. The board adjourned to May 2, 1916 with clerk H T Doran recording the attestation.
Mrs. W. Hi. Barrett of Green River Wyoming stopped Thursday evening to visit her friend Mrs. Roscoe Zimmer as she returned home from North Platte to Green River Wyoming.
An overview praising Sidney Nebraska as a family friendly town. It highlights clean health conditions, pure water, strict sanitation, active churches and Sunday schools, strong schools with facilities and programs, a well equipped high school with gym and pool, and a record of medals in state declamatory contests and other competitions.
Deputy Sheriff George Gunderson brought John Wilson to Potter after a Justice A. J. Ames sentence of thirty days for stealing twenty five bushels of wheat. The wheat traced from Ford Wickhorst crib nine miles away by a wagon tire mark ended with the wagon and its tire. Wilson pleaded guilty stating another man left the wheat, and he is here in braking ground for a non resident.
The Telegraph, a weekly newspaper in Sidney Nebraska, declares F A Gapen as seven eighths owner and H E Gapen as one eighth owner. No bonds or mortgages are outstanding. Sworn April 1 1916 before Notary Henry E B Gapen with commission until April 29 1921.
The Degree of Honor No 122 invites members and friends to a social and ten cent lunch at Oda Fellows Hall after the next regular meeting on Tuesday April 18 at 8 36. All are invited for a good time.
Local promotion by Sidney Lumber Co promises help to build a home amid a leap year themed offer. Officials invite women to participate in a drawing or campaign aimed at assisting home construction projects.
A meeting of the Lodgepole Valley Irrigation Association Saturday at the court house drew about sixty men. It launched plans to become the Better Farming Association to address irrigation and related issues, with August Neumann presiding and officers to be elected next year. Representatives from Scottsbluff and Chappell spoke, and a resolution sought support from Congress and state senators for a regional irrigation experiment station.
The county alternates between dry and wet spells as rain and snow fell Wednesday night and Thursday, moistening soil and boosting winter crops. The atmosphere and soil show moisture retention, aiding long dry periods and signaling potential agricultural resilience.
In a partial Wednesday night report from the Nebraska survey 40 towns voted wet while 58 stayed dry. Majorities favor dry outcomes overall with Sidney and Orleans staying dry by slim margins. Four towns moved to wet and twelve to dry, with Kimball Bridgeport and North Platte highlighting dry gains. Cheyenne County wet spots Gurley and Sunol noted as dry forces prepare for fall statewide campaigns.
Sunday at 4 pm a court house gathering with Reverend Jr. 3 Essert of Denver as National Lecturer speaking on Social and Personal Purity. An 8 pm general meeting follows. bills announce the place. Essert comes recommended by many, including S. K. Warrick of Scotts Bill Bank.
Regular Sunday services begin at 11 o clock with the subject Personal Service. A union evening service features a prominent Denver speaker on a topic of widespread interest, free to all. Sunday school Easter program in the evening. a special morning service and Haworth League at 7 pm. All welcome. Place announced in paper and at the post office.
The Adult Bible Class of the Methodist church held a pleasant social Friday evening with Mr and Mrs B W Fraze. About twenty five were present. Refreshments were delicious and the evening was well spent.
Infant Kurz died five days after birth near Sidney. The baby named Kenneth Joseph was baptized and funeral services were held Friday morning at the house conducted by Reverend Father Link. The bereaved parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Kurz.
Mias Lena Jesen is engaged as stenographer for the Western Realty Company, a brief notice noting her new employment role within the firm.
Mr and Mrs Frank Ackerman departed Monday aiming to spend time in Utah with her daughter Mrs Nettie Kidd.
Fever panic subsides as the city reports no new cases while one family remains under quarantine. The lingering unease fades, with officials noting containment and no further spread.
A farewell surprise party honored Mr and Mrs EP Swan prior to their move to Stockton California with about thirty guests and engraved souvenir spoons. The B M S Club met with talks on suffragists and history of woman suffrage plus a book review and current events led by Mrs L Martin. The T T W class of the Methodist church held a party hosted by Miss Nellie Gilliam at the McClenaghan home with twenty attendees and a fine lunch. Mrs Radcliffe hosted the Dorcas society and a guest lunch on April 6 at her home.
The District Rally of the Macca bees will be held at Grand Island on April 20. All Lady Maccabees who can attend are urged to be present. MRS. ISABELLE ZIMMER Lady Commander.
A bulky horse pulling a carriage balked on the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at West Berlin New Jersey as a fast train neared. The locomotive struck the carriage killing Mrs. Sallie Cook, Anna Cook and Henry Myr tetus, the driver.
A Sunday wind-driven prairie fire started near a Union Pacific engine by the Cal lah an ranch west of town and spread northwest to Beyers line. The wind shifted, driving flames southeast but north of the rail line. Locals fought fiercely with many using improvised tools. damage was confined to pasture lands.
W. T. Tate, formerly of Sidney, greeted friends Saturday and is now in Omaha serving as a special traveling representative for the McNish Cattle Company.
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