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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
6
Teachers' Association at Bridgeport caused school closure Thursday and Friday. Several residents attend events, visits, weddings, and contests across Potter and Sidney including Mrs Eberly’s illness, Thornburgs, and local society. A potpourri of farm news, births, building activity, and church program details enriches the community column.
Mason Tishue moved into the new house on the Tishue place. Herman Hiett is very ill with rheumatism. Noah Walters moved onto the Tobin farm. Mr. Paygant began building on his new farm. Roy Nelson and Frank Cross checked land matters in Kimball County. The Livoni boys and several others visited Kimball County for land business. Chas Foster moved cows to Nelson's. John Call bought hogs from C A Foster. Hubert Fuller delivered cattle at Iliff. Will Fulton moved his plow to Colorado. John Peetz bought a German coach stallion on the South River. Roy Nelson built a flue for Earl Hietz while Earl proved a capable hod carrier. A warning about a dog poisoning man in South Divide is noted.
Pleasant View resident George Hicks and William Goding spent Monday in Potter. Evan Stines and wife called there Monday. Miss Adams attended the Teachers' Association at Bridgeport, making school session only Monday and Tuesday. Col Kinnersley visited Thursday afternoon. H Courtright returned from Milford after his brother's wife died. John Nelson operates a breaking outfit engine near his home. Pat Dalton was in Potter on business last Saturday. Gilbert Nelson has opened up.
Friends and neighbors gathered Friday morning at Mr. and Mrs. William Eaton’s North Divide home to celebrate Mrs. Eaton’s birthday with a surprise party. They enjoyed a noon dinner and warm fellowship. Hosts and guests extended best wishes for many happy returns. The surprise was orchestrated by John Vandeburg and companions, including W. M. Schwartz, H. C. Anderson, Mrs. F. Royer, and Mrs. Grace E. Rose.
A rain shaped welcome visited Sunol at the start of the week with a well attended show on Saturday night. Sidney was well represented while attendees from Lodgepole and Chappell joined. A grand all night dance followed the proceedings. Ernest Line and John Demers of Lundl were Sidney visitors on Sunday. H R Neumann and wife returned from Colorado after Leon Lynch’s funeral. The Englert brothers work around the clock on the bottom ground. Demers remains busy in grain and blacksmithing. John Demers inreal estate though quiet since the wind calmed. Klein and Kruse visited from Sidney to size up conditions. The community mourns Jack Stover the village character and traveling to Washington next week with a full stock of spectacles. Joe Kulik of Colorado traded in Sundl this week. Esther Booth is home after Weyerts. Miss Davis toured Lodgepole on No 4. reasons for a trip are kept private.
Farmers plan a large small grain and corn crop but dry spells linger. Grippe wanes but persists with cases in the region. A new baby arrives at John Jurgen’s, No. 7, sparking talk of a future two story house. Mrs. Ed Ahrens and Hannah Hendricks visit family in Sidney. H. G. Miller and W. R. Wood appraise Fred Borges estate at about three thousand dollars. Courthouse politics stir as Dalton, Sidney, and Lodgepole prep bids. John Daugherty noted. Stock and horses show strong demand despite winter losses. autos do not replace good horses.
Peetz Colorado residents report emigrants locating on west side claims including Kite from College View Nebraska and Simonsom. Omaha visitors Whitelock and Westcott were in town with White lock and Johnson taking trips to Sidney. Van Valkenburg traveled to Sterling to meet someone.
A brief column notes L. G. Lowe of Sidney visiting last Saturday and reports Peetz Lumber Company receiving two carloads of lumber and one of coal this week.
Mr Sharman plows this week but slows from dry soil. Isaac Jones完成 cellar walls and awaits cement blocks. County surveyor maps a road along township 14 49 north. Mr Anderson waits for rain to sow wheat. Jones butchered seven hogs on Wednesday. It hints at a record breaking year amid drought.
English naturalist Lionel B. Adams describes mole life history. Moles dig fortress nests with a network of tunnels and a perpendicular shaft from beneath the nest. They rarely lie in their own nest though their body heat can warm it. they use smell and hearing to find nests above and may eat eggs. The adult mole is nearly blind with embryonic signs of deteriorating sight.
An elderly visitor asks what King Solomon was renowned for. A fair haired girl responds that he was related by marriage to more people than any other man that ever lived. The remark appears in the Chicago Tribune.
A Kentucky man from Middleboro cites two years of constipation and multiple doctors in Bristol Tennessee before Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cured him. The ad notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
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