Sidney Nebraska City Council Holds Regular Session in 1919
City Council meeting in Sidney Nebraska approves building permits for Alien Brockway F D Widick and C P Chambers. Polls canvassed the April 1 1919 general election with I B Grabill as mayor and J W Johnson clerk Nina Spitler as clerk. Various appropriations and fund payments listed across General Road Sewer Amusement and Electric funds. A New Hart-Parr tractor endorsement cited.
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Sidney
Nebraska
D. R. Campbell
Hermion Schroeder
M. A. Shipman
A. S. Hardy
L. Neubauer
Alien Brockway
F. D. Widick
C. P. Chambers
I. B. Grabill
J. W. Johnson
Nina Spitler
Carl Hellwig
A. J. Jorgenson
John Daugherty
A. K. Greenlee
General Fund
A. B. Closman
Draynge
H. E. Mantor
K-B Printing Co
W. J. Perry
Potter Editor on Staff of Paper in France
Through courtesy of Herbert H Stevens Frank Stafford of The Telegraph receives a copy of The Cro a camp newspaper printed in English at Caserne Carnot Bourges France. It reports an expected visit from General Pershing and the fourth battalion’s departure for the States. The Cro’s editorial urges patience for demobilization and discusses transport challenges port conditions and the wider postwar uncertainties from Bolshevik unrest to European turmoil.
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Herbert H. Stevens
Potter Review
Frank Stafford
the Telegraph
Cro
Sergeant Stevens
France
Caserne
Carnot
Bourges
Records Office
Queen Mary Auxiliary Army Corps
General Pershing
A. EB. F
America
Europe
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Lower Volga
Russia
Mother of the Convention named for Wyoming voter
Mrs. M. C Brown of this city is honored as the Mother of the Convention at the St. Louis National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting. She is described as the oldest woman voter present, reflecting the fiftieth anniversary celebration of woman suffrage. The Sidney Indies show early voting initiative with Mrs. A. S. Ryle casting Sidney’s first woman vote, marking a pioneer achievement.
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M. C Brown
Wyoming
St. Louis
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Laramie
United States
Wyo
Sidney
A. S. Ryle
Barberry links to wheat rust threats in county farming
Farm Bureau News explains barberry bushes harbor black stem rust spores that can travel forty to fifty miles and reinfect wheat come spring. It urges removing common and purple varieties while sparing Japanese barberry, offers agent help with identification, and notes upcoming Cheyenne county livestock breeders meeting in Sidney on May 3 amid labor shortages and push for efficient farming.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dill joke seeds a Grans pun in garden chat
A lighthearted exchange recalls sowing lawn seed a month ago and prompts a pun about Grans and Dills. The rustic banter ends with a chuckle over the mistaken plant name and playful mishearing.
Chronology of the Mexican War 1846 1848
The conflict began April 25 1846 after Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande and clashed with American troops. President Polk urged Congress May 17 1846 stating war existed by Mexico’s act. Major battles followed: Palo Alto May 8 1846 Monterey September 21 1846 Buena Vista February 22 1847 Cerro Gordo April 17 1847 Mexico City fell September 14 1847 with occupation on September 12 and peace treaty signed February 2 1848.
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Rio Grande
Polk
Congress
Mexico
Palo Alto
Monterey
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
City of Mexico
Mexico City
Rusted wire caused cow death after postmortem
County Agent Gould reports an unusual death of Fritz Brauer's cow. A postmortem revealed a piece of rusted wire in the stomach bent to puncture the heart through the diaphragm. Gould believes the animal swallowed the wire a week or two earlier and rust gangrene led to death.
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Gould
Fritz Brauer
Chappell Boy Dies In German Hospital
Mrs. Geo Parks received word that Clinton McAuliff died of wounds in a German hospital after being captured while with a voluntary scouting party. An eight man unit volunteered. one survivor recalls carrying McAuliff to a dugout before capture. He is hailed as a local hero by Chappell residents.
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Gars
Vidtrolas and Records
Wier & Hamilton
E. Harper
Stauffer
McCleneghan
L. Hagzard
W. Higgins
American District Steam Co
Ceee
Standard Oil Co
Advance Machinery and Supply Co
Central Coal and Coke Co
M. J.o'fallon Supply Co
A. B. Currie Co
UW. Por.r. Go
US RR. Co
U. Prr. Co
UCP
R. BR. Go
Sidney Municipal Service
Pettr
Cheyenne County Sh Br Co
Sidney Lumber Co
B &Q.R.R. Co
M. J. O'Fallon Supply Co
Fire Department
Elmer Gunderson
Potter States
The
First National Bank
Sidney, Nebraska
W. E. Swatzlander
Leslie Neubauer
Cashier Co
L. Mann
Lena L. Jessen
Asa’t Cashier
Asat. Cashier
Potter
Farm Bureau News
H. G. Gould
Columbus
East Side
Court House
Sidney, Nebr
Chappell Boy
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