Thompson's Body Found Under Idlewild Rubble
Andrew Thompson veteran contractor disappeared after Sunday School and was found buried under a foot of brick debris from the Idlewild pool hall ruin. His remains show heavy head trauma but overall preservation considering two weeks under construction debris near the tornado zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Idlewild
Andrew Thompson
Idlewild Club
Thompson
Twenty-fourth
Grant Streets
Grant
Local Classifieds and Notices from Sidney Nebraska
Dentistry services and first class pricing offered. E W Marelness contact via phone. Cust-proof letter files for sale by The Telegraph along with maps of Cheyenne County. Five cents each. Breeding stock includes yearling and two-year-old Thoroughbred colts and Registered Duroc Jersey pigs from Montauk Ranch managed by Harry Selch. Adolph Swenson Tailor offers first class repairs cleaning and pressing at Gapen Building. Subscriptions for magazines and periodicals available at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Jersey
Adolph Swenson
Gapen
Real estate and farm notices in local ad section
Real estate and farm items include mortgages, rent offers, and sales. Notable listings mention a single Durham Bull, a Hay Baler, a steam heated room for rent in the Gapen Building, seed oats for sale at 40 cents per bushel eight miles north of Sidney, and a 40 acre tract with house barn well and windmill six miles northeast of Sidney priced at cash 15 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gapen
My Place
Sidney
J. Hedges
Mixed small ads from 1915 notice board
The page lists a real estate ad offering Three Thousand Dollars with Five Hundred Dollars cash and balance to vendor, up to ten years at six percent. It also shows a rent notice for a four room house with electric light and water, an aid request to hire someone to care for sixty acres of alfalfa west of Sidney, Neb, and a furnished room for rent with bath. Cabbage offered at 7i per 100 pounds by Ben L. Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lyle
Oakland, Ave
Kansas City
Kan
Sidney
Lodgepole Creek
D. R. Jones
Sidney, Neb
80 Acres for 100 Dollars Near Kimball Nebraska
Uncovered land listing offers 80 acre tract about a mile from Kimball for 100 dollars. Food filing indicates parcel available. contact Box 115 Kimball Nebraska for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Kimball, Nebr
Market Prices Snapshot for Wheat Eggs and Potatoes
Readable prices for various farm products include red and macaroni wheat per bushel oats flax per pound country bustier and eggs per dozen and potatoes per 100 pounds. The text lists unit prices but is fragmentary and partial.
Public Farm Sale Near Sidney Nebraska April 15 1915
Auction notices list livestock including Percheron horses a gray mare bay mares and black horses plus farm machinery woodwork and household goods. Sale starts 10 am with cash terms under 1000 and credit on larger balances. Lost fur coat request offers reward and contact details.
Fine Residence For Sale In Dalton Nebraska
New two story dwelling with 66 by 132 foot lot features hot water heating, majestic range, hot water tank and modern bath. Address P O Box 317. Also wanted pasture for 100 head of horses with three sections new range. Ed T Mitchell Dalton Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
T. Mitchell
Dalton, Neb
Farm for Rent and Sale Notices
Farm for rent in southwest quarter 22 15 48 with new improvements. See Bent Ley Land Co. For sale three cows, one fresh. See McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentley Land Co
McFadden
Hay Auction At Sunol Farm
Good baled hay offered at 40 cents per bale at a Sunol farm auction west of town. Auctioneer V. Fe. Kucera presides over the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunol V. FE
Kucera
Insurgent Wood Men Meet in Holdrege Fifth District
An enthusiastic gathering of insurgent Wood men from the Fifth district met in Holdrege with fifty delegates representing thirty five camps. They indorsed the provisional national committee and supported the state committee on the Springfield Illinois insurgent convention set for May 14 and 15. Delegates named were M IL Cory Clay Center F A Anderson Holdrege E E Cone Oxford Walter Livingstone Hastings M Hiffenbaugh Grand Island and George Hall Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdrege
Neb
Fifth Congressional District
Provisional National Committee
State Committee
Springfield
Nebraska District
M IL. Cory
Clay Center
F. A. Anderson
E. E. Cone
Oxford
Walter Livingstone
Hastings
M Hiffenbaugh
Grand Island
George Hall
Franklin
Beatrice Woman Maria Riddle Dies Aged 100 in Nebraska
Beatrice Nebraska April 9 Mrs Maria Riddle died suddenly at the home of her son J A Ramsey aged 100 years and 9 days. She leaves ten children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Neb
Maria Riddle
J A Ramsey
Local and Personal News Briefs
EF Radditz of Weyerts visited the city on Saturday. Sam Jones and wife were in Monday from their farm beyond Weyerts. FE Morrill of Seward County looked after his land business here Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. Radditz of
Weyerts
City
Sam Jones
Morrill
Seward County
Henzel
State Way
Rural visitors headline city on weekend shopping trip
Ness Hoagland from the northeast rural section visited the large city Saturday. W K Fowler of Lincoln was in the city Wednesday, heading to Bridgeport. Miss Glassow and Miss Sidewell, teachers from Lodgepole, shopped in our city Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness Hoagland
W .K. Fowler
Lincoln
City
Here
Bridgeport
Miss Glassow
Miss Sidewell
Lodgepole
Our City
County Superintendent Visits Schools Near Lodgepole
County Superintendent Mrs. Stark spent Saturday evening and Sunday with relatives then drove to a school south of town on Monday beginning her second round of visits.
Family seeks vacant house. takes upstairs apartment
A family arrived in town this week unable to find a vacant home and rented an upstairs apartment with a few rooms. The article notes a steady demand for moderate rental houses and suggests someone with spare cash should build more units.
Directory in the Works for Distribution Soon
The new telephone directory is in the job department and will be ready for distribution in about ten days. Frequent revisions are needed due to the rapidly growing subscriber list.
Captain Dawson Hosts Quiet Country Thanksgiving
Captain Dawson has been fattening a turkey in the country for a family feast. The day of the feast is not named to avoid inviting too many friends. Additional relatives are expected from California during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
California
Evans Family Visits Cheyenne After California Stay
Mrs D P Evans and two children from Cheyenne arrived Thursday and spent two days with her parents Mr and Mrs Mur les. They have just returned from an eight month stay in California. Little Helen Chaffee joined the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Evans
Cheyenne
Weather Causes Short School Day for Wet Students
A Wednesday storm forced no afternoon classes, allowing the girls to dry clothing and stay dry while the boys could get wet and stay wet. The arrangement is described as harmless and satisfactory.
German Lutheran Services at Dunkard Church
Sunday at 3 o clock Reverend O W Jeungel will conduct services at the Dunkard church for the German Lutheran congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkard Church
O. W Jeungel
Banquet Plugs Chappell High School Dinner Dance
Frank Stafford Dr. Bob Frazey and wife attended a commercial banquet in Chappell's new high school building last Saturday evening. Six hundred fifty plates were used and orchestra music accompanied the feast and dance at the opera house. The event drew praise and sparked a note of rivalry with Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stafford
Bob Frazey
Chappell
Sidney
Harpers Secluded by Snow Drifts Then Paid Neighbor for Wagon Ride
C F E Harper and J W Harper sheltered at the homestead Monday during a storm. On Wednesday urgent business sent them to town. They paid neighbor J E Nelson ten dollars to bring them back in his wagon. Nelson earned the ten by guiding through deep drifts and covering board for himself and team until the weather eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C FE Harper
J W Harper
J E. Nelson
Woodmen of the World Oppose Nebraska Insurance Code Bill
In Grand Island Nebraska the Nebraska camp of the Woodmen of the World adopted resolutions against the insurance code bill. They warn it would spur wildcat fraternal orders raid membership, discriminate against fraternals on examination fees, and is a push by eastern old line companies to cripple fraternals. They also oppose the referendum amendment without a member initiative on rate matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
The
Woodmen of the World
Corey Heads Cost Congress in Omaha Meeting
Corey of Omaha was elected president of the Missouri Valley Typothetae. C A Sherwood of Omaha named vice president along with B A George S W North D A Brown and H W Walkenhorst from Lincoln and Kansas City. E L McDonald and W P Tracy of St Joseph chosen secretary and treasurer. More discussion of printing costs occurred at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
C. Beb. Corey
Missouri Valley Typothetae
C. A. Sherwood
B. A. George
S. W. North
Lincoln
D. A. Brown
H W. Walkenhorst
Kansas City
E. L. McDonald
W. P.tracy
St. Joseph
Nebraska Power shows hydro plant success at Genoa
Columbus reports that after 400000 dollars invested the Nebraska Power company operates a hydro electric plant at Genoa. The first unit is complete and connected to Genoa city lights. Initial trial succeeded. Engineers plan additional units to reach 16000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Neb
Nebraska Power Company
Genoa
Genoa City
Students Visit Stock Yards From Lincoln College
Professors Rail and Biss of the state agricultural college at Lincoln led 150 students to the Union stock yards in South Omaha. Guided by General Manager E. A. Buckingham the group studied cattle marketing from arrival by rail to slaughter in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Rail and Biss
State Agricultural College At
Lincoln
Union Stock Yards
E. A. Buckingham
Do You Think My Hands Are Pretty and Small
A cited exchange from the Baltimore American features a tease of vanity between two speakers with humor about hands. The remark plays on self image and modest flattery in a light cultural snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Wheat Smut Causes Grain Loss and Seed Treatment urged
Smut affected the 1912 Cheyenne County grain crop reducing some No 1 wheat to No 2 and causing farmer losses. States urge seed disinfection before planting as formaldehyde treatments show good results against fungal diseases, with nationwide grain losses running into millions annually and 10 to 40 percent losses in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
United States
Northwest
Agricultural Boards
Injunction Sought Over Tuberculosis Vaccine Pact
Dr Albert von Hoffman of St Louis asked his New York attorney to seek an injunction to prevent Dr Friedrich F Friedmann of Berlin from closing any contract for selling or marketing his tuberculosis vaccine. Von Hoffman says he previously secured rights to the vaccine for commercial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedmann
St Louis
Albert von Hoffman
St. Louis
New York
Friedrich F. Friedmann
Berlin
von Hoffman
Local buyer pays high price for chickens in Falls City
A Falls City producer district report states a local produce buyer paid nearly $2,000 in cash for chickens at 16 cents per pound live weight. A wagonload of birds sold for about one dollar each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
Neb
Degree of Honor Lunch Social Next Tuesday Evenings
The Degree of Honor will host a ten cent lunch and social in their lodge room next Tuesday at 8 30 after the regular meeting at 7 30. Husbands and sweethearts invited with Mrs Trognitz as lunch chairperson promising good eats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trognitz
Methodist Ladies Exchange Near Hornaday’s Store
On Saturday April 12 the Methodist ladies will hold an exchange at the store building first door east of Hornaday's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornaday
Highest market price paid for cream at Thornburgs
Market note records the highest price paid for cream at Thornburg’s cream market. Prices reflect daily bids from local dairy producers and buyers in the Thornburg trading area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornburg's
Cough Medicine for Children Adored by Mothers
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe pleasant tasting option for children. It claims to be effective and free of harmful substances and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Idlewild Pool Hall
Yey
Wolf’s Jewelry Store
E. W Marelless
Montauk Ranch
Harry Selch
SAA
Anton Larsen
Kor
G W Frandy
Ben L. Glenn
Neubauer
Dalton
Studebaker
Deering
Walter
WM. N. Eaton
A K Greenlee
Col. V. PF. Kucera
C. M. Andrews
H. C Anderson
Sidney Telegraph
Livoni & Son
C. L. Tate
Vrag
MR. Swell Dresser
Bates
Sam Fine
Corey
Cost Congress
Missouri
Ayle & Ericson General Contractors
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