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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
12
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Mrs. Guy Shaw visits from York with her daughter and husband. The Walker baby battles measles while Ruth Brothers visits Potter relatives. Bernice Foster competes in Alliance district oratorical. Hands folk help Mary Jane Wood celebrate first birthday. April 1 Sterling trip by Wester Flannery party. Hiett family hosts Shaws Huffman. H H C meets Maley. April 20 Walker hosting. Eight grade exams at Sidney April 7 8. Rankin Foster visiting family. Roy Walker anniversary dinner with Hands and Wood. Dimick reported sick. Gilmore visits Sidney. Hiett afternoon with Leverett Daggant.
Josephine Simonese performs a minstrel style piece titled Uhs wat the Minstrels drawing attention with spirited vocals and stage presence at the local event space.
Mrs. Paul Hornby will finish teaching a two month school near Potter. Mrs. Isaac Jones burned her foot with hot lard. Erhard, Clarence Schmeulle, Myron Hornby, Ralph Spearrow, and Anna Hamer of District 11 sat eighth grade exams in Sidney on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Lew Sparks returned from Omaha. Mr. Ed Schmeulle checked land interests at Dix. Mr. John Francis of Carroll visited friends nearby. Mr. John Jones sold a load of wheat to Sidney on Tuesday. Mr. Harold Spiker and wife were seen traveling by auto.
The text notes visits by Louis Shulenberg from Bushnell and Herman Ehmke and family in Sidney. It reports the funeral of Wm. Jeudas's infant son at the German Lutheran Church with sympathy extended. Other items mention A. J. Chaon butchering a hog, Lew Sparks planning to move to Broadwater, Isaac Jones attending a Methodist banquet, Geo Rippe selling a fat porker, A. J. Chean delivering butter in Sidney, T. C. Spiker and Opal visiting Chappell, and John Neary handling business in Sidney.
The message invites Sidney for an outing on Thursday April 21 with casual enthusiasm and a light sportsmanlike tone. It uses informal nicknames and invites action without specifying details or location.
Otto Olson faces rising costs this week while Albin Olson aided J. P. Jessen with hogs last Saturday. Leroy Jewell and family visited friends in Chappell, and R. Emanuelson with wife and daughter Margaret joined O. Olson’s gathering. Ethel Forney recovered from a week long appendicitis attack, and L Niebaum with family attended a Farmers Union meeting at J. Billiters last Friday.
In Wahoo, Mr Freeborn notes three or four prominent citizens around fifty seek enrollment in a chemistry class. The group’s glucose and yeast experiment produced a strong hooch branded as a white mule, then disposed of via the sewer after standard lab tests. Also: a dog for sale and theater listings for April 21 22 in Sidney.
Mr and Mrs John Engel hosted a farewell party for Mrs Johns sister Mrs John Clements last Tuesday with progress ive pitch prizes awarded Edith Borcher and Wm Sohs first prize Edna France and Lawrence Beyer consolation prizes Mrs Glen Bales family visited Bunker Hill teachers Glen Bales drove to Sidney Friday Mr and Mrs Walter Happel shopped in Sidney Friday John Borcher drove to Sidney Friday Misses Hattie Eversman and Anna Sheridan dined with Walter Hoppels Friday Mr and Mrs Curt Scott held a card party and dance last Friday with Helbut and Esther Borcher first prize and Mrs Walter Hoppel and Ben Gross consolation prizes Many locals shopped in Sidney Saturday gatherings at various Borcher Spiker and Engel households Sunday meals and visits followed by a motion picture show Monday Skunk the Jazz Band Atta Boy Minstrels promoted the event
A Meyer family scare ended safely as a wagon overturned while Mr. Weaver tried to mount the wagon. Neighbors surprised Mr and Mrs Lundgren for a housewarming with food and chairs as gifts. Johnny Meyer aimed at coyotes but found calves. The Meyer Boys painted the place in white and black.
A fragmented line references a performance or title piece titled Why Girls Leave Home and Atta Boy with an attributed singer or performer named Pindeli. The wording is unclear and may reflect a theater or musical brief. The item appears as an OCR fragment lacking context, limiting precise interpretation.
The piece notes a putative Harding cousin in Illinois jail accused of persuading hundreds of prominent Republicans to invest in Harding enterprises in which the cousin was personally interested. The relative overstepped at the national headquarters during the campaign, lacking any real right to represent Harding or Senator.
An advertisement urges readers to find a good home in the town, highlighting Sidney Lumber Co. as the local source. The copy also markets Ammon's electric curler guaranteed for two years at 3.58 and notes Dr M Brettinone dentistry plus Ammon's for taxi calls with 161.
Walter Herman Henry Juedes, four months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Juedes of North Divide, died April 7 1921 after a week of stomach trouble. Funeral at West Gurley Lutheran Church with burial in the churchyard. Survived by parents a brother two sisters and many relatives. August Juedes and Minnie Adamsen from Deshler Neb with family mates attended.
The family thanks friends for help and sympathy after the death of their infant. Gratitude extended for comforting floral offerings. Mr and Mrs W M Juede and children express appreciation for kind support during their sorrow.
A gardening advisory warns against planting if a location receives less than five hours of daily sun. It stresses sun exposure as essential for plant growth and garden success.
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