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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1927
Page
12
Mrs. Nels Johnson helped her daughter with meat they butchered on Tuesday. Numerous visits and dinners follow, with neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miles, F. A. Johnson, John Newton, Nels Johnson, H. P. Courtney, Geo. Denver, W. T. Sharman, and others. The C C club met at F A Johnson's Friday night.
Chester Owens and Hubert Owens were in Sidney on Wednesday. Wm. Be Hornby visited the John Jones home midweek. Residents purchased trees from Harrison Nursery Co. of York Nebraska delivered to Sidney on Wednesday. Mrs. Taylor's mother was very ill in Blair Nebraska prompting a trip on No. 4. Verna Lessman visited Martha Braasch Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks shopped in Sidney Friday. Mrs. Knapp visited with her daughter Mrs. Clayde Kinton and family Wednesday. Lowell Wolverton has the measles. Frank Goodwin stayed at the R. R. Owens home Wednesday and Thursday due to snow. Saturday visitors included Ed Brockersby, George Jones, George Rippe, John Jones, J. A. Chean and son Edwin, Ed Wolverton, Carl Busboom and Wm. Taylor. The Rippe couple visited John Jones Sunday afternoon. Aden Jones arrived to help haul straw. The Brockelsbys drove to Gurley for flour Monday. Ed Wolverton drove to Sidney Monday. John Jones went to Sidney Tuesday for coal.
Mr and Mrs Kuhlman and children hosted dinner at the H Linde home. Paul Pearson spent Sunday afternoon with the Schmale boys. John Omel and Lester Theis were Todge Pole callers Friday. Walter Wassum family and others visited in Sidney Wednesday. Ladies attended a style show at the M BE church. W W Wise and children dined with Ira Bennett in Lodge Pole. Joel Wickard left for Oklahoma to seek oil work. Ernest Wickard visited John Theis. Walter Hernbloom assisted Will Thurow with paper work. Pearson and Paul called on Lodge Pole Monday. Schmales visited Sidney Monday. Mrs Wassum and son Warren stayed with Mrs Wickard Wednesday. Art Rathbun and children visited Walter Hornbloom Sunday afternoon.
The Lodge Pole Woman's club met at I. R. Barlow’s with good attendance. Meetings planned with Mrs. Kidney and Miss Jennie Carter. A bake sale is set for next Saturday. Baptisms, church notices, and various trips and visits are recorded, including travel delays due to bad roads and hospital news. Junior play at the opera house and local business activity are noted along with a two week sale at the S. A. Foster company. An apron bazaar and bake sale are announced for April 23 at Leonard's store.
The heaviest snow of the season followed a three day rain and left roads nearly blockaded. Local residents report many visits and illnesses in the community including Frank Pokorny and son visiting the Fraass home, Joe Schimka ill for days, and various family outings. Horses fetch high prices in the irrigated district amid ongoing sickness.
Abbe Bruns and Floyd and Hadda Hadden were Lodge Pole shoppers Saturday. A sled was the only travel for days. mail delivery halted since Tuesday. Families visited, trades made, and roads hindered by weather. Rev Weimpke led services. Grand Island minister could not come due to roads.
Several from the neighborhood visited homes around North Sidney this week. Mrs V Paul Sparks and Mr Jacob called at Sparks homes, Elizabeth Sterling improved from illness, Ruby Rose and Ruth Sparks were ill with flu, Ruth Sparks weekend visit to Paul Sparks, Clayde Kinton visited sidney to fetch his mother, Emma Ely and Elizabeth Sterling attended an achievement program, Wade Sterling visited Jim Sparks, Leonard visited Andrew Nelson, Frank Goodwin and Paul Sparks called at Owens home.
The winter storm brought heavy rain and snow lasting ninety six hours. It disrupted plowing and seeding, delayed wheel traffic for days, and halted transportation as trees blocked stations. Clyde Henderson of Sidney visited relatives in the area during the past week, while Mr and Mrs Bert Walker hosted.
On a winter day a group including John Groshius and Victor Knox faced a fierce storm. Drivers abandoned cars on the highway and used one team to tow others while Mrs Siemers stayed with Spilker household. The Spilkers’ two children, 12 and 9, cared for the home and incubator through the night.
Nebraska reports 1926 registered automobiles at 51,442, down from 107,018 in 1925 and 359,782 in 1924. Antelope County spent 656,800 dollars on 924 new cars during the last year.
Classified ad for The Telegraph promoting windshield and sedan door installation services at Hahler Garage. Brief and direct with emphasis on windshields and door work offered to motorists.
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