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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
11
The Telegraph outlines a broad program for urban and regional growth including paving Central Avenue and Second Street, a subway under the U P tracks, a new Burlington depot, permanent buildings on the Fair Grounds, irrigation for Lodgepole Valley, and expanded diversified farming, dairying, and stock raising with growth where feasible.
Citizens urge a city team formed from top players, with a league including Sterling Kimball Bridgeport and Julesburg. No salaried players, perhaps a salaried battery, and business leaders to organize, fund, and run the team to showcase Cheyenne County and boost local spirits with summer play.
The piece urges Sidney and Cheyenne County to seize tourist traffic from the Lincoln Highway in 1923. It proposes a camping ground with amenities, large highway bulletin boards, and paved streets to lure travelers. It highlights Cheyenne County as a top wheat producer and calls for prominent signage near First Street and the Burlington depot. It ends with plans for a local baseball team drawn from community organizations, stressing loyalty and balanced competition.
A very ill patient named Fasterday, advanced in age, shows a prognosis of slow recovery with grave doubts about significant improvement due to illness starting with the letter fli.
County surveyor Charles J. Gardner was summoned to Lincoln to confer with the state department on county surveys. He went down on Thursday, April 19 and returned Sunday.
The record notes a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lasker on April 23. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Lilly of Sidney on April 22. J. J. Schimpf sustained a broken rib at work near the junk shop this week. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry John son of Bunker Hill on April 24. George Griswold is recovering from a tonsil operation performed on Tuesday.
Mrs Scriber of the Sidney Drawl is registered at the Commercial hotel while taking daily medical treatment. Virginia Atkins and Virginia Eubank of Bridgeport were guests of Kathryn King while in the city Tuesday for the debate.
Mrs Will Willmon travels to Denver and back with her family. Reverend Light attends Presbyterian District meeting in Bayard. Zike family returns from Federal Wyoming to tend elder Zike’s stock. Hewitson family attends district Christian church meeting in Scottsbluff. Dr S H Snyder plans to move clothing and tailoring business to Casper. Dr Harry Mantor returns from Kansas City after ten days at clinical school. Mr and Mrs Joe Goodwell visit Elaine in Green River and head to Grand Island. Helen Wooldridge visits from Cheyenne for Arbor Day. Reverend Henry Ives returns from the east after parish work including a North Platte wedding. Findley Thurston injured. Fordson accident with a child releasing clutch. Mrs J G Lowe to divide time between Omaha and Pekamah. Miss Hun Dendinger visits while taking nurses training in Lincoln. Mr Whittiker of Klopp Bartlett Co sells to county officers. J D Walker, early Blue Hill homesteader, returns to pay taxes and greet friends.
Greisen and son Carl return home after attending Thelma Ann Ripp's funeral. Stores are reopening at seven to align with spring hours, allowing people to place orders before daily duties begin.
Keneth Agnew purchased a Devine sedan noted for never being sprinkled on or having its feet wet and never requiring washing. The car appears as it did when it left the factory two years ago, described as a good buy.
Mrs J L Tewell spent last week in Sterling enjoying a series of parties and reunions with old friends and girlhood haunts. The judge was in Tyron Nebraska presiding over district court and did not visit Sterling during that period.
Mrs. Frank Schroeder and daughter Pattie and Mrs. Fred Stuht drove to North Platte Saturday, taking Mrs. Schroeder's brother, Lloyd Mann, to his home. They returned Sunday in rain and snow and had a slow trip but enjoyable and without incident. Mrs. Jack Sager of Westcourt Denver is a pleasant visitor in the city with her mother, Mrs. Anna Hart and her sister, Mrs. Robert Barlow and Miss Dorothy Hart. As Rushia Hart she was a general favorite in Sidney during her girlhood days when she called this her home.
Mrs Jeanine Johnson and son Ken eth with Miss Edith Oldershaw and Miss Minnie Oldershaw traveled to North Platte to attend the funeral of their cousin's wife, Mrs Bert T. Edis, who died there on April 12.
Larson's Music Store offers a free saxophone and lessons for a boy, inviting him to learn to play without charge.
The Western Star Chapter held its annual election of officers with good attendance and formal care to secure a strong slate to sustain the order’s growth. Elected were Mrs Tas Ahrens as W M, Mrs A J Jorgenson as W P, Mrs Ruth Hodgkin as A M, Mrs Mary Jorgenson as Conductress, Mrs Maud Pettibone as Associate Conductress, Mrs Anna Grimminger as Secretary, and Mrs Julia Mann as Treasurer. All other officers are appointive and will be announced later.
Mrs Tivoni senior, ill for some months, showed no turn for the better and the case is causing gravest anxiety among family and doctors, with mounting concerns over her health.
The word windfall arose from forest law when cutting timber was illegal. Only wood blown down by the wind could be gathered, so peasants saw a storm as luck. This historical note links the term to the modern sense of fortunate gain.
Free piano instruction accompanies every piano bought from Larson's. Our plan details explained to customers, highlighting added value with each purchase.
A notice seeking private rooms for the nights of May 20 21 and 22 asks interested hosts to call 509 or send their address to Mr Kline at Annex Rooms. The item urges prompt contact.
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