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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1926
Page
11
The Telegraph notes the entry of Sidney Nebraska into the postoffice system as second class mail matter. Public notice confirms mailing status and circulation designation for local distribution.
Dalton and Lodge Pole residents are recorded spending days in Sidney for business and visiting. Notable mentions include Fred Bratz Karl Pannabaker and others from Dalton Lodge Pole Potter Bund and Chappell. Local births and marriages noted. Sheriff McDaniel called to Dalton. a new Dodge delivery truck arrives for Sidney Steam Laundry.
Mrs Charles D Green hosted visitors late last week. Misses Mable and Myrtle Roche of Pine Bluffs spent the weekend at the Greer home. Fred Mauser I Kodinsky and Ray Rogers returned late last week from a brief visit in Denver.
A roundup of regional movements includes Oberfelder, Breternitz, Roach, Miles, Parks returning from trips to Denver and Lincoln. Several others drove to Sterling, Scottebinff, and Kimball for business, legal matters, or Masonic duties. Weddings, relocations, and a new Buick purchase appear amid health, mortgage, and family notices.
Fred Parks, Ted Beam and Bud Portz spent the latter part of the week in Alliance where Mr. Parks officiated at a boxing exhibition lasting twenty four rounds. The Dogs reported a very enjoyable time.
Miss Bertha Flo departed Wednesday for Lincoln to compete in the state music contest. She plans to enter the piano department where prizes will be awarded.
Mrs Lee Gain returned from Beaver City where she was called due to her father's serious illness and death. She came home with relatives who will visit briefly. A large portion of Sidney Rotary Club members spent Wednesday in Alliance. Sidney and Alliance clubs held a joint meeting there with about fifteen local men in attendance.
Tillian Hostetler drove to Grant on Saturday and brought back her mother who had been caring for Mrs. Fritz Runge who had been quite ill. Mrs Runge is much improved and her daughter Mia Patay joined her grandmother on the return trip.
Firefighters responded to the O. D. Slayter residence Wednesday afternoon to extinguish a blaze in a small wood shed. The structure was nearly a total loss, with insurance covering the property and the cause listed as unknown.
Ronald Baker and Fannie Belle Zike won first place in a Charleston contest held last Monday evening at Hardy Hall. The Arcadians dance orchestra provided music and a good sized crowd attended the event.
Judge Fimner Kahl leaves the fore part of the week for Seattle to vacation, with Judge Jack Mc Clenegtran presiding in his absence. Krueger's Lake opens the summer dance season Saturday evening featuring Ron Barker and his Rhythm Rustlers. The pavilion is redecorated into a Japanese garden effect and two new boats have been added, promising an enjoyable night. Mr. Barker's orchestra is contracted to play all season at the lake.
Mervin Oliver, once imprisoned for complicity in robbery, has been paroled to the government hospital in St. Louis in a severely weakened state from tuberculosis. He will be sent to Excelist or Springs for further care as his condition deteriorates. Twenty five lumber yard managers meet at Union Pacific hotel to discuss Sterling Lumber investments and Cheyenne County Lumber operations. complete details to appear in Telegraph.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska district court Andy K. Anderson sues Frances Welsh and Minnie J. Anderson in a civil action. The docket lists the plaintiff and two defendants in a formal filing seeking relief through the state judiciary.
Pleasant Valley residents visit and call at the Wm. Borcher home and with various neighbors. Shoppers and motor trips to Potter Sidney and Dix are noted along with social gatherings, family visits, and church group activity.
Local families in Bunker Hill and North Sidney spent days visiting kin and attending events. The community gathered at Wm. Rohde and Walter Happel homes, watched Father Flanagan’s show at U S A theatre, and enjoyed Sunday ball with Bunker Hill defeating North Sidney 25 to 15.
Bronson Items A Sindle was a caller at the John Connelly ranch on Thursday of last week. Andrew Anderson called on C. 8. Anderson on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Connelly are the parents of a baby girl born to them Tuesday morning. Mrs. C. Anderson and Bernadine and Mrs. FE. Tolle called on Mrs. Wa. Alman on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattes called.
Maple Grove notes report a Thursday Farmers Union gathering at Ed Miles residence with about 11 members present. Post meeting refreshments included scalloped potatoes pork and beans welries bread and butter and cookies. Several local residents visited each other across the week and plans arose for a May 20 meeting at W T Sharman's with fruit salad whipped cream cake and coffee.
Antelope Divide faced the Colorado Cowboys in a Sunday game, losing 19 to 15. Community and family events filled the weekend with visits to Elson Madden, Jerome Kofia, and J. W. Bertramson homes. Birthday celebrations honored Mrs. Carl Larson with relatives delivering baskets.
Mr and Mrs A E Fisher and their son were seen shopping in Potter on Saturday. Harvey Fisher traveled to Denver on Wednesday to consult Dr Brown about his health. C Crowell and family called at the home, details incomplete.
The report lists numerous social visits and weekend events in Potter and Sidney. C A Larson’s Potter home hosted activities on Sunday while Herman Schubarth called on Monday. Mrs Prince and family shared time with relatives, and Ed Root hauled corn to Nelson households. Several residents attended Sunday school and visited relatives across the area with multiple stops at the Reetz, McDaniel, Prince, Nelson, and Lambert households.
A vintage style meditation links flappers from Cleopatra to Marie Antoinette and Louise de La Vallière, tracing a historical thread of playful audacity. The piece suggests the term sapper applies across eras and classes, noting bold figures from Helen of Troy to Nell Gwyn as emblematic of a recurring flirtatious, daring spirit.
The fragment recalls the Edict of Nantes ending in 1598 and its revocation by Louis XIV, noting the 1808 civil and religious freedom changes and the Saint Bartholomew massacre in 1572 during a truce, with Huguenots as a political faction dissolved by Richelieu.
The Eye Conservation Council of America notes one child in every hundred suffers from cross eyes or atrabiamus. Before age eight, correction by wearing glasses can usually be accomplished.
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