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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1923
Page
9
The item indicates a post office entry at Sidney concerning second class matters. The short fragment references the American Press Association as the source. No dates beyond Bebr 2s are clear.
In a small town Cornelius Hinton, affluent town council president, faces a crisis as Sandford Burton, a real estate entrepreneur, woos his daughter Matilda. Burton risks ruin by a failed Neck tract scheme, while Matilda forgives him and reveals Hinton's watchful scrutiny and a $10,000 wedding gift from her father. Their married life begins with cautious hope and a naming quirk for their first children.
A crowd of 150 from Sidney watched Sidney defeat Oshkosh 38 miles away after a four hour freight trip returning home. Delegates to the state Republican convention in Lincoln were S P Witters J L McIntosh L St Barlow and Fred Nelson of Totter with Nelson the sole attendee. J C McNish and wife, new to Sidney, made many friends. H H Bockstadter operates a power concrete mixer. A Pencil Pushers versus Business Men ball game is set for next Sunday with listed players on both sides and Judge Gapen or W P Miles to umpire.
From the Telegraph twenty four years ago reports land leases for 60000 acres, $2000 raised for a Sidney separator, condemnation and right of way through Sidney filed by the Nebraska Wyoming and Western railroad, and local boarding house closures and new homes under construction amid harvest delays.
The Cheyenne county teachers’ institute will be held August 19 with County Superintendent Mrs. Julia Shelton announcing instructors W. O. McCoy and Mrs. May Carr. A forest-fire smoke haze affects Colorado skies as G Keunster of Maryville Mo runs an excursion train to the county. Bond funding of warrants is proposed to citizens, a creamery adds new machinery, and dairy payments total 1700 for farmers after June, with 6000 pounds butter produced in June.
Forty four years ago the Telegraph reports the capture of the outlaw Doc Middleton near Grand Teland. The piece notes roundups ended, harvest underway, and local merchants McKee and McLernon thriving at Willow Island. It cites three large cattle herds on the North Platte and a massive 70 000 head branding at Mary's camp, with seasonal travel thinning Sidney.
A Denver Pierce and Roslyn act arrives with same scenery and costumes seen in New York Chicago Omaha and Denver. Pierce plays banjo and steel guitar while Roslyn shines on piano and accordion. Performances Friday and Saturday August 10 and 11 at the U S A Theatre.
A proposal suggests a pay as you go system to avoid debt, urging trial for a year to compare peace of mind with the alternative. It notes potential improvement in financial ease over being in debt, hinting at personal finance strategies and risk considerations.
A veteran prospector on Hardy Island off British Columbia has tamed wild deer to visit his home, creating the world’s first wild deer restaurant. Over six years hundreds of deer now come, some knocking on doors for extra food while living freely when not with their protector.
English actor Edmund Gwenn astonishes London audiences in Lilac Time by drinking seventeen large glasses of colored water as if wine, a stunt done on an empty stomach. The trick fools spectators but puzzles the public, reflecting a era of public focus on trivialities.
George at five years old questions a neighbor’s canary about outdoor air and bird habits. He learns the bird is kept outside for air and later muses that the canary will again receive air next summer, showing playful understanding of seasonal care.
A North Delaware streets plumber, father of seven, is noted for buying his children’s clothes from the same firm. In downtown Indianapolis a shoe store encounter ended with the quip Oh mix em up. He joked about returning home with four balloons, lacking two, then retrieved three more and left at 1 30 in the morning, rejoicing.
In a single office a financier buried his head in a book on checker playing a clerk read a Russian novel a telephone operator perused Walt Whitman poems and the office boy drafted the final act of a play he is writing about Detroit News
A report outlines a new Chicago railway station rising forty stories, designed to loom over surroundings yet aimed at improved transit access. The plan envisions a striking upper and lower berth concept, signaling a bold urban transit hub for the city.
A fifteen year old boy in Metford Oregon claims a $100 prize for long distance reception. He picked up an address delivered in Cuba.
Buick unveils the 1924 line with a stronger valve in head six engine delivering 50 percent more power and 60 to 70 mph. External brakes extended to all four wheels after 150000 miles of testing. New body lines, longer wheel base, improved lubrication, and redesigned radiator hood. Fourteen body styles include a Double Service five passenger sedan and a maroon luxury five passenger Brougham.
Center Mrs. Mary Halston visits Ed Mayer home Monday to Wednesday. Neighbors attend Frontier Days in Cheyenne and visit each other at several homes. A severe storm Wednesday night injures horses at Joe Reimers barn. Several dinners and suppers shared across Groshans Scott Netherland Bancroft and Rose households with among others Mrs Chas Jobe Eid Marer and Mrs Leonard Freeburg.
Mrs. Dick Seimers and her children called at the L S Bancroft home on Thursday for a social visit, sharing light conversation and hospitality.
Mrs Mary Davison of Dalton and sister Mrs Kate Bailey of Champaign Illinois and brother Abe Eckert of Indiana visited Friday and Saturday with J W and H W Eckert and John Davison. Various families shared meals and calls including the Winkles and Shinker. plant visits and Sunday dinners noted. A bee sting delayed S W Eckert for a few days while he recovered. Community clubs met with Mrs E E Osborn and Loretta. attendance reported.
The Sidney post office, for the fiscal year ending June 30, reports a prosperous year with a $1,110.56 rise in postage receipts from the prior year. Post master I. I. Windell notes higher parcel post activity, with totals including 3,801 registered pieces, 6,103 insured items, 2,932 C O D mail dispatches, and 12,283 money orders issued totaling $8,584,254.22. Money orders paid reach 3,673 with $26,293.22 in payments. More than $25,000 in treasury saving certificates were sold.
The Hardy Motor Co carries a full stock of repairs in Sidney Nebraska indicating ready service for vehicle maintenance and parts. Local business listings note the shop’s inventory covers common automotive needs for the area.
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