Sidney Draw and area correspondence notes
A long local correspondence column from Sidney documents wheat cutting activity, multiple visits among residents such as Mrs. J M Stutevant Kushla Ala and John Hunderdt Fort Wayne Ind, and community events including birthdays, dinners, trips to Dalton and Winston, and a beehive arrival at A J Davis home amid a flurry of visits to Kreader and Eckert families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hammond
Co. S. Chambers
Henderson
J. M. Stutevant
Kushla
Ala
R. R. Henderson
John Hunderdt
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Waltz
Messrs. Howe, Selover
Springer
Sidney
Winston, Colo
W. E. Chambers
Bert Henderson
Paul Tyson
Kreader
Wyoming
Chas. Lyman
Jay Denslow
Fremont
Hooper
Neb
Sam Eckert
Wm. Busacker
H. Goding
Will Goding
Mallory Morgan
Ruth Hekert
Jim McNulty
Laura McNulty
Moorhead
Morehead
Chicago
McMullen
McNulty
Kelly
Scottshall
Dalton
Amos Osborn
Gillette, Mo
South Divide Farm News Highlights Harvest and Grants
Farm notes report the fall wheat harvest finished and oats and spring grains ripening. Farmers build granaries and threshing outfits, with Hiett Shaw syndicate cutting wheat by tractor. Local visits include Mrs Kelly of Detroit, Chas Smith and son from Schuyler, and Woods from Clay County. The Dimmick children ill, plus a large crowd at the Ladies Helping Hands club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hiett
Guy Shaw
Otis Dimmick
Kelly
Detroit
Michigan
F. A. Hand
Chas. Smith and Son
Schuyler
Nebraska
Denver
Mr. Wood
Clay County
Robert Wood
Emma Hand
Omaha
Henry Worden
Ed Collings
Dimmick
Fulton Threshing
Walker
Hiett-Shaw Syndicate
Trienens
Ladies Helping Hands Club
N. T. Hiett
Zeigler
Williams
Simon Fishman
South Divide
Davison Family Social and Travel Notes
Mrs. M. M. Davison spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. A. J. Davison. John Davison called in the evening. A. J. Davison made a business trip. Ed Walsh finished harvesting his fall grain Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hie Eckert hosted Sunday dinner with Clara Carrie Ruth Eckert and John Davison. John Davison Loren Dugger and Miss Clara and Miss Carrie Eckert rode to Dalton and Miss Carrie boarded the afternoon train for Sidney to Teacher's institute. Dave Eckert and Miss Lola Eckert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Nellie Eckert
Jake Eckert
Dave Eckert
Dalton
Lola Eckert
Wyoming
Harry Shinker
Geo. Shinker
Mantor
Sidney
Loren Dugger
Bard
J. C Dunne
Ruth
John Eckert
Mr. Hornaday
Jim Davison
Ickes
Carrie
Clara Eckert
John Davison
Mr. McEwan
George Shinker
Sam Eckert
Woo
Busacker
A. A. Sharp
Walter Sharp
Herb Foster Home
R. H. Goding
Will Goding
Weimer
Redington
Will Schimp
Will Shutt
Payton
McGuire
Ohio
Tom Freeman
al Morrow
Welker
McNulty
Laura
Mrs. Moorhead
Ed Walsh
Pete Koepp
Catherine Ward
Teachers’ Institute
J. McGuire
Mrs. Payton
Colorado
Mrs. McGuire
Alvah Birdwell
Jim McNulty
Moorhead
Kelly
Tom Bowen
A. J. Davis
Davieons
M. M. Davison
A. J. Davison
Hie Eckert
Clara
Ruth Eckert
Miss Clara
Carrie Eckert
Teacher’s Institute
Miss Peachblow Kisses New Pekinese in Next Room
Boston Globe reports Miss Peachblow sharing a brief moment with her new Pekinese spaniel in the adjacent room. Snoopsa comments on the scene while Kroops and Snoopsa react to the playful moment involving the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoops
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
War News Briefs Highlight Eastern Front Gains and Western Stalemate
The Teutonic allies press in northwest Russia and Poland while a drive to clear east Galicia continues. British troops recapture trenches in Belgium using flame projectors and gain 700 yards. French airmen bomb Saarbrucken. Italian Austrian engagements persist northeast of Metz as Novogeorgievsk tightens ring on the Vistula front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Poland
Galicia
Belgium
Saarbruecken
Rhenish
Prussia
Metz
Kovno
Warsaw
Vistula
Bug
Berlin
Vienna
Grand Duke
Nicholas
von Hindenburg
Novogeorgievsk
Praga
Lublin
Ivangorod
Garwolin
Lukow
Ivangorod-Brest-Litovsk
Vistula and
Wieprz
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Ari Burnu
Seddul Bahr
Australtalian
Triest
Corso
Rome
Goritz
Adriatic
Pola
French Ministry of the Colonies
Kamerun
West Africa
Congo
Germany
Kheyr-Ed-Din Barbarossa
Friedrich Wilhelm
Berne
Runaway Fatal at Hastings In Lumber Yard Incident
Jesse Doty died in Hastings when his team scared and lurched while loading lumber at Oliver lumber yards. He grabbed the lines but was pulled into the wheels and crushed between the double-trees. Dragged through crowded streets for blocks, his head was fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Doty
Hastings
Oliver Lumber Yards
Doty
Westerfield Puts It Back In Dundee Shortfall Dispute
Ellery H. Westerfield Dundee treasurer gave Treasurer Ure certified checks totaling 132 937 62. He says city accounts due 136 988 63, a shortage of 21 048 81 versus his 16 997 20 claim. He has turned in the balance with the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellery H. Westerfield
Dundee
Ure
City Department of Accounts and Finances
Westerfield
Judge weighs injunction to bar Sunday tabernacle in Omaha
District Judge Redick will rule early this week on the Omaha Evangelical association bid to stop erection of a Billy Sunday tabernacle at Fourteenth and Capital opposite Lord Lister hospital. Attorney Brogan argued the injunction could prevent Sunday from coming at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Evangelical Association
Billy Sunday
Fourteenth and
Capital Avenue
Lord Lister Hospital
Redick
Brogan
Omaha
Bristol Tower Mirrors Pisa With Slight Slant
A square early Gothic tower in Bristol, England, known as the emple tower, stands about 115 feet tall and leans five feet at the summit. There are no records determining if the tilt was designed or caused by quake or soil movement, and the slope has remained unchanged for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pisa
Bristol
Daly's Impecunious Employee Receives Periodic Advances
A man in Augustin Daly's employ habitually sent notes requesting money advances. Daly replied with abusive letters and threats of dismissal, enclosing a check for the amount. Every three months the pattern repeated, the employee obtaining funds until Daly's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly
Augustin Daly
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Herb Foster
Mr. Augustine
al Mor
Pittsburgh Press
Scott
Sidney Drug Co
Kovne
Wareaw
Joachim
Kaleer
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
E. Harper
C. M. Wright
Lloyd Mann
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