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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
12
A brief post office notation entered at Sidney Nebraska as second class matter indicating standard mail processing designation for the publication or item.
Mrs. Mary Henderson entertains sister Mrs. Williams of Illinois. Mrs. A. J. Jorgenson and children return from Omaha after ten days. Mrs. Hattie Edgar of Scottsbluff visits for YMC A business. L. Jessen and party enjoy Colorado mountains awaiting return. Clarence M. Wright, Sid ney native, serves as deputy county clerk in Scotts Bluff County. Mrs. R. D. Devine visits Denver with sister Mrs. Mack. Earl Kratz hosts brother Goldwyn Kratz of the Louisiana National Guards, may be called mid month. Miss Freda Hamner departs for Cheyenne to work for Union Pacific. Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Kennedy of Elm Creek travel through Sidney en route to Alliance. Carnation Kensington meeting held with Mrs. S. H. Snyder and hostess Mrs. Henry Minshel. good attendance. Roads muddy and dust wise, cars washed. Mrs. N. Ho Troelstrup shops in Sidney while husband serves on County Board. Miss Marvel Van Dorn of Peetz plans to reenter high school. heads to North Platte to visit relatives. Bishop Beecher and family return from Estes Park camping trip en route to Hastings. Professor Bodster of Chadron and Mr. Fred Lehmkuhli of Lodgepole tour the state in a Boolster auto with Sidney friends.
For sale one extension seeder for threshing machine listed by S. A. Schmitt Implement Co. The ad notes the item is available through the dealer and provides no further details on price or specifications.
Gus Stark and Chas Prehn marketed hogs at Dalton Monday. Numerous locals and guests from Omaha to Sidney visit Dalton area, including Miss Nell Wilkens, Mrs J C Kreader, and families like McGraths, Eckerts, and McMullen. Travel to Sidney and Scottsbluff noted. postmaster Katherine Walsh returns from Dalton. ongoing construction at the Dugger home.
Residents and visitors are noted across several farms. Waterman and family joined Mr and Mrs Elmer Mayers Jay Denslow and Mr Hoskins of Glen Neb building a granary on the Denslow claim and will stay through threshing for 200 acres of wheat sown by J Mnd J CHK reader Frank Weirands went to Sidney for harvester parts. A A Rudd and WE Larson called at the Foster home and toured Reddington country. Frank Weigands and family dined with the Rath family. Neal Thompson and Carl Baker also attended. Pumpkin Jim Murphy of Fremont, Ned, visited Kreader home. Mrs Frank Weigands visited John Eckert. Myrtle Weed has been ill, Mrs Weed and son Raymond also ill. J C Dunne and family Sundayed with Straight southeast of Gurley. Etta Borgstrom Roy McFerran and Willian Messick motored to Dalton. Alta Dunne and Mr Boise stayed with J C Dunne en route from Waterloo, Iowa to California.
Federal and state authorities clash after George Johnson ordered removal of a diversion dam in Sheep Creek near Morrill to allow water to flow downstream for Ram's Mort ditch farmers. Formal notice from reclamation officials warns him not to interfere, while Johnson warns federal officials to respect state law.
With a 105 population Funk duplicates New York by en listing an entire band of twenty pieces. Four members of the band decided to enlist and rather than have their organization broken up all the others decided to join. New York furnishes the only other incident of an entire band having enlisted in a body.
Petrograd reports the Kerensky cabinet resignations and partial reversals driven by treason accusations against Minister of Agriculture Tehernroff. He retires while Foreign Minister Terestehhenko also leaves, leaving two ministers from the original lineup. The reshuffle marks the fourth cabinet change since democracy’s overthrow.
Despite a slight fall, weekly summary reports eighteen British vessels over 1600 tons sunk by submarines or mines last week. Three smaller ships were sunk, and no fishing vessels were lost.
Henry Thomas, Seward street commissioner, was killed while driving downtown when he touched a broken electric wire lying across the street. He attempted to remove it but collapsed upon grasping it, dying almost instantly. It is believed he thought the current was shut off.
A Bethe dispatch reports Polish legions disarmed and interned in Poland with strict measures to curb disorders. Germans faced a mutinous Polish army while Austrian subjects in the region swore loyalty to the new Polish kingdom as Galicia joined it. Other legions largely refused the oath to the Touronic rulers.
Clay Kentucky report cites 31 dead at West Kentucky Coal Company No 7 mine after a fatal explosion. Charles S Richardson, company president, says most victims are Black. 15 to 20 men remain trapped in the workings.
See J. J. Trainen for your tradition engine repairs. He will save you money.
An elderly reader recounts rapid relief from kidney and bladder troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises a single box for curing pain and regularizing kidneys, noting continued absence of trouble and family benefit. Product origin and price are cited.
A Sidney Lumber Company pitch invites readers to explore a pool home idea marketed as the best on earth, positioning the firm as a destination for home building materials and advice.
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