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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
8
Saint Peter's Danish Evangelical Tatheran Church and St Patrick's Catholic Church list Sunday masses and service times, with additional meetings for Ladies' Aid and youth groups. St Paul’s Episcopal Church notes Holy Communion, morning prayer, sermon, and Soldiers' Welfare Club gathering.
Regular services as usual next Sunday. Morning sermon on Seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness. Evening sermon theme Canned of God. Sunday school at 10:00 A. M. Preaching at 11:00 A. M. and 8:00 P. M. All services in the library lecture room.
Sunday a party of bachelor maids picnic near Gurley, then stranded by a storm. They joked with fate as their auto refused to move, rope breaks, locals come to help, and the group endures rain and mud while reciting poetry and singing through the night. Dawn finds them near Ray Wellner's, long wait finally ending at dawn.
A New York Sun editorial lauds the Marine Corps as heroic and steadfast, praising their discipline and cheerful bravery from landing ashore to remaining in the thick of battle. The piece extols the Marines as embodying the enduring traditions of a century and inspiring civilian enthusiasm for the corps.
The article traces the term stepmother from its Anglo-Saxon roots meaning orphaned and outlines how stepchild, stepson, and stepdaughter emerged before stepfather and stepmother settled into their modern senses. It notes Dr. Johnson’s view and reflects on how language evolved away from a literal replacement of a mother. A related advertisement urges readers to build a house with Sidney Lumber Co. funding.
A cryptic account recounts Luddites indicted for threatening to demolish a Nottingham plant. Denman, then Lord Chief Justice, distinguished silk lace from cotton lace manufacture, ruling the indictment misdescribed the firm as a silk lace and cotton lace manufactory.
A Philadelphia Ledger reminiscence recalls a cavalry officer directing army supplies in uniform and gloves, then switching to lead a charge when Confederate horsemen appeared. The scene features a young officer later identified as George A. Custer, with moral framing about judging by appearances.
Mrs Earl Crandall visits Lodgepole while relatives gather for extended visits from Omaha and Denver. The Lodgepole ball team loses to Sidney in a close game as Red Cross plans advance. Drafted youths await exemption board decisions. A new son named for father at the Heath home. Community events include a 500 card party, a bridge club gathering, and local visits by business and ranching residents.
Little Maribel Wooldridge enjoyed a party Tuesday evening hosted by her mother and sister Miss Helen. Fifteen girls attended, followed by a movie and a visit to Griffiths for homemade cake and ice cream. A Sunday night attempted robbery at City Meat Market and the post office yielded no losses as both sites were disturbed but nothing was taken. William F. Rihn, son of Commissioner Rihn, is stationed with the 4th Cavalry at Fort McDowell and shipped to Honolulu, with local soldiers reading The Telegraph by all.
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