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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
5
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Fourteen years ago William L. Moline was arrested Thursday on malicious obstruction charges for removing bolts from rails and signaling gear at Potter. He pleaded guilty before County Judge Gapen and is held for sentence in district court. Sidney reports its first hail storm of the season with heavy rain, large stones, and injuries to a boy named Scott Schawl. Roscoe Tate of Lodge Pole was bitten by a rattlesnake but is believed out of danger. The cattle roundup has begun, with 75,000 head contracted for delivery next month, and a Fort Laramie Cavalry band arriving for guard-mount and weekly indoor concerts. Sidney notes sixteen licensed saloons paying $150 annually each under county agreement, with some residents opposing prohibition while others drift away from bars.
Rosy Kurth, nineteen months, drowned after falling into a water tank near Sidney. Christian Otteman, 65, dies at home east of town after a stroke, a Cheyenne County pioneer dating from 1860. Also noted are high school repairs bid to J W White for 475 dollars, rail worker Winkleman hurt in Union Pacific yards, and a stock auction at the stock yards selling nearly a hundred head for 15 to 41 dollars.
George Menefee of Potter was riding on top of freight cars between Sidney and Cheyenne when he was thrown and killed instantly. Also noted are final proofs by John Fischer after seven years of cropping, John Snyder of Sidney Draw as region rustler champion, Witters of Colton posting a tall oat sample, and Banner County settling debt to Cheyenne County with a warrant for 509.41 dollars. Cheyenne County claims the season’s best grain west of the Missouri.
The Telegraph notes strong wool market activity forty six years ago with rising profits. MeLber Bheen reports lodges and bands expanding as flock sizes grow, signaling a thriving industry at the time.
Sunday visits scatter among the Deaver Cortney Koester and Mieck families. Miss Margarite Cortney marks her fifth birthday with relatives. Threshing aided by Wm Moeller and J Cortney, with harvests rising as rain halts and frost threatening. Prospective settlers from Dennison and Sidney examine local land options as corn crops promise yields in fall.
A baby boy named James 8 arrives at Prof. and Mrs. Lydiatt’s home. Numerous local residents travel or visit, including K. J. Dykman and George Folkerts returning to Amherst, Mrs. A. C. Peterson hosting a 500 club gathering, and various relatives visiting from Council Bluffs Lincoln Omaha Exeter Sterling Peetz Los Angeles and Beatrice.
A long chain of family visits and travels is recorded with numerous names and towns. Accompanied trips include Fred Funk of Wallace and others, while dinners and weekend visits unfold among Slawsons, Lehmkuhls, Paviats, Hein, Costello, and Bolt families across Sidney, Bartley, Plainview, Elwood, Purdue and Holyoke.
Dalton prepares for the annual Dalton Festival with committees named and plans underway. Local families visit, business trips to Lincoln, and rail and gravel work spread across western counties. Guild events include a grandma party hosted by Mrs. J F Hill as residents note church activities and station changes.
Center ladies gathered at the church Tuesday to varnish neats. Numerous families like the Roses, Bowmans, Campbells and Dickeses traveled to Sidney and Gurley for visits, meals, or threshing support. The circle included picnics at Redington, shopping in Dalton, and harvest duties with many taking meals at homes across the area.
A family left Tuesday for their North Bend home after visiting Mrs. Peterson’s brothers Guy and Ray Berry and families. The area saw a light rain Monday that halted threshing, which had been in full swing.
Meadow Lawn community activity centers on visitors and calls as H Mann of Oregon travels with cousins Alvin and Paul Mann to Wayne Nebraska and Missouri to visit relatives. Numerous residents including Kreaders Morrow Julion and others host and visit in Dalton Sidney Denver Alliance and Tobias with Ed Morrow Chas Scott and Bartling ranches referenced.
Plate gines for Windshields and Se dam doors indaled at Hindler Garage J. H. Borland sells the famous West inghouse Farm Light Battery. He will make you a liberal allowance for your old battery.
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