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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
9
Rates of subscription listed as one year for $1.50 and six months for 75 cents. The notice notes foreign advertising represented by The American Press Association and that the issue is entered at the Sidney Nebraska post office as second class matter.
The Telegraph notes an extraordinary heat wave in Sidney with temperatures from 90 to 106 degrees. The intense heat has forced near complete halts to outdoor work, as a hot breeze persists, described as scorching as a simoon’s breath.
Zena A Webb was killed by lightning while sheltered in a barn in the North River hay fields with Andy Johnston. Picnic at Borgquist home for Sidney children featured wagonloads of refreshments and grateful youngsters. A musical evening at Cotter's included pupils of several local teachers. A coaching party visited springs for lunch, recalling Black Hills era travel. The Raymond windmill picnic offered shade and a program with speeches by Samuel Hedges and Lyle, followed by music and amusements.
The Telegraph notes deaths and travels from 24 years ago with Mrs J B McCormick once a Bronson store keeper dying in Denver. Frederick Gottlieb Bower dies at Werserts. Mrs J J McIntosh travels to Arlington Nebraska to visit Mr and Mrs George H Jewett. Mr and Mrs Charles Wright return from Linden Town. Frank King returns from the Republican state convention in Lincoln.
The Bureau of Animal Industry reports growing public interest in poultry raising with output averaging between 50 and 75 Ketters daily since early in the year. The Agriculture Department notes poultry literature as widely distributed by the Division of Publications, surpassing all prior years with over 30 general bulletins and numerous technical notes on incubation brood ing and culling.
The notice lists Mass and prayer times for Christ Episcopal Church and a Holy Communion schedule. It includes morning and evening services at Trinity English Lutheran Church and Sunday Bible school times. Readers are urged to attend both services on August 20th.
Grace Church announces Bible school at Gurley at 10 o'clock and worship at 11 a.m. There is no evening service. Reverend W. T. Kahse of Pestoe is listed with phone number 50.
The pastor is away August in Estes Park. Bible school and Communion occur every Sunday morning. The C. FE. meets at the regular Sunday evening hour. Letters may be addressed to Drake P. O. Colorado. John Hewitson, Pastor, West Street. Phone 466 J.
The local class of the International Bible Students Association meets Sundays at 2 p m at 102 IC Street. All who are interested in Bible study are invited to attend. Clara Downey, Class Secretary.
The Porter Bennett Methodist Episcopal Church schedules 10 a.m. Sunday school with a welcoming class, 11 a.m. taking advantage of a brother and father led by Oscar Bennett, and 7 p.m. Epworth Teague on John Wester. No evening sermon. A sacred concert by Oscar Bennett Sunday Aug 27. Annual conference in Omaha Sept 5. Appeals for all claims by Sept 1. Special services planned for Nov 26 to Dec 3 with Bishop Homer C. Stuntz present. Tax call 161.
Cattle market active with cornfeds up 10 to 15c. tops at 10.50 for yearlings and 10.40 for heavy beeves. Hogs about steady. 8,000 head with tops at 9.45 and most sales 7.00 to 9.35. Sheep and lambs higher. 14,500 head with top lambs at 12.65 and fat lambs 12.25 to 12.75. Feeding grades steady. many categories listed with varied ranges.
Casper Nichole of Kearney and Martin Bleck led a market with fed yearlings as Buffalo county endured a dry year. Nichole blamed weather for poor wheat yields of five to eight bushels per acre and weak corn and hay prospects.
Bobbie Darling, four, was bitten in the thigh by a rattlesnake while walking with his mother near their home. Mrs. Darling reached medical aid within minutes, the wound treated successfully, and Bobbie is recovering as the snake was not killed during a search by locals.
Donald Britton aged S years, son of Willam Britton of Mitchell, was hit during a city band concert last Wednesday evening. He suffered a skull fracture and remained in very serious condition as reports described the accident in Mitchell.
Clinton Anglemier a Chicago boy visiting relatives near Thedford was killed on a farm when he grabbed the teeth of a haystacker and was thrown from the machine breaking his neck and leg. He had been warned to stay away from the device but ignored the injunction. The body was prepared in Broken Bow for shipment to Chicago.
A midnight blaze at the Mother Jewels residence in York wiped out cattle and a horse, a machine shed, granary and grain. Discovered by brick yard workers, the cattle had recently been turned to pasture. A silo incurred minor damage. the structures were partly insured.
At the Nets Dutton place four miles south of Arapahoe a bolt from a clear sky knocked down D. E. Kimmel and his threshing crew. Kimmel, holding an elevator chain, suffered a slight burn on his arm. Ray Stumpf assisting him was also felled, with Theodore Slife and R. C. A. Taylor nearby.
The bolt hit about 180 feet from the separator, creating a large hole and burning the ground. Taylor remained unconscious briefly but is recovering from the shock, as reported by the State Journal.
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