Local notes from Myrtle area and Fort Sidney movements
Approaches to Myrtle crossing await planks from the railway. Millet stalks reach four feet nine inches on W C Couch’s farm two miles southeast. Two cowboys on the North river resolved a dispute by a fistfight leaving one with a black eye. Thomas Walsh begins a two story stone house north of W T Whitneys, 26 by 36 feet with eight rooms. Mrs Gen Morrow at Fort Russell. Sergeant Martin of C company discharged. Garrion units ready to march on short notice. Mexican border tensions influence alertness. One Fort Sidney company ordered to Utah for a new border post near the Ute reservation. The exact unit name not yet given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Paine
W. C. Couch
Thomas Walsh
W.T. Whitney
Fort
Sidney Brevides
Gen Morrow
Fort Russel
Martin
C. Company
Fort Sidney
Utah
Ute Reservation
Pigments of daily life and local notes
Dry hot and windy. Notary service at this office. Jerry Finn visited the city yesterday. A young people picnic at Krueger's dam honored Miss Bills of Boone. Fred Geis of Greenwood sought six missing cattle. Sidney and Blanche Oberfelder enjoyed a new bicycle. A W Atkins named superintendent of the horse and cattle department for Western Nebraska Irrigation Fairs to be held October 9-15 at North Platte. Cheyenne County Fair arrangements progress. one hundred dollars raised this week with fifty more expected. State dues total 128 dollars. gate recounts promise purses as large as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Finn
Gem
Cyrus Stewart
Urbach
Krueger
Miss Bills
Boone
Fred Geis
Greenwood
Beggars
Sidney
Blanche Oberfelder
A. W. Atkins
Horse and Cattle Department
Western Nebraska
North Platte
Cheyenne County
Picnic Week Highlights and Local Community News
Sidney community enjoyed Lutheran and Methodist Sunday School picnics at Krueger Take with favorable reports. Farmers near Gidney market grain ahead of harvest, including S P Witters and others. Sidney Juniors sweep two games in Bronson and Ickes. Mr and Mrs Chas Irwin visit from Louisville Neb and Mrs Irwin returns home. Helen Oosterehout hosts a birthday party for local girls. Harriet Radcliff and Lou Ella Adame travel north. W M Fuller returns from Southern Utah noting 127 degree shade temperatures and Cheyenne County’s relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Lutheran Sunday School
Krueger
Methodist Sunday School
Gidney
S. P. Witters
W. N. Thompsett
August Bowman
Gus Schmidt
Ezra Meeker visits Sidney while Oregon Trail heritage revived
Sidney welcomed Ezra Meeker a famed preservationist as the Oregon Trail route is retraced with monuments marking key spots near Broadwater. The era’s news also notes obituaries, road projects, local deaths, business changes, and weather in western Nebraska.
Suspension of Cheyenne County Record Ends Frontier Era Note
The Cheyenne County Record of Sidney announces suspension of publication with its last Thursday issue. The article recalls Ickes, a once small frontier town in Cheyenne County about 35 miles northwest of Sidney, named after Adam Ickes, with a remaining post office and ranch house remembered by pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Ickes
Adam Ickes
Westerift
Crossword Clue Puzzle Across and Down List
A dense list of crossword clues across and down with numbers and partial theme items. Includes poisonous snake, river in Spanish names, mythical monster, and various defined terms plus ancient and modern references.
Mrs Jack Englert Dies in California
Mrs Stella Englert dies at her daughter Olive Strohl’s home in Willows California while visiting with family. Her husband and other relatives mourn a pioneer from the community and a son died two hours later in Klamath Falls Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Stella) Englert
Olive Strohl
Willows
Calif
Englerts
Longmont
Colorado
Firth Booth
W. H Weber
Amelia Lindley
Denver
Cheyenne
California
Englert
Klamath Falls
Ore
Rollie Roberts
George Hunt
Jumbo Reservoir
Hunts
Glenn Fleming
Lorenzo
Harry Schroll
Santa Monica
J. Hennings
Milford Smith
Chadron
Canada
Frank Pivonka
Bob Michelman
Lodgepole
Clyde Hiene
Chappell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ezra Meeker
Broadwater
Harriet Shoemaker Gast
San Francisco
Mack Radcliff
Edwin C. Hardy
Omaha
Chicago
Hardy
E. C. Hardy
The
Bee
A. S. Hardy
Hotel National
H. McFadden
A. C. Johnston
Eaglearbor
Washington
Bridgeport Alliance Highway
Nebraska
William Anderson
Near
Bronson
Frank Schwasnick
Flicker
Star
East First Street
Mr. Flecker
Heinie Bauman
Jay Closman
Scottsbluff
Avis Rogers
R. H. Rogers
Rogers
Hugh Mantor
Miss Rogers
Panhandle
Burlington
Town
Raymond J. Fox
Telegraph
Tenth Avenue
Western Drug Co
Douglas
Dawes
State Health Department
Verne Livingston
W. E. McConnaughey
National Guard
134Th Infantry
Cheyenne County Fair
Thomas E. Kokjer
Nebraska National Guard
Co. K
Camp Riley
Minn
United States Department of Commerce
David Ells
Department
Ells
Legion Park
Kugler Field
Delbert Files
Ohio Oil Co
H. McGee
Alta
River
Rob
U.S
Vain Scholars
Peninsula
Far East
Athome
Courtly
Arabian Seaport
Drive Slantingly
Crew
Castor and
Pollux
Armenia
Father
Auto Shoe
Dispatch
Steamer
Bricklayer
Promoter
Whimpersing
Thrash
Black Bird
Son of
Seth
Droop
Alaska
Sund News
Jack Englert
Ernest Palmquist
Misegadis
Muriel Crosby
Ron Hunt
Cecil Hunt
Ohio Oil Company
Sidney Legion Park
Joe Zimola
M.E.O. Pinochio Club
Phyllis Vogel
Clarence Mashek
Clinton Gade
John Hornicek
I. A. Caldwell
A. J. Fenske
Mary Hornicek
S. F. Irwin
L. P. Studnicka
Potter
William Gade
Lavern
Bondegard
Karen
Patsy
All-In
SEARS
Nebr
Jim Muehl
Fox River
Waukesha
Wis
Bill Leutner
Muehl
Milwaukee Journal
Leutner
Janda & Tobin Drug Store
McCall's
Diamond
Ackerman-Robinson
Nebraska Panhandle
Tenth Ave
W. E. Gunderson
D.C
Cadillac
Beckmann
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