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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1924
Page
4
Personal mentions report births including eight pound boy and twins at Dr Taylor's hospital Sidney. several residents visit relatives in Falls City Sterling and Greeley County wheat harvest notes. local officials and merchants relocate services after Bordwell fire. multiple incidents of medical procedures and injuries cited with names and places, including Dr Taylor operations and Everett Gade injury.
Mr Flack a live stock club specialist met with Pleasant View Dairy Calf club and Hunstman Hustlers Pig club at the courthouse last week providing live stock judging guidance. Dr Hanscome pastor of the Methodist church in Scottsbluff and his wife and son visited Rev and Mrs Kilburn last Friday. the son ministers in Aurora Illinois. The Huntsman lumber shed was torn down and shipped by Nye Schneider and Jenks who owned the yards. stock bought by Cheyenne County Lumber Co. Miss Phyllis Corbett expected home from Portland Oregon with sister Mrs Van Gorder who spent the summer at their parental home. Dr Hugh Mantor reports follow up operations in recent days: L G Lowe Ardith and Marian Bartlett Mrs H F Straight and Glayde Straight Joe Green's daughter and Dale Kintz.
Dr Dorwart reports Sunol resident Russell Bloom broke an arm after falling from a corral fence while Dr Roche’s practice is covered at Mayo Brothers clinic. George W Hendrix and family of Muscatine Jr visit to manage farming interests. Elder Hendrix bought county land at four dollars an acre, now valued at fifteen to twenty times that.
Farragut residents L. L. Hastings and Ray Beach stay with Hastings sister Mrs. Flossie Belle Krueger, joined by Clifford McKisick of Denver. Cheyenne County Fall Festival executive committee sets meeting for Aug 25 in courthouse basement, prize list totals 750 dollars, up about 3800 from last year. G. P. Kratz and Richard Kepler plan Lincoln visit. Kratz to bring wife and children. Various social visits and campus interest noted including Wesleyan university. Mrs. Julia Shelton Belle, former Cheyenne county superintendent, visiting with Leroy Martin. Belle, now at Fayette Alabama, spent summers with Sterling relatives.
Mrs. Charles Gardner visits relatives in Wyoming while John Burk returns from Mayo Clinic in Rochester with his wife for treatment. Mrs. Burk stays in Omaha. Budge Lampson refereed a boxing program in Scottsbluff and trains for bouts, after chasing Pat Flaherty in the arena. Thieves steal from Western Drug in Sidney, two dozen fountain pens, pocket knives and razors. A rattlesnake bite sickens a Bronson child then heals under doctor care. Juvenile bands from Sidney and Kimball plan a joint open air concert at Kimball. The Sherman family holds its first reunion in six years in Sidney for Mr. Sherman’s 72nd birthday, with kin from Garden City Kansas, Mt. Vernon South Dakota, Sterling Colorado, Maxwell Illinois, Anamosa Iowa, and long ranching ties.
Oshkosh defeated Sidney 17 to 11 in a Sunday return game. Thomas pitched strong with 12 strikeouts as Oshkosh capitalized on an opening six-run frame aided by wild pitching. Modish and Brown joined Sidney’s lineup with two hits each. Cockle led Oshkosh with four hits including a home run. Bayard, a top rival, will visit Sidney for a rematch after beating Sidney 66 to 1 previously.
A brief note suggests watercress may aid insomnia sufferers. The text references unidentified claims and garbled quotes, with no clear study or source to verify efficacy or usage details. Further readable details are too fragmentary to confirm practical guidance or origin.
High grade piano offered due to missed payments. Purchase by paying the unpaid balance in cash or installments. Interested parties write A Hospe Co Scottsbluff Nebr.
Sundays offer Mass at 7 30 a m and 2 30 a mRosary instruction and Benediction at 7 80 p m Weekdays Mass at 8 00 a m Rev Anton Line
The local class of the International Bible Students Association meets Sundays at 2 PM at 102 street. All interested in Bible study are invited to attend. Clara Downey is the class secretary.
Bible school at 10 a m. Communion and preaching at 11 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Evening preaching at 8 p m.
No preaching services through the month of August. Bible school at 10 a m each Sunday. Samuel Light, Pastor.
Rev W T Kahse will be away at the juniata nebr synodical convention next sunday there will be no services or sunday school while he is gone the Christian day school opens september 1 with Miss Cordula Rink of Scribner nebr as teacher W F Peters pastor
The church holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. An Epworth League meeting is set for 7 p.m. followed by a second preaching service at 8 p.m.
A dated column lampoons newlyweds and the idea that two can live as cheaply as one. It notes ads for cheap home furnishing and mocks old maids and bachelors who preach cost savings, while wryly observing that air is free and not yet charged. It ends by returning to the topic of embryo newlyweds and their plans.
A humorous portrait of a young couple’s wedding and early marriage. Relatives gather for the ceremony while the groom faces financial strain, the bride’s dad endures embarrassment, and the pair begin life in a tiny kitchenette with modest meals and daily worries. The tale closes with hints of ongoing rough spots and a lighthearted warning to the reader.
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