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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1912

Page

2

Local Folks and Visitors Cover Weekend Activities

Dr F C Beebe returns from business trip to Iown. C c Darnell spends week at Morrill Nebraska. L en Sherwin praises cattle condition. C C Hardy and wife visit from Columbus. Will Jewett visits Radcliffe family. Frank Gundy from Broken Bow in city. Mr Loomis of Omaha dines with W P Miles. Chris Livoni visits parents. W P Miles displays small grains at office. Misses Ann and Harriett Radcliffe attend Frontier celebration in Cheyenne. A phrenologist active on streets. Miss Bernice Davoren visits aunt Scanlon, leaves Monday. Fredrick Ahrens of Sidney visits Hammer. Mrs Morfeld of Clari arrives to guest husband’s family. Oberfelder trip to Colorado Springs via Cheyenne. C D Jones of Toledo hosts J A Bentley and W E Swatzlander. Mills of Denver guests of Mrs Essig. Mills represents Colorado Casket Company. Mrs Mary Cane buys land north of Potter from S Oberfelder and plans improvements. Mrs Keyes and daughter of Summer Hill Illinois visit Dr Ellis family. Keyes is Dr Ellis’s sister.

Migration to Sidney farms Cheyenne County crops

This week men from all stations of life migrate to Sidney Nebraska to help harvest what farmers say will be the largest crops ever in Cheyenne County. Nearly 800 locals volunteered one or more days in hay fields. Doctors lawyers storekeepers and teachers join the effort at the urging of the town Commercial Club.

Sidney Nebraska Cheyenne

Postoffice Examiner Checks Local Office Administration

Postoffice examiner Geo. H. Booker recently checked the local office and found Postmaster Mccintosh's administration A. No. 1.

Postoffice Examiner Geo. H. Booker Mccintosh A. No. 1

Len Sherwin Plans Big Show at County Fair

Len Sherwin visits town Saturday to arrange a big show at the County Fair with a practicing troupe promising lively stunts. A merry berrying party visited Cedar Canyon last Sunday including John, Max, Mary Livoni, Alice Taylor, Myrtle, Mary Landy, Charles Harper and family. William F. Graham, county farm superintendent at York Nebraska, bought a quarter section of land northwest of Sidney this week, with his son to occupy it soon and the father to join next year.

Len Sherwin Cedar Canyon John Max Mary Livoni Alice Taylor Myrtle Mary Landy Charles Harper Hiram William F. Graham York Nebraska Sidney

Mrs Flanders Heads Home from Sidney Visit

Mrs. Mary Flanders leaves for San Francisco today, accompanied by her sister Mrs. T B Dawson to Laramie where they will visit Fred Dawson and family over Sunday. Mrs Flanders made warm friends in Sid ney during her summer visit. Mrs Swenson, who taught tapestry painting, was in Sidney between trains recently on the way home to Iowa for business and will return to Nebraska. Her husband is receiving chiropractic treatment from Dr Brown of Scottsbluff and is improving.

Mary Flanders San Francisco T. B. Dawson Laramie Fred Dawson Mrs Flanders Sidney Swenson Iowa Nebraska Brown Scottsbluff

Grain growth surrounds Bridgeport Dalton in Sidney trip

In a Bayard Transcript report from Sidney on the recent trip, observers note abundant grain growth between Bridgeport and Sidney and especially around Dalton. The piece suggests that absent hail damage, farmers may ride automobiles next spring amid a marked Sidney improvement seen in four years.

Sidney Bridgeport Dalton Bayard Transcript

Weather Resumes Pleasant Nebraskas Skies After Rain

A heavy rain struck Wednesday night last week, followed by a week of pleasant weather with several days of blue Nebraska skies loved by residents who have awaited clear conditions.

Nebraskas

Tragic Hen Nest Incident In Merrill Nebraska

In Merrill Nebraska a girl warned of a snake bite after touching a hen on a nest. her brother also bitten, the mother fainted, a scalding accident injured the baby, and all three children died before the father returned home. Also, R A Blake of the Commercial Club reports renters seek spaces in Sidney with two bakery buyers and a large ten cent store prospect.

Merrill Nebraska R. A. Blake Commercial Club Sidney

Health and beauty through outdoor air and Chamberlain’s Tablets

The passage advises housewives to escape daily routine, get outdoors in sunlight, and maintain digestion with Chamberlain's Tablets. It claims such habits lead to health and beauty and notes the product is for sale by all dealers.

Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Fall Market Report

South Omaha reports a moderate cattle run of about 3 800 head with high prices for corn fed cattle and strong demand for steers and stock cattle. Hogs near $8.30 top on two loads, 5c over yesterday, and 17 500 sheep and lambs seen with lambs steady to 10c higher and fat sheep steady to strong.

Union Stock Yards South Omaha West

Markets Report Chicago August 21 Closing Prices and Livestock

Chicago markets close with mixed results across commodities and livestock. Wheat futures Sept 93 to Dec 92 cents, corn Sept at 79 1/2 to 80 1/2 cents, oats Sept 32 1/2 to 32 3/4 cents, pork Sept 17.90 dollars, lard Sept 10.89 dollars, ribs Sept 10.87 dollars. Cash wheat No 2 hard 91 1/2 to 92 1/4 cents, No 2 corn 79 1/2 to 80 1/4, No 2 white oats 33 1/4 to 34 1/4. Cattle receipts 1,400. beeves 6.50 to 10.50, western steers 6.25 to 8.83, stockers 4.25 to 7.25, cows 2.65 to 8.15, calves 6.50 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 28,000. best 8.00 to 8.60, heavy 7.70 to 8.50, rough 7.70 to 7.90, pigs 5.50 to 8.75, bulk 8.10 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 25,090. natives 3.20 to 4.25, westerns 3.20 to 4.25, yearlings 4.30 to 5.25, lambs 4.10 to 7.15.

Chicago

Beef price record shattered at South Omaha

Beef prices soared on the South Omaha market with eighteen head of branded western steers averaging 1,557 pounds selling for 10.35 dollars per hundredweight. E T Graham of Creston bought the lot, setting a record that surpasses prior Omaha highs and nears the nationwide Chicago benchmark.

Omaha Stock Yards South Omaha E. T Graham Creston Chicago

Local Woman Ends Life in Superior

Mrs Teaac Campbell, in ill health, committed suicide by hanging herself in Superior. The tragedy was reported as a quiet death in the family.

Teaac Campbell Superior

Julius Beckman Death Ends Fremont Banker Career

Julius Beckman, vice president of Fremont National Bank, died after a long illness. The Fremont community mourns the longtime banker and civic figure, with funeral arrangements to be announced.

Julius Beckman Fremont Fremont National Bank

Also Mentioned on This Page

the Telegraph Cheyenne County Nebr Dr. F. C. Beebe Iown Cc. C. Darnell Morrill C C. Hardy Columbus Neb Will Jewett Lodgepole Radcliffe Frank Gundy Broken Bow, Neb Last Wek Mr. Loomis of Chris Livoni Mrs C. A. Livoni W. P. Miles North Divide Ann and Harriett Radclife Bernice Davoren Fredrick Ahrens Hammer North Platte Tribune Joseph Morfeld Clari, Nebraska Joseph Oberfelder Colorado Springs C. D. Jones Toledo J. A. Bentley W. E Swatzlander Mrs Mills Denver Essig Mills The Colorado Casket Company Mary Cane Potter S. Oberfelder Keyes Summer Hill Ilinois Dr. Ellis New York Union Pacific St Ave Sidney, Neb Overland Limited Colorado Express California & Oregon Express Los Angeles Limited Prt Atlantic Express Mailand Express Fast Mall Curries Passenge J. Sno Nota Route Kom Slaney Sterling Canada M. A. Shipman Orton W.wakeley Omalin Nebriska S. H. Snyder Yaegle J. W. Hendrickson Loomis, Nebraska T Stark George and Hazel Thornburg T. F. Thornburg Theresa Morfeld Anthony Schadd I. T. Stark Studt Mrs. Britton Mrs. Brennan von Felix Alston Wyoming Penitentiary Our City Sam Fine IHC International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated Columbus IHC Service Bureau IH_C Service Bureau Harvester Building Standard Oil Beef Kruse Electric Pow&r House Rose Street M. Ramella Closman & Son Lloyd Mann Prop D. J. Scanlon B. Best E. Harper C. M. Wright GC. M. Wright Contractor Harper Bidg OP P Phong 83
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