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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1923
Page
8
Meadow Lawn items list a series of social visits and gatherings. Dor Odetta Morrow and Ileen Morrow cousins stay with the Meadow Lawn household. Several neighbors and relatives drop by for dinners picnics and weekend calls.
Monday afternoon saw Mr Gross thresh for Carl Summers while Mrs Laudy and Mrs English hosted threshers. A Tuesday night storm brought five years’ rain and wind, washing out roads and felling corn. Local residents helped, hosted meals, traded cattle, and readied gardens as families traveled and cared for chores across the valley.
Ickes News lists visits across the region. Mr and Mrs John Messick of Louis City spent a few days at J C Kreader's home. Dr and Mrs Hedlund spent Sunday afternoon at the Kreader home. Mrs Ruth McNew of Bridgeport stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Morrow. The Eckerts and Ward, and Mrs Anna Eckert with Irene of Pueblo Colorado, spent Sunday at W Eckert's. Mrs J C Kreader called on Mrs J M Kreader. Elsie Horne of Gering visited the Worth family. James and Mrs McNulty of Denver visit locals. Mrs Pete Hedlund and daughters Mildred and Elvera were at the Hedlund farm. Mr and Mrs S W Eckert and Mr and Mrs G H Worth toured to Sidney and called on Mr and Mrs Jacob Eckert.
Grand Prairie residents and visitors mingle in a two day visit from Colorado Springs party including Mr. and Mrs. Tremain and relatives. Local families exchange calls in Sidney and Lincoln area. threshing crews, farm work updates, and shopping trips noted with multiple names and places in a tight community update.
Mrs D R Gross helped Mrs Alvin Robertson cook for threshing Monday. Mrs Loudy Mrs J E MacDonnell and son drove to Greek Monday Vernon Reeves hauling bundles for Beebee's threshing machine. Mr Smith from Yuma visited Wednesday to discuss Sunday school interests. Dorothy English returned from Fleming Sunday evening. Carl Meyerholz drilled a well for Haley Smith. Nora English visited Fleming Sunday. Mrs Warry Reeves Lois and Wilma visited Mrs Roy Finglish Thursday. Carl Meyerholz and family shopped in Crook Wednesday. Mrs Harold Jobe visited her folks Monday while Harold delivered mail. Phil Brossard and family returned from the mountains. Mrs Alvin Robertson and daughter with Mrs Alfred Bowman and children visiting from Montana. Harry Reeves family left for Gothenburg to visit relatives. Haggenback and Wallace circus attracted locals to Sterling. Ed and Henry Rogers visited E F Loudy Sunday.
A modern player piano of high quality left in a public warehouse will be closed out at a big discount. No reasonable offer refused. Write today for full information to Knight Campbell Music Co. Denver Colorado.
Vital statistics records show 1 001 more boy babies than girls born in 1922. The year had 31 175 total births with 30 646 white children. Twins numbered 343 pairs with one triplet set. Japanese births totaled Forty, largely in Scotts Bluff and Lincoln counties. Additional births included 136 Indians, 212 Negroes, and 135 mixed races across the state.
A 1928 computation shows the city worker's dollar is worth 58 prewar cents based on 1913 to 1928 cost of living rise. It notes the present dollar is nearly the same as July 1922, while costs for workers and farmers have climbed yet incomes stagnated or declined, affecting about 40 million people as consumers of essential goods.
Department of Labor investigations show clothing prices about 735 per cent above 1913 levels. The average family’s clothing expenditure in 1923 will be about 2 per cent higher than 1922, with notable increases in woolens and worsteds for men’s and women’s wear. Further fabric price hikes are planned for next autumn and spring.
Willie Seymour saw the pet Big Jess swallow his own tail at the lake while heading to town, solving a long standing disappearance. The event is described as simple yet previously overlooked by residents.
John J. Hill drove through the Miller store show window at Brideport when his car jumped the curb. He lifted his foot from the clutch and forgot the lever was in low. The accident cost $241.31.
Petition for a special election in the Vershey district to approve 25000 bonds for a 50000 bridge across the North Platte river with state aid was granted by the commissioners. If approved, the bridge will be built under supervision of state engineers.
A bill by Representatives Peterson and Ball changes primary election to the second Tuesday in August, except in presidential years. In 1924 and every four years thereafter the primary moves to the second Tuesday in April, setting selection for county, state, and national offices about eight months away.
The Hershey Sanitarium in Hershey Nebraska promotes the use of Dr Abrams blood analysis and diagnosis to treat cancer tuberculosis syphilis goitre paralysis rheumatism and other acute chronic diseases. For further particulars, address Hershey Sanitarium Hershey Nebr.
Sidney sportsmen prepare as the hunting season opens September 16 for most birds and closes December 31. Daily bag limits include ducks ten to ten, geese ten, snipe fifteen to twenty five, rails twenty, prairie chickens and grouse ten, with no open season for mourning dove quail pheasant swan crane wood duck or elder duck. No closed season on fish except trout pike and pike perch. open April 1 to October 31.
Gering Frank Martin Union Pacific assistant commissioner of agriculture spent days in the Valley last week to aid dairying promotion. He attended a dairying meeting and pledged hearty Union Pacific cooperation. He praised the region’s dairying potential and investigated the cantaloupe industry, pleased with promoter efforts.
The brief notes a screen outing where Milton appears prominently guiding a starry cast through a decisive moment. The card highlights the film’s thematic focus on domestic insight and personal growth shaped by a central female character's experience.
The article notes the current year's wheat crop value is about $500 million higher than last year, but farmers face concern due to a likely lower overall yield and sharply rising costs of living since the previous harvest.
Oberfelder hosts a sweeping sale featuring Stetson hats and other goods. The entire store is presented as a bargain counter attracting local shoppers.
Prince Domino the Hereford bull owned by Butscher and Kep ler near Big Springs has been named the greatest bull of its breed in the United States by subscribers of the American Hereford Journal.
Harold St Partridge has been elected superintendent of Alliance public schools to succeed Pate who resigned to head Peru State Normal School.
A genuine closing out sale at Ober felder's promises quick clearance with everything priced to go. Shoppers are urged to act fast as stock moves rapidly in the storewide clearance event.
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