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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
2
Dust proof butter files, small maps of Cheyanne County, second hand stoves and ranges, old newspapers for pantry shelves, subscriptions for magazines, farm land investment pitch, war horses wanted, trunks and bags just received. Advertisements from The Telegraph and Sidney Lumber Co and Jackson & Son’s Hardware Store.
A small house is offered at a bargain by real estate firm Oshorn and Jorgenson in Baayarma. The listing highlights affordability and value with a prompt sale implied.
Givis Leap Year ad copy for Sidney Lumber Co seeks to buy 500 bushels of corn at Bentley Dairy in Sidney Nebraska. Mentions November overhaul of a Bord On for 81850, and invites readers to see full particulars. Also notes heating staves wanted and refrigerators wanted at Jackson's Store plus a Lost Keyring with four keys returning to the office.
A garbled notice advertises a Lusut Rey 4 demonstrator with 3000 orders and Savon Six ear for sale. It claims perfect condition and 2500 miles. The seller, M. Osborn, Maxwell 28, is seeking buyers with a total bargain appeal despite the unclear spelling and broken lines.
Auctioneer Kucera presents a street sale in Sidney on Saturday December 2 featuring a cookstove hard coal heating stove dining room table Morris chair chairs iron bed springs and mattress lawn mower sewing table harness garden hose wash tub carpets dishes cooking utensils painting books and more items expected including four painting jacks and related goods.
For sale is 160 acres in Logan County about 18 miles south of Sidney. 116 acres fall wheat and 86 acres summer fallow ready for spring crops with about 10 acres for additional crops. Fenced property includes 38 room house, well, cellar, granary, stable and outbuildings. Priced at 202 per acre with cash terms. Optional adjoining 160 acres with similar high cultivation. Inquire D. P. HON 85 Proctor Colorado Logan County.
The School Board of District No 156 Cheyenne County Nebraska will receive bids for a new 30 by 24 foot one story frame schoolhouse with concrete foundation on the Northeast Quarter section 10 township 18 range 61. Plans and specifications are on file with The Sidney Telegraph and W E Chambers Director. Bids must be filed with The Sidney Telegraph by noon December 4 1916. The board may reject any or all bids. Successful bidder to Clemond. signed November 20 1916.
Forty two and three year old Holstein heifers offered at private sale by Badger & Frost Central City Nebraska. Priced reasonably, these practically pure registered cattle are large and high quality and bred to freshen this fall and early winter. Visit to view available.
For sale One good range Mrs M Radcliffe appears twice. Willing Workers of Pleasant Valley church plan a bazaar starting Monday December 4 at Tobin Opera House and December 6 at Pleasant Valley school house with a free dinner and inspection. Kenneth Agnew returns from Vat Springs SD after treatment for an ankle injury.
Local and personal items report phone listings for Mrs. Knox and the Telegraph office, visitors and travels of editors and residents including J. W. Harper, D. A. Weir, P. Nelson, Mrs. Lehmkuhl, and MD Miller. Notes cover trips to Kimball, Sidney, Bridgeport, and West Virginia, visits by the Simodynes, tutor study in Roscoe, Wyoming, and a birth announced for November 18. The Cheyenne County Trading Company displays a mammoth cheese this week drawing attention to its size.
Mrs J G McCormick of Chappel visited her father D J Davis who was injured when struck by an automobile nearly three weeks ago. Forest Knox of Elmcreek Milling Co and George Robinson from Elmcreek traveled by auto Saturday and spent the night with their uncle A G B Knox.
Mrs BE T Stark, former county superintendent now residing in Lost Springs Wyoming, has been visiting friends here this week expressing strong faith in the country's future.
A telephone booth was reestablished this week in the Union Pacific depot for service. It is temporary as both telephone and telegraph offices are to be moved to their former location east of the hotel.
Herman Schlueter and Fred Neen hauled a herd of horses to Sterling and returned with two autos. Herman received a roadster, and his brother Henry a touring car. The journey promises easier miles for the new car owners.
Mr. HLF Carson, longtime State Secretary of the Anti-Saloon League, has affiliated with the Nebraska School of Business and will join the faculty. The business announcement appears elsewhere in this issue.
Mrs. Jo J. Parks traveled to Gothenburg to prepare for Turkey Day with her mother sister and relatives. Fred Parks visited Denver for a dinner invitation with Johnnie Corbett. Clayton Parks went to Lincoln to see friends and attend a football event. Miss Florente Parks hosted her father at home.
Dr and Mrs W T Eikner traveled to Denver on Sunday with the doctor returning Monday night and Mrs Eikner remaining for a two week visit with relatives.
Miss Anna Chambers came from Alliance Wednesday evening to spend the feast day with her parents and family. She is teaching in the Alliance schools.
Edgar Dedrick and his wife and son traveled from Denver to attend the annual family feast at the parental home. S Dedrick had been visiting for a short time and returned with them.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bowen returned Wednesday from a trip to Ohio where they considered spending the winter. The damp air and sickness prevalence prompted their return as neither feature threatened health at home.
Thomas 2 Watson editor publisher and former Populist candidate faces federal trial in Augusta Georgia for the third time on charges of sending obscene matter through the mails. Indictment cites phrases published in Watsons magazine in articles attacking the Roman Catholic church and its dignitaries.
A Madrid dispatch says an extraordinary mission will represent Spain at the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. The coffin is closed, and the body will lie in state in Vienna until Thursday for interment.
A dialogue notes Mrs Durke’s remark about staying busy after her husband’s death and the remark that she is unmarried again. The exchange hints at social expectations and resilience in a domestic context.
Two eggs with mus tard salt and sugar, milk and vinegar folded in, butter added after cooking. Beat eggs, blend dry ingredients, stir into eggs, add milk then vinegar, cook in a double boiler until spoon coats, remove from heat and stir in butter for a smoother finish.
Slice stale bread into rounds and fry in butter until brown to line a mold. Peel and simmer apples with sugar cinnamon and cloves until soft. Remove from heat, stir in two beaten egg yolks, pour into the prepared mold, top with a bread round, and bake in a molerite oven for forty minutes.
A Country Gentleman style recipe instructs slicing tongue, layering with dry herbs and red pepper, repeating until all tongue is used. Chill for three to four hours, then brown slices in hot batter, adding more batter as needed.
Mix one cup milk with one and one half cups sugar in a double boiler until dissolved. Add grated lemon rind and mashed three bananas plus one heaping cup of peanut. Cool, then add one quart cream and freeze.
Britain refuses safe conduct for Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. Foreign Office notes that German and Austrian diplomatic overreach justifies withholding consent for travel to postings.
Judge Ralston in Port Angeles Superior Court denies arrest of judgment and new trial for Frank J. Richards. He is sentenced to the state prison at Walla Walla for one to ten years for blackmail of former Ambassador to Mexico D. E. Thompson of Lincoln.
If you cannot laugh, don’t come to the Rhea-Curtis performances scheduled Monday December 4 at the Tobin Opera House.
Classified brief states a near new bungalow in Syracuse is offered for trade for land. Interested parties should inquire at Basement Barber Shop. Contact H. E. Litsey for details.
The Eudora Degree of Honor held a grand meeting Friday evening with a large turnout. They were rewarded with a fine lunch served by Chief of Honor Mrs. Scanlon and Past Chief of Honor Mrs. J Worden. The group shows harmony and prosperity.
Choice 160 tilt able nearly level good soil 80 acres in cultivation all fenced located NW3 Sec 24 Tp 13 R9 four miles from Colton seven and one half miles from Sidney 2000 cash balance may be carried on land RF Bayne Luton Iowa writes for details
The Hornaday family thanks friends for words deeds and flowers during the recent trial in the death of their husband and father. Mrs W A Hornaday and children.
The Epworth League plans a Box Social Friday evening at the church parlors. Everyone is invited with a jovial spirit as ladies bring boxes and gentlemen bring pocketbooks for entertainment and refreshments.
Two high grade pianos in Sidney Nebraska offered for sale or rent in new condition. Terms arranged through representative P L Kellerman at General Delivery Sidney Neb. Mr and Mrs Paul Collart of Gurley were shopping in Sidney and visiting relatives Thursday.
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