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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
5
Local residents in White Cove Valley and nearby towns made numerous visits and small gatherings. Notable movements include D R Gross home events, Bernard Hill meat processing, Thursday and Friday trips to Crook and Sterling, Thanksgiving dinners with McDonnell, Loudy and Haxtun connections, and Mrs Busboom's illness.
North Divide residents report harvests and visits with several small events. Herman Blanke hauled wheat to Huntsman, Ed Brockelsby picked corn, and Clarence Schnuelle visited his sister in Dix. Families gathered for Thanksgiving dinners at several Sidney and Dalton homes, with minor incidents including Tom Barnes’s narrow car mishap on Haskell hill.
Sextorp Betty Fisher visits her grandmother in Potter while Mrs A Nelson of Potter ends on Mrs Pete Nelson. Charles Melee hauled water from Lewis Drott place as crowds gathered for Mrs Schubarths birthday party. Pete Nelsons family spent Sunday in Dix and Nelsons visited late. Thanksgiving dinner at Fred Pince. Sleighing and visits noted. Anna Weather is sick this week. Pete Nelson shopping in Sidney.
A school program and spider web entertainment drew a good crowd at the Antelope Divide school house. Local families and neighbors including the Maddens, Haacks, Lockharts, and Bald Thorp attended events and visits. The Jolly Neighbors club date was corrected to December 18 at Mrs. Nelson’s with many reporting health improvements.
A parade of visits and meals reports Thanksgiving dinners at multiple homes including the Amos Jobe, L. W. Johnson, Charles Mayer, and Jacob Mayor households. Notices mention a burned cattle barn at the Ralph Reinmuth place, a lost cow by Neal Tank, and several family drops by friends and neighbors along with a birthday surprise for Mrs Fred Bartells. There is one surgery update for Joe Reiners and a school play planned for Center School District No. 61 with a box social on December 12.
Five young ladies from Sutherland join the North Platte Ladies band. They drive twenty miles each Tuesday to attend weekly rehearsals and return home afterward. The band now has twenty three members.
A quirky tale from Begynary features a man who, constrained by law, fashions a half dozen moth eaten shoelaces or makeshift matches to pose as a salesman. Police regard him as a vendor though crowds mock and charity volunteers intervene. Taxi-Call 161.
The state mailed checks to a few valley farmers insured through the state hail insurance company. The payments cover about 5 percent of adjusted losses, representing the 1924 hail damages in Nebraska which were among the heaviest on record, with total payouts of 68 557 dollars.
Center couple Mr and Mrs Neal Tank and family join Mr and Mrs John Groshans at the L S Bancroft home Tuesday. Neighbors attend sale at St George ranch. Frank Dickes drove to Dalton Wednesday. Walter Aurich Babe and August Horst supper with John Groshans. Sid Moore from Sidney visits Joe Relners home. Ray Berry and son Clifton supper with 8 W Scott. Curt Scott hosts Thanksgiving with Glen Bales family Ted Borcher and son Ray Berry Clifton 8 W Scott Frances Knox and Victor Cash Scott Vernon Hibert Borcher. Dinner at John Groshans includes Ray Spiker Richard Schultz Fred Bartells and H E Netherlands families.
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