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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
8
Grand Prairie residents and families gathered for Thanksgiving with dinners hosted by the Freichs and Jorgensens, while many traveled to Sidney and Lodge Pole for business. Recounts note visits, calls, and deliveries, with multiple names and turns of phrase detailing social and commercial activity across Grand Prairie and nearby towns.
Potter Swanson, a teacher, spent Thanksgiving at Atwood Colorado. Sidney shoppers included Mr. and Mrs. August Meilke and Mrs. Ryan Stines on Friday. N S Miller called to bedside of his mother in Waupaca Wisconsin. Ray Bartlett and Minnie Seyfang shopped in Sidney Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Curry visited Pine Bluffs and his parents. Dewey Loyall spent weekend in Cheyenne. Leland Bundy sustained cuts while cranking an engine. Peter Hansen attends Consistory in Cheyenne. A baby girl weighing nine pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. D F Evenson. Mabel MacCabe returned to Potter after two months in Sidney.
Miss Christine Enevoldsen returns to her Boelus Nebraska home after visiting her brother Fred. Mrs Clarence Neal and son visited Elmer Jacobson home this week. A baby daughter was born to Mr and Mrs William Sparks. Andy Brett suffers rheumatism and stays at the Rood MaccAdam home.
The report notes numerous local residents traveling to Sidney on Tuesday and Wednesday for errands and visits. Families including Beyer Happel Borcher Stockamp and Engle share rides and car work. Thanksgiving gatherings at Walter Hoppel Curt Scott and Emanuel Trautman homes are recorded along with card prizes and a Sidney dance attendance.
Mr and Mrs Fred Beyer entertained many friends to dinner Sunday. John Borcher and family visited Arnold Stockamp. Glen Bales and family and Hilbert Borcher called on Curt Scott Sunday. Mike Swartz hauled hogs to Sidney Monday. Volckert family visited Will Sahs. Theo Borcher and son spent Monday with Glen Bales. Frank Gross and son returned from Clarkson after three weeks away. Neighbors husked about 1400 bushels of corn for Henry Ehmke who is laid up with a broken leg.
Maple Grove residents and visitors gathered for calls and meals from Tuesday to Thursday. R C Ruhter bought a Ford, families visited W Miles and Nels Johnson, Siders and Hoakums hosted and joined at Christensen and Welton homes, with a Farmers Union meeting at Johnsons and Thanksgiving dinners among neighbors.
Mrs Nels Johnson and Mrs W T Sharman and sons visited W Y Miles Thursday afternoon. Ruhter family and Siders visited Ed Miles' and played games. Hokom family had Thanksgiving at Frank. Dozens of small gatherings noted around Sidney and Nunn with meals, bouquets, and neighborly calls.
Mr and Mrs C E N Johnson and son Oscar Redeen Esther Carlson Alice Carlson Miss Mavis and families spent Sunday evening at Homer Fisher s. Oscar and Elmer Macnehe hauled wheat to Potter Monday. Mrs C C Crowell shopped in Potter Saturday. Fred Prince visitors in Sidney Wednesday. Bible study at Oscar Redeen s hindered by sickness and corn work. Jesse Lamber family called on Fred Prince s Tuesday. Mrs C C Crowell at Ellis Fisher s. George Reetz family and Fred Reetz family shared Sunday dinner at August s.
Charles Shaw and his son traveled through Potter area last week selling apples to farmers in the vicinity indicating a small regional fruit trade activity ongoing in the community.
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