Sidney Chamber Hears Good News On Wholesale Grocery
Sidney merchants and professionals meet at luncheon as Francis of Rapid City pitches a 28 branch wholesale house for Sidney. Mayor Rogers touts Tee & Cold Storage, while secretary reads on basketball cooperation and Better Cheyenne County membership. Francis stays to survey the local ice plant.
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Yast
Wedge
Cee Wholesale Grocery
Chamber of Commerce
W. K. Hodgkin
Johnson
Schulte
State University
Sidney $E
Worth Platte
Bridgeport
F. Leibendorfer
Johnad
Dimery
Better Cheyenne County Association
Sidney
Shore Association
Hodgkin
Chaper
Mon‘dey
Charber
Y. E. Grabill
A. K. Greenlee
Yu ‘McIntosh
Samuel Light
Christensen
McCarthy
Doran
Coler
Pine Bloffe
Ita
Wilkinson ‘Ranch
Francis
Rapid City
Geneal
Minneapolis
Bidney
Rogers
Sidney Tee & Cold Storage
Grand Opera Herd at Penney Grand Opera House
Adel Hays and her company appeared here last Saturday and rendered a strikingly high class pageant with costume scenes especially for Martha. A fair audience attended and those who did not attend missed fine music. This was the first of three numbers of the Ellison-Wheater program to be given to an audience.
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Mary
Adel Hays
Bea
Martha
Ellison-Wheater
Death of Mrs Cunningham in Albany Oregon
Details obtained regarding the death of Mrs George W Cunningham in Albany Oregon where they had lived for years. Her husband is noted as Mr Cunningham with no children. The couple resided in the county for many years and she was his second wife. Her age and other particulars are incomplete in the fragment.
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George W. Cunningham
Albany
Oregon
Convention Sparks Drastic Tax Change Proposals
County leaders from Cheyenne attend the Omaha convention where a major plan urges taxing all securities including government and state bonds at 10 percent. The report cites a need to tax tangible and intangible property equally and extend the state road building program. About 360 delegates attended with ten women, and Frank G. Smith spoke on optimism at the Rome Hotel event.
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Reel
Farrow
Billeter
Omaha
Cheyenne
State Association of County Clerks and Registers of Deeds
Anderson Norman
Comenltion
Rome
Ags
Nebraska
Frank G. Smith
First Congregational Church
Death of Moses A Swift at Lodgepole Nebraska
Moses A Swift born July 8 1835 in Iowa died Monday evening four miles south of Lodgepole Nebraska after 31 years in the area as a general store operator postmaster and homesteader He leaves a wife two sons Ray R Swift and Charles Swift a daughter Mary Bwitt Fairbanks all present at funeral Civil War veteran and American Legion conducted services at the church Wednesday afternoon Funeral director A J Bracken Chappell Reverend Staley spoke choir sang three selections many floral offerings and a large crowd attended.
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Moeee ' A. Swift
Iowa
Lodgepole
Swift
Ray RB. Swift
Charles Swift
Crofton
Nebraska
Mary
Miss Frances Raymond Dies in Scottsbluff After Stroke
Miss Frances Raymond expired at her home in Scottsbluff last Monday following a stroke of paralysis. She was a well known county resident, part of the Raymond family living 18 miles north of Sidney. She taught school in the early days. She moved to Scottsbluff with her sister Lottie. Funeral held in Scottsbluff on Wednesday. Mree J. B. Halston of this city attended as longtime neighbor and friend.
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Frances ‘Raymond
Scottsbluff
Raymond
Sidney
Divide
Lottie
J. B. Halston
Raymonda
DeMolay Dance Lively at Hardy's Ballroom
DeMolay members held a well attended dance last Saturday evening at Hardy's Ballroom with strong enjoyment and a buoyant crowd. Patronage was high and the event showcased spirited participation from attendees.
A J Boling Dies After Car Accident in Idaho Town
A J Boling died after a fall from a car near his home in Idaho. He was riding with George Beal when the door gave way and he dropped, striking his head. He expired at three a.m. Thursday. His wife and daughter, Mrs Harlett Wingerson, accompanied by her husband, traveled from Cedar Rapids for the funeral arrangements. Boling, a former land broker, was well regarded in the Presbyterian community and deeply mourned by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Boling
George Beal
Cash & Carry
Mr. Beal
Boling
Mr. Boling
Perse
Mr. Hart
Mr. Hink
Laula Mann
Taylor
Cedar’ Rapids
Laws
Harlett Wingerson
Great Story Manager Miller Presents Over the Hill Show
Miller Presents Great Story Over the Hill drew crowds at the U S A with eight hundred seats on opening night. The follow up show dropped the card. The film depicted home life and duty to parents with humor and pathos. Franklin Hornaday sang Silver Threads Among the Gold, adding a finishing touch to the evening.
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Franklin Hornaday
Death of Mrs Bailiff Lucy Ann Sinkey in Sidney Nebraska
Mrs John D Bailiff wife of John David Ballitt died at home Wednesday evening December 13 1922 after long illness She was born November 22 1860 in Iowa and came to Nebraska with her husband in 1884 living in Sidney since 1907 Survived by husband two sons Frank and Waller daughter Mildred Russell and a daughter Mrs Maude Stewart and Mrs Beasie Morgan preceded in death by two daughters and a son Funeral plans pending word from relatives likely at the Christian church on Saturday or Sunday.
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John David Ballitt
Lucy Ann Sinkey
Iowa
Nebraska
Sidney
Maude Stewart
Beasie Morgan
Iaé
Mildred Russell
Frank
Waller
Christian Church
Federal highway funds and county match for road work
Cheyenne county reports a dollar for dollar matching requirement for federal highway projects. The county has already paid an advance and holds nearly $40,000 unspent, with the government expected to provide an equal sum to complete the funding.
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Cheyenne County
Active Farmers Meetings Thursday at Court House
A big meeting and a double header were held Thursday at the courthouse. Highlights show strong support for maintaining a county agricultural agent, with quantified savings from the office and extensive activity including issuing 960 letters, 1074 calls, 4248 office visits, 2588 bulletins, and 179 meetings while noting benefits in crop protection, education, and farm services.
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Court House
County Farmers Union
County aRgente
Simmons Attends Farm Convention In Chicago
Robert Simmons travels to Chicago for a representative farmers conference on legislation aims to gather information to aid duties in Washington. Lawrence A. Malone of ONeill is appointed secretary to Simmons, previously serving Congressman Kinkaid until his death.
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N-Elect
Robert Simmons
Chicago
Washington
Lawrence A. Malone
O'Neill
Simmons
Malone
Kinkaid J
Monotony Vanishes at St Patrick’s With Student Theatrics
At St Patrick’s Academy the past week broke daily tension with two intel eco events. Third Academies hosted a Macbeth Evening featuring enrage poems and scenes plus musical numbers enhancing the hour. December 13 marks the Longfellow Tennyson Evening by First-Year High pupils with well delivered essays and classical selections showing earnest brain-work from English studies.
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St. Patrick’s
Shrine Club Elects Officers and Donates to Charity
Shrine Club held Monday night elections naming A. B. Phelps president F. A. Griffith vice president and F. A. Barger secretary treasurer The club voted to give 560 dollars to the Kings Daughters for their Christmas charities.
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Shrine Club
A. BE. Phelps
F. A. Griffith
F. A. Barger
King’s Daughters
Presbyterian Ladies Bazaar and Tea Room Draw Big Crowd
The Presbyterian bazaar and tea room last Thursday drew a large crowd and raised over $350. The event featured booths artfully arranged in the east store room near the bakery, vaudeville acts directed by Mrs. Kepler, a lively performance by The Cherry Sisters, and a menu available at noon and evening. Performances included piano by Mrs. Johneau, dances by Helen Jane Johnson and Margaret Uptegrove, and acts by Percy Pettibone, Misa Avis Rogers, and Mary Jones in various costumes. The program also showcased several numbers from Ronald Barker, Richard Kepler, Hollis Kepler, Blaine Grabill, and Paul Gerrard, ending with enthusiastic audience responses. The ladies expect to exceed three hundred fifty dollars in proceeds.
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Presbyterian
Percy
Dr. Pettibone
Mary Jones
Misa Avis _Rogers
Mra. Matteson
Cherry Sisters
J. W. Johnson
Blaine Grabill
Ray Witham
Wendtland
Doran
Shocking Death Report Reaches Kin of Conductor
A. E. Wright of Kidney Farms Creamery received word that his brother, R. Wright, a conductor on the west division, was found dead in the Cheyenne railroad yards. He left on No. 19 Thursday and arrival delays meant early notice was slow. His mother, Mrs. D. W. Benson, learned of the tragedy and planned to join A. E. Wright upon further word.
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A. EB .Wright
Kidney
Farms Creamery
Cheyenne
D. W. Benson
Central City
R. L. Wright
Thornburg Death for Pioneer of Potter Nebraska
Benjamin F. Thornburg born January 12 1849 in Cincinnati Ohio died December 7 1922 at his Potter Nebraska home aged 73 years 10 months 26 days He moved with parents to Kirksville Missouri married Sarah Lutes in 1870 then homesteaded in Cheyenne County Nebraska Later helped develop Potter He leaves wife a daughter Mrs A J Branacombe of Kelso Washington and three sons Thomas George and Ed plus grandchildren Funeral held in Potter Sunday at 1 30 pm Bonham Bros Rev Pruitt officiating interment in local cemetery
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Benjamin F. Thornburg
Cincinnati
Ohio
Potter
Nebraska
Thornburg
Kirksville
Missouri
Sarah Lutes
Cheyenne
A. J. Branacombe
Kelso
Washington
Thomas
George
Marshs Move to Chicago for Jewelry Post
Mr and Mrs Virgil Marsh have left for Chicago where Mr Marsh has accepted a position with a jewelry house.
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Virgil Marsh
Chicago
Marsh
Weeleenle Jewelry House
Community concert a crowd pleaser at the church event
A large Sunday audience filled the church for a community concert led by Dr Light and featuring youth bands, vocal duets, solos, and readings. Performances by Margery Pettit Bertha Flo Franklin Hornaday Gladys Sweet and the Sidney Juvenile band drew high praise as a boost to local cultural life.
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Dr. Light
Plectric Park
Margery Pettit
Bertha Flo
Robert Harper
Holy City
Harold Ells
Ind
Jack Benedict
G. F. Leibendorfer
Johnson
Shriners
Matephone
Prof. Baldue
J. W. Johnson
Baldue
Guy Doran
Gladys Sweet
Mrs. Johnson
Gladys
Franklin
Hornaday
Glenn Matteson
Austin Clarno
Sidney Juvenile
B. W. Bonham
Sidney
Py J. McIntosh
Bright Sidney Window Displays Compel Christmas Browsing
In Sidney shop windows rival to attract shoppers with festive electric lighting and colorful emblems. Stores showcase graceful window styling to entice purchases, promising inevitable gifts and pleasing eye appeal as the season's offerings shine.
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Sidney
Knights Banquet at Commercial Hotel Delights Members
The Knights of Pythias and ladies hosted a splendid banquet Tuesday night at the Commercial Hotel. Covers were set for sixty guests, with a festive atmosphere and fine remarks.
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Knights of Pythias and
Comercial
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iPidney
Moses A. Swift
Idaho
Presbyterian Church
Tholing
Miller
John D. Bailiff
Farm
The
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Shrine
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