COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE NOTES VISITORS AND MOVEMENTS
Chris Livoni and wife visit Denver this week. Mason Tishue’s house moved to Sidney and will be lived in there indefinitely. Payzant fences this past week. Ear Hiett and family visited Peetz Colorado recently. Zeigler of Hamilton visits Mr Heartway. Zeigler owns South Divide land. Hand returns from Medicine Bow Wyoming. Heartway buys a work horse from Paul Kappler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Livoni
Denver
John Tissue
Mason Tishue
Sidney
Mason
Payzant
Ear Hiett
Peetz
Colo
Mr. Zeigler
Hamilton, Co
South Divide
Heartway
Frank Hand
Medicine Row
Wyoming
Mr. Heartway
Paul Kappler
Local Notes On Repairs And Visits At Rural Homes
Clara remains ill with whooping cough as repairs continue on the telephone line with extra poles and another wire. Lawrence Beyer is on the sick list. The sale at S. W. Scott's last Friday drew good prices. G. H. Cunningham and wife visited The Ash Grove Ranch last Sunday. Eli Elliston of Montauk Ranch went to Sidney on Tuesday for telephone poles. Jos. Roman bought the Portrey well drill and is ready to drill wells. A phonograph is the latest addition to the Pultz farm. Mr. T. Epps visited Sidney Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Beyer
Ash Grove
Eli Elliston
Montauk Ranch
Sidney
Jos. Roman
Portrey
Pultz
T. Epps
Sidney residents share social visits and travel notes
The brief notes record Mrs. E. W. Dye returning from Julesburg Colorado and several Sidney residents visiting relatives or traveling to nearby towns including Potter Peetz Kimball and Cheyenne County. Family gatherings and a wedding at Cessna Wiseman are also mentioned along with new automobile deliveries.
Ash Grove Farm Activities Highlight Hay Hauling Trip
Ash Grove residents Andrew and Robert McAdam hauled hay from Potter. They ship it up from Ford Wickhorst. Mr and Mrs Myrtle Taylor traveled to Sidney last Saturday for a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Robert McAdam
Potter
Sidney
Ford Wickhorst
Myrtle Taylor
Christmas Hopes In Ash Grove Prompted By Local Details
Residents note Santa Claus visiting nearby in an auto and Mable McAdam’s expected Christmas return. The Ladies Aid met Mrs Will McAdam last Thursday while Earl Dye visited Ash Grove after parking his car roadside. A raffle turkey in Potter was won by Mrs Ford Wickhorst. A calm week with no notable events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Nelson
Santa Claus
Ladies Aid
Will McAdam
Earl Dye
Ash Grove
Mable McAdam
Ford Wickhorst
Potter Community News Highlights and Events
Potter notes include Irma Struble's Saturday night stay in Sidney and visits by Chas Wair and Mrs Chas Heimer. Mrs Branscom plans to return to Ravenna, while Mrs Struble keeps boarders. A Woodman fundraiser and a Lutheran church bazaar raise funds, plus a Kimball at Potter basketball game ends 18 to 15 for Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Struble
Sidney
Chas. Wair
Kimball County
R. Roche
Kimball and Potter
Potter
Kimball
Potter Patrons Grieve Over Miss Oldershaw Ill Health
The notice notes Miss Oldershaw’s continuing ill health preventing her return to Potter, a sentiment shared by patrons and friends. It reports Mr. Thornburg selling his new switchboard to Mr. Chalberg and transfer of all rights, and Chalberg planning lines to join Souvenir plates. Frances Wickhorst visited Lulu Lafferty. Ash Grove is welcomed to the correspondence column as a beautiful place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornburg
Frances Wickhorst
Lulu Lafferty
Ash Grove
Seven Social Planned by Miss Bauer at Vacik School
Miss Bertha Bauer of Old Colton District 78 hosts a seven social on December 7 at 8 07 p m at Vacik school two miles west four miles Sund The admission is seven cents with every seventh person free Seven kinds of games a seven number program fish pond seven cents for bait seven foods for seven cents Bring pennies no change There is a lively audience and a bright program followed by dancing into the night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Bauer
Colton
Vacik
Woman Run Down by Auto in Lincoln Street
Mrs. J M Edmiston, of Lincoln, was killed instantly when she stepped into the path of Peter M Plamondon’s auto in the business district. Witnesses said the vehicle was traveling 4 to 8 miles per hour as the driver attempted to avoid her. the incident was deemed accidental and no arrest was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Peter M Plamondon
J M. Edmiston
Plamondon
Acre Corn Contest Winners Named by State Board
W R Mellor secretary of the state board of agriculture announced the results of the boys acre corn contest for the 1911 session listing eleven winners with names and addresses such as Fellows at Winnebago Eggers at Hooper Douglass at Tekamah and Wiese at West Point along with Hoegemeyer Rogers Gorum Olderog Dorste Wilcox and others and their respective bushels and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Mellor
State Board of Agriculture
Andsley Fellows
Winnebago
Harry Eggers
Hooper
Ea Rayman Douglass
Tekamah
Will'am Wiese
West Point
George Hoegemeyer
Herbert C. Rogers
Lyons
Ele
Murvill Gorum
Wugo Olderog
Gretna
Fugene Gorum
Cozad
Ervin Dorste
Rule
Elmer Wilcox
Table Rock
State Banks to Undergo Biennial Examination
State examining board has arranged to inspect all state banks twice yearly in the coming year. The force includes H C Nicholson of Omaha, F M Stapleton of Lincoln, R Springer of Lincoln, Joseph Pigman of Broken Bow, C M Trotter of Brady, E E Emmett of Arapahoe, L P Albright of Red Cloud, E H Mullowney of Albion, J L Svoboda of Abie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Nicholson
Omaha
F. M. Stapleton
Lincoln
R. Springer
Joseph Pigman
Broken Bow
C. M. Trotter
Brady
E. E. Emmett
Arapahoe
L. P. Albright
Red Cloud
E H. Mullowney
Albion
J. L. Svoboda
Abie
Collision Involving Omaha Man Leaves Several Injured
An Elkhorn area head on crash near Elkhorn left Helwig Swanson of Omaha with likely fatal injuries at Clarkson hospital. John A. Swanson, King Swanson president, in serious condition. John G. Seefus and his daughter sustained multiple lacerations and bruises as both cars were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helwig Swanson
Omaha
Clarkson Hospital
John A. Swanson
King-Swanson Company
John G. Seefus
Elkhorn
Seefus
A Christmas Flashlight
A frail former banker with a drink habit drifts to a settlement house in Chicago. Miss Newton aids him with shoes and food, sharing a brief Christmas kindness before he vanishes, leaving the narrator to wonder if he found a home for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Youngs
Miss Newton
Massachusetts
Chicago
West Side
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Clara
S. W. Scott's
E. W. Dye
Julesburg
Colorado
Harry Lockhart
J. M. Nelson
Miss LeRoy
Carrie Glassburn
P. C. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Bentley
Mr. Howe
Ed Nelson
Livoni
Cheyenne County
Kirkpatrick
Oscar Franzen
V. A. Nelson
Gladys Nelson
ASH
Stecher's Orchestra
J.C. Kreader
Petersen
Bhut
Chas. Heimer
A. Branscom
Reitz
Breiting
Mr. Thornburg
Mr. Riley
Woman's Aid
The
Lutheran Church
Guild
Ben Wagner
Redington
B. F. Thornburg
J. W. Graham
Nebraska
A. Oleson
Creighton College
Scotts Bluff
Roy Lee
Bethel
Lee
Kimball High School
Unique Entertainment
AUC
J. M. Edmiston
Audsley
Collison
Mary Humphrey
H Heyer
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Sidney Mercantile Co
Sidney Mercantile Company
OUR
American Bank
Sidney, Nebr
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
the Capitol
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock
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