Union Pacific Strike May Expand Across Harriman System
The Union Pacific walkout teeters between settlement this week and extension across Harriman lines. Omaha Bee reports a crisis point with boiler makers threatening a system wide strike if engine mandates persist, while machinists and blacksmiths show strong cooperation. A New York despatch notes Burt Harriman and union leaders in conference with an ultimatum pending director vote.
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Daily Papers
Union Pacific
Harriman
Omaha Bee
Burt
New York
McNeil
Boilermakers
Omaha
Southern Pacific
Horace G. Burt
E. H. Harriman
John McNeil
Boiler Makers’ Union
Land Transfers in Rural District Continue
Transfers recorded include J T Mastin and wife selling to Fred Lehmkuhl the northwest quadrant of section 28 township 14 range 47 for 200 dollars. Olof Pearson and wife convey northwest quarter and adjacent half of section 5 township 16 range 52 for 1 200 dollars. B T Jared and wife sell to E A Reant ne of section 15 township 50 range 10 for 400 dollars. Belmont Irrigating Canal and Water Power Co to J A VanWinkle sections 1 2 town 18 range 19 for 1 625 dollars. L B Reed and wife to Belmont Canal Co total and 2 acres of northwest 18-19-49 for 100 dollars. J B Allen and wife to L Reed several lots in sections 7 8 9 10 and 18-19-49 for 3 720 dollars.
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J. T. Mastin
Fred Lehmkuhl
Olof Pearson
Nels P. Ackerman
B. T. Jared
E. A. Reant
Belmont Irrigating Canal & Water Power Co
J. A. VanWinkle
E Aw
Reed and Wife
Belmont Canal Co
J. B. Allen
Reed
Lotal
Local Gossip From Sidney Field Of Passing Events
Judge Hamer of Kearney visited town Tuesday. Will Moore shipped cattle to South Omaha Thursday. The Post club renews weekly meetings. Christmas displays delight merchants. Miss Gertrude Sanders returned from Iowa and Nebraska. Episcopal church to host Christmas service and sermon. Sidney Dancing Club plans New Year Masquerade Ball at the opera house. Bernard E. Reddy and Alma Britton wed at Sidney, then to Laramie Wyo. for their future home.
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Will Moore
South Omaha
Sidney Dancing Club
Opera House
Klein
Bernard E. Reddy
R. Alma Britton
Sidney
R. E. Gilpin
M. E. Church
Laramie
Wyo
Local Happenings and Notices From Sidney
A CBS-like patch of community items lists visitors and travels from F H King and W M Fuller, weddings of Miss Blanche Oberfelder and Mr Arthur Cobn, Miss Mary Otteman and Mr Albert Webb, a Woodmen meeting delay due to storm, and funeral for Joe Vacik. Also noted are church services on Christmas day and multiple local mentions of residents, guests, and illness.
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Misa Blanche Oberfelder
Arthur Cobn
Simon
Omaha
Missouri Girl at Opera House and Hanson Violin Concert
A local production at the opera house opens January 3 with a strong script and lively climaxes. Christian Hanson the violinist, famed as the modern Ole Bull, appears Friday December 26 with an Amati violin valued at $2,600. Tickets at 25 and 85 cents on sale via Sidney Drug Co.
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Opera House
Christian Hanson
Hanson
Ole Bull
Sidney Drug Co
Sidney Board Seeks Refund of Bonded Debt at Lower Interest
The Sidney school board aims to refinance the district 8000 dollar bonded indebtedness at a lower rate than six percent, but has not yet secured bonds at a favorable rate. Central office logs show 270 calls in a 24 hour period with varied per-line activity. The central office will close Christmas day from 11 am to 3 pm. George Heidenger dies at about sixty after chronic illness. neighbors cared for him, coroner notified, funeral held with Rev. J B Leamer officiating. He left a wife and six children in Austria, no local relatives. He immigrated in 1888 and lived in the county since, except two years in Wyoming, once ran a South Divide ranch. he was known as honest and hardworking.
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Sidney
Lathrop
Central
George Heidenger
Wm. Studt
W. Kemp
Wright
Austria
Wyoming
South Divide
J. B. Leamer
Supreme Court Ruling Changes Tax Foreclosure Process
A new Supreme Court decision bars counties from foreclosing tax liens without a tax sale certificate or tax deed from the county treasurer. Purchasers gain ownership subject to the owner's two year redemption right. The ruling overturns prior district court opinions and affects about thirty local cases.
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Supreme Court
Grimes
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Oberfelders
Swan Dedrick
Metropolitan Hotel
Sidney, Neb
Rose Otaert
Neb
Postoffice
Sager
J. P. Lingaard
U. P. Depot
M. H. Tosin
Hamer of
Kearney
J. W. Reinmuth
Dalton
W. C. Bullock
Brookside Ranch
J. W. Harrin
J. J. McIntosh
Post Club
Hudson
Robert Willis
Bridgeport
Col
F. O. Wisner
The
Bayard Transcript
Harper
First National Bank
Denver
Wellman Va. Moran
Gertrude Sanders
Iowa
Nebraska
E. Kruse
Rudolph Krusee
Missouri
Alec McCoy
North River
George Beerline
Platte Valley
Sarpy County
Sidney Fire Department
Christ Episcopal Church
F. H. King
John Wilson
W. M. Fuller
Oshkosh
North Platte
Mabel Gapen
H. M. Babb
Union Valley
Sheriff Babb
Morning Star
Jesus
Fred Dawson
Markell Hotel Co
George Haxby
North County
James O’kane
Frank Zalenka
Lodgepole
Frank
Santa Claus
Mary Otteman
Albert Webb
Mr. Webb
Ernst Sabiel
Th& Telegraph
Joe Vacik
James Vacik
St. Patrick’s Church
Grace McIntosh
Fine x X
J.R. Merifield
Grannaman Bive
Sidney, Nee
J. C. Hudson
Oberfelter Bldg
Beb
City Meat Market
S&s. Mastrude, Prop
Charles Troguito
Seagon
O. D. Lyon
Union Pacific Land
Sidney Cash Store
Fishman & Parker Bros
Oberfelder
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