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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
4
The Telegraph offers old papers for sale and related items including small sectional maps of Cheyenne County. Subscriptions for magazines and periodicals, dentistry prices, and five vents are mentioned. Spring cleaning prompts office sales and calls to apply.
The building committee will receive bids to complete the M E church at Potter Nebraska. Bids open on January 2 1914 at 2 pm. The committee may reject any or all bids. Plans and specs at Wm McAdams Potter Neb. Committee members W Johnson Grant Brady Fred Nelson.
For sale. 160 acres good level land seven miles northwest from Sidney beme the southeast quarter section 27 township 15 range 50. Price taken immediately 29 dollars per acre. T. B. Bowman Boone Iowa.
A few Barred Plymouth Flock cockerels offered at reasonable prices if taken at once. Address provided as Mrs Peter Nelson in Sextorp, Neh.
Estray black mare, three years old, star on forehead. Branded GE on left neck. Ten dollar reward for return. ED ERICKSON, Potter Nebraska.
At St Patrick's Catholic Church evening service is at 7:30 p.m. Next Sunday Mass is at 10:00 a.m. Instruction sessions occur each Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Pastor is PATHER LINK.
Christian Church led by Pastor Harry Mitchell offers Bible school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Willing Workers meet Thursday afternoons. Christ Episcopal Church with WM T. Morgan Jr as Lay Worker holds Sunday school 9:30 a.m. and services 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning prayer on first, third, fifth Sundays. Rev J H Utesch presides with worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school 10 a.m. Choir practice Tuesdays. Dorcas Society meets Thursdays at members’ homes. Church Council meets first Monday monthly. Confirmation class at 2 p.m. Saturdays in winter.
Rev E J Hayes pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m League services on Sunday at 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Choir practice Friday at 7 30 p m Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon
German Lutheran services will be held at the Dunkard church on Sunday at 3 p m with the choir to sing three Christmas anthems including Down the Ages Afar in the morning and White Shepherds Watched and It came upon a Midnight Clear on Christmas night. A union service at the Methodist church with Mrs Wallace, a national representative, will follow. The Dorcas Society of the Luther church celebrated a successful supper and bazaar raising 125 dollars. Mrs Lena Hartzell Wallace, national lecturer, will speak at the M I X church next Sunday. The Frances Willard Union arranged for her visit and a collection will cover expenses. The Catholic girls organize The Children of Mary society for ages ten and up, with meetings on the second and fourth Saturdays. The first meeting was held at Eva Miles’s home with 20 members and growing. Mrs Gould was taken to Omaha for medical care.
Confessions will be heard in the afternoon on December 24 at St Patrick's church. Father Link will travel to Kimball to celebrate midnight mass and return by Christmas morning for devotions. Masses are scheduled at six in the morning and ten oclock, with Rosewigs mass and special music by Ethel Klein's choir and orchestra.
The Very Rev. J. J. Bowker will visit Sidney on December 29 and 30. He will lead a service at 7:30 p.m. on the 29th and celebrate Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. on the 30th, replacing the regular Christmas service. Parishioners are asked to attend.
The notice announces German Lutheran services to be held tomorrow at three o'clock at the Dunkard church. O Jeungle, Pasics.
Sidney fans gear up for a Christmas vacation basketball visit from Newman Grove January 2 or 8. The visiting team, among Nebraska's best, beat Geneva Alliance and Sidney on their home floors last season and won the Lincoln state cup in March. Sidney aims to even the score on their court after a 30-19 loss last year.
A fresh snow storm drifts in from the north with strong drive and calm bets against it. The scene suggests a genuine winter event forming as weather watchers gauge its path and impact.
A dance will be held at Tobin Opera House on December 25 with Fine's Orchestra providing music. A good time is insured and tickets cost 75 cents.
A dental of a medical advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims constitutional treatment, internal use, and improvement of strength by building the system. The makers offer 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure and urge sending testimonials. Sold by all druggists 75 cents. Take Wards Family Pills for constipation.
Local life and fire insurance ad urging residents to avoid strangers handling policies. It argues out of town agents do not pay taxes locally and offers the services of LIVONI & SONS to figure costs and coverage.
The play Lena Rivers based on Mrs Mary J Holmes novel runs at the opera house next Saturday evening December 27th. It has drawn immense crowds with a metropolitan production noted for strong cast, scenery and costuming. Admission is 25 35 and 50 cents.
Saturday evening December 20 at the opera house features Fine's Orchestra. Music fills the night with danceable tunes and the price of admission is 50 cents per ticket.
Leo Bartholomew travels with his sister Mrs George Davis to Denver for business as holiday busyness swells the depots. Henry Bangert's return follows days on the rotary snow plow. Goldie Dunbar of Potter nears full recovery after injury and visits Sidney. Ticket sales remain strong at depots as travelers move for Christmas. I D Worden to Norfolk for Christmas with wife’s relatives while Mrs Worden and child join. W J Shoemaker and wife return from a west coast trip via Portland visiting McLernons and praising western advantages. Marguerite Dark, six, rides to Portland alone after being transferred from Burlington to Union Pacific by her father.
Every child should know about the Free Doll offered at Laune's Pharmacy and is encouraged to ask about the promotion. Local patrons are urged to inquire at the counter for details and eligibility while supplies last.
Sidney readers are urged to act on an extensive 1913 list from Knight Campbell Music Co offering over 100 used standard makes of pianos and player pianos. The ad promises savings of 50 to 75 dollars on pianos and 75 to 150 dollars on player pianos, plus prepaid freight and money back satisfaction after 40 years of business at West's largest and oldest music house located at 1625 31 California Street, Denver.
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