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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
4
A Sidney Nebraska note laments Christmas season humorously while warning against greed and crime. The column jokes about rent receipts and curses misfortune and urges gratitude. It also mentions the W C T U suffering a setback and a man spending cash after buying drinks and seeking a wife with many answers.
In a column tone the piece questions why U S citizens would seek passports to Russia while noting domestic concerns. It references a popular chaser with the husband and a tracer drawing more attention from the wife. It also mentions school let out for vacation misread as howl ing dervishes and hints at societal gossip about the new Mrs. Vanderbilt and possible divorce. The Telegraph wishes readers Merry Christmas and unstint ed good times.
The article notes Parcela Post Extension now goes to Congress. It mentions how good roads steer farmer trading, cites John Bigelow's death in New York Tuesday, and discusses cooperative advertising boosting Ravenna merchants. It also covers political party loyalty, famine in Russia with war prep against Persia, the Denver Post Christmas outreach, and shifting views on the Indian population and government policy.
Reports from Morrill County newspapers describe a wolf hunt eight miles east of Dalton with about one hundred people, plans for a larger crowd next week, and local efforts to test two Gould Triplex pumps supplying 250 gallons per minute as the town prepares to distribute water after trench work. Also noted are travels of county officials, health travel plans, and a reflection from O Neill Frontier on a town’s self sufficiency and patronage of home merchants.
A poetic verse extols the Christmas pudding as richer than gold, praising gifts of raisin currants and wine mixed with suet and bread crumbs. It notes laborers cutting the loaf, sharing a pound of fruit with four ounces of crumbs, and a generous, communal spirit in preparation.
A playful verse proclaims the speaker as the prince of puddings and extols lavish ingredients. It lists sugar, nutmeg, lemon peel, mace, ginger, and eggs as essential, praising generous portions and the artful blending that elevates dessert beyond peers.
Rev A Hillert conducts Christmas Day services at the Lutheran Church Higgins Neb at 10am and at Dalton at 3pm A German program follows at Higgins on December 24 starting 6pm A Christmas program is planned tonight at 7 30 at the Methodist church A Christmas service is scheduled for Sunday morning at 1 o clock
Services set for next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A special Christmas Day service is planned Monday morning at 10:30.
Snow blankets the divides and prairies with about ten inches on the level and drifts of varying depth. Sidney reports around six inches. The prolonged snowstorm brought easier walking and no severe winds or extreme cold. Farmers look to a good crop next season.
Teachers and students enjoy a fent this week as the basketball team wins every game. A partition rises in Miss Brown's room and Mrs Parks seventh graders move to the new southwest room next semester. The manual training bench and tools arrive. next lecture features Mrs Lilla G English on December 29 at the H S Auditorium. School closes until Tuesday January 2 1912 with rooms being repainted. Six Horace Turner Co pictures arrive, set to inspire viewers.
Serial notice from the US Land Office at North Platte Nebraska announces Carl Wale of Nebo Nebo filed for final five year proof to establish claim on surveyed land in section 4 township 60 range 60 west of the 6th principal meridian. Proof to be made before the County Judge in Sidney Nebraska on June 9 1912 with witnesses Edward Collins John Peetz Friedrich D Wacker Sidney Nebraska and Edward Fischer Laura Colorado.
The Board of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County Nebraska invites sealed bids to supply first class stationery for county officers for 1920s. Required items include letter heads and various legal blanks. bids due by 4 pm on January 4. The board may reject any bid and positions are filed with the county clerk.
Petition filed by Geo W Sager asks that Mons Johnson be appointed administrator of Elizabeth Sager estate in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Hearing set for January 2, 1912 at 4 pm in county court, with notice by publication in The Sidney Telegraph for three weeks prior.
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