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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
6
South Divide reports w Nelson ill with LaGrippe. Helping Hand club met at Mrs Foster with a good time but attendance was light due to widespread sickness. Payzant family also ill. Payzant caring for others. Tom Collins visiting Ed Collins in Wyoming. F A Hand sick this week. John Jelenek sold cattle last week.
A Sidney draw notes widespread illness and school closings for Christmas holidays. District 27 held a program and gave away free items last Saturday night. A Selover family member from California arrived for the holidays. T. R. Pegden of Storm Lake Iowa visits relatives for the holidays. Fred Pegden and wife praise the climate for health.
December 17 report from Gurley notes a large Farmers' Union meeting in the Albert Thompson stone building, with plans to handle hog shipping locally. New stock yards near completion, carpenters Schlisselman and Mann at work on multiple projects including a Gurley saloon by Christmas and a residence for Mr Jeudes. Flora family to spend Christmas in Cozad, Neb.
An ad explaining the nervous system as the body's alarm network and showing nervousness signs like headaches fatigue and irritability. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing tonic to restore strength, blood quality, and nerve cell feeding, claiming alcohol free formulation from Scott & Bowne Bloomfield New Jersey.
In the Gurley area in 1915 the Ruhter family will cover Mr. Warner's chores for about two weeks during his eastward visit. Albert Thompson nears completion of his new office. Gurley school ends for 1915 on Thursday, closing a school year with corn husker demand noted in local chatter.
The holiday column notes American farmhouse gratitude for the year past and hope for peace next Christmas. Rev. Chamberlain visited the John Weston home. Alma Turen traveled to Geneva Nebraska to visit relatives. Fred Schumacher was under doctor's care. District 51 held a Christmas program praised as extra good. The next literary meeting is set for January 7 at the Nelick school house.
Bronson locals invite all to the neighborhood Christmas tree at the school house with a program and gift hanging for others. Attendance includes villagers like Clarence Wright teacher and A P Siebenaler, plus many local families and a Benish hall dance drawing a crowd last Saturday.
A six year old girl with a younger boy visit a department store toy section. They sit before Santa, then the girl leads the boy to the creche and urges him to kneel. She explains the nativity while the boy protests, and she sighs that Denny prefers Santa to God.
Denver prepares for the National Western Stock Show the week of January 16 with expectations of over ten million dollars in trade. feeders, fat cattle, hogs, sheep, and pure bred stock from top herds, plus stallions, breeding hogs, dairy cattle and poultry. Stockmen nationwide seek new blood while western feeders plan to replenish after quiet years, marking a likely record exhibit and attendance as disease concerns fade.
A nostalgic verse describes a winter scene with snow, icicles, and a quiet Christmas night. The poem contrasts dim rooms, creeping shadows, and warming touches like stockings on the mantel and a white bearded Saint Nicholas arriving by chimney, preserving holiday ritual.
Union Stock Yards at South Omaha reports a moderate cattle run of about 4 000 head with strong demand from dressed beef buyers and prices up to a dime higher than Monday. Hogs 22 000 head with bidding down 10 15 cents early, sheep and lambs 13 000 head, demand slack due to eastern reports, best clipped lambs at 7 85 and 8 70 for corn fed lambs, yearlings strong for light and heavy speculations.
Tong King Chong of the Chinese Republic association in San Francisco received a Shanghai cablegram stating that five provinces Kwangtung Kiangsi Yuannan Szchuen and Kweichau had declared independence from Yuan Shi Kai. Tong, who has led California Chinese gatherings, expects further declarations and notes strong opposition in America to monarchic rule. He cites large funds from California Chinese to finance a broader revolution.
Two typhoid cases strike Lincoln game warden office. Rittenbeck and an assistant, Mrs Con, fall ill after exposure. In divorce case, Frank Dodimead of Omaha to receive 5 dollars monthly alimony for December. Katherine Dodimead sues for divorce. Supreme Court judges seek re election. four vacancies expected with incumbents Worrissey Fawcett Barnes Sedgwick.
A reflective verse oddity blends Christmas imagery with a meditation on giving and human warmth. The poet muses on a yearly balance of gifts and power, ending with a contemplative note on life.
The passage reflects on Christmas as a continuation of ancient customs such as trees, mistletoe, holly, carols, Santa, and reindeer. It asserts there is no truly modern Christmas, only occasional modernist adaptations that preserve timeless joys from earlier centuries.
One Drawback notes that those who start Christmas shopping early may struggle to conceal their purchases from curious children, as prying eyes increase the risk of discovery. The piece wields a light humorous tone to warn against spoiling surprises while urging timely, discreet gift planning.
A reader notes the value of foresight as a woman saved funds for Christmas preparations, avoiding last minute stress and discovering prudent budgeting benefits for holiday purchases and tasks.
If the mother is very busy and trimming the Christmas tree feels like too much give the kids the fun of trimming it themselves. This works for children who have moved beyond the baby stage and can handle a simple decorating task.
Warning against mercury containing ointments for catarrh and endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure from Foote Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Cure taken internally and advertised with testimonials free. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle, with Wake Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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