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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
6
Peetz Colorado residents report a lively community with school programs, hotel openings, and holiday plans. W H Frazier faces staffing limits during Christmas, while Max Smith visits from Sterling and teachers take breaks. Snow blankets the uplands aiding crops amid a deep winter.
Clara wishes everyone a happy New Year. Mr and Mrs Bowen and Mrs Ward drove to Sidney last Saturday. Jas Jensen spent last week at The Ash Grove Ranch. Mr Aylsworth busy building a cement tank. Miss Grace Daugherty returned from North Platte after visiting relatives. Three new families expected to locate near our burg in spring. Weather remains cold in these diggings. Messrs Aylsworth and Miss Woods spent last Sunday at The Hard Times Ranch.
Sunday's snow storm left light cover as residents note cold weather and a recent caller Jacob Morfeld from J ranch delivered news. Details cover a past horse raid for items, upcoming coyote hunt, local meetings, flour and coal orders, railroad tie work, and townsfolk including Mrs. Talbot and Jean Pierce.
Mr Larson finished hauling straw from the Carey place on Saturday. Tie leaves for Bancroft Wednesday where he expects to spend the winter. Jim McNulty spent Monday in Dalton. Pat Keenan took Saturday dinner.
The report covers numerous Dalton residents on holiday visits and shopping. Frank White joins local shoppers, the Eckert and Walsh families attend a Literary Friday at Glendale, and many travel to Potter and Sidney for Xmas plans. Several weddings, dinners, and a basket social at Juelf school are noted, along with a death of Mr Madden in Chicago.
Denver mourns a man who died after the death of his wife Katherine Madden Deering. He had been living with his sister Mrs. Burns in Chicago. Days before his death, his sister also died from ptomaine poisoning after eating canned tomatoes.
The town shows signs of becoming more citified with new grape fruit in the Potter market and an artificial skating rink in the park. A Christmas Eve dance at Thornburg hall and festive window decorations at Banta’s drug store mark the season as residents bid farewell to a busy year.
Private banking houses on Wall Street are described as the most generous Christmas payers and top salary givers throughout the year. The largest firm reportedly awards 100 percent year end bonus, effectively doubling annual pay, while others give around 40 percent. Details are not officially disclosed, and rumors spread via luncheon gossip among employees.
St Patrick s Church lists Masses at 8 and 10 and an evening service at 7 30 with Saturday instruction at 2. Lutheran services include Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship 11 and Luther League 6 30 with evening service 7 30. Election of Sunday school officers next Sunday, January meeting for congregation first Monday in January. Old resident John E Brudeen marries Mrs Anah Wood from Lakota Dakota on December 23. Rev Hansen of Potter visited Trygstad family. cobweb social enjoyed, Christmas preparations underway. thanks for food donations to pastor and family.
Poem laments empty stockings on Christmas Eve highlighting lonely mothers and starving children. It contrasts joyful Santa imagery with harsh poverty and pleads for help to aid those in want and pain.
The state railway commission will hold two hearings at Hastings on Dec 93 regarding the Lincoln Telephone company. The firm seeks to discontinue exchange at Inland and to install metal circuits at Saronville with a small rate increase, charging Harvard’s same local service.
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