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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1924
Page
9
A lengthy roundup notes residents visiting, shopping, and traveling for Christmas. I L Flo spends holidays with family while Paul Collart Gurley shops in Sidney. Mrs Dedrick Dal ton and the Stone family shop in town. bankers, business visitors, and local workers are listed with movements to Denver Lincoln and Minneapolis for holidays and medical updates.
A group of our teachers plan to participate in the state association gathering in Omaha next week. Superintendent Liebendorfer will accompany the delegation.
Mrs Starry Mantor and her young son and daughter left Tuesday for Torrington Wyoming to spend the holidays with her parents. Dr Mantor cannot get away at this time.
Mr and Mrs J Hl ONeil and young Peggy travel Wednesday to Gothenburg to visit Mr ONeils parents whose hearts are with Miss Peggy in her royal kingdom and life with family.
Lillian Brady from Potter came down Tuesday to Christmas shop. The pleasant little lady had made friends in the county treasurer’s office last year.
Charles Lane, general freight agent for the Union Pacific based in Omaha, traveled along his line and conducted an inspection at Sidney on Monday, accompanied by Agent Shoemaker.
Mr and Mrs F G Griffith left on No 4 Monday for Omaha to spend Christmas with Mrs Griffiths sister Mrs Green and her family Fred Griffith is expected to join them from Lincoln for Christmas
Jacob Eckert, an elderly and respected resident, lies low with slim chances of betterment as his daughter Mrs. C. E. Harper remains a constant attendant at his side during this trying period.
Mrs. Charles Daugherty and her daughter Jacquiline travel to Denver to visit Mrs. Daugherty's parents Mr and Mrs Nickum and other relatives. Charles will join them for a day or two.
The W. W. Jordan residence hosts relatives this week with Mrs. Helen Jordan Mrs. Winifred Dean C J Jordan of Denver and Mr and Mrs Ben Shrimpton and daughter Helen of Ainsworth Nebraska arriving Tuesday to stay a week.
Mrs Clara McNish entertains her mother Mrs Charles Hammond and sister Mrs Anna Elliott of Lincoln. The trio often reside in Los Angeles. Mrs Elliott will travel there soon while Mrs Hammond stays a while with Mrs McNish.
On a Tuesday one of the season’s coldest days many residents braved the weather to travel across the county. Alfred Johnson from Trognitz precinct and W. R. Wood from Eagle precinct appeared in Sidney, with other travelers from smaller areas. William N. Eaton, among the county’s oldest citizens, left Wednesday for Sautelle, California, to spend winter there, a habit that seems to suit him as he remains spry at eighty eight. Mrs. William Simms accompanied him to assess the climate’s benefits.
The text notes that after his affairs are arranged Mr. Simms expects to join them, indicating immediate plans to reunite or join a party or household once personal matters are settled.
Mrs Grace King and Kathryn King arrived from Bridgeport Monday to spend Christmas at the Joe Simodynes home. Kathryn, a arts and science student at the state university, traveled from Lincoln via Alliance with companions to visit her brother Harry and family on the King ranch near Bridgeport.
PD R Jones returned from Denver Saturday night and was summoned back Tuesday for business counsel. He has made numerous investments over the past decade, some dormant during the reactionary period, with prospects now bright for development. Jones was an early and successful county developer, and his achievements are well deserved.
Bill and Jack Lowe arrived from Los Angeles to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lowe. Bill works with his uncle Frank Whiteock and Jack attends school in the sunset city. Jack laments missing Sidney school due to appendicitis and an operation delaying his return.
A Mauldin drilling rig from Fort Worth, Texas, was shipped December 10 to Stoneham area and will operate north of Stoneham by January 1. The move, involving three carloads, followed a December 10 freight-rate cut. About 10,000 acres on the structure are leased to Gill and Company of Denver. Geologists from Gill, the US government, and a Denver consultant concur on a strong anticline and promising drilling prospects in the Stoneham district.
Investigations into Gill and company selling leases for drilling on the Willard prospect continue as Mauldin Drilling and associates are linked to Gill. Denver interests claim funds to sink a deep test, while geologist Sur maps the Stonehame Willard transition and reports remain undisclosed.
Bridgeport barber shops break from tradition with fifty cent haircuts and twenty five cent shaves ending the day at seven o clock. Sidney barbers have long charged these prices, leaving patrons unaware of any other rate.
A fire last week caused four thousand dollars in damage at a Gering sugar factory with water damage noted. Five thousand bags of sugar must be processed again through the granulator to recover losses.
A brief notice from E. E. Hiett box 492 offers a farm loan. No further terms or contact details are provided.
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