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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1915

Page

8

Two Men Taken From Mob in Oklahoma Jail Siege

A mob of hundreds gathered outside Muskogee County Jail as two African American suspects, W. Green and M Foreman, were linked to patrolman Sam Neal’s slaying. Oklahoma National Guard repelled attacks while armed Black guards protected the scene. The two men were later moved to Tulsa as Cherokee posse rumors swirled. The Oregon battleship, nicknamed bulldog of the navy, will join California Naval Militia on February 15.

Muskogee Okla Company F Oklahoma A National Guard Tahlequah Sam Neal W. Green M Foreman Tulsa Green Neal Navy United States Oregon Bulldog California

Dust proof letter files for sale by The Telegraph

Small sectional maps of Cheyenne County for sale by The Telegraph. We cannot exchange subscriptions for magazines and periodicals are accepted at this office. Apply any time.

THE Telegraph Cheyenne County

Loan offer and ads from Bentley Land Co and others

An assortment of classified notices including a $500,000 land loan offer for Cheyenne County lands with no delays and interest rate details, inquiries via Bentley Land Co. Also housing ad seeking roomers and boarders, a notice selling old newspapers for pantry shelves and linings, a large stock of secondhand heating stoves suitable for churches or schools from RL. Eo L Jackson.

Cheyenne County Bentley Land CO Eo L Jackson

Store for Sale and Local Classified Prices in Sidney

Store for sale offering best paying business in Sidney for capital invested. For particulars call R E L Jackson. Wanted secondhand ice boxes contact R E L Jackson. Auto livery to any point in the city and return twenty five cents by Fred Dresser. For sale one Duroc Jersey boat two years old eligible to register by Fred Pedden. WANTED quick price and terms on 160 or 320 acres Cheyenne County. Lost December 18 in Sidney on street or in a business house 71 dollars and odd cents in souvenir purse. reward for honest finder. Wissley Seda Sunol Neb.

Sidney R. EL Jackson Fred Dresser Duroc Jersey Fred Pegden Cheyenne County The Telegraph Sundbank Wissley Seda Sunol Neb

No skating allowed on Studt pond warning posted

Warning sign forbids skating on Studt pond and warns that anyone throwing rocks or dirt on the ice will be prosecuted, issued by WEF and KRUEGER.

Studt Pond WEF. Krueger

Korsal One Avery Tractor and Five Bottom Plow Offer

An Avery tractor model Korsal one and a five bottom plow are offered for sale or trade to the responsible party. The contact is W. H. Boggs of Sidney Nebraska.

W. H. Boggs Sidney, Neb

For Sale or Trade Cheap In Potter Neb

For Sale or Trade in Potter Nebraska a near new item is offered. The seller has taken a homestead and will trade either for horses or cattle. Contact WM. E. Grosze Potter Neb for details.

Grosze, Potter

Farmers Union Meeting Notice in Sidney Neb

Farmers Union of this county will hold a meeting January 5 in Sidney with state officers to transact important business. Secretary of Central Association Flee & Co. Worried text includes local job ads: Wanted woman for general housework to sleep at home with good wages. Also help wanted for farm or ranch care after December 25. Leave word at Methodist parsonage Sidney Neb.

Farmers Union Sidney QO KE Woon Flee & Cou L. Glove Methodist

Jackson's Bee Hive Store switches to cash only sales

Beginning January 1 the Jackson's Bee Hive Store will conduct business for cash only with no charge accounts. Debtors are urged to call and settle all amounts due at once as all past due accounts must be paid to R E. L. Jackson.

Jackson Bee Hive E. L. Jackson

Auto Oil Sale At Fundingsland Transfer Co

Attention auto owners three grades of famous French auto oil A B and Cin stored in 15 gallon drums offered at practically wholesale prices now available for transfer at the Fundingsland Transfer Co.

Aa. B Fundingsland Transfer Co

3600 Cash for 160 Acres South of Sidney Iowa

Land sale notice offers 160 acres all tillable three miles south of Sidney in section 19 township 18 range 49 for 3600 dollars. Must be sold quickly. Writer G Dawson at 1509 West 14th Street, Iowa City Iowa.

Sidney G. Dawson 14Th Iowx City Iowa

Frances Willard Union to Meet January 7 at Mrs Jones Home

The Frances Willard Union will hold a meeting Friday afternoon January 7 at the home of Mrs D R Jones for a local group gathering.

Frances Willard D. R Jones

Piano at a Bargain Seeks Buyer for Remaining Contract

A customer near Sidnes cannot complete payments on a piano contract. The Schmoller and Mueller Piano Co in Omaha Neb invites the first party able to pay the balance by cash or five dollars per month to take the instrument. A ladies bag containing money and articles was found and owners may claim it by proving property and pasting for this notice.

Sidnes Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co Omaha Nebr

Beaver's Evening Toilet Described In Deliberate Detail

A beaver meticulously cleans itself, tucking its tail forward between hind legs and using both hands to comb long fur. Its short arms and large body necessitate clever use of hind feet to reach various areas, an operation taking over fifteen minutes of careful, patient grooming.

Lost Lavalier and chain reported near Brent House barn

A small envelope containing a Lavalier and chain was lost south of Sidney near the Brent House barn. The finder should return items to the Telegraph office for safekeeping and return.

Nlgg Brewer Lavalier and Chain Sidney The Telegraph

Local and Personal Santaing from Sidney Readers

Gus Mittlestadt and wife of Bridgeport were in Sidney Sunday evening. A son Harold Willis was born December 23 to Mr and Mrs P J Dalton of North Bronson precinct and visited home for Christmas. Mrs G R Miller left for Bartley Nebraska to visit her parents. Harry Bixby traveled to Salt Lake City for vacation with cousin Mrs Wilhelm. Miss Mayme O Kane return ed from Fillmore Wyoming where she teaches for ten days. Mr and Mrs Edgar Dedrich and son Donald of North Platte were Christmas day guests of S Dedrichs. Mrs O Pearson returned from Grand Island after visiting daughters Hilma and Frances. Mrs Fishman and three children visited in Denver with Mrs Fishman’s parents. N W Olson gave his wife a Victrola graphophone for Christmas and it’s in constant use. Mr and Mrs Scott and two daughters and Mrs Barney Edens traded in Sidney on Monday, roads good from Davison precinct ranches for auto travel. John Davison and Clarence Babb of Dalton took No 4 Monday evening. Davison to visit Mollie and Doris in Edgar, Neb. Babb to visit in Omaha. McKinley Bryan of the Hornaday book-keeping department spent the holiday with his parents in Scotts Bluff and returned to duty Monday.

Scott Barney Edens Sidney Davison Precinct John Davison Clarence Babb Dalton Mollie Doris Edgar, Neb Omaha McKinley Bryan Hornaday Book-Keeping Department Scotts Bluff

Elizabeth Worden visits relatives in Lodgepole

Little Miss Elizabeth Worden travels to Lodgepole to visit her mother's relatives. John Doherty, cashier of the First State Bank of Lodgepole, is noted in the same brief item.

Elizabeth Worden Lodgepole John Doherty Doherty First State Bank of Lodg:pole

Gil Taylor Visits Mother in Newton Town for Christmas

Gil Taylor vice president of an American bank spent Christmas with his aged mother in Newton Town and found her well before returning to his post at the bank for Monday morning.

Gil Taylor The American Bank Newton Town

Peetz Couple Visits Bennett Family for Christmas

Mr and Mrs Claud Gary of Peetz shared Christmas dinner with Mrs Garys parents Mr and Mrs D F Bennett. Mr Gary returned to Peetz that same evening while the Bennetts and Claud Garys family remained for a few days more visit.

Claud Gary Peetz

Mrs Barnhart Returns Home From Nebraska Visit

Mrs Hs Barnhart and her son Hugh returned to their Cheyenne home Sunday evening after a five week stay with relatives in the area and at Bridgeport. Hugh had come down for Christmas.

Hs Barnhart Hugh Cheyenne

Christmas Guests Share Home With Bangerts

Mrs J Emerick and baby and Miss Ethel Bangert of Cheyenne were Christmas guests in the home of their parents Mr and Mrs H Bangert. Ethel returned Sunday night to her work as book keeper. Mrs Emerick remains.

J Emerick Baby Ethel Bangert Cheyenne H Bangert Ethel Hmerick

For Sale 320 Acres North of Colton

For sale 320 acres of fine level land with good soil two miles north of Colton. Asking price 26 dollars per acre with easy terms.

Colton

Miss Wisner Bayard postmistress found dead in bed

Miss Frances Wisner long time Bayard postmistress and daughter of the late Colonel Wisner was found dead in her bed on December 20. The cause suggested a natural passing from slumber to death.

Frances Wisner Bayard Colonel Wisner

Man and wife move to Haskell place from Diller Nebraska

F M McManus and wife arrived Sunday morning with a car load of goods. They have moved to the Haskell place which will be their home. Mr McManus plans to keep dairy cows for cream production.

F M McManus Diller Nebraska Haskell Place Mr. McManus

Fred Parks Returns to Lincoln to Resume Insurance Work

Fred Parks resumed his office duties Monday with Teachers Underwriters Insurance in Lincoln. He traveled home Friday via York and visited Miss Della Mead at her home, a former local teacher. Parks remains deeply interested in his work at the State University.

Fred Parks Lincoln Teachers Underwriters Insurance Company York Della Mead Fred The State University

Earliest English Surname Matte Record

Historical notes claim surnames in England arose after the Norman Conquest with land names among the upper class while trades and objects inspired lower orders. The text asserts Matte as the earliest English surname.

England

Doing Right With God On Your Side Says Kingsley

A religious exhortation encouraging inner virtue and moral struggle. It posits that God supports those who strive to conquer sin and align their will with good, urging courage and confidence in divine aid. The message frames ethical effort as a partnership with God.

God Kingsley

Flood of Bills in Congress Reported by Fall Clerks

Fall clerks report a flood of legislation at the Sixty fourth congress with 6781 bills introduced in twelve days versus 3320 in the opening weeks of the Sixty third, plus 153 resolutions. The record pace signals a sharp rise in congressional activity as sessions resume after the holiday recess.

Besdres

Germans Lose Heavily In Fresh West Front Fighting

A Paris dispatch reports heavy German losses near Ypres and Armentieres with no ground gained. British lines held firm despite severe fighting and extensive use of asphyxiating gas in the attack. The action is viewed as a test of the English front.

Ypres Armentieres Paris

Zeus Olympius Temple at Olympi a Great Marble Columns

The temple of Zeus Olympius in Olymopia Greece measured 354 feet by 171 and featured marble columns sixty feet tall with six and a half foot diameters. Sixteen columns still stand among the world’s most imposing relics. A forty foot statue of Zeus by Phidias once dominated the shrine, removed to Constantinople and destroyed by fire in 475 A.D.

Zeus Olympius Olymopia Greece Zeus Phidias Constantinople Theodosius I

Color touch breaks monotony in coordinated rooms

A professional decorator discusses color schemes for homes. She notes green rooms with a green velour couch look good but need pillows with old rose to break monotony. Blue and white schemes in bedrooms look attractive yet need a warmer color for depth. A straight color plan is easy but requires skill to be distinctive.

Wily Afghanistan Tale Of Ears And Ameen

A man condemned in Afghanistan to have his ears sliced off gains a powerful ally. The ally pleads with the late ameer to permit the operation and asks which portion to remove. The ameer lightly touches the ears and the man quotes a Koran passage claiming sacred status of what the representative of the Almighty touches. The ameer forgives them both.

Afghanistan Ameer

Origins of Cabbage and Related Vegetables

Cabbage and its many varieties evolved from a single wild Brasica oleracea. Kale cauliflower and collards share that origin. The principal cultivated forms date back to the sixteenth century.

Follow One Another Philosophy of Prudence in Property

Fragmentary line conveys that following one another brings prudence and that acquiring property entails accompanying arithmetic and consequences, reflecting a cautious view on ownership. The text emphasizes prudence as a guiding philosophy linked to possessions and calculations.

Good and Sufficient Reason Poem Excerpt Cited

An editor humorously asks why a poem is being presented and replies that it is because a stamp is missing. The Sydney London Tatler style exchange plays on practical necessity and wit in a brief literary aside.

London Tatler

Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support

The Thor nru g family expresses gratitude for help and sympathy received after the loss of their mother. They thank the King's Daughters Trainmen and others for floral offerings. Signed by Mr and Mrs T H Thornburg and Dan Aldridge Granville Aldridge Johan Aldridge. Universal and Mutual vie for supremacy in film producing. Manager Bentley at the Ideal Theatre shows their productions weekly.

Mrs T. H. Thornburg Dan Aldridge Granville Aldridge Johan Aldridge Universal Mutual Companies Bentley The Ideal Theatre

Zick Opens Sidney Optometry Office At O'Kane Building

Harry Zick an optometrist newly located in Sidney has opened a local office above Thornburg and Selch grocery in the O Kane building. He plans to be away for two weeks for professional duties including time in Laramie and Wheatland and Torrington. He will spend at least fifteen days each month at his Sidney office.

Harry Zick Sidney O’kane Thornburg and Selch

Also Mentioned on This Page

You Cstor Dutcher Rel Jackson Korsal Potter Attention Neubauer Sidneymarkets Eae Sidney, Nebraska Brent Gus Mittlestadt Bridgeport P. J. Dalton North Bronson Precinct Harold Willis Harry Bixby Salt Lake City Mrs. Wilhelm Mayme O’kane Fillmore Wyoming Edgar Dedrich Donald North Platte S. Dedrich N. W. Olson Olson V. F. Kudera Toggery Sam Fine Vath’s Pharmacy Congress F. A. King MISS Studio OF Music Mr. Merchant
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