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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
4
Cheyenne County official paper from Sidney dated October 6 reports local government notices and public announcements. Includes township items, property auctions, and department updates with standard legal wording for residents and creditors.
Commissioner Halston attended the county board session Wednesday. Farmers race to harvest and threshing continues as Byers and Sumpka crews complete work on multiple stacks. Lutherans at Jeudes home report good attendance for day school and church. Local livery teams and an auto return to the countryside as weather improves. Foster visits Sidney last Friday. Farmers push corn removal to plant this season.
A Sunday visit by A B Beard. Lutheran church heats with new 150 furnace. Mrs Orlander and Mrs Chamberlain visit. Mrs Sames to move to eastern New Cracks for health. U P agent new but satisfactory. Miss Babcock hosts visitor from Grand Island. Miller reports successful operation after coming from Omaha. Telephone meeting held. B F Thornburg to lead central office for five years. Meeting planned for definite action. Mrs Thornburg and mother visit. Ladies Aid met at M E church with strong attendance. Lutherans without pastor hold Sunday school. D H Schultz spoke on Missionary Crises. Oscar Anderson gave talk. GC W Johnson injured falling from freight car. Dr Ford treating. Oscar Alderson had an accident risking fire.
A Friday incident saw a can of paint placed on a stove ignite as heat loosened the colder and caused paint to spill over the stove. Firefighters or residents extinguished the blaze but the house sustained considerable damage. Wm. McAdam is building on Quality Hill and will move to Potter soon.
Clara and the Quinns plus the Daughertys visited Sidney on Monday. Portrey and Beyers drill a well at the Montauk ranch while Hank Ebmke stayed at Boy Ranch. Saner stays busy carpentry. Stimka and Krei work for Beyer Bros. A Tuesday wind storm toppled a granary roof and wind mill nearby. Mary Johnson of Bridgeport visits Geo Hicks. A dance at Herdon drew good attendance last Saturday night with Tom Quinn among Sidney travelers. Sanders Brosny resumed threaking Monday.
A Newark woman living in an apartment house recalls an ice man delivering a heavy block. The youth transporting the ice hoists the block via the dumb waiter to the kitchen. He finds a small boy perched on the ice and explains he came to help her lift the cake, thinking it might be too heavy for her.
An article explains the international date line near the 180th meridian, a navigational mark drawn on the Pacific map. Travel westward adds a day while traveling eastward loses a day due to the one hour change per 15 degrees of longitude.
A visitor asks for Mike Clancy at the quarry after the Prewature blast. Patrick answers that Clancy is gone, and the visitor confirms he went in a certain direction the New York Journal reports.
A Kansas City Journal gag stresses how a humorist dislikes jokes attributed to others or rivals. The piece implies the misattribution troubles him and he judges the situation unfavorably.
A playful Chicago News exchange centers on misheard names Doorknob and Cloudel as Mrs Oldstock and Mr Newrich debate marriage. The young man declares his intent not to make a daughter his but to marry her, revealing a comic miscommunication about who is involved.
Snow blankets the prairie amid steady winds. Haulers Harry Lockhart and E M Nelson work on a new house while Nelson's team runs away causing injuries to two horses. Mrs Lockhart visits family, Miss Glassburn and Miss Green wrap up school term, and several residents travel to Sidney for coal grain and visits.
Mies Colyer of the Shuler School district No. 19 will with her pupils host a basket social on the eve of February 22. Proceeds will buy supplies for the school.
Doan's Kidney Pills are touted as a remedy for backache and urinary ills. Mrs. T. Stauffer of Lexington Nebraska testifies the remedy relieved dull back pain and rheumatic aches after trying other treatments and using two boxes. Sold by dealers at 40 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole agent.
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