Valley Notes and Local Happenings
Local residents report weather remains ideal for February and update on community movements. Mr Doty travels to his Colorado homestead while Mr Stowe and wife visit Sidney. Adamson sells farm to John Anderson and LG Pitts tours his ranch in a new auto. School resumes in Dist 31 and farmers plan to sow grain as roads and plowing continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doty
Our
Colorado
Mr. Davis
Sidney
Patrick
LG. Pitts
Dist
South Divide News Bits and Local Notes
Mrs J W Nelson has been ill with a bad cold. Will Fulton moved into a new house. C A Livoni has been ill for some time. Chris and John Livoni traveled to Kimball county this week. Nelson boys hauling fodder this week. W T Hiett visited Peetz Colorado this week. Mr Doty plastering his house southwest of Sidney. E Hietz laid up with rheumatism last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elga Pittz
Sidney
Roy Moyer
Potter
J. M. Nelson
J. W. Nelson
Will Fulton
C. A. Livoni
Chris
John Livoni
Kimball County
Nelson Boys
W. T. Hiett
Peetz
Colo
Mr. Doty
E. Hietz
Potter Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mr. Mead of Kimball and H Gould visited town on business while Mrs. Dye of Sidney Draw shopped in Potter. Nora Johnson delivered a dinner, Leola Johnson and Oldershaw called, and Mr. Leonard attended a principals institute. Lee Stoddard arrived from Seattle before wintering in Wyoming with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Mead
Kimball
H. Gould
Julesburg
Dye
Sidney Draw
Potter
Angel
Nora Johnson
Leola Johnson
Oldershaw
Mr. Leonard
Sidney Institute
Community notes from a Potter area Sunday gatherings
The report covers church services at the Lutheran Church with Dr. Ludden noted as a capable speaker. It recalls a christening at Julius Johnson’s home attended by local families including Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Rev. Shultz. Mrs. C. W. Johnson hosted a birthday dinner for her son Joseph with many young guests and lavish fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludden
Julius Johnson
Anderson
Hansen
Rev. Shultz
J. Sorenson
C. W. Johnson
Joseph
Sidney Draw Groundhog Day Observances and Local Visits
J M Nelson and family visited his parents on Sunday. Mrs Pitts visited friends near Peetz last Sunday. Elza Pitts drove a bunch of horses to Mr Sherwin's. L G Pitts traveled by auto in the valley. Johanson helped Ed Nelson with his well. Chris Lavoni had a buggy wreck recently. Miss Russell and Mrs Selover visited Sidney. Messrs Pitts and Mayer and Messrs Ivey and Lawrence made trips to Sidney. Nearly everybody in Sidney Draw saw his shadow on Ground Hog Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts
Selover
Livoni
J. M. Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Mrs. Pitts
Peetz
Elza Pitts
Local notes from Higgins district travelers and farms
Messrs Gus Jeudes Henry Horst and Henry Horst Jr visited Kimball while J B Halston H Blume Paul Collart Ed Mayer and A B Knox represented the district in town. Families from Horst Jeudes Blames Korsmeyer and others spent Sunday at several farms. Jack Frost halted farmers as plows were stored and couples visited Riha’s and Peetz Colo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Gus Jeudes
Henry Horst
Henry Horst,Jr
Kimball
J. B. Halston
H. Blume
Paul Collart
Ed Mayer
A. B. Knox
Fred Korsemeyer
The
Literary Society
Central Point
L. F. Cunningham
Mrs. Perkins
Riha’s
Jeudes
Local visitors and horse trade notes at Len Sherwins
E G Pitts took a Sunday trip to Len Sherwins with a string of horses while Ed Howe visited Pitts on Monday. C Lawrence made a business trip to Sherwins Sunday. Messrs Glassburn and Kirk were mentioned in connection with the same focal point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Pitts
Len Sherwins
Ed Howe
C. Lawerence
Sherwin’s
Messrs. Glassburn and
Kirk
Farmers Work Amid Early Spring Hopes in Sextorp
The Sextorp note reports farmers already in fields while awaiting true spring. Anton Banish and son Will are ill with lagrippe. Mr. Buchanan loses a mule. Pete Nelson and family visited at Lewis Brotts Sunday. Gilbert Nelson and John went to Sidney for the farmers automobile in repair. Chas Smith canvassed for a paper subscription locally. Emil Carlson keeps busy entertaining engine agents and muses on engine varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Banish
Son Will
Lagrippe
Mr. Buchanan
Pete Nelson
Lewis Brotts
Gilbert Nelson
John
Sidney
Chas. Smith
Emil Carlson
Emil
Box social planned at Lager school this Friday
The Lager school hosts a box social on Friday Feb 10 with no gloves required. Many locals have visited Sidney Potter and Dalton this week. Higgin's children and Mrs Whistler family miss school due to sickness. Schumacher and Korsmeyer went to Kimball. Helen and Dolly Bowers return to school after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Potter
Dalton
Helen
Dolly Bowers
Peetz News Briefs Include School Board Arrest and Club Meeting
In Peetz Colorado Mrs Wm Frazier rode to Sidney Monday. The town baseball club elected M A Tappan manager and Ira Jay captain promising a fast team. A warrant for M Roker’s arrest was issued Friday for disturbing the peace. he was fined five dollars and costs after a trial in Judge Tappen’s court. The school board reportedly barred Roker’s children from books on his land and he threatened the teacher with a shotgun. Ira Jay’s Sunday fire damaged their clothing in part of his home when a lamp spilled from a closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Frazier
Sidney
M. A. Tappan
Ira Jay
Messrs. Cramer and Simpson
M. Roker
Simonson
Tappen
Peetz
Mr. Jay
Local town notes hint at new bank prospects and rail water deal
Lincoln visitor Morgan eyes town for a bank as Peetz appears promising. A log dance is planned in Frazier's Hall on February 14. Immigrant car arrivals, Western land moves, and a water contract with the Railroad Co. for town supply are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Co
Agreement in Land Case Reveals Straw Homesteader Testimony
In Omaha February 8, opening statements in the Devel county land fraud case before Judge T C Munger centered on an alleged agreement between a homesteader and the Western Land and Cattle company. Henry Burcham testified Townsend offered him stock and promised to make improvements and cover travel expenses in a 1894 setup, while Burcham claimed he never saw the claimed land.
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Omaha
Devel County
T. C. Munger
United States District Court
Western Land and Cattle Corporation
Benjamin M. Fox
George E. Townsend
Cattle Company
Henry Burcham
Townsend
Western Land and Cattle Company
Burcham
Sidney
Volunteers of Nebraska Hold Annual Convention
University Place Nebraska Feb 7 The Student Volunteers of Nebraska closed their annual convention with an address by Frederick Griggs Union College at the new Methodist Episcopal church Wesleyan band hosted the gathering About 125 delegates from student bands across the state attended and gained inspiration for their path to mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Place
Neb
Student Volunteers of
Nebraska
Frederick Griggs
Union College
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesleyan
F. F. Tucker
SLAIN IN GUN BATTLE NEAR MAULDIN
Greenville South Carolina February six on a highway near Mauldin a posse led by Mauldin mayor Lee Holland and Robert McAbee and his son Will of Spartanburg county fought. Elder McAbee was killed and Mayor Holland fatally wounded. Robert McAbee died an hour later and the son was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Mauldin
Lee Holland
Robert McAbee
Will
Spartanburg County
McAbee
Holland
McAbees
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Sand Thespians
the Tobin Opera House
Wath & CO
Palmatier
Lady Orchestra and Concert Co
Frank Welch
A. F
A. M
W. Will
Peels
E. Pitts
Kirkpatrick
Miss Bo Puvy
Polmatier
Sidney Drug Co
Crystal Theatre
Sal
Mayne
Mr. Heilman
Oregon
Mr. Wayne
Ed Thornburg
Chas. McKee
J. A. Woten
B. F. Thornburg
Mrs. Struble
Munsen
M. E. Church
Lee Stoddard
Seattle
Washington
Wyoming
Mrs. Sherman
Lee
Potter Commercial Club
Seafang
Lutheran Guild
Rev. Ludden
Lincoln
Miss Nelson
Carpenter Wayne
Fred Korsmeyer
Mrs. Bennett
Sextorp
Clara
Schumacher
Halvenson
Novick
Munson
Judge Tappen
Armstrong
Sterling
Morgan
Hiett
Woodmen
Henn Morrill
F. Whitelock
Frazier’s Hall
A. W L. Johnson
J. C. Stivers
Dan Stivers
Jim McCormick
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