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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
9
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The Union Pacific will not build into the Black Hills at present. It is all Sidney with them. The Telegraph published a photo of mutilated bodies of Mitchell and Ketchum who were murdered. New songs of the day include Gathering up the Shells from the Sea Shore Drifting with the Tide and The Poor Old Tramp. A calico ball was held at Magonic hall. Sidney pondered whether she needed a dentist among her professionals.
A festive irrigation meeting led by W P Miles drew attendees from surrounding counties as a winter blizzard lashed western Nebraska with high winds and freezing moisture. John Eisle and John Thompson were found nearly 80 rods from home after a long sled ride in cold. W C Couch reported nine cattle lost to the creek freeze. Colonel Henry A Morrow, head of Sidney post, died in Hot Springs, prompting numerous resolutions. Eddie Urbach, nine, The violin prodigy, played first violin at the B F Elkhorn lodge gathering and received a badge.
County Treasurer Lehmkuh reports a six month end balance in for the county funds totaling 16611.80 dollars. D J Scanlon bought the Central house property from Mr and Mrs Swan. Twenty years ago a heavy snowstorm left sixteen inches on the ground for six weeks. cattle perished and wild cattle invaded towns and sheds. Mrs Bertha Urbach left New York City to settle in Sidney. Frank Mallon a pioneer resident of Sidney died at the home of James O Kane after almost a year of illness, with no known relatives, having entrusted his property to O Kane for care.
A son was born to Robert Dyke and wife this week. H E and Fred Gapen moved into Telegraph building apartments. Mrs Henry A Morrow died in Washington DC widow of General Morrow who died twenty years earlier. Charles Couch and wife and sister vacationed at Williamsville Missouri. Frank Schroeder writes from Santa California stationed with the US steamship South Dakota. Mr and Mrs Oberfelder celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary with a select dinner. Ray Wellner and wife welcome their first born son.
An advertisement invites boys and girls to a Jackie Coogan candy matinee on Saturday at 2 30 p m at the U S A theater. Each child receives candy and the show promises humor and pathos. A special matinee for school children is planned for Monday at 2 p m, admission ten cents for all school age attendees.
Washington reports scant hope for action this session as the House and Senate agriculture committees prepare to open hearings on the president's agricultural relief plan. The committees will hear Agriculture Commission members to assess proposals and gauge if farming problems are fully addressed. Joint sessions were discussed but not yet scheduled.
Indignation sweeps the country as Turkey expels the Most Rev Constantanios, ecumenical patriarch. Greece expects the matter to go to The Hague tribunal and may recall ambassadors if Turkey ignores any verdict. A strong protest has been sent to Angora, stressing treaty violations and hostility.
The department of agriculture reports a fairly encouraging general outlook for American agriculture this year, with a possible slackening in domestic demand for farm products next winter. It cautions crop producers to follow last year’s production program and notes that increased crop shades are not advisable. Early 1924 business prosperity should sustain domestic demand for farm products yet to be marketed and may boost trade in certain products.
Vast Cau casus vineyards and orchards in Batem and the Republic of Georgia have been ruined by an ongoing cold spell. Abra durso vineyards in the northern Caucasus, famed for supplying Russia with fine champagne, are destroyed, along with numerous white and red wine vineyards noted for quality.
On Ireland’s west coast, a few hundred miles from London and Paris, thousands of men, women and children face near starvation as potato crops fail under incessant rains, marking the worst famine since 1847.
Published reports say the Illinois Agricultural Association seeks a full inquiry by the Illinois Commerce Commission into the Grain Marketing Company as part of the 26 million dollar merger of several grain elevator concerns, urged by Gray Silver, company president.
Nebraska livestock dropped 9.8 percent in the past year with 9,645,000 head across farms, down from 10,584,000 last year. Total value remains near 228.0 million dollars, versus 234.4 million previously. Horses cattle and swine declined while mules milk cows and sheep rose in count per the annual livestock report by A H B Anderson for the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates.
Moscow reports a decree by the central executive committee of the Communist Party dismissing Leon Trotsky from his post and naming M. W. Fruse as his successor. New York notes the export movement of gold from the United States has grown by over 17 million dollars due to heavy consignments to India and Australia.
West Sidney resident Mrs L A Scriber and her sons Ted and Richard left for Burwell Nebraska to visit her ill mother. Various local residents visited, shopped, and called in Sidney and the Draw area during the week. Sunday school in district 156 begins at 10 30 with all welcome.
W Eckert sent two carloads of cattle and one carload of hogs to Denver on Monday. Mr Eckert and John Davison accompanied the shipment. Mesdames J M and J C Kreader were mentioned in connection with the delivery.
Sunol residents and visitors appear in a weekend gathering list. John Bahr visited Sunol from Lodge Pole as Mr and Mrs Lewis Englert hosted Sundol events with Dindley family present. Mrs BE L Booth remains bed bound while Leah returned from Eaton Colorado for a short homecoming. Clayton Lindley celebrated fifteenth birthday with friends and a late night gathering hosted by the Lindleys with a lunch by Mrs Lindley and Mrs Joe Demers.
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