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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
5
St Patrick's Catholic Church holds Mass at 9 each Sunday with an evening service at 7 30. Instruction classes are held Saturdays at 2 o'clock.
Sale set for Tuesday February 20 at 11 AM five miles south and one mile west of Sunol Nebraska Section 24 Township 13 Range 48 featuring fifteen head of livestock including several horses mares geldings and a bay saddle horse. fifteen cattle. four dozen chickens and various farm machinery such as a McCormick binder King drill Bausher mill and harnesses. Terms cash under 10 dollars. over 10 nine months on bankable notes at 10 percent interest. Vaclав Vacik Sr owner Col V F Kucera auctioneer C W Smith clerk.
German military authorities remove the American Commission for Relief in Belgium and northern France after two and a half years of wartime relief work. Ambassador Page reports to the State Department. Hoover says outside relief will continue, though American leadership inside Belgium ends as a Dutch Spaniard board may assume management.
Saint Peter s Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church south west of Potter holds services on the first and fourth Sundays at 11 A M with Sunday school and Bible class at 10 30 A M Young people and family meetings follow afternoon services Ladies Aid Society meets on the second Wednesday afternoon Second Sunday services are in J Nelson s school house at 11 A M Fifth Sunday services are at Lars Christensen s home north of Dix at 11 A M CHR Falck Potter Nebr
Christ Episcopal Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M and morning service with sermon at 10 30 A M every Sunday. Choir practice Friday at 7 30 P M and the Guild meets every other Friday monthly. Men meet Monday night February 19 at Mr Leslie Neubauer's residence. Ash Wednesday February 21 services at 10 A M and 7 30 P M.
Sunday School 9 45 A M Morning Worship 11 00 A M Lent theme and its religious significance Evening worship 7 30 P M Rich man and Lazarus Mid week prayer Thursday 7 00 P M Parsonage Choir 8 00 P M Catechetical Class Saturday 1 P M All welcome Grace Lutheran Church Gurlicy Afternoon worship 2 30 P M Sunday School 3 30 P M You are cordially invited to attend all services
The choir’s waffle breakfast drew many attendees and Sunday School continues to grow with improving weather. Next Sunday features Lincoln Washington services both morning and evening with special songs. The New Church fund expands and March first is targeted to start work, with Reverend G. M. Jones of Morse Bluff Nebraska to preach Sunday morning.
Advertised letter list for the week of February 16 1917 includes Mrs Mabel Brown T E Beard R F Higgins Mr Oscar Haugland Messers Stucke and Feldhaus Mrs C A Eaton Mrs George Cramer L Chambis F J Calkins Mrs Carter Dr N T Owen Dr BE F Ward.
Frederick Kretz of three miles west of town has won the Cheyenne County Boys Corn Growing Championship. He will receive a gold Nebraska Boys and Girls' Club medal and a certificate of achievement from the county superintendent via the Nebraska Farm Journal. The Union Stock Yards Co of Omaha will fund a free trip for a Club Congress in Alliance in June, including round trip tickets and board and lodging for a week. The 1917 project requires each member to have three acres or more in corn.
The Triangle Club invites every girl in the teen age group to its Saturday February 17 gathering with Miss Arlene McCann. Meet promptly at 2 PM at Sidney Lumber Co. for pine related details and home themed activities.
Ambassador Gerard met President Schultess and Herr Hoffman in Berne during a stopover. Swiss officials greeted him at Schaffhausen border, with a guard of honor and a small Swiss press chorus. He planned a brief stay to arrange travel to Paris and said he would not comment on submarine issues or the crisis until reporting to Washington.
British forces retain their hold east of Saiflly Saill sel on the Somme front in France after German assaults. A heavy artillery bombardment preceded the latest German offensive, but the British line remains intact. Artillery actions are noted north of the Somme and in the Verdun sector. In Mesopotamia British troops have taken additional trenches from the Turks. Other theaters report only artillery engagements.
Representative Rainey of Winds urges the federal trade commission and the agriculture department to investigate rising food costs. He accuses master bakers with Washington lobbying ties and calls for their testimony. He notes repeal of the mixed flour tax could open the bread market to about 60 million bushels of corn each year.
The Baltimore Star notes ancients believed early men were mighty and godlike with varying claims of size. It states the present global average height is five feet five inches and that the tallest Greek surpassed this by about forty six inches.
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