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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1926
Page
5
A readable excerpt explains placing letters in white cells to form horizontal and vertical words, with numbered clues pointing to definitions below. It lists many cryptic and dictionary words across numerous numbered entries, including common terms, proper names, and abbreviations, with notes on spelling and parts of speech.
A public notice explains that if a gas leak is detected and a plumber is unavailable, applying common yellow soap to the leak may halt the escape temporarily until a professional can repair it. It also defines the French phrase de Luxe as meaning of extra fine quality or elegance and notes its use in describing an exceptionally bound edition.
A long list of social calls and family visits across Maple Grove includes Miles and Albin Olson at A G Weavers and later at W T Sharmein s, Ed Miles and family dining with the Sharmeins, and many small town acquaintances visiting Henry Essen Jenson Ruhter Johnson and others. Snowbound roads slow travel as residents report shopping trips, train rides, and holiday gatherings with relatives and neighbors in nearby Dalton Sidney Gurley Bayard and Lincoln bound travelers mentioned. Christmas Eve church programs and family visits in Casper Denver are noted alongside trips to the Agricultural School in Lincoln and various stops by residents and guests.
Last Monday no school due to snow and impassable roads. The play Come out of the Kitchen at the M E church was not given Tuesday. Several local residents visited friends and neighbors through the week, including Reimers, Bancroft, Groshans, Tank, Spiker, and Berry households, with multiple calls and meals noted as roads remained difficult.
The article lists teachers arriving from Fremont Hay Springs and Chadron plus Miss Fullerton from Central City. It notes Christmas gatherings with the Bullock family in Kimball and dinners with local families in Simla and Lincolon. It mentions residents visiting relatives in Mullen and other towns including Kearney and Qogallo.
Potter Clarence Rogers a State University student spends holidays with his parents. Postmistress Mrs Carl Bartlett is recovering from illness and will be unable to work soon. Hazel Stroppe, post office assistant, has flu. R A Babcock visited Sidney on business Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Sparks welcomed a baby girl named Virginia Marie. Mrs Warren Cunningham returned from a week with her sister Mrs Russell Detrick in Dalton.
Misseda Carlson of State Normal at Kearney is on holiday. Berd Peterson of Scribner visits his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Fred Wickhorst. Roads are nearly impassable from recent snow. School busses cannot run and attendance is low as schools close for a ten day vacation with teachers returning home for the season.
Chauncey M Depew argues that fame is earned through fair competition, citing the Olympic games as the finest type of human contest. He believes the better prepared individual wins and that such fame is worthwhile and respectable in youth.
An unusual prank circulated in London when hospitals and charity groups received cards claiming the recipient would donate large sums if collectors were sent to the sender’s home. The target remains anonymous as officials seek the culprit.
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