Railroads Must Grow With Rapid National Growth
Railroads are near peak carrying capacity yet the nation will continue to grow and the rail system must expand accordingly to meet increasing demand and development across industries and regions.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
7
Railroads are near peak carrying capacity yet the nation will continue to grow and the rail system must expand accordingly to meet increasing demand and development across industries and regions.
Dr. J Lewis and Rev Plenty travel to Omaha Monday to attend a marriage between Mr Lewis and Miss Olive Litten of Martins Ferry Ohio at Christ Church Cathedral. The couple will arrive late this week to begin Mr Lewis’s school duties Monday. Mrs A Ahiman and Mr A Ahiman, from Denver, visit Clay Center and Omaha before returning to Sidney Monday. En route they toured eastern Colorado and western Kansas where they left their auto due to bad roads. Kay and John Rasch and their firiglies visit G W Rasch and family for Christmas, staying with their parents. Roy and John, in Scottsbluff, own a barber shop. their father recently bought the Jesse Johnson shop and moved to Sidney. They return to Scottsbluff Monday. Miss Phoebe Mentzer of Marion La will replace Orpha Bidgood in Sidney schools. Bidgood leaves after a year and a half, missed by students and townspeople. Mentzer is an Ames College graduate in domestic science.
Mr and Mrs Elvin Marquis arrived in Sidney to establish a home. Marquis had recently bought a bungalow on Military avenue. While traveling to Omaha for Thanksgiving, he was attacked on train No 4 at Fremont by several Italians, sustaining pistol wounds and is now recovering with his left hand in a sling. The Marquis plan to host Sidney friends soon.
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