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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1923
Page
9
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Howard died in California and was buried beside son Harry who died in a earlier Valley incident. Margaret Garner hosted guests at the Lowe home. Jennie Pavilat of Sunol wed Maud J. Smith of South Dakota. The three Dudley children wed on the same day. engineer Dudley from Union Pacific is their father. Erica Dudley married Sidney Kay Phillips. grooms all work for Union Pacific. Trainmaster Hammer and wife visited from North Platte for holidays with daughter Mrs Ed Aherns. A new firm, Sidney Mercantile, formed by merging Greenlee Benson and Van Gorder. Bengop retired for health, and new county officials took office with County Attorney Gapen filing final report before retiring.
Funeral services were held for Joseph L Essig, with the body later taken to Canton Ohio for burial. Dr Murless expects his family from University Place soon. John Treinen suffered a severe accident while loading a wagon when a team kicked the wagon and crushed his chest and broke a rib, prompting medical aid. Hans Cronberg left Sidney for home, found near Bronson the next morning with a crushed head and severe freezing, died after lingering overnight. train No 1 is believed to have frightened the team.
The Telegraph recounts a New Year celebration with cake walk wins by Dieut Mc Farland and Miss Belle Morrow, and prizes including a Chinese hat work basket and a Haviland mustache cup. It notes Mrs Colonel Poland hosting dances, a promenade concert, and local jabs at reader J Hopkins while detailing a scoresheet of lurid past events.
The Telegraph reports a Wednesday morning passenger train delayed four hours after a drive wheel tire broke. W. C. Couch won a contract to fill the ice house of TF A Hardwell. A Lincoln physician claims Irish potatoes may carry a diphtheria germ.
A wagon load of black-tailed deer was dumped at Haas Persinger and Co last Friday and killed a few miles from Camp Cark.
Sundays offer Mass at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 p.m. Weekdays Mass at 8:00 a.m. Rev. Anton Link oversees services. Holy Communion Sundays at 10 a.m., Church school at 11 a.m., Morning prayer and sermon. Rev. Henry Ives listed.
January events at the Sidney M E church include Sunday morning worship on the theme Appreciation and a 7 30 pm sermon on prohibition. Evening January 14 features Theodore Roosevelt as a great American. The choir performed There is No Death at Kimball last week to an appreciative audience. Pastor William Kilburn signs off.
Triality English Lutheran Church invites members to Bible school at 10 a.m. Evening worship is at 7 30 p.m. The sermon theme is The Best New Year’s Thought. Special music by the choir. Catechetical class meets Saturday at 1 p.m. Choir rehearsal Fridays at 7 15 p.m. Plan to attend these services.
Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m announced. The sermon and aprovteua Maa ED ee nat halnfni-to all, Come.
Rev W T Kahesh pastor of Christian Church reports a successful watch night with attendance exceeding expectations. Next Sunday ushers in a new year with sermons titled Pressing On and The Unpardonable Sin. Midweek service Thursday at 7 30 and choir practice at 8 15.
The New Year sermon from God's Word emphasizes the Christian life as worthwhile and Christ’s leadership as essential. Services include 11 am preaching, Lord's Supper next Sabbath, 3 pm sermon and trustees meeting, and 6:30 pm prayer. Rev Samuel Light, pastor. Bible class by International Bible Students' Association at 2 pm at 10 C street. Flaxseed production note cites North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana as primary states per USDA.
Mr and Mrs Wm Rohde and families socialize at John Engel s and Sidney visits mark a busy period with many calls and suppers. Neighbors including the Gabiels, Borchers, Aurichs, Engel, Hille, Beyer, Scott, and Rose share meals, New Year gatherings, and corn picking assistance across Bunker Hill and nearby Sidney communities.
In a Big Pete saloon Bob the Soak defends a frightened dancer from bully Black Cardigan. After a brutal brawl that revives his college glory, Bob carries the woman away into a hopeful night, seeking freedom together.
In March the girls celebrate with intricate doll arrays that mirror the imperial court and in May boys’ displays depict figures from history myth and daily life. Peach bloom gems adorn the sets for the girls while iris decorates the boys displays.
A humorous exchange about dental fears and age inferred from teeth. Dudleigh asks why his wife avoids the dentist. Flubletgh answers that she believes age can be read from teeth, like a horse’s.
A fragmentary note hints at a dispute over sending something to the laundry, paired with garbled phrases about a disadvantage in telegraph dealings. The readable text suggests financial loss linked to transmission or processing delays.
Maple Grove locals report Ray Frame repairing Andrew Johnsons car while numerous families visit, farewells, and New Year gatherings. News includes threshing help, school resumption, sick list, a butchering demonstration, travel to Sidney and Gurley, and a funeral in Wheatland with several households noted.
Center items Otho Campbell and son Irvin traveled to Holyoke Colorado for a short visit Friday. Albert Linton and his father and mother arrived from University Place for a few days. Mr and Mrs FE E Osborn and family were New Year’s guests at Art Draper’s home. Mrs Otho Campbell and son Taster with Mrs Emily Algers dined at Ed Mayer’s home Sunday. The Linton family and relatives shared New Year dinner guests.
Sextorp Miss Margaret Brett and Aunt Miss Mollie Johnson left for Denver. Mr and Mrs Peter Nelson and children spent Sunday at Z W Barnes home. Elis Fisher and daughter Elsie have been on the sick list this week. Mr and Mrs Harold Smith and daughter Mary visited at Pete Nelson home before moving to Cozad. Charley McKre and children were business callers in Potter. Doris Scheele spent time with cousin Myrtle Nelson. Alice Nelson visited aunt Mrs Charley Heimer. Ed Brett was a business caller in Potter. Tom and Elsie Fisher called at Charley Fisher home.
Charley Clark aged 16 of Cedar Rapids Nebraska died Sunday night at St Marys hospital Columbus after an accidental discharge of a 22 rifle while he and his elder brother examined it last Saturday. A pellet wound damaged intestines bladder and kidney. Burial planned in Cedar Rapids according to the State Journal.
D H Meredick a 89 year old Civil War veteran died Saturday morning in a Fairbury hospital from injuries suffered in a Christmas day automobile crash. His skull was fractured and he had multiple internal injuries. He was among Jefferson county’s oldest men and had remained rugged until the accident.
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