BAL MASQUE AND NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES FROM NEBRASKA AND NEARBY AREAS
A garbled rural column records social events across Farnview Neb Fairview and surrounding towns. It mentions sick residents A B Chase improving New Year gatherings at Fairview Glee club Christmas dinners at Johnnie Scherer’s and local lyceum debates. Weather notes and farm updates appear with several names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Fairview Glee Club
Glee Club
Mr. Hedges
George Brown
George
Albert Bartleumay
Cheyenne
Ben Chase
Sam
Usson
Nes
Dee
Carl Wagner
Sidney
Johnnie Scherer
Lyceum
Masquerade Ball Delights Fort Sidney Guests in 1887
Special correspondence from Livingston Nebraska reports a December 30 masquerade at the Abbott brothers residence with about seventy attendees. Elaborate costumes included Gertie Ashford as a peasant girl and others. the supper impressed and dancing featured a grand march. Army notes mention Major Boyle’s return, diphtheria at post, recruits assigned, several discharges, and potential promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pumpkin Creek
Livingston, Neb
Abbott Brothers
Cys
Batchelor
H. Abbott
Gertie Ashford
Minnie Shumway
Ona Wright
Lora Sirpless
Verna Early
Lizzie Osborne
Liberty
Pinkie Waeht
Ida Rayburn
Martha Smith
Raby Smith
Agnes Slutchinson
Snowflake
Maggie Bliss
Mrs. Stemler
Cora Oliver
Morning Star
Elsie Oliver
Grandma
Lucy Owens
Mother Hubbard
Jennie Skinner
Domino
I. W. Abbott
Had Carrier
J.E Logan
D.E Wright
Uncle Sam
W. FE. Heard
E. Stemler
Ld. Mills
Convict
T’om Mills
Homer Rayburn
Phil. Jumsh
Peck
GVA
Evin Miles
Twenty-First Infantry
New York
Cornmanh
Twenty-first
Duncan
Downey
Rheem
Lidut
Cornman
Sidney
Bridger
DuChesne
Fort Sidney
Potter County Dividing Territory Prospects Highlight Board Meeting
Potter County aims to split territory as 111 residents petition to create a new county. The plan would form a 577.5 square mile area with lines near Cheyenne County and Brownson, Sidney, and Dix. County Attorney Reilley advises submitting only one division proposition at a time. New Year’s in Sidney shows changing social customs and a growing lunch culture. Marriage licenses issued in Cheyenne County rise sharply in 1887 compared with prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Chas
Anderson
J. R. Lupton
Potter
Ranges
Range
Range 64
Brownson
Sidney
Dix Siding
Potter Committee
Reilley
Board of County Commissioners
Reiley
Omaha
Herst
Norvell
Supreme Court
Sydney
Carroll D. Wright
Bureau of Labor
Washington
Pease
Bureau of ‘Labor
M. Kelleher
JS. Fisher
Geo
D. Carrigan
W. Darrow
Essig
Ae Newbee
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H. L McFadden
Ckes & Barr
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Shuman
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NT Street
Sidney, Neb
Merchants Bank
E. M. Mancourt & Co
Toeey Lege
Europe
M. Christianson
Rm Second St
C.pfrognits
Nelson & Carly
Nebiasica
Chestnut St
Neh
Miller Bros
P. R. Borgquist
Prop
Second Street
Nelson & Cassidy's Barn
Arca
Chas. Trognitz
Unon Valley
Aylward
J. A. Jones
Sarah Harter
Vuipkin Seed Valley
Tee
N.W. Ry
Rev. R. Cooley
Panty
Rama
Boyle
Oliver
Frank Shultz
Johnson
Dillon
Kernan
Wadson
Chambers
Seventeenth ‘Infantry
Texas
John Ward
John Dillon
Jas. McLean
Jas
Burke
Corp
W. Richardson
Forrest
Thos. Boss
DeGray
Second Infantry
Ebstein
Hamilton
Slughes
Koward
Santa Alie
California
Borgquist
Potter County
Firat
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