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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1949
Page
2
The Telegraph is an independent paper published at 11th Avenue and Illinois Street Sidney Nebraska. It is entered at the Post Office as second class matter and priced 3.60 per year inside a 50 mile zone 4.00 outside. It is issued every Tuesday and Friday morning with city and county support.
Editorial highlights a ferocious 75 mph blizzard that shut down transport, suspended business, and strained supplies. It contrasts modern housing and heating with past storms while noting the enduring impact on daily life and urging calm as debates form about the storm’s severity.
Grandpappy Lowe recalls a brutal blizzard that trapped residents at the Fine Apartments for two days. They kept busy with a bridge tournament and poker while rationing meat and coffee, then crawled through to a hopeful end as the storm eased.
History notes Mr and Mrs Joseph Wasserman of Cheyenne visit Sidney with Mrs Wasserman s uncle R S Oberfelder. Mrs E J Browning sails for Wichita Kansas and St Louis Missouri for a month long visit. Dorothy Dimick returns from Lincoln and will likely return in March. Several residents take trips to Denver Los Angeles and Idaho Falls. Local moves include Dr Mantor family relocation to DeVoe bungalow and McAleese Pease dissolution. Sheriff sells saddle horse and plans to buy an auto.
Convening of the 61st session evokes Nebraska’s 1869 meeting in Lincoln. Governor Butler outlined statehood progress, frontier militia needs, and salt deposits at Lancaster County, while the 1869 legislature elected a U.S. senator and established the University of Nebraska with Charter Day on February 15.
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