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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1929
Page
9
Lodge Pole residents share New Year gatherings and family visits. Mrs. Bennett and Bert stay with Vic Wise. Miss Stephens returns from Denver. dances, bridge parties, and OES officers installation mark a busy period with multiple local families hosting and traveling from Sid ney and surrounding towns.
Joseph J. Schatz of Dix on jewelry store in North Platte identifies Tom Kelly of Omaha as the gang leader who forced Schatz from his home on September 12 1928 to open the safe and permit four robbers to loot its diamonds and jewelry. The gang fled through the back as a firm member entered the front. Kelly was arrested in Los Angeles on Nebraska authorities guidance for kidnapping Samuel B. Schwartz and robbing him near North Bend. Sheriff Johnson of Fremont, who returned Kelly from the coast, stopped in North Platte to let Schatz view the prisoner.
Local farm folks and relatives circulated Sunday through Wednesday visiting and travel. Chapmen Bonser Japp Ottjes Lind Carr James and Bonser families hauled hay wheat and corn while relatives returned from Omaha Hastings and Greeley. Some attended college, others helped with chores, and several folks were on sick lists or hosted guests at homes in Sund Crook Sterling and Dalton areas.
Miss Ida Jorgenson returns to Potter after visiting relatives in Lorenzo as the Lorenzo school ends the first semester. Helen Jacobson leaves for Lincoln to resume university studies. Ted Fleming has tonsils removed at Sterling hospital. Mrs. Walter Happel of West Gurley cares for the sick at the Walker home. Families from Potter and Lorenzo visited, dined, or hosted oysters, with bus duty by Ralph Fleming and various callers stopping by J. Bol ton and Cortney households.
Mr and Mrs John Engel and family spent Saturday evening at the Arthur Borcher home. Several residents visited homes, attended a funeral, and welcomed a newborn son. A large crowd joined New Year celebrations with dinner, prizes awarded at a community event, and a new furnace installed at the Bunker Hill school.
Mr and Mrs John Jurgens and children left Tuesday for a two month journey in Texas. Several residents visited kin in nearby towns and counties. Many locals spoke of flu cases, corn shelling, and grandchildren returning to school at Regis College and Nebraska Wesleyan. Community members shared New Year greetings, driving updates, and family visits across Dalton Sidney Potter and Lincoln areas.
New Year gatherings occur across Meadow Lawn with Mr. and Mrs. John Rathbun, Dorothy Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Rathbun hosting and visiting friends including Bert Hoskinson, Mr. Larson, and Charles Mayer and a Dalton caller. Mrs. Frank Christensen assists with Mrs. J C Kreader and Don ald this week. Allen Overman hauled barley Wednesday and shared meals with John Peterson.
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