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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
4
A list of soldiers known to have returned from army service will be honored as guests at a home-coming reception on Wednesday evening January 1. The banquet will begin at seven o'clock. Notable names include Miles, Edward Ruttine, Grabill, Parks, Alfred Greentet, Joseph Rucera, and many others.
Mr and Mrs G Esdens thank friends for kindness during illness and at death of their baby son Doyle Everett Edens.
Farmers advertise buyers for rabbits and all rabbits offered for sale with details on shipping and prices. The Falcon Farm Creamery Co at Grand Island Nebraska also buys scrap iron rags hides and furs. Bowman Junk and HedeCo invites farmers to sell fox poultry and other items by phone. Sloney Creamery joins in the market listings.
The examination date for teachers has been set by County Superintendent Anna McPadden. All subjects will be tested, and the exams will run all day.
The notice invites customers to have their batteries tested at OS BORN BATTERY STATION. It emphasizes quick testing services and mentions location and hours. It highlights reliable checks and potential recommendations for battery replacement if needed.
A writer recalls early flights and the strange calm pleasure of heights. At 10 000 feet the world below becomes a sunlit map, air is pure and invigorating, and the sensation shifts from fear to steady exhilaration. After each gentle descent the urge to fly again grows stronger.
A Golden Opportunity Don't Miss It. Tailor made suits available with a free extra pair of pants. Prom timeframe noted, January to February. Largest line of woolens. Call Sam Woolf at Ly Series Stairs over Music Store for details.
A Jones offers four houses and many vacant lots for sale with long time payments. One house furnished on request. Business has quit. furniture to sell. Sale details to be arranged by buyer.
The Telegraph advertises up-to-date job printing capacity inviting customers to try its services. It highlights neat handling and modern equipment as key strengths for a trial edition.
Lennie Darnell the thirteenth county soldier to die after discharge from Camp Funston died of pneumonia at home in Sidney Nebraska at age twenty four. He was born in Elwood and grew up in Sidney where he attended school and was known as a cheerful and affectionate boy. He enlisted December 12 1917 in the coast artillery and served at Fort Logan and Fort Miley California where he was injured by a fall from scaffolding last summer. After discharge December 4 he returned December 28 and fell ill with chest pain leading to his death January 8 with Episcopal minister Ives officiating at the home funeral attended by comrades and a firing squad at the cemetery. The town observed the service with all business houses closed.
Early in the week the Public Library Board shipped two boxes containing 250 books to the War Library center in Lincoln. Some donors gave as many as fifty books in a single donation. Some volumes remained locally to meet higher demand after the Armistice was signed.
George Thill of Cheyenne and Lydit Sofferher of Laramino married in the city on January 6 by Judge My Cleneghan. It was his first appearance in the roll of aid to Cupid, yet his dignified manner suggests he is fearless in matrimony.
Thomas W. Bracken of Goering and Armin Collopy of Scottsbluff were inhe ried in this city on January 61 by Reverend Elmer Kahl of the TLartheran church.
A large body of virgin gravel rich in gold has been found by small scale miners at Chaparral hill near Downieville California. A drift of 100 feet has not shown the full extent and it remains a mystery how the ore lay overlooked by early miners.
A Black army company commander at Camp Zachary Taylor received a phone inquiry from a Black woman asking if her husband could receive letters from other women at the camp. The exchange shows tensions over relationships and discipline in wartime service.
The current household sugar ration stands at two pounds per month in America and England, 1 1/4 pounds in France, and one pound in Italy, with little prospect of increase.
The Atlas of Cheyenne County is offered by Seybolt Abstract Company in Bridgeport at half its original price. The unused volume is available to buyers seeking county records and property references.
Mrs George Parks nearly collapsed upon seeing her brother’s name among the missing list on the front. She clings to hope he may be located in a hospital or cut off from the lines of communication amid the turmoil.
Mr and Mrs Norman Miller and their two children from the north side traveled to Denver on Monday. Mrs Miller, in poor health, will extend her stay with her mother Mrs W H Drexler to seek improvement in her condition.
Indora Lodge Degree of Honor holds a meeting Friday January 10 with installation of officers. Members are urged to attend, business hour 7 30 and social hour 5. Frances Fe Knox serves as Chief of Honor.
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