Winter social calendar and local moves in town
Reports of a busy period with weddings and social events, business moves, and travel. Dr. Murlless relocates to the Cleburne Block. Miss Irene McLernon recovers from surgery in Denver and returns home. Davenport signs Charlie McKibbin for the Three League. Emigrant wagons pass through en route to Kimball. the Fireman’s ball is set for February 15 at the opera house. Local officials and bank directors are reelected. Odd Fellows and Rebecca Lodges install new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie McKibbin
Davenport
Iowa
Opera House
Weather, Form, and the County Seat: A Humble Chronicle
The Telegraph eschews weather talk as a matter of form while noting Paul Collart was busy in the county seat Thursday. The piece playfully advises readers to consult calendars barometers thermometers and feelings but avoid atmospheric references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Collart
Thureday
Noted Nebraska Real Estate Pioneer A. E. Kivett Dead
A. E. Kivett died at Bancroft Nebraska last Tuesday after a short illness from pneumonia. He was a well known real estate operator in the county and one of the chief drivers of settlement on the Dalton divide. His optimistic faith in the country and generous advertising attracted eastern investors, and his death is deeply regretted locally for his business and agreeable demeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.E. Kivett
Bancroft
Neb
Bushee Named to Key Standing Committees in Lincoln
Representative B. K. Bushee gains seats on the railroads banking public schools livestock and grazing and irrigation committees. He also introduced House Roll 18 proposing an experiment station west of the 102nd meridian. Senator Raymond joins Education judiciary medical societies revenue and irrigation as chair. Western Nebraska eyes Lincoln.
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B. K. Bushee
Bushee
Raymond
Nebraska
Lincoln
Harley Davidson to Exhibit Skating Feats at Tobin Opera House
World champion Harley Davidson will perform exhibitions at the Tobin opera house on Monday and Tuesday January 18 and 19 with a matinee on Tuesday. He holds the world record for the mile on a flat track and has won 300 trophies. Exhibits of three laps and medals will be shown at Baldwin store window. He is famed as a fancy and trick skater and will jump backwards over seven chairs in air.
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Harley Davidson
Tobin Opera House
Kansas City
Baldwin
Final Notice to Subscribers Overdue Payments
A newspaper informs readers that twelve month plus subscribers in arrears will be dropped from the list and turned over to an attorney for collection. It notes prior warnings and urge the few lagging to pay promptly to maintain relations.
Millionaire Tramp to Play at Opera House Next Week
Theatre goers will see A Millionaire Tramp in a performance at the opera house next Wednesday. The play, praised for years, blends sensational melodrama and farce with quaint rural life, in the Elmer Waltern style.
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Elmer Waltern
Opera House
Shower Party for Bride Miss Jones at Radcliffe Home
Miss Jones, bride of the week, was honored at a Tuesday shower hosted by Miss Radcliff and Mrs. Charles J McNamara of Cheyenne. Sixteen guests enjoyed a four course luncheon with cardinal and straw decorations. Out of town guests included Miss Netty Mattheisen of Blair and Miss Edith Patterson of North Platte. A telegram delivered a gift package led to a lively unwrapping with poetry readings. A Shakespearean wedding game followed the shower.
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Radcliff
Chas. J. McNamara
Cheyenne
Wyo
Miss Jones
Misa Netty Mattheisen
Blair
Edith Patterson
North Platte
Misa Jones
Mise Jones
Thought It Was a Quake Debunked By Local Fallout
Residents of the city misread sensational Italian earthquake reports and felt tremors at home. After a day of fear they learned the disturbances came from daytime quarry blasting near the city well, erasing the quake narrative and leaving a lesson on telepathy and perception.
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Italy
Cheyenne County Reports Record 1908 Fees
County Clerk Henry Doran reports 1908 receipts total 5223.29 the highest in county history. After deductions 559.89 excess fees were turned over to the treasurer. The county remains financially strong despite reduced territory.
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Cheyenne County
Henry Doran
Doran
Sidney Drug Co Opens New Soda Fountain Today
The Sidney Drug Co announces the grand opening of its new soda fountain on Saturday. To celebrate, hot chocolate will be served free to ladies in the afternoon.
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Sidney Drug Co
Wedding of William Wallace Jordan and Lucy Jones in Fremont
On Thursday January 1909 in Christ Church Fremont a ceremony united William Wallace Jordan and Lucy Josephine Jones daughter of B A Jones. Minister Frederick G Graves officiated with a wedding party including ushers John Clelan Wayne Elliott Fred Laird Clayton Radcliff maid of honor Harriet Radcliff and matron of honor Mrs Halley. The couple exited to Mendelssohn's march and hosted a reception at the Jones home before moving to Fremont to begin married life.
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William Wallace Jordan
Lucy Josephine Jones
B A. Jones
Christ's Episcopal Church
Frederick G. Graves
Alliance
Mra. L. G. Simon
Mias Lori Fuller
Lohengrin
Fremont
Clayton Radcliff
Mra A S. Halley
Rapid
S. D
Harriet Radcliff
Sidney
Meta Mattheisen
Blair
Rita Clark McNamara
Cheyenne
Wyo
Edith Patterson
North Platte
Grace MclIntosh
Carl J. Jordan
Denver
Mrs. Halley
Liberty
Mias Radcliff
Chi Omega Fraternity
Mendelsohn
Wallace William Jordan
Paira
Mra. B. A. Jones
B. A. Jones
Helen Jordan
Miss Davison
F.C. Beebe
Josephine Sharmer
Lori Fuller
Anne Radcliff
Jordan
Jordan Brothers
Telegraph
Jordan Jones wedding details enliven Miss Jones bridal party
Wednesday evening Miss Lucy Jones hosted her bridal party at five o clock with twenty guests. Red rose decorations, five courses, and a merry informal time marked Misa Jones last pre siding as a maiden. Out of town guests included Mrs. Winfred Jordan Doane of Denver sister of the groom and Mrs. C. P. Davies and Mrs. David Evans of Cheyenne Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Jones
Misa Jones
Winfred Jordan Doane
Denver
C. P. Davies
David Evans
Cheyenne
Wyo
Trinity Lutheran Church Services Next Sunday
Regular morning and evening services at Trinity Lutheran Church with quarterly communion observed at both. Sermons titled The Lord's Supper A Communion and Christ Our Passover. Pastor L F Gunderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
L. F. Gunderman
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