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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
8
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cassen of Chappell fell from her high chair Saturday morning and sustained several severe facial and head cuts from toys on the floor. She received gashes near the right eye, at the right side of the head, and at the base of the skull, but is now improving after a period of distress.
It is announced that M. A. Shipman Jr will transfer from Peets State bank and First National bank of Peets to Gurley State bank in this region. The Shipmans have sold their cottage here and will rent a home until their removal to Nebraska.
A committee from the Associated Charities at Alliance received a call seeking coal. The coal was sent, easing the life of an aged colored lady. Nine homes were visited and cared for. the hardest case involved a three room house with two families, eleven children and four adults, and only two beds.
Arthur Ross of Mitchell, second son of Gilbert Ross, suffered a blast while blasting frost on cement work at the Silver place in Mitchell valley. He already lost one eye and now faces possible loss of the other. He was rushed to Feotts Bluff and then Denver, with his father accompanying him. friends hope the injury is not as serious as feared.
A long time subscriber near Jarretson, MD, writes that since crossword puzzles began appearing the puzzles became impossible to solve. He claims lack of action from the paper leads him to abandon the daily and switch to a rival that offers solvable puzzles.
The Continental Divide moderates eastern slope winter temps and Chinook winds arise when pressure patterns favor westerly flows. Warm winds blow from snow covered mountains as air rises high, loses moisture, and descends drier and warmer on the eastern slope, producing rapid temperature increases.
The winds evaporate snow and spare many stock from perishing. Locally a low barometer accompanies them and a long wind cloud appears near the mountains before the chinook arrives. Chinooks can occur year round, with warmer impact in winter when the mountain region is warmer than the plains.
Walter A. Schneider of Lincoln was suddenly blinded by monoxide poisoning while driving from county shops to his home Friday. He stopped the car within two blocks and was aided home by a neighbor. The incident occurred after he crawled from beneath Edgren’s Buick, where he had worked that day. He regained his sight after several hours and returned to work the next morning.
Jacob Dietz, 22, of three miles north of Bayard, forged two checks totaling 21.50 and endorsed them to himself after receiving them from a fictional payee. The First Nation bank of Bayard paid one, the other was cashed in town. Dietz confessed after initial denials, pled guilty to forgery before Justice Lathrop, and was jailed in Bridgeport awaiting district court sentencing.
Descending in his plane near Kimball on December 21, George Pomeroy a government air mail pilot from Cheyenne to Omaha is said to have collaborated with rancher Charles Norberg in killing an antelope and taking the body in his plane to North Platte. Pomeroy was fined 100 dollars plus costs 155 total and Norberg 100 dollars plus costs 113 35.
Harold Robertson visited D. R. Gross on Sunday. Mrs. Fenimore talked with Mrs. Mc Donnell Sunday. Phil Brossard drove Phillis to Crook for school Monday morning. John McDonnell visited D. R. Grose Monday. Danny Gross visited Alvin Robertson Monday evening. John Fisher hauled hogs to Crook on Tuesday.
Danny and Melvin Gross and John McDonnell visited Sterling for a Tuesday picture show. Bernard Hill and family shopped in Crook Tuesday and later visited Bob Nicholas. Carl Meyerhols went to Mr Weinkle's sale and Crook Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon saw Danny Gross and Guy Fenimore ride into town after coal. Mrs Meyerhols and two boys met Mrs Hill Wednesday afternoon. John McDonnell and Lawrence visited D R Gross after beef Thursday. Bernard Hill and Ollie Wilson called at Carl Meyerhols Thursday. John McDonnell and family went to Crook Thursday after coal. Phil Grossard helped the Hostettler boys shred corn fodder Friday. D R Gross went to Crook Thursday after coal. Doc Parmore visited Bob Nicholas Friday. Hildegarde Jobe visited her brother Harold Friday night and stayed to Sunday. Bernard Hill visited John Spesker Friday for turkeys. John McDonnell visited Roy Simpson Friday after wheat. Mrs Meyerholz and boys listened to radio Friday evening at her father’s. Mrs Fenimore and two children went to Mrs Gross’s Friday. Carl Meyerholz and Dan Beebe motored to Sterling Saturday. John McDonnell and family went to Crook Saturday. Guy Fenimore helped shred corn fodder Friday and Saturday. George Marshall visited the Gross boys Sunday. Mrs and Mrs John McDonnell, Lawrence and Lucille visited the Feni more home Sunday afternoon. The Rogers boys moved household goods to the Joke place Saturday. Dr Sprecher was called to Bernard Hill’s Sunday night for tonsillitis.
Central residents report visits and meals at friends homes through the week. Neighbors Netherland Ladine Scott Reiners and others travel to Sidney Dalton and Deshler while illness and school absences are noted. Local shoppers and social calls mark a busy period among Wiker, Wheeler, Groshans, Horst, and Scott families.
The article traces epitaph usage from Egyptian origins to Greek Roman adoption and later Christian nations. It notes the epitaph usually includes affection or faith, name, birth and death dates, and that despite solemn associations, epitaphs can be humorous due to language errors or diction slips.
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