A Week's Happenings and Local Happenings in Sidney
A roundup from Sidney covers Maccabees install officers, deaths, weddings in Iowa, and notable visits. Gestrich Brett dies at Sextorp, Bullock Porterfield wedding in Iowa, Dr Driver lecture praised, and social events boost community spirit. Read of school sports, railroad claims for prairie damages, ice shipments to North Platte, and theater change for Quincy Adams Sawyer Co. arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabees
Gustav Brett
Sextorp
Bullock-Porterfield
Iowa
Driver
Dick Kreuger
Colton
Union Pacific Railroad Company
North Platte
Colorado
Quincy Adams Sawyer Co
Sidney
Mill prospects in Sidney attract mill buyers and elevator plans
Wallace Oosterhoudt corresponded with several parties seeking to purchase his Sidney mill site. One plan calls for a $25,000 flouring mill and another for converting the building into an elevator. Sidney boasts ideal railroad junctions and a strong grain outlook with 53,113 bushels threshed by one machine and county-wide activity expected to double acreage next year. Parties seeking a first class mill location should contact Mr Oosterhoudt before deals close.
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Wallace Oosterhoudt
Oosterhoudt
Nebraska
Sidney
Telegraph
Grand Island
Death of an Old Citizen Gustaf Brott Pioneer of Trognitz
Gustaf Brott, born 1818 in Sweden with a German father, died January 15 at his home after a brief pneumonia illness and was buried January 17 in Potter cemetery. Survived by his widow and four sons Peter and Andrew of Denver, Ed and Lewis who cared for him. A respected pioneer homesteader who moved from Knox county Illinois to Gothenburg then Cheyenne county Nebraska before settling north of Potter. Funeral conducted by Rev. Shultz of Dix.
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Gustaf Brott
Trognitz
Potter
Shultz
Dix
Mr. Brott
Sweden
Brott
America
Knox County
Ill
Gothenburg
Cheyenns County
Peter
Andrew
Denver
Lewis
Mr. Brett
Lucille Porterfield Weds William Bullock in Atlan tic Iowa
Miss Lucille Porterfield longtime Council Bluffs music supervisor married William C Bullock of Lodgepole Nebraska at the bride’s brother Dr F W Porterfield home in Atlantic Iowa Rev J George Presbyterian officiated. Couple plans a brief Omaha visit then return to their Nebraska home.
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F. W Porterfield
Atlantic
Iowan
Lucille Porterfield
Council Bluffs
William C. Bullock
Lodgepole
Neb
J. George
Presbyterian Church
Omaha
World
Herald
Land Transfers and Deeds Across Cheyenne County Ledger
A list of transfers shows Paine to Callahan, Orisbee to Gay, Robinson to Anthony, Isenberger to Alexander, Holloway to Jones, BRR to Harm Poppen, Cheyenne County to Rosencross, Westervelt to Keer, and Jacobs to Smith. Values range from 75 to 3,200 dollars with parcel references and section numbers.
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W. M. Robinson
S. E. Anthony
F. Isenberger
W. P. Alexander
J.P Holloway
A. Jones
Harm Poppen
Cheyenne Co
B. C. Rosencross
BE. M. Westervelt
J M. Keer
Morrow
J. C. Kerr
Sidney
M. Jacobs
E. C. Smith
St S
Wide Range of Prices Lets Anyone Buy Satisfactorily
The article notes a broad price spectrum that enables customers to find satisfactory options. It emphasizes affordability and accessibility across different budgets.
Pathfinder storage dam signature plan eyed for Wyoming
State Journal notes Pathfinder dam to be built across a narrow Wyoming gorge below the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers. The project, costing about 5 million dollars, will supply ditch systems irrigating the North Platte valley and up to Nebraskas benches, with a vast reservoir feeding water for over 300 000 acres.
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State Journal Western
Nebraska
Wade
Wyoming
North Platte
Colorado
Wind River
Wroming
Scott’s Bluff County
North Platte Valley
Joint installation and banquet for Sir Knights and Lady Maccabees
Sir Knights and Lady Maccabees held a joint installation and banquet at the lodge hall on Tuesday evening with Gus Wellner Tul as Commander and L. Neubauer Master-At-Arms among officers installed for the coming year. Annie Hart led the Lady Maccabees installation with Mary Stevenson as Lady Commander and John Griffith as Chaplain. A banquet at Clean Kitchen restaurant followed, described as a rousing close to the evening. The piece also notes a separate railroad death case. Frank E Walker, previously believed Frank E Smith, died after a derailment near Sidney and had a life insurance payout from the B R D to an uncle in Creston Iowa. mixed telegrams identified him and his body to be sent to Galveston Ind for burial.
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Sir Knights
Lady Maccabees
Hudson
Gus Wellner
Jag. Worden
L. H. Bordwell
N. W. Olson
L. Neubauer
Ezra Chambers
Annie Hart
Mary Stevenson
Lizzie Tobin
Catherine Shurmer
John Griffith
Annie Stubt
Julia Scanlon
Ed Yeagle
Harry Cuntlin
Sidney
Frank E. Smith
Creston
Iowa
Whittaker
Smith
Frank E. Walker
Darling Establishment
Wiliam Walker
Merk G. J. Burke
Galveston
Ind
Alliance Times
Local notes from Sidney and surrounding towns highlight visits and changes
Residents in Sidney and nearby areas report a flurry of social and business activity. Names include M Leafdale Dean Knox Haskall Radcliff and Halligan as well as professionals from Bridgeport Julesburg and Cheyenne. A new Burlington time card and potential Union Pacific service changes were announced amid bank and health updates.
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Burlington
Union Pacific
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E. J. Sweet
Court House
Sidney, Neb
Bridgeport, Heb
Augusta Johnson
Treasury
THE
First National Bank
Potter, Neb
E. R. Yaegle
Wm. Gates
Geo Dickenson
Neumann Ranch
E. Line
Firth Booth
Lodgepole Precinct
C. A. Elquest
Mitchell
McDaniel
Sager
Redington
Bayard
O. H. Strattan
Scottsbluff
Eric Lif
Lisco
Sterling
Colo
Gue
Burlington Railroad
James McConaughy
Tliff
McConaughy
Sidney Thas
United States
Far East
Mill Prospects
A. B. Paine
Chas. Callahan
BE. J. Orisbee
J. C. Gay
Oberfelder
Clothing Company
Pathfinder
M. Leafdale
Leafdale
Dean
Co. K. Lawrence
A. B. Ragan
R. P. Scott
Bridgeport
Sidney Pool of
J. J Halligan
A. J. Haskall
Hattie Radcliff
Lincoln
State University
Johnson
Platte Valley Bank
Aupper
Leroy Martin
W. F. Bassett
Kenneth
Idaho Springs
Mrs. Burger
Julesburg
Mark Burke
W. E. Coombes
C. F. Parker
Ed Walsh
Cheyenne
C. D. Essig
Geo. Webster
Canton, Ohio
Mr. Webster
Mr. Essig
Stock Foods. International and
Pratt’s At Scanlon’s
Whiting & Hulbert
Sidney Drug
Edison Phonackarks
Arters
Postoffice
M. O. Sager
Prop
Harper & Wright
Bridgeport, Neb
J. W. Iddings, Prop
Swan Dedrick
Metropolitan Hotel
Dworak & Vath
Proprietors
Krug
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