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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1926
Page
9
Chappell and Sidney residents attend meetings and dances. Foresters and Woodmen officers installed in Chappell, several fraternal events follow. School exams, football sweaters, and town visits feature among weekly reports with illness, travel, and family updates.
Dorothy Thronburg entertained many of her young guests on her birthday with a lively party. Gifts were received and the children reported an excellent time. Fred Parks, Sidney High boxing champion, leaves tomorrow for Denver to compete in an amateur boxing event in the middleweight division. Little Bobbie McDaniel drank coal oil last week and has been seriously ill since.
Sanford Dodge and his company will play an engagement at the Sidney Opera House next Monday evening. Milton Ahrens was thrown from a horse near Colton suffering a broken shoulder blade. Western Nebraska has vast resources to be developed by irrigation and seeks assistance to develop this resource. This issue publishes two letters from Ed McLernon.
From the Telegraph thirty four years ago: Charles Trognitz finished cutting ice for North Platte last week and will start on Sidney ice. Over a hundred cars have been shipped to North Platte. The M E church ladies formed a foreign missionary society with Mrs Gray as president and a slate of officers. Knights of Pythias elected H E Gapen captain and two lieutenants among others.
A party at the home of M J Saunders was described as very enjoyable. An unknown traveler narrowly escaped death when drunk man leapt for a moving train and fell between cars unless a soldier had grabbed him. W H Benns offers shoeing at three dollars a span or tires for 2.50, the cheapest price in western Nebraska.
Sidney defeated Lodge Pole 14 to 10 on their floor Tuesday night with several Sidney and Sunol supporters watching. The girls team also won 12 to 6 and served refreshments afterward. Local events include a Carey sale trip, a two car collision near the Lincoln highway with no injuries, and a Modern Woodmen meeting with initiations as Forresters assisted.
We extend grateful appreciation and sincere thanks to all who offered kindness and sympathy during the great bereavement and death of our beloved mother. Our heartfelt thanks go to those who contributed flowers and especially to Weyerte Lutheran church members for assisting with road access for burial at the churchyard.
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