Fireworks, parades, and pageantry mark 1877 Sidney Fourth
The Telegraph notes a grand 1877 Fourth of July in Sidney with fireworks costing no less than 135, a large procession of bands and groups, and attractions like a greased pole, pig chase, and wheelbarrow race. Delegations from neighboring towns arrive, hay and feed provided, and a prohibition on firecrackers. Also reported are local crime sentences, ice price, abundant grass, a buffalo absence, a giant turtle, and new Venetian shutters at Anderson and Williams.
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Sidney
Telegraph
Benjamin T. Butler
Oate
Dr. Boggs
A. Solomonson
J. Neubauer
Ti. V. Redington
J. J. McIntosh
M. Urbach
Gus Runge
Robert Oberfelder
Curtis Essig
Hugh McFadden
George Cunningham
Edward J Owery
Cal Earnhardt
L. H. Bordwell
A. B. Persinger
W. C. Couch
Glover
Lane
America
Liedernanz Society
Carrigan
Thiele
J. Christ
Pratt
Ferris
Black Hills
Sidney bank ships record Black Hills gold dust total
A Cheyenne County bank shipped $13,403.82 in Black Hills gold dust this week, the largest single-day shipment by the firm in Sidney. A. Moore offers a $10 reward for a black Berkshire pig missing west of Sidney, a pet of Washy Moore, with white on the feet.
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Cheyenne
Black Hills
Sidney
Washy Moore
A. Moore
Mrs Grant Opens First Class Saloon on Second Street
Mrs Grant launches a first class saloon on Second street offering the finest wines and liquors with perfect arrangements for parties and gatherings.
Drowned Pioneer John Englehorn Found Dead Near Alliance
Box Butte county settler John Englehorn born 1842, who arrived in 1888, was found dead in a pond about one mile from his homestead seven miles west of Alliance. He died by drowning, his body recovered by Elmer Englehorn. funeral Sunday at 2:30 from the Christian church. Survived by two daughters, Hattie, Elmer, and wife Minnie Scofield of Salt Lake City.
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John Englehorn
Box Butte County
Alliance
Mr. Englehorn
Snake Creek
Elmer
Hattie
Darling Undertaking
Jim Miller
Bob Evans
Nebraska
Minnie Scofield
Salt Lake City
Eldon
Englehorn
Otto
Pacific Ocean
Christian Church
Tragic flood drowns Mrs Davis and three children near Sterling
A cloudburst burst the Cotton creek bed flooding a home near two dry creek junctions. Carl Davis survives with injuries after rescuing his family but Mrs Davis, Doris Maxine aged 10 months, Mad Cline and Carrol age four perish. Bodies found later at Riverton burial planned. Davis hospitalized in Brush.
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Pawnee
Carl Davis
Davis
Cline
Carrol
Doris Maxine
Mr. Davis
Brush
Riverton
Iowa
New Raymer Enterprise
Brave Infant Sparks Remark on Courage
A Washington Star excerpt quotes Mr. Meekton praising a baby as wonderful for courage, noting the infant does not hesitate to interrupt Henrietta when she speaks, highlighting a playful contrast in behavior.
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Mr. Meekton
Courage
Henrietta
Washington Star
Denby Publicly Rebukes Sims For London Speech
Rear Admiral William Sims receives a public reprimand from Secretary of the Navy Denby for a London speech. Denby cites deliberate disregard of instructions and cites Sims prior reprimand. Sims meets President Harding in a courtesy call and remarks he spilled the beans, calling the incident now closed.
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Washington
William S. Slums
Denby
London
Sims
Navy
White House
Harding
Weeks Warns Air Service To Prevent Accidents
Secretary Weeks urged strict inspection of army air planes and gear before flights after recent accidents in the air service. Four accidents in weeks caused 18 deaths, though officers say aviation remains experimental and some accidents are inevitable despite precautions.
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Washington
Army Air Service
Weeks
Mencher
Air Service
Seize two in blast plot near new federal reserve bank
San Francisco police arrested Dan Chickering and Jack Knickergon on charges of conspiring to blow up the new federal reserve bank under construction. They allegedly offered guard George K. Steele money to place dynamite on boilers at the Southern Pacific railroad yards where the boilers are unloaded.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank
George K. Steele
Steele
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dan Chickering
Jack Knickergon
John B Stanchfield Dead New York Lawyer Dies at Islip
John B Stanchfield a New York lawyer prominent in major cases died at Islip Long Island after ten days illness from kidney disease. He leaves a widow a daughter and a son born Bhutta New York March 30 1855.
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New York
John B. Stanchfield
Islip
L. I
Five Hurt in Train Collision at El Paso Union Station
Five persons were hurt when an El Paso and Southwestern Railroad passenger train collided with a Texas and Pacific Railway passenger train in the Union station yards at El Paso Texas on June 27. One train plowed into another, with injuries reported but no fatalities announced.
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el Paso
Tex
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
Texas & Pacific Railway
Union Station
Plot Against Obregon Denied in Mexico City
Official denial stated that a report of a plot by political exiles in San Antonio to kill President Obregon and several cabinet members had been discovered. no such plot was found.
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Obregon
Mexico City
San Antonio
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George Bullinger
Charles Green
Samuel F. May
John Blair
Sidney High School
Father McGoldrick
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Williams
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Sidney Post
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