Sidney Week in Review Brims with Festivities and Notices
Sidney residents join Fourth of July preparations with speeches by Judge Hamer in Kearney and ascension plans by a celebrated aeronaut The town welcomes visitors C T Higgins and A B Knox tour North Divide Denver couples marry at the courthouse and June weddings mark a busy calendar Local commerce prospers with Home Land Company ads and a push for primary filings before July 17 Electric service expands powering irons fans and motors as Maccabees delegates travel and local bands provide music for celebrations
Sid ney District Re-elects Greenlee and Schroeder to Three-Year Terms
The Sid ney district held its annual school meeting at the courthouse with light attendance. Greenlee and Schroeder were unanimously re elected for three years. An estimated 7 000 is needed for next year. School starts September 7 for nine months. The district is financially sound with old bonds paid and 15 000 bonds for the schoolhouse addition maturing gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Messrs
Greenlee
Schroeder
Cheyenne County 1909 Personal Property Valuation Totals
County Assessor Daugherty and precinct assessors report the 1909 personal property valuation for Cheyenne County, excluding railroads and sleeping car companies. Totals by precinct include Union Valley 118,070 Sidney 469,175 Lodgepole 207,075 Eagle 40,020 Trogmitz 44,790 Brongou 79,845 Chambers 78,915 Colton 80,650 with a grand total of 1,391,260.
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Cheyenne County
Daugherty
Brongou
Cess
Chambers
Colton
Cheyenne County Railroad Valuation Changes
Secretary Henry Seymour reports statewide railroad property valuations finished. Cheyenne County totals drop to 1,052,390 from 1,306,490 last year while Morrill County adds 304,690. if Morrill remained with Cheyenne, county total would be 1,357,080, up 50,590 over last year, indicating healthy growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Seymour
State Board of Assessment
Cheyenne County
Morrill County
Weather Summary for Six Months Ended June 30 1909
Six month weather data shows snowfall and rainfall totals with the greatest June rainfall and peak single day of three inches on the tenth. John P. Fischer reports January through June observations with daily values and average conditions. The document also notes teacher certification exams to be held July 16 and 17 at the courthouse and a local coffee advertisement for Blue Ribbon coffee at Hornaday with Kruse Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Fischer
Serious Affair at Colton Shoots Stepfather in Quarrel
Sheriff McDaniel returns with 14 year old Andrew Krupicka who is jailed after shooting his stepfather Anton Krupicka through an open window. The stepfather lies dying from a brain wound as family testimony conflicts over who fired the shot. The weapon was foundhidden in a woman's apron with ramrod and shell nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel
Andrew Krupicka
Anton Krupicka
Sidney
Omaha Team Here Three Days Loom Up
Omaha team arrives for a three game series at the local diamond this weekend. The schedule covers Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with a strong Omaha opponent expected to challenge hard. Public bills announce the games.
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Omaha
Bills
Manns Return From Honeymoon With Family Dinner
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mann return from a Colorado honeymoon to their home city. They are hosted by Mr and Mrs L Cleaman and share a dinner with immediate relatives and friends including Leo Osborn Louie Mann of Bridgeport E Planck family S H Ripley Earl Lobb and Fred Stuht. Lloyd and Alice begin married life in their familiar circles.
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Lloyd Mann
Colorado
Mr. Mann
L. Cleaman
Leo Osborn
Louie Mann
Bridgeport
E. Planck
S. H. Ripley
Earl Lobb
Fred Stuht
T. N. Club With Mrs Harper
Wednesday afternoon ladies of the T. N. club met Mrs. C. E. Harper at her home for a three course luncheon served in a snowball scheme. They sent absent member Mrs. Fiahman a shower of postals and announced the last meeting of the summer with plans to resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Harper
Fiahman
Kilgore Woman Dies at Bullock Ranch in Dever County
Mrs Inez Kilgore formerly of Colton died last Wednesday at the Bullock ranch in Dever county. She was a sister of Mrs Arthur Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Kilgore
Colton
Bullock Ranch
Dever County
Kilgore
Arthur Sweet
Try Dioxide Cream for Burns and Eruptions
An old remedy advertised for treating scalds and burps, with soothing topical action for cutaneous eruptions. Sold by Sidney Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S1ipdney Drrug Co
North Platte Steals a Game From Sidney Ballclub
Sidney faced a rough trip at North Platte with claims of bad umpiring and unfair calls. The two games ended 7?1 in favor of North Platte, after a disputed Monday contest and a stormy seventh inning.
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North Platte
Sidney
Tobin
Agnew
Sidney'sawn Lucky Star
Qur Boye
Collina
Boya
Collins
Paul
Mann
Pauline
Sidney Rooters
North Platters
Rodman
Lowell
Pleasant car party from Lodgepole visits Sidney and Montauk ranch
A. B. Persinger and Mr and Mrs 9 A Libby Mrs Jewett Roy and Barbara Libby traveled to Sidney Thursday morning. Mrs Jewett stayed in Sidney while Persinger delivered the rear of the party to Montauk ranch to visit and then went on to Kimball for business. The note ends by remarking touring cars may threaten railroads if such travel grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodgepole
A. B. Persinger
A. Libby
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Kratz
ER. R. Kratz
Cleburne Block
American Surety Co
Western Realty
W. E. Swatzlander
Mgr
Yaegle
The
Pioneer Hotel
B. R. Yaegle
Mcaleese Block
Rodman-Looschen Land Co
W. S. Rodman
Moore Building
Sidney, Neb
Closman & Ripley
Masonic Building
H. G. Miller
Woyetta
C. T. Higgins
T. Quinn and
A. B. Knox
North Divide
C. A. Barton
Military Avenue
Ball Park
Lynch
Kimball
Charles H. Carothers
Elizabeth R. Henderson
Denver
Court House
Ed Yaogle
S. A. Hammond
Struble
Iowa
J.E. Millard
Hamer of
Kearney
Simon Fishman
First National Bank
Oliver F. Anderson
Ellen C. Iverson
Dalton
Albert Morrow
W. H. Lawrence
A. B. Ragan
Home Land Company
D.J. Scanlon
Boyer
Scanlon
Will Cummings
A. K. Greenlee
H. Schroeder
Ing Car Companies
Cheyenne Co. Railroad Valuation
Epita H. Morrison, Co
C. W. Hornaday
Kruse Bros
Son
Mrs. Mann
T. N. Club
Mrs Harper
J. C
Baldwin
Phonograph Records
Sidney Souvenir
J.C. Baldwin
Cheyenne County Abstract
H. T. Doran
C. M
Hadley
WM. E. Gapen
Counaal
Cheyenne County Abstract Co
Nebraska
American Fidelity Ce
Ths
First National Bank OF Sidney
Edison and
Victor
Jackson’s Furniture Store
D. J. Scanlon
Harper & Wright Funeral Directors
C. M. Wright
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