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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1917

Page

4

Dust proof letter files and farm loan ads in The Telegraph

Classified notice style item list includes dust proof letter files for sale by The Telegraph, farm loan offers at 7 percent, Hentley Land Company of Sidney Nebraska, old newspapers for pantry shelves, second-hand stores and ranges, magazine subscriptions, horse buying, small map of Cheyenne County, trunks and bags at Jackson & Wier’s Bee Jay Store, registered Hereford bull for sale, refrigerators wanted, farm loan terms, lubricants and grease at S A Schmitt Implement Co, 160 acres for wheat lease, lost child’s gold ring engraved A T please return to office.

Screen Doors At The Cheyenne County Lumber Company

A brief note reports screen doors available at Cheyenne County Lumber Company. The item list includes standard exterior doors and storm options, with prices and sizing details likely posted in store windows or local ads.

The Cheyenne County Lumber Company

Sidney Markets Amid Uncertain Wheat Trade

Market notes show corn, moor cream eggs and butter potatoes listed with price shifts. Wheat market uncertainty keeps dealers from buying, while OS old hens and young chickens feature in trade signals.

Notice To Contractors for Frame School House Bid

Bid invitations from District No. 28 for a 20 by 28 foot frame school house with 9 foot ceiling near Lorenzo Nebraska based on section 33 township 13 range 60 Cheyenne County. Bids due 12 noon July 21 1917 with two percent certified check. Plans on file at The Sidney Telegraph and The Peetz Gazette.

Frame school house planned for rural Nebraska district

A 20 by 24 frame school building with a tin ceiling is to be constructed on northeast quarter of section 9 township 12 range 48 in Cheyenne County Nebraska ten miles south of Sunol. Bids must be filed with the Director of the School Board District No. 40 by noon July 28 1917 with a bond and bid amount. Rieck Schuster and officials listed reserve right to reject all bids.

Cheyenne County Nebraska Sunol Neb Sidney Telegraph Printing Office Sidney Alt Rieck Schuster Richard Brauer P Z Gentry

FOR SALE OR TRADE HARDWARE STORE IN SIDNEY

Classified items show a hardware and furniture store for sale or trade for town property. Also notes about July teachers examination in Sidney Nobr, other notices include wanted rooms for light housekeeping, lost coats, and bulbs offered by local merchants.

R. E. l. Jackson

Horses for Sale Near Sidney and Lorenzo Areas

Brood mares, geldings, 2 year old mares and geldings, and yearlings offered. Half and three quarter Percherons, mostly black. Located 8 miles south of Sidney and 2 1/2 miles north of Lorenzo. Also, a tractor or truck built from old cars. Watch for ad or inquire here. N G Brewer and A B Johnson.

Sidney Lorenzo N. G. Brewer

Hanseman Binder Hitch Sold by S A Schankt Implement Co

A Hanseman Binder hitch is offered for tractor compatibility by S A Schankt Implement Company. Potential buyers are directed to contact the local implement dealer for specifications, pricing, and installation options.

Tractor S.A. Schankt Implement Co

Taken Up Saddle Mare Near Sidney

Taken up. One brown saddle mare with earmark, at my place six miles east of Sidney. Owner can obtain by paying expenses. Richard Krueger.

Eilar Marks My Place Sidney Richard Krueger

Card of Thanks to Sidney Friends

We thank friends of Sidney for sympathy shown through kind words deeds and flowers during our time of trouble. Mr and Mrs D Scruggs Mr and Mrs J K Kidd Mr and Mrs Frank Ackerman.

Sidney D. Scruggs J K Kidd Frank Ackerman

Wanted housekeeping apartment announces in Sidney Nebraska

Classified line up shows wanted housekeeping apartment two or three rooms with inquiry at office or P O Box 118. Also listings for sale cheap items including Second Hand goods, a Ford Garage, a cash register, an organ, and farm or ranches for sale. Local notices mention A H Clemens and E O Houghteling with various sale offers.

P. O Sidney, Neb

Portse Court Fines Local Figure for Booze Ride

Portse Court heard a local figure fined 100 dollars plus costs for providing alcohol to an auto rider. Judge McCleneghan ordered fines for several villagers while others faced sentences for resisting work. A separate case saw a slacker punished by Judge Oberfolder.

McCleneghan Oberfolder

U S Army seeks bakers for forty new bakery companies

Men who left this Station July 17 are named. Orders create forty new bakery companies plus ten existing in the United States. About 800 sergeant baker and 600 corporal vacancies. Promotions possible for strong volunteers. Additional lieutenant vacancies for qualified bakers. Old section house in east yards moved Thursday afternoon with a small diversion.

United States Second Street Aittle

Tim Foley Returns to Sidney Amid Prosperity

Tim Foley, a longtime county resident, was seen greeting old friends on Thursday. The man who left Sidney and prospered has enjoyed success, yet expresses pleasure at seeing Sidney and its people moving forward.

Tim Foley Sidney

Shrimpton Family Guests of Joneses Overnight

Mr. Ben Shrimpton and family spent Wednesday as overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. B A Jones while en route from Denver to their home in Ainsworth Nebraska. Mrs. Shrimpton is sister to W W Jordan, husband of Mrs. Lucy Jones Jordan. Mrs. Ignatz Meick and Mrs. F W Portrey returned from Louisville Kentucky after a week visiting daughters Miss Anna Molck and Miss Rosa Portrey who are in Ursuline convent. The young girls wore white veils during the mothers visit.

Ben Shrimpton B. A. Jones Denver Ainsworth Nebraska Ignatz Meick F. W. Portrey Louisville Kentucky Anna Molck Rosa Portrey Ursuline Sisters

Prodigal Son Tale Sparks Local Quarrel and Plow Pivot

A Kansas City Star excerpt tells of Gap John son of Rumpus Ridge recounting his prodigal son tale. He recalls challenging his son Coonrod who asks for his share then is knocked down with a neck yoke. The speaker orders him to rise and plow the corn as punishment.

Coonrod Gap Johnson Rumpus Ridge Ise Phere Kansas City Star

Binder for tractors offered by S A Schmitt Implement Co

An advertisement notes a binder to hitch onto tractors offered by S A Schmitt Implement Co. The listing highlights compatibility with farm machinery and urges farmers to contact the dealer for pricing and availability.

Monument Plans Formed By Smith's Former Clients

Longmore reports that the late Smith divorce lawyer's former clients will honor his memory with a monument. They have not chosen a design yet, with some favor a Statue of Liberty style and others a colossal granite cleaver.

Longmore Smith Short Lumb

Pressing Trousers Technique from a Tailor

A tailor explains how to press trousers to remove knee bulk. He advises turning the trousers inside out and spreading each leg crosswise on the ironing board, dampening with a cloth, and pressing before returning to right side out for creases. This method tightens wool fibers where knees have bulged.

Missed the Point Weary Wiggles and Hero Medal Debate

In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item, Weary Wiggles questions earning a hero medal after diving into shallow water to rescue a child. He argues the water was only three or four feet deep and disputes the medal award.

Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph

Release and Gifts of Youth in Poetic Lines and Ads

A collage of verse and ads presents Pope’s idea of life’s toys in aging and a call for release. Also includes a marketing plug for engine oil claims and a classified notice for rooms and sale of an eight-year-old horse, with contact details and local business names. The fragmentary text blends poetry, promotional copy, and rental and sales notices from Sidney Nebraska.

Flour Prices and Office Rumor Spark Local Banter

Citizens chatter about local birds and a mysterious worker at the office while noting flour selling at 3.50 per sack from L. A. Schmitt Implement Co. The casual talk blends folklore with a commerce detail, reflecting daily life in a small town.

L. A. Schmitt Implement Co

The Horse Hoof as Superior Support Instrument

The hoof is described as the most perfect support for a fast moving large animal. It notes the toe nail and nearby parts have become a structure combining solidity and elasticity. This allows the horse to strike hard ground without harm and carry greater weight at high speed than other animals of similar size.

Animal Kingdom

Migratory hummingbirds make long yearly journeys

Among migratory birds the smallest species undertake the longest trips. The humming bird travels from central states to Mexico and even to South America and back each year during Creamcall 31, Central Meet.

Middle States Mexico South America

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mr Jones Iris Osborn & Jorgenson Real Estate and Insurance Farm and City Loans Sidney, Nebraska Telegraph Hentley Land Company W. L. Jackson Vuulliol Just Jackson & Wier W Olson Jackson Store Jackson T. Doran S. A. Schmitt Implement Co Nebr A. T Neubauer National Bank Sidney Markets Section 33 Peetz Gazette Peetz Colo Walter L. Thompson Peetz, Cole S. A. Schiite Implement Co G. W. Puckett Ford Overhauling A. Brott Mrs. A Lindberg FORD Sidney Lumber CO J. J. Treinen Robson Hardware and Furniture Court House Nobr Anna McFadden Cheyenne Co Dalton Brewer's Garage J. J. Tretnen W. C. Couen Ranch Sidny Telegraph Office Sidney State Bank A J Boling D. R. Jones C. M. Hadley H. T. Doran Cheyenne County Abstract Compan S.A. Schmitt Implement Co A. H. Clemens E. O. Houghteling Kimball, Nebr Stone Lodgepole Gale J. K. Kerk Portse U. S. Army Lawrence BE. Ragsdale Robert R. Reikat Sunol, Neb Anthony J. Sullivan Kratz Abstract Company Stuht-Hink Beth Appropriate D. R. Campbell, Sidney Ufe Alexander Pope mpuHouait Arthur Wallace Peach A. O. Nelson Fred Eurth West Lincoln Highway Central Elijah Willie Elliot Puck Central Meet Onyx Hink’s
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