Passenger trains cancel local stops and through service changes
Train Nos 01 and 2 will skip local stops between Sidney and Bridgeport and Slaney and Sterling. Extra daily loco service on Sundays remains. Through tickets and baggage checked to US or Canada. Contact M A Shipman or L W Wakeley, Omaha for timetables and tickets. Final homestead proofs noted for Lewis Kurth. witnesses listed. Sidney pursues curfew and Chautauqua promotions amid town beautification efforts and civic pride.
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Ltassenger
Sidney Social notes include visits and travels
Miss Ellen seeks visits in Sidney as the Library Committee adds twenty books. Mrs Null plans an extended Michigan visit while Mrs Swan and children return from a trip to Michigan. The Hands return from Michigan and Mrs George Parks leaves for Lincoln area. The Kings Daughters meet with Mrs McClenaghan as rural phone work continues. Several relatives travel among Cheyenne Lincoln McCook Kearney Ogallala Kimball and Dalton. A Thornburgs Hall dance in Potter is planned for July 27 with Stokes Orchestra. The Mick child’s illness improves under care near Denver.
T. N. Club Hosts Luncheon With Mrs. F. A. Jack
The T. N. Club met on Wednesday afternoon July 17 with Mrs. F A Jack serving a three course luncheon. Guests included Moss Simon and Miss Heingmann, while club members enjoyed the charming hospitality.
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T. N. Club
F. A. Jack
Moss Simon
Miss Heingmann
Sidney Chautauqua Session Aims To Boost Town
The community is urged to support the August Chautauqua from the 10th to the 15th, with a strong program and welcome outsiders. Citizens are encouraged to buy tickets, ideally multiple, to help boost the town and ensure a safe environment for children.
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Wood River
Sidney
Forty miners drowned at Evans Station coal mine flood
Forty miners were trapped in a Hood at the Superior coal mines near Evans Station three miles from Uniontown Pennsylvania. Water pours into the mine from two entry points as floodwaters rush down the mountain. The Cool Spring reservoir is said to have broken, threatening Evans town. Spreading torrents wash away railroad tracks and trolley lines. Wives and children at risk at the mine mouth as residents refuse to evacuate.
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Uniontown
Superba
Evans Station
Cool Spring
Fayette County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Penn
Evans
Mob Whips Girl in Georgia Over Suitor
Essie Carter, a young white girl from Mason, is hospitalized near Macon in critical condition after a beating by a group of prominent men led by W Os Lutter, clerk of UK supreme court. Lawyers Doster and McClung to prosecute Dozier, Clyde Dozier, and Pope McClung amid claims by Mary Carter of numerous others involved. The assault stems from her refusal to swear she would not see W S Doster’s son, who was infatuated with her.
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Mason, Ga
Lessie Carter
Dawson
W Os Lutter
Macon
W S Dozier
Clyde Dozier
Pope McClung
Mary Carter
Essie Clarter
W S Doster
War Begins In Wisconsin At Camp McCoy And Camp Douglas
Four thousand United States troops including 1800 infantry and 200 cavalry leave Camp McCoy with pupa tents two days rations and hundreds of thousands of blank cartridges to begin a major mimic campaign. A hostile force from state troops is expected to advance from Camp Douglas over a two county battlefield.
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Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
United States
War Department
Wisconsin
Camp Douglas
Canal Treaty Voidable Claim By Former Minister
Washington July 25 Hanis Tay lor, former minister to Spain and a writer on international law, published an open letter contending that the Hay Paunefote treaty is voidable because Panama ceded the canal zone to the United States. There is no room for hair splitting on that point. Within the canal zone the United States is sovereign for all purposes of international law. Under that law a treaty becomes voidable, not void, when a change occurs in the fundamental conditions existing at the time it was made.
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Washington
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Mr Taylor
Flood damages hit Wausau area after dam breaks
Wausau Wisconsin reports flood damage estimated at 500000 from the Wisconsin river breaks north of the city. Two dams failed washing out three bridges and partly destroying a fourth. All electric power and street car service were put out of commission.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin River
Lawyer Fettretch and clerk shot in Park Row office
New York dispatch reports lawyer Joseph Fettretch and his clerk Norman Bergh were shot by Conway, a former client, inside Fettretch’s Park Row office after a disputed case. Conway was arrested.
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New York
Joseph Fettretch
Norman Bergh
Conway
Fettretch
Park Row
Allman's American at Sidney for One Week
Allman's American presents a week long engagement in Sidney beginning next Monday offering good music and clean entertainment. The show promises wholesome family friendly performances with a steady lineup of acts throughout the week.
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Allman
Sidney
Dysentery cured by Chamberlains Remedy says dealers
A colonial era advertisement claims severe dysentery becomes curable using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The copy states the medicine cures even malignant and epidemic cases and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
Bribery Trial of Clarence Sparrow Delayed Again
In Los Angeles on July 25 a further continuance was granted in the bribery trial of Clarence Sparrow due to juror Leavitt’s difficulties. The defense has abandoned hope of closing its case this week.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Sparrow
Leavitt
Telegraph Directory Notables in Sidney and North Platte Offices
The Telegraph Directory lists National and State officers, lawmakers, and local officials. Entries include U S Senate members Hitchcock to Kinkaid, state officers like Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General, land office registers, post office staff, Sidney clubs, fire department, and legislative districts. It also covers county officials, commissioners, village trustees, school boards, and public school staff with names and positions.
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Sidney, Neb
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No. 6, Pvt
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Lewis Kurth
South Divide
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George Glidewell
Joan Lingwall
Julesburg
Saltimore
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Mrs. Null
Michigan
Hand
George Parks
Lincoln
Kings’ Daughters
John McClenaghan
Swan Dedrick
Bixby
Cheyenne
Leonie Oberfelder
M Reider
Kearney
Reider
Scottsbluff
C. M Johnston
Juanita
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Kimball
Ss. C Lambert
R A Grim
L B. Wilson
Grand Island
Chester McDaniel
Dalton
Franklin
Thornburg
Potter
Stokes
Charles Simon
Ogallala
Hollingsworth
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Flehard
Nathan Mick
D J Scanlon
Denver
Scanlon
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Shirley Wilson
Emil
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Colorado
E W. Ziebert
Coloredo Springs
Helen Bradford Paulsen
West Virginia
Kindernook Company
M. Ramella
Closman & Son
Nebraska
Gee
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E. Harper
Cc. M. Wright
Lloyd Mann
Georgia
Standard Oil Company
Omaha
Lawer
Frank C
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Norris Brown
Sixath
M P. Kinkaid
O'Neil
Atdeich M. R. Hopewel
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G Martin
Public Instruction
J. W. Crabtree
E. B. Oowlea
H. J. Winnett
H, T. Clarke
W.H Cowgill
Railroad Commissioners
U. 3. Land Office
North Platte
J E. Frans
Ira L. Bure
U 8. Land Office Alliance
W. W Wood
Register 8
J Ellis
John T McIntosh
Edward Shoemaker
Maggie Kellep
Sidney Commercial Club
BR. E Robinson
W. J. Shoemaker
Cheyenne CO Fair Association
FOX Kil
R.A. Blake
Sidney Fire Department
Barlow
E. D. Worden
Tobin
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S4th
BOK Bushee Kimball
WTA
G.M. Grimes
E. A. Cary
Simon Fishman
McDaniel
Doras
Henry E. Gapen
Edith H. Morrison
Lotte Bordwell
Jack Parks
Devoe
John Drugberry
L.R Barrow
Lodgepote
J B. Vaiston
Higgins
Lewis Brett
Board Village Trustees
Sidney EW Zieberty
J J. MelIotosh
Herman Schroeder
E.G. Jackson
F. Bassett Leslie Neubauer
A Barlow
Jas. L. McIntosh
A W Greenlee
Leroy Martin
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Fishman
L. O. Fundingsland
Stoney Public Schools
W of Brahan
Alford Hanna
Mabel & Murray
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Frances Parks
Ruth Jackson
Mae KO Brown
Drdined
Anna McPudden
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Lobb
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FE J Faves
James Donson
EV A
Wampmann
J Kavanaai
Royal Neighbors
Tul.o.o.f
Ipa Harts
Oracle Mas Axsxa Wrient Recorder
Frank Welch Lodge
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W. M. Lesure Neobacer
Providence
EB. S
Masyonie Temple
Mary McInrosu
W. M
Susie Bassery
Sidney Lodge
F. Liesxwarr
N.G. OO
J Henuwro
Rebecca Degree
I. O O. Ff
Marcarer Worpen
Ella Williams
Cheyenne Encampment
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E.V. Sumner
Suerrer
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E. Kruse, Sr
Sidney Camp
M. W.of
Joston Oberfelder
V. O. RA. Barnow
E. L Foster
M. W. W.J. Shoemaker
Recorder
Nelse W. Olaon
L. HW. Bordwweal
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O. O.F. Hall
Mars
Manganet Worden
H. Euua WilLiams
Lady Rittenhouse Hive
Maccabees
O. F. Hall
Jens Grifvith
L. C
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