County Fair plans second annual event in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Fair Association directors met at the Commercial Club to approve September 13 14 15 for the fair. Race program overseen by Bates Radcliffe and Bentley with department superintendents named from Horses to Needlework. Concessions committee selected to support a successful event with rule changes reflecting last year’s experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Fair Association
B. J. Bates
Mac Radcliffe
J. A. Bentley
C. Chambers
Wnm. Schuler
John E. Nelson
Gus Wellner
H. T. Doran
Chas. Trognitz
Henry Raymond
A. S. Hardy
Edith H. Morrison
J. L. McIntosh
R. W. Devoe
County fair officers announced and premium list planned
The text outlines plans to benefit departments and exhibitors at the county fair. A forty four page premium list will be issued shortly and mailed to every farmer in the county. Officers named are President Frank X. Rihn Vice President Gus Wellner Secretary R A Blake and Treasurer A K Greenlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank X. Rihn
Gus Wellner
R. A. Blake
A. K. Greenlee
Commissioners approve road and pay claims in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Commissioners met in Sidney on July 26 1911. They approved a public road establishment No 198A from Section 14 to 15 in Township 15 Range 50 and ordered opening by the Sidney No 2 Road District. Damages were set per appraisers with several claims paid and others disallowed. warrants issued from General Fund for road and pauper related costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Krei
L. A. Bordwell
Aaid Road
Euch
Sidney No. Two
Fred Witzel
R S Oberfelder
Fred Rehhmer
A. E. Hedlund
M. D
J. ©. Hunter
Wyatt & Libby Autohire
Runaway Accident Near Miles Corner Injures Miss Goetard
In a runaway crash near Miles Corner a buggy broke down after a frightened horse pulled by three women from Peetz crashed. Miss Alice Goetard suffered severe injuries with both ankles possibly broken and extensive bruising. Jeannette escaped unharmed and Mrs. Ed Puthoff improved after the incident. A Grand Island dispatch notes a major Union Pacific right of way case in Dawson County and a growers’ organization forming to pursue litigation valued over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Goetard
Ed Puthoff
Jeanette
Peetz
Miles’ Corner
Miss Goetard
Jeannette
Mrs. Puthoff
Grand Island
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railway Company
Dawson County
Fashby
Cheyenne
T. J. Mahoney
Omaha
W. A. Prince
Births Report Two Newborns This Week
A boy was born Friday July 28 to Mr and Mrs E Swan and a girl was born Thursday July 27 to Mr and Mrs John McCleneghan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Swan
John McCleneghan
Local notes from Sidney area events and business changes
A roundup of town news includes A. 8S. Jacobs visiting Thursday as a leading fire insurance figure. Henry Hottman and Henry Dubbel from Lodgepole in town. Howard Adams selling Crystal Theater interest and buying a Fort Collins theater. Wm. Witzel visiting from Ithaca Neb returning home. Sidney Ice and Cold Storage ships five tons of ice to Big Springs. Henry Worden celebrates birthday with supper and dancing after friends visit. Union Valley delegation delivers cattle for Len Sherwin. Sidney Loan and Building Association names officers W F Bassett president L Jessen vice president C C Callahan secretary R A Barlow treasurer. R J Kruse and family move to Bayard to manage an irrigated farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Loan and Building Association
W. F. Bassett
L. Jessen
C. C. Callahan
R. A. Barlow
Boone man visits Sidney Telegraph subscriber for 25 years
J. C. Crouthamel of Boone Iowa stopped by in Sidney Wednesday. He has been a Telegraph subscriber for twenty five years and was a homesteader in this county twenty three years ago, still holding land interests here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Crouthamel
Boone
Iowa
Sidney
Mystery of Missing Husband Sends Postal Card Reward
Mrs. Henry Handley of Dalton writes the Sheriff asking for postal cards to signal towns in the eastern state offering 25 for her husband's detention. The small man weighing 125 pounds with blue eyes and a lost sight in one eye was last seen in Julesburg then Kearney bound for Canada. He wore a black shirt cotton trousers and green shoes. He claimed he would not be taken alive and his wife suspects mental imbalance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Handley
Dalton
Final Proofs Filed for Michael Windsheimer at County Court
Final proof submitted by Michael Windsheimer on his homestead before County Judge Gapen on Wednesday July 26. Witnesses listed are George Folkerta and Harm Frerichs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Windsheimer
Gapen
George Folkerta
Harm Frerichs
Old resident Joseph W. Nelson dies after stroke
Joseph W. Nelson born September 7 1845 in Selma Iowa died Monday July 24 after a stroke. He married Phoebe Cross in 1872 and moved to western Nebraska near Sidney where they lived since. He served in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic Odd Fellows Rebecca Lodge and Methodist church. Survived by wife two sons a niece four brothers and two sisters. Funeral at M E Church with Odd Fellows and G A R escort and pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Nelson
Selma
van Buren County
Iowa
Mr. Nelson
Phoebe Cross
Eldon
Nebraska
Sidney
Childen
Grand Army of the Republic
Seventh Iowa Cavalry
Sumner Post
No. 12
Odd Fellows
Rebecca Lodge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy
Walter
Bessie Cross
M. E
Sidney Military Band
B. and M. Depot
Railroad Notes Special Car Carriers Harriman Party
A second nine train Wednesday evening carried Mrs Harriman her two sons and friends en route from New York to San Francisco Bob Sampson, a college roommate of one Harriman son, joined the party in New York and rode with them to Cheyenne.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the County Fair
W. Chow
Ins
Ome
General Fund
J R Young
Pauper Ndse
Klopp and Bartlett Co
J.E Cobbey
Geo. Gunderson
Pauper
Nlopp &Bartleut
H E. Mantor
Ana Buto
Clinton
Solomon Willis
John Daugherty
Salary County Assessor
R, Alling
A. Hedlund
L. Mauter
H. E. Gapen
Mons Johnson
Emory Plank
Hammond & Stephens Co
Swi
Bridge Fund
C. S.chambers
Woolney
John J. Brown
Adolph Kunzie
George Kupzie
Ed Mayers
Same
H.W. Krewer
Chambers Road
Edward Howe
J.M Nelson
E.chambers
Trognitz Road District
John J. Buettner
Hemmer
Thorndike
Baltimore
American
Lodge Pole
ND. Jackson
Joseph Pokorney
Sone Cae
B J Campbell
Fred Lehmkuhl
Henry Walsh
John Walsh
Sidney Road
William Jeudes
BR. Kret
McCurtain
Laude
Will Bitner
Kay Frame
M. Bickett
J. Co
Baldwin
Jacobs
Henry Hottman
Henry Dubbel
Lodgepole
Howard Adams
Crystal Theater
Fort Collins
Colorado
Wm. Witzel
Ithaca
Neb
North Divide
Sidney Ice and Cold Storage Company
Big Springs
Henry Worden
Union Valley
Fred Bratz
William Schuler
John Siefer
H. G. Miller
H. G. Hinrichs
John Jurgens
Jay Poole
Len Sherwin
R. J. Kruse
Bayard
Joe” Nelson
Railroad Notes
W. P. Miles
Oberfelder
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