Passenger trains skip local stops between Sidney and Bridgeport
Local trains Nos 301 and 402 will not stop locally between Sidney Bridgeport and Slaney Sterling. The daily extra train except Sunday carries passengers sleeping dining and reclining chair cars with free seats on through trains. Tickets and baggage checked to any point in United States or Canada. For info maps timetables and tickets contact M A Shipman agent or L W Wakeley general passenger agent Omaha Nebraska.
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Sidney
Bridgeport
Slaney
Sterling
United States
Canada
M. A. Shipman
L. W.wakeley
Omaha
Nebraska
Local Socials and Denver Bond Hearings Recap
Dr and Mrs Beebe took an auto trip to Sterling on Sunday. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Buzza and son Bobby at the Puthoff homestead and Mrs Ewing of Winston visiting her daughter. A. J Haskell hosted Mrs Carey of Lisco and her husband, the Lisco station agent. Diphtheria cases improve for Mrs S Snyder and Bennie. A Logan County volcano activity is noted. J H Scott, war veteran, reports several cattlemen under bonds of 5000 each with a Denver hearing set for September 1 before the U S Federal Court.
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R. C. Carey
Lisco
A. J. Haskell
Mr. Carey
Logan County
Colorado
J. H. Scott
Denver
United States
Local notices and social chatter from Winston area
A miscellany of short items covers hospital staff illness Mrs Ellis visits Lima Wyoming travelers and visitors to Winston ranch activity engineers in Omaha and local dances. It mentions cantaloupes shipped from Imperial Valley and hail losses near Wimston plus a Royal Neighbors event and social notes on visitors and entertainers with light commentary on fashions and mining pictures.
Ringling Brothers Circus to Visit Alliance on August 5
Sidney crowds prepare for Ringling Bros Circus II at Allianss with railroads ready for regional visitors. The show promises seven sensational acts identical to New York Garden performances and a rebuilt, grand parade in the fore noon.
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Allianss
Ringling Bros. Circus
Ringling Brothers Hive
Madison Square Garden
New York
Manhattan
Ringling Brothergy
Garden
Ringling Brothers
Liverpool
England
Frontier days at Cheyenne draw wide field of riders
The fifteenth annual Frontier Days cowboy festival in Cheyenne attracts a broad entry from far regions and states. An expected thousand expert riders will compete as August 23 opens the four day event featuring prizes and a world championship amid intense contests.
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Cheyenne
Obituary of Carl Banzung Dies After Collision on Union Pacific Bridge
Carl Banzung born April 27 1809 Ostrode Germany married Anna Urlovski in 1891. Eleven children eight survive. Immigrated to America August 1902. Lived near Sidney at the Colorado Nebraska line. Worked on Union Pacific bridge gang between Sidney and Cheyenne. Killed July 21 on a bridge near Sidney. Funeral July 22 at Methodist church Rev Henry Zinnecker officiating. Buried south of Sidney. Family receives deepest sympathy.
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Carl Banzung
Ostrode
Germany
Anna Urlovski
Methodist Church
Henry Zinnecker
Sidney
Monument for Lone Tree Dedicated Augitation
Merrick county board of supervisors plans the Lone Tree monument dedication on Aug 9 along the old California trail south of Central City. Platte Valley District Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic joins morning exercises, with expected attendance by State Historical Society members for a memorable Merrick county event.
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Merrick
Ross Files for President in Nebraska Primary
Robert G. Ross of Lexington seeks placement on the Nebraska presidential primary ballot. He asks Secretary of State Wait to let voters express a preference alongside La Follette Taft and other ambitious contenders. Ross was defeated last year in the Sixth district congressional race.
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Nebraska
United States
Robert G. Ross
Lexington
la Follette
Taft
White House
Ross
Congress
Advertised Letter List in Sidney Post Office 1911
A list of unclaimed letters at the Sidney Nebraska post office as of July 28 1911. Names include Jesse Cormick A O Hamilton Miss Agnes Hamilton F G DeRuchie Mrs Joe Gleason Miss Oleo Allen two letters E McLernon and a note from the Postmaster asks callers to mention advertised letters.
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Sidney, Neb
Sidney
Jesse Cormick
A. O. Hamilton
Agnes Hamilton
F. G. DeRuchie
Joe Gleason
Oleo Allen
E. McLernon
Prolific Past and Plans at State Fair Art Auditorium
Jean Ribble of Winston plans a cottage on his homestead while neighbors ponder a forthcoming divorce. The 1908 State Fair built an art auditorium with 5 000 seats for daily concerts by A Liberati New York City Military Band and Grand Opera Concert Company 41 instrumentalists 20 singers with Italian grand opera soloists.
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Jean Ribble
Winston
United States
A. Liberati
New York City
Liberati
Jimmie Ward Leads Hastings Aviation Trials
Jimmie Ward, piloting a biplane, became the hero of Hastings aviation meet trials. He completed four flights with an average speed of sixty miles per hour and reached an altitude of 3,500 feet.
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Jimmie Ward
Hastings Aviation
Summer diarrhoea remedy advert promotes Chamberlain's cure
An old advertisement advises treating summer diarrhoea in children with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, claiming a speedy cure and noting availability from all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Train hits car near Phelps City injuring four
A Burlington passenger train struck one of three automobiles carrying tourists from Farragut Iowa to Langdon Missouri as it neared Phelps City. Pet Fell and Miss Clara Coy died from injuries. Miss Marie Harmon from Farragut and Miss Ogla Reams of Shenandoah Iowa were seriously hurt.
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Burlington
Phelps City
Farragut
Langdon, Mo
Pet
Clara Coy
Marie Harmon
Ogla Reams
Shenandoah
Smelter Trust Probe Dropped in New York
District Attorney Wise announced the NY investigation into the American Smelting and Refining Company has been dropped. He said complaints against the so called smelter trust were investigated and found without foundation.
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New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
Smelter Trust
Wise
New York Legalizes Boxing
Albany July 27 Governor Dix signed a bill creating a state athletic commission to regulate boxing and sparring matches in New York.
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Albany
State Athletic Commission
Dix
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Sidney and
Cheyenne County
Neb
Union Pacific
Union Ava Lale
Overland Limited
Colorado Express
California & Oregon Express
Los Angeles Limited
Atlantic Express
Mall and Express
Los Angeles
Fast Mail
Pvt
Passeng
J. 8Na
Dally
Geenee
Dr. and
Mrs. Beebe
Mrs. Buzza
Bobby
Puthoff Homestead
Mrs. Ewing of
Dr. Ellis
8S. H. Snyder and Son
Bennie
Bud Colby
Clarence Curtis
Viola
Fred H. Pearson
H. P. Loft
Mrs. Dawson
Lima
Wyoming
Fred Dawson
Mrs. L. L. Hurd
Eddyville, Nebraska
Mrs. Frandsen
The
Olean
Helen Oosterhoudt
William Forward
Forman
Len Sherwin
Mr. Tinney
E. E. Stokes
Jamie Stokes
Knights of Pythias
Bobette Wasserman
Leona Oberfelder
Imperial Valley
Calif
Pearson, Sr
Wimston
Merifield
Messrs
Rohn Leedom
Lowell
L. F. Hurd
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce
U. P
America
Yokum
Boise King Placer Mining Company
Ringling
Alliance
Lone Tree
Oregon Trail
Central City
Variety Store
Edison
Victor
Jackson Furniture Co
Odd Fellow
Bid’g
J K. Elms
North Platte
Joseph Oberfelder
E. C. Beebe
Gapen Block
E. F. Ward
Tice
Cleburne Block
Henry E. Gapen
Cheyenne Co
Court House
Sidney, Neb Law
Gapen Building
J.S. Hoagland
W. V. Hoagland
Hoagland & Hoagland
NorthLatTre
I Jeroy Martin
First National Bank
Frank L. Doty
1St National Bank
A A. Sharp
Telegraph Office
P. O
Clara, Neb
D. H. E. Mantor
L F. Demers & Son
Ward
Hastings
U.s
Luxus
Iowa
Missouri
U.S.A
Sidney, Nebraska
Rooming House
E. R.yaegle
Proprietre
McAleese Building
C.M. Wright Contractor
Harper Big
Vienna
E. W. Ziebert
Cleaman & Son
Postoffice
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