Sidney Loses Ragged Game to Oshkosh
Sidney Boosters were defeated by Oshkosh in a 11 to 3 ragged contest at Athletic Park. Closman struck out 13 for Sidney while Brennan fanned 11 for Oshkosh as the rowdy fourth inning doomed the Roosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Oshkosh
Boosters
Sidney Boosters
Athletic Park
Closman
Johnson
Roosters
Brennan
Clark
Swenson
Roosters Cross
Secord
Slaney
Outhwick
Willis
W. Null
J. Williams
B. Williams
Dresser
Williams
Bidney
R. Null
Monroe
Casey
E. Willams
Southwich
Mauser
Beorer
R. Maley
Death of John M. Huls in Gurley Germany-born man passes at 43
John M. Huls died at his home in Gurley on Thursday afternoon May 28 at age 43 years 3 months and 16 days. He was born in Germany and is survived by his widow Minnie Huls. Funeral services were held May 30 at 1 o clock at the family home in Gurley and a second service followed at Weyerts church with Rev Meyer officiating. Interment was in Weyerts cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Huls
Gurney
Germany
Minnie Huls
Convention closes as Christian Endeavor delegates convene
The Christian Endeavor convention held in this city last week closed Sunday evening with a large audience. Delegates from nearby towns attended from start to finish and Kimball won the attendance banner with Scottsbluff close behind. Delegates praised Sidney for its hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Sidney
John Harmes of Dalton In this day on Thursday
Dalton resident John Harmes appeared in local report dated Thursday noting his involvement in a community event. The item records minor local action with no further details or outcomes provided.
Sidney Country Club tops Fort Morgan by 43 strokes in league golf
Sidney golfers retain 1.000 percent in the Nebraska Colorado league by beating Fort Morgan 985 to 1028 on the local course. Blip Doran shot 72 for low score. Closman and Dill each 33 on the inner nine. Next match vs Scottsbluff. Sidney leads league 2-0 with Doran at 157 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Fort Morgan
Sidney
Closman
Sidney McMill
Doran
Matrix
Clogman
Miller
Bentley
F. Belchmann
Ladegard
Graham
J. T. McIntosh
Jacox
Bauman
Berryhill
Thomas
St Berry
Barker
Adams
Limodynes
Eldred
Campbell
Smith
Pettibone
Reichmann
Hardy
Motal
Sidney Club
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff Country Club
Nebraska-Colorado
Beetteblatt
Memorial Day Services In Sidney Honor Fallen Soldiers
Memorial day observances in Sidney featured a large parade from Odd Fellows hall through Second Street to Central Avenue and the cemetery. Participants included the Color Guard, G A R, Gold Star Mothers, Spanish War veterans, American Legion, Odd Fellows, Bunker Hill band, and local schools. Commander Charles Gardner spoke at the cemetery. prayers and musical renditions accompanied the day’s ceremonies led by County Attorney R P Kepler who urged citizenship and law obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Post
American Legion
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Street
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Central Avenue
G A. R
Gold Star Mothers
Odd Fellows
Bunker Hal Band
Sidney Schools
Sidney
Charles Gardner
Blaine Grabill
Elmer Grabill
Bunker Hill
Franklin Hornaday
Tack Benedict
Kahse
Sidney opens new tourist camp east of athletic park
Sidney unveils a completed tourist camp ground along the Lincoln highway east of the athletic park. The fenced grounds feature white posts, trees, flowers, extensive grassing, three large buildings including an office, baths and laundry, a folding dining room, electric cooking plates, and a playground area with swings. Electric lighting covers the grounds and a fifty cents per car charge applies at height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Sidney Athletic Park
Lincoln Highway
P. J. Ackles
Mothers Day program at local office for operators
A Mothers Day program at the local telephone office on May 29 drew fourteen mothers and friends. The event featured a switchboard demonstration and a listening session for local and long distance calls. A guessing contest awarded first prize to Mrs. Fred Schumacher of Gurley and second to Mrs. Charles Wright of Sidney. Refreshments followed and flowers were given to all attendees. The mothers plan a chicken dinner in appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Bell
Nebraska
Fred Schumacher
Gurley
Charles Wright
Sidney
Dr Taylor Removes Tonsils From El Mer Ahre
Dr Taylor performed a tonsillectomy on El mer Ahre on Wednesday in a medical procedure described as successful with no complications. The operation took place at an unspecified facility and followed standard surgical protocol.
Mrs Frauke Jurgens Dies in City Home at 83
Mrs Frauke Jasper Jurgens died at her city home on Wednesday morning June 23. She was born in Wiesene Germany March 4 1842 and was 83 years 2 months 29 days old. She leaves five sons and one daughter. One son resides at Weyerts, another at Sidney, another at Moorefield Nebraska, and daughter Mrs George Co Thompson lives here. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 o'clock from the home and at Weyerts church at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Weyerts cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frauke Jasper Jurgens
Jurgens
Wiesene
Germany
Weyerts
Sidney
Moorefield
Nebr
George Co. Thompson
Sidney Library Summer Hours and Dalton Visitor
The Sidney public library will close each evening at eight during June July and August except Saturdays when it stays open until nine. George Henrichs of Dalton visited the city on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Library
George Henrichs
Dalton
State Officers Make Arrests In County
Prohibition officers with local police and county forces arrested eight men in the city and seized one still and seven gallons of intoxicating liquor. Several suspects faced federal charges for sale and delivery of liquor, with most bonds set or individuals bound for federal court in North Platte. Local court actions included fines for possessing alcohol and a district court bond for one defendant. a found but inactive still led to a bond for George Dworak while other searches yielded no further arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsling, King
Guiz
Perry
Schmidt
Nebraska
Fred Albaugh
O. D. Slayter
William Rubter
Arthur Closman
Luther Gustin
Kucera
George Dworak
Dresser Planck Floyd Ord Dresser Weds Miss Alice Planck
Floyd Ord Dresser and Alice Planck united in marriage last Friday May 29 at the Planck home on West D street. Rev Louis H Kanub officiated with a ring ceremony before immediate family. After dinner the couple mysteriously disappeared, drawing well wishes from Sidney friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ord Dresser
Alice Co. Planck
Emory Planck
West D Street
Lester Elkington
Louis H. Kanub
Methodist Church
Dresser
Fred , Dresser
Galt
Calif
Sterling Lumber and Investment meeting hosts guests
Representatives from Sterling Lumber and Investment gathered for a weekly business meeting last Tuesday with 25 men from Nebraska towns Lewellen Oshkosh Lisco Big Springs Chappell Bushnell Potter Gurley Sidney and others and Colorado towns Ovid Proctor Sedgwick Akron Iliff Merino Sterling plus Pine Bluffs Wyoming. Denver main office figures W Smith and C W Richardson attended the dinner hosted by local manager E D Hutchinson at seven at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Lumber and Investment Company
Lewellen
Oshkosh
Lisco
Big Springs
Chappell
Bushnell
Potter
Gurley
Sidney
Nebraska
Ovid
Proctor
Sedgwick
Akron
Iliff
Merino
Sterling
Colorado
Pine Bluffs
Wyon W. Smith
C. W. Richardson
Denver
Birthday Bridge Party Honors Miss Nellie Davis
Miss Nellie Davis hosted a Tuesday birthday bridge afternoon for three tables at her home. Miss Katheryn Brown won first honors, and guests were served a delicious lunch to close the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Davis
Katheryn Brown
Mrs Hubert Bettendorf Dies at 83 in Sidney
Mrs Hubert Bettendorf longtime Sidney resident died Saturday at 0 30 am at her West Second Street home from kidney trouble after influenza. A devout Catholic born October 27 1839 in Holsom Germany she immigrated with relatives to Illinois later moving to Sidney in 1887 with husband Hubert Bettendorf. Survived by husband six children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service at St Patrick Church Monday at 9 30 am with Catholic cemetery interment in Sidney. Out of town mourners included J Maher J Carraway John Weber Bert Cudfly and Joseph Bettendorf. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Bettendorf
Sidney
West Second Street
Bettendorf
Katherine Marie Corde
Holsom
Germany
Illinois
Sublette
Iitnois
Bettendorfs
J. Maher
J. Carraway
John Weber
Lexington
Nebr
Bert Cudfly
Casper
Wyo
Joseph J. Bettendorf
Mitchell
A. K. Greenlee
Judge C. P. Chambers
Louie Waasem
Sol Willis
Nick Treinen
Frank Portrey
Two Mexican prisoners escape from train near Lodge Pole
Sheriff F H Koenig of Scotts Bluff county reports two Mexican prisoners escaped Sunday night from train No. 17 between Lodge Pole and Sunol by crawling from a smoking car window after freeing hand cuffs. The sheriff followed but the men fled. bloodhounds were sent from Alliance to track them Monday afternoon. Tracks show where they dropped from the car as the calf club special planned a stop in Lodge Pole with a thoroughbred sire awarded to a local winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Koenig
Scotts Bluff County
Lodge Pole
Sunol
Koenig
Sioux City
Iowa
John Doe
Scotts
Bluff County
Sidney
Alliance For Blood Hounds
Union Pacific Calf Club
Sidney Forts and Sioux Conflicts at Beaver Dam 1887
In fall 1887 Major Longshaw and detachments of the 30th U S Infantry camped near Beaver Dam on Pole Creek after marching along the Spanish trail. Sidney Dillon lent his name to the fort site as work began for a roundhouse and officers’ quarters. Sioux raids followed, with clashes at Hog Back and a rare Cheyenne raid at Sidney. Multiple engagements occurred before a western city would rise on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Longshaw
Fort Sedgwick
30Th
U. S. Infantry
Old Spanish Trail
Louis Billett
Beaver Dan
Pole Creek
Bernard P. Mimmack
Co. L
John W. Bubb
4Th Infantry
Bluffs
Sidney
Sidney Dillon
U. P. Railroad
Omaha
Bridgers Pass
Collier
Pine Bluffs
Skiney
Union Pacific
Beaver Dam
Lorigghan
Brown
Callahan
Goshorn
Hog Back
Pumpkin Creek
Chimney Rock
Longshaw
Black Hills
Col. Stephenson
Fort
D. A. Russell
Steward
18Th Infantry
Rural teachers attend Chadron summer sessions in Cheyenne county
Cheyenne county rural and town teachers attend state wide summer school sessions. Chadron normal hosts the largest attendance with Nelta Dawson Edna Jesson Nora Straight Helen McDaniel Mrs J W McDaniel Jr Mina Jacob Frieda Nichelman Ida Meyere Katie Schroll and James Calloway among attendees. Marian Frederickson will join the state university session. Stewart McMil en and Opal Allington will earn Chadron normal diplomas while Gabriel McCabe Sophie Geis receive life certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Chadron Normal
Nelta Dawson
Edna Jesson
Nora Straight
Helen McDaniel
J. W. McDaniel, Jr
Mina Jacob
Frieda Nichelman
Ida Meyere
Katie Schroll
James Calloway
Marian Frederickson
The
State University
Stewart McMilen
Opal Allington
Chadron
Gabriel McCabe
Sophie Geis
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Harmes
F. Biggs
Dresser—Planck
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