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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
8
Dual proof letter files and small sectional maps of Cheyenne County offered for sale by The Telegraph at five cents each. Subscriptions for all magazines and periodicals will be taken at this office, apply any time.
Bentley Land Co offers a loan of $500,000 on Cheyenne County lands with no delays and 8 percent interest. Inquiries urged to Bentley Land Co for particulars.
Classified brief offers old newspapers for sale at the office for pantry shelves carpet linings and various other uses.
J W Harper of Sidney Nebraska advertises farm loans with ample funds and acts as agent for the Guarantee Life Fund Association. He also writes fire and accident insurance. The same notice notes a stock of trunks grips and handbags at Jackson & Son's Bee Hive Store and seeks second hand stores and ranges.
A black mare, about two years old with a white face stripe, was taken up by Ray Wellner at his ranch two miles north of town. Owner may claim by proving property and paying for the advertisement. Also listed: Peanut Roaster for sale, Look Girls! Leap Your! Grab a man! We will build you a home. Sidney Lumber Co. For rent a modern six room house. For sale or exchange a short horn bull, three years old No. 388, 573.
A May meeting at the State Superintendent's Office in Lincoln gathered rural school representatives from across Nebraska. Reforms were urged and a mass meeting in Lincoln is planned for State Fair week in September to report results. Delegates will be named at the June 12 annual meeting to boost rural school advancement.
A special June examination will be held at the Sidney courthouse on Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th for county and city certificate subjects ATI] county and city certificate subjects will be given The Reading Circle subjects also to be included Anna McPadden County Sup t
The Board of Equalization of Cheyenne County will meet on Tuesday June 13 1916 at the courthouse. Sessions last at least three days and not more than twenty days. Complaints regarding tax assessments must be made during the meeting. H T Doran County Clerk Furnished room for rent inoffice.
Wanted to list your land as we have a number of buyers looking for Cheyenne County land. Give lowest prices and terms. Commission only $1.00 per acre. E. W Schmidt & Klase Lodgepole Nebraska. The Terry Dressmaking School opens Monday June 1. Out-of-town pupils may arrange with Mrs Atta Hasterday.
Mrs Lydia Dye left Thursday morning for the west stopping in Denver before going to her brother's home in Idaho. She has stayed several months with her niece Mrs C W Hornaday. Mr and Mrs John Oldershaw and daughter Mrs Jennie Johnson with little Kenneth Johnson spent Wednesday in Cheyenne to get refittings of eye glasses and sightsee between appointments.
A brief piano sales notice from C. E. Harper inviting customers to compare any make or style with their offering price and mentioning sales on installment payments.
A seller invites a buyer to secure a price on a piano or player-piano before shopping elsewhere. The message urges getting the price first and promises to save the offer for the purchaser.
Mrs Knox, Telegraph reporter, reachable by Black 222 or office 17. George Miller and family from near Weyerts in Sidney Thursday. Jacobson and children of Sexton toed into Sidney Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Puckett return Friday from eastern state trip. Dr and Mrs Frazey visited two days last week with Dr and Mrs Benda in Omaha. Miss Phyllis Corbett learning photography at Lee Daniels studio. Miss Maggie Peetz works as clerk in Jackson store for summer. Daisy Meyer of Lisco Neb spent weekend with Hazel and Ardis North. May Breternitz went to North Platte Monday for a week with cousins. Miss Cora Fowler of Rogers Arkansas visiting Miss Clara Downey. Families of Carl Rutner Calton and Peter Peetz Peetz spent Saturday in Sidney. Mr and Mrs Vogler and daughter from northwest of Dalton in Sidney Monday. Mrs Ashworth visiting from Herrington Kansas. Miss Winifred Wood to Clay Center to visit old home place.
Mr and Mrs P A Pultz and son Fred Mr A Siebenaler Mrs Harry Selch and Mrs Carrie Atherton motored to Lodgepole Sunday to visit Frank Seller and the two young ladies who have joined them George Young and wife and child left Monday for Scottsbluff to visit then Cottonwood South Dakota they travel by auto in a leisurely tour visiting several states
G W May of Los Angeles visited Wednesday morning with his son Reverend A J May and family. He plans to travel to Illinois to visit Reverend A J May's family and other children.
D R Jones, back from visits to Nebraska Iowa and Missouri, recalls how Western Nebraska offers more advantages. Mrs Mell Miller of Scottsbluff visited with her sister in law Mrs Guy Ferry and husband at an informal Kensington on Saturday afternoon with seven ladies. George Trexel, Sidney North Platte engineer, died Friday when his auto turned turtle west of Ogallala while his wife and three children planned a camping trip. Potter M E Sunday school will host a children s day program on Sunday June 11 at 10 am with basket dinner at 2 pm. Dix Sunday school will participate as the second point on the Potter circus. all invited.
Sidney boys students at the University began arriving home in late last week with Goldwin Doran first on the horizon. Elmer Grabill came Friday, Fred Parks Saturday, Al Greenlee on a later train Saturday and Lewellyn Martin Sunday morning. Guy Chambers has not appeared yet, and the town hopes their return will brighten the corner.
John and Mack Peetz survey the Big Horn Basin for settlers benefits while Miss Starrett travels to Raynor Colorado to visit her parents and tend her homestead. Numerous licenses to wed issued by Judge Chambers but many ceremonies performed by others. Ongoing community notices include staffing changes, visitors from Des Moines and Oakland, a hello girl replacement, and a picnic with many boys and provisions.
Little Elsie Gebhardt suffered a scalp gash after a fall from a swing and required several stitches. A country boy was admitted with a badly damaged foot for treatment.
Mrs Frank Clinton visited last Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Mikkleson on the South Divide and brought home baby Lawrence who had spent a week with his grandparents.
Wheat oats flax rye corn eggs butter cream potatoes old hens young chickens shown in the Sidney market table with prices and weights. The fragment notes different produce items and prices, reflecting a local market market round up for the day.
Dr Swatzlander left Sunday night for Denver and has spent the week there. Miss Olive Mann returned from a two week visit in Omaha. Joe Fine is training as a brakesman from Lar amie and will be missed by local youth. Mrs Ray Lyman of Bayard Neb spent a few days with sister Mrs Ed North, returning home Saturday. Dr Bikner left Thursday on a Milwaukee business mission and will return early July. Mr and Mrs Joseph Utterback of Lodi Calif spent Monday in Sidney en route to Scottsbluff to visit their son Rev Atterback. Charles E Stenicka deputy in the Omaha Comptroller's office is checking the Village of Sidney books for several years. T H Spiker and wife with two younger children left Saturday by auto for Blair to visit relatives for about three weeks.
George Baker arrives from California to spend several months at a north divide farm, continuing a summer residence pattern and maintaining ownership of a fine section farm.
John Fisher, government weather observer for this vicinity, reports May rainfall totaling 2.20 inches. The month included 22 clear days and 4 days of part cloudy or cloudy skies. A local lending program notes, Build a home. We will loan you the money.
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