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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
5
Two men of color rode the Union Pacific highway and, after acting on impulse, soaked a workman with coal. A pedestrian in Gurley was fined in police court for an illuminated offense. Probate court handles routine cases while F A King compiles abstracts and perfects titles.
Patrick's Catholic Church offers Mass at 9 each Sunday with an evening service at 7:30. Instruction on Saturdays at 2 o'clock.
Danish Evangel Lutheran Pastor Chr. Folck invites Scandinavians to Danish Lutheran Church south of Potter for Bible class and Sunday school at 10730. Services at 11 on the first three Sundays each month. Young People’s Society on the first Sunday afternoon. Family meeting on the second Sunday afternoon. Ladies’ Society on the second Sunday.
Christian Church invites all to Bible school at 9 45 a m every Lord s Day with preaching and Communion at 11 a m A cordial welcome to one and all Junior endeavor at 3 p m children this is your service Intermediate Endeavor at 3 p m teens urged Senior Endeavor at 7 p m prompt Mrs Mills Supt
Jessie McCann presides over Wednesday Bible Study open to everyone. Teachers training noted as ongoing work. Preaching at 8 p m welcoming strangers and all ages. G R Miller minister invites all to join and help in services to reason together.
Trinity Lutheran Church outlines Sunday School at 10:00 with new classes including a women's Bible class taught by Mrs. Donaldson. Morning worship at 11:00 features The rich man and Lazarus. No evening service. rededication program announced for July and social meetings planned.
Grace Lutheran Church Gurley invites members to join as charter members before July 2, when church organization is completed and officers elected. Sunday School at 1 30 PM and church service with sermon follow. Become part of this honored founding group.
Regular Methodist services will be held next Sunday at 11 o clock. Rev A E Murless of Mason City preached here last Sunday to good crowds and praise the sermons. Center church hosts Sunday school at 2 pm and a Chautauqua program in the afternoon interest persists. The Children s Day program at Center drew a crowded house and was pronounced excellent.
A gas engine tested at several thousand feet up showed reduced power. Investigations linked the drop to altitude, estimating a loss of about 1 percent of indicated horsepower per thousand feet of elevation, as reported by Popular Mechanics.
County records show the board meeting listing numerous payments to janitors surveyors and clerks, with totals for May and June. Items include wages for Krueger Leichty Johnson White and others, utility bills from Neb Tel Co and Sidney Municipal Service, bridge and road district expenditures, and paid claims through various precincts and road districts. The adjournment occurred in July per County Clerk H T Doran.
Our correspondents note funerals for Mrs Busse and Mrs Eigenberg's father after Hastings trip. The Gurley dance in John Rouch's building drew a good crowd. Geo Bewley and son visited Osborn's. Osborn brothers of Sidney have a car in Gurley garage. Mrs Swartz returned from Denver. Mrs Hollenback owns a new Ford. Gurley Restaurant under Geo Fredericks. C A Wildman Land Co. promoted farm sales.
Mrs. W F Harper widow of W F Harper lies in state at her parents home Reverend and Mrs W A Hornaday in Middle Borough Indiana. The service at the Methodist church featured Rev A J May’s sermon In my Father s house are many mansions. A choir and floral tributes filled the lavender casket. Cora Ellen Hornaday born April 12 1877 moved with family to Cheyenne County Nebraska in 1893 married July 27 1897 and left six children four living John Edwin Robert and a baby girl. Survived by husband four children parents four brothers and two sisters with many relatives. The funeral included relatives from El Centro California and others from Ogden Kimball Cairo Davison and Sidney precincts. 6 percent money for home building Sidney Lumber Co.
A candidate for County Assessor on the Democratic ticket asks taxpayers to honor him with their support at the November election after four years as city and precinct assessor. He notes primary results on April 18 1916 and urges votes based on experience and service.
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