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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
6
A rainy week brings crop optimism as wheat and alfalfa prospects improve. Local activity includes Hiett-Shaw syndicate land work, farm equipment purchases, plowing and pasture work, family visits, and numerous Dalton and Sidney trips. Social events feature clubs, school meetings, and multiple visits among Walters, Eckert, Mayers, and Kreader families.
Mrs Frank Weigands returns from Weyerts with small gen. Ed Walsh trips to Dalton. Eckert family, Lola Eckert, and Miss Lola recover from appendicitis in Bridgeport. Numerous visits: Godling, Kreader, McNulty, Morrow, and others. Cars ordered include Chevrolet and Metz runabout. Pat Keenan owns Metz. Dan Keenan plans Chicago return. Sam Eckert family near Reddington and other Dalton/ Sidney visits noted.
Clara has been under a cloud lately as seven engines have been busy breaking in our midst lately. Rhodes and Krebs are each building new houses on their farms. Chas Sumpka visited the Montauk ranch last Monday. Small grain looks good locally but corn is smaller and not much cultivated. Mr Sayers and son Alvin were Sidney visitors this week. Farmer's Union members are reported to meet in Sidney today.
A Baltimore American snippet records a quip in which the response to a question about raising something on a promise to pay is a joke about a laugh. The remark highlights a light moment in financial talk.
Cattle trade mixed with steady to slightly lower prices on most classes. Yearlings bring $8.75 to $9.25, heavy beeves $9.20, cows $6.50 tops, veal calves $10.25. Hog receipts 17,000 with top $7.50. lambs and sheep active with spring lambs $6.90 and ewes $4.75 to $5.25. Unofficial reports note Balkan front moves and naval incidents overseas. Flood danger cooling in Kansas City area as rivers recede.
Athens reports strong allied fleet activity at the Dardanelles with expectations of a general assault. Gallipoli sees vigorous fighting from both sides but no breakthrough. Plava on the Isonzo front remains contested as Austrians press Italians across the river. Emperors and armies maneuver in Galicia as Rawa Ruska falls and Lemberg tightens. Continuous French British pressure in La Bassée Arras Lorraine Vosges persists amid Italian front weather.
A four year old dark gray colt offered for sale at one mile and a half west of Sidney Nebraska. Price twelve dollars and fifty cents for a live colt. If ownership changes or colt leaves the county a service fee becomes due. Precautions taken but seller not liable for accidents. N. W. Olson proprietor SIDNEY NEB.
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