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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
9
Subscriptions offered at one year with postage paid. The notice mentions prices and terms but is garbled. It references months, a percentage increase, and delivery quantities, implying a price change or renewal option. No clear dates, organizations, or named individuals are discernible from the fragment.
Fourteen years ago an electrical storm with rain hit Sidney, heavy southward rainfall. A new 700 type passenger engine, similar to the 500 class, was shipped west. The Sidney Military band played a concert last Sunday night and this Friday’s program will be a weekly concert, with Sunday evenings kept for church services. The cold storage and ice plant will be completed this week. Local fight fans traveled to Lodge Pole to watch Fred Parks beat a Kimball opponent in six rounds.
Lodge Pole officers conducted raids on a drug store and meat market for selling liquor without a license in the dry town. A burglary at Charles Vernon’s residence occurred with valuables left untouched. Val Dick’s home was also targeted by a would‑be intruder. Postmaster L R Barlow underwent neck tumor surgery and returned home the same evening.
The village marshal warns residents the stock running at large ordinance applies at night as well as day and parties should govern themselves. Land office data show 23 040 acres of vacant land across Cheyenne Kimball Devel Scotts Bluff Banner and Keith counties. A 111 foot long timber beam from Sidney will serve as a bar counter for a Chicago brewing firm at the World's Fair. Miss Nelle Davies of Utica has been hired as assistant postmaster and is preparing to begin duties.
The Telegraph notes a steady flow of emigrants including mechanics carpenters farmers and blacksmiths bound for Oregon. Four carloads of Pennsylvania excursionists returning from the coast pass through town. Company EF U S Cavalry departs for Ft McKinley for summer stationing as officers and soldiers depart in orderly fashion.
Local items record visits among Sid ney residents including Mr and Mrs George Moore Mrs Jim Sparks and Miss Ann Kurz. A Sidney pig club trip visited farms for stock judging while Ruth Spiker died of pneumonia. Funeral and dental events plus farm help and social gatherings fill a busy week with a heavy rain closing the week.
The passage notes a courteous man forming a wide circle of friends in town and prays that these brave fellows be protected by Divine Providence from the dangers and severities of the soldiers life.
Local residents frequent shows and socials in Sidney and Lorenzo. Numerous families including Crosby Fleming Meier Jacobson and Robertson attended the Logan county picnic and weekend gatherings. Weather and road work noted with highway grading continuing. Lorenzo club delegates pursued extension work in Sidney.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Kinton and daughter visited Sunday with Everett Kinton in Sidney. Mr Brockelsby and son Adrian traveled to Sidney on business Saturday morning. Mrs R R Owens suffered rheumatism earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs Albert Grage of Bid ney visited the Isaac Jones home Sunday evening.
Maple Grove community recalls Monday suppers at Henry James and attendance at Herman Brauer's funeral. Frequent visits fill Wednesday and Thursday with Johnsons, Miles, Waddells, and Krugman relatives. discussions include Mrs. James illness and various social calls at neighbors' homes plus a Sunday speech on Americanism drawing many locals.
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