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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
1
Review of weekly events in Sidney Nebraska cites Mrs. Putoff recovering in Omaha after surgery and Clark Fuller returning from Lincoln. Carload of oranges reaches town for merchants while locals expand farms and homes. Teachers endured February storm night sheltering in schoolhouses. A future goal notes schoolhouses wired for telephones to aid lonely students.
Cheyenne County teachers publish resolutions mourning the death of Miss Viola B. Fellows. They commend her devotion and sacrifice, express sympathy to her sister, and invoke the All Wise Father for comfort. Signed by EpitH Morrison, W R Pate, E M Cline, and a committee. Street scenes in Sidney include a 2 for 5c postal card offer at Baldwin's.
In 1908 Sidney real estate men proposed flax seed for 100 acres to the Hedges brothers who would provide land labor and seed. Seed yielded about 950 bushels at $1.25 each, netting roughly $935 after costs. Frame planned further plantings on the same land, with threshing losses noted and the plan praised as a method to improve farmland soil.
Druggist Morgan of Kimball visited Wednesday to present the Kimball Dramatic Troupe in The Bank Cashier at Sidney next Monday night. The troupe recently played to an overflowing Kimball audience with praise and anticipation for the upcoming show.
Sidney gains attorney William H. Becker formerly of Kansas City Missouri. After thirty years practicing law he relocates to Sidney to start a new practice in the Tobin Block upstairs. He expects to build a client base as his health improves under local skies. his widowed daughter plans to join him to assist with the household.
A postal card souvenir titled acenea appears in Sidney with a price of 2 for 5u at Baldwin's store offering.
The well known Blue Ribbon brand of coffee is available for purchase at C. W. Hornaday’s store inviting customers to enjoy its full flavor and aroma.
Miss Viola B Fellows, a Vacik district teacher, perished during a February blizzard as she trudged through deep drifts to reach her school. Neighbors searched for days, finding her body two hundred yards from home. her funeral duties drew strong community support in Sidney and Blairstown.
Promoters of the Cheyenne County fair meet at the courthouse on March 3 to finalize a constitution and organize capital stock. The law requires a $ five thousand capitalization with thirty percent paid stock. a stockholders committee led by J L McIntosh and W J Shoemaker is formed. A fair grounds site is chosen several blocks west of the high school on Burlington railroad land.
Reverend Louis H Halbe dies at twenty eight from typhoid fever in Hot Springs South Dakota. He served as assistant to Father Dobson and aided Crawford parish. Funeral held in Alliance Tuesday with solemn requiem mass celebrated by Father Dobson and several priests from Nebraska Wyoming and South Dakota.
B A Lathrop of Julenbarg is in the city this week and has arranged to bring his family to reside permanently. He has purchased the telephone line of Mesers Harper and Jones and will put it in first class shape. Lathrop is an experienced telephone man and the community welcomes him back to the field after its neglect.
Peter Jessen ran the 211 to Cheyenne on Wednesday evening. Frank Clinton filled a vacated engine servicing role. Chas Cradit left. Engineer Zimmer rested with rheumatism. Foreman J A Nicholson missed days with the gruppe. Chas Credit quit the round house and joined the car gang. Wm Schimpf resigned for homestead work. New administration: Asst Supt McKeown named superintendent. Trainmaster Roth promoted. Mr. White of North Platte named train master, effective March 1. Nicholson overhauls switch engine 1163. engine 7385 with wedge plow sent to North Platte. Bridge gang unloading material for water tank. Peter Polis on layoff. Mr. Hower from North Platte handling boiler work nights. Weat quit night shift for LaGranda hotel night clerk. Chas Thomas joined night force. Al Ovall and Ed Ahrens aided Kimball for Odd Fellows class.
Regular services announced at Trinity Lutheran Church for March 7. Morning worship with preaching at 11 o'clock on The Fourth Commandment Honoring Our Parents. Evening service at 7 20 with Our Reconciliation With God. Sunday School at 9 45. Pastor L F Gunderman signs the notice.
Tobin Block postal cards offered at Baldwin's for two cards at a price of five cents. The listing highlights a small stationery deal likely from a local ad page.
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