Water works plans spur town pride and bids urged
The Telegraph reviews the water works project for Sidney, noting the need for high pressure and ample capacity to water trees and lawns. It discusses location, pumping options, and potential bidders Union Pacific and Sidney Electric Service Co. while urging economical methods and local support. The piece extols the town newspaper’s role and loyalty to Sidney as essential to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Telegraph
Union Pacific
Sidney Electric Service Co
Sidney
Local Movers Report Farm and Travel Shifts
Lodgepole notes Carl Fiske and family headed to a Clay county home Saturday evening. A. D. Youngland moved to Duel county. E. M. Rose and family relocate to a farm west of Sidney. Wm. G. Milton travels to visit in York and Seward counties. Wm. Schroll, who purchased the countryside parcel, is making arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fiske
Clay County
E. M. Rose
Sidney
Wim. G. Milton
York
Seward
Wm. Schroll
Local Ledger Notes Arrivals and Accidents in Lodgepole
Graber arrives with family bringing stock and goods via Sidney on the Burlington. Persinger returns from Omaha. Libby ships stock. Pluen buys Schink place and moves with family. Stimpson gravely ill. Dykeman, a 71 year old German homesteader on Rush Creek, dies leaving a large family across Nebraska and Cheyenne County. Ewing wrecks buggy on telephone pole. Bates moves into his mother’s former house. Reed’s team runs away causing damage. Mrs. Tsenberger returns from California and Oregon. daughter remains in San Francisco. Hazel Young’s pony injures her neck and face. Union Pacific signal crew work on block signals. Property seekers from Western Nebraska come with families. possible isolation if U P line stretches Brule to Lodgepole. Quips about Japanese islands and Rochester knockings. Marriage: Robert C. Young to Elizabeth L. McNew at Julesburg, Colo. Bride from Julesburg. groom from Lodgepole. ceremony with piano music, reception with gifts including $500 check from groom’s father. Attendees include W. W. Young, W. H. Hill, Fred Lehmkuhl. Visitors W. H. Hill and family from Overton, Neb., in Lodgepole this week.
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Graber
Sidney
Burlington
A. B. Persinger
Omaha
H. H. Libby
Fred Pluein
Schink Place
A. B. Stimpson
Klaus Dykeman
Rush Creek
Missouri
Cheyenne County
J. W. Ewing
Frank Bates
Mr. Bates
Mr. Reed
Ariay
Tsenberger
California
Oregon
San Francisco
Misa Hazel Young
Union Pacific Signal
Nebraska
U. P
Brale
Lodgepole
East
Rochester
Julesburg
Colo
Robert Clayburne Young
Elizabeth Lulu McNew
Ogalalla
Mmaic
Miss Adamson
Mies Viola Young
Adams
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Michigan
Montana
Dalton notes and local happenings in Beatrice area
Charley Allery visits relatives near Beatrice Nebraska and will be absent two weeks. Reif family moves into Albert Frerichs farm. Dalton residents seek a saloon license with a protest. Mrs. William Swartz near Dalton reports a new daughter. W R Reinmuth near town completes spring wheat sowing. aims to focus on steam breaking plow. Jennie Robinson loses fur neck scarf south of Dalton. finder asked to return to THE TELEGRAPH or Dalton post office.
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Charley Allery
Beatrice
Neb
Reif
Albert Frerichs
Dalton
William Swartz
W. R. Reinmuth
Adea
Nebraska
Oneyenne County
Esent
James Tucker
James Dustin Ramsey
B. A Jones
Bureau
Mlinots
Marth
Sidney Telegraph
Theadore Mall
Wittai Sholts
Lquoricense
Theodore Mall
William Sholts
Board of County Commissioners
Cheyenne County
Union Valley
Sid Heense
Mae
Heense
Turopore Hunn
William Sholte
Jests and Jingles Across Nation’s Wit and Whimsy
A collage of quips and knee slappers from a Nebraska husbandry joke to New York muckraker jibes. Notes on champagne waning, a Connecticut woman disinheriting kin in favor of dogs, and a German Kaiser ego. Humorous vignettes on bed making in New Jersey schools, wooden legs, tight lacing, and a typhoid scare in Milwaukee. Also quips about Mary Elizabeth Lease, winter’s vertebrae, and New Jersey’s new senator.
Barefoot Beginnings Shape Modern Leaders Says Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt argues a man’s rise from humble roots explains his success, while a barefooted girl would face different outcomes in politics. She quips a wife should train her husband as with a mules, provoking a sharp jab at control. The Washington Post weighs a Grass Widows’ Protective Union, noting widows protect themselves.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
The
Washington Post
North Colton notes on farms and line project progress
Local column reports on residents Fred Gundie and Mickelson moves, Carl Johnson farming the Swan Matson property, and a Tobin ranch sale seen as a strong draw. It notes new telephone wiring hopes with Sid ney, growing plow use, and horses sold to Cawleys and Witters. An inserted anecdote by Ernest Harold Baynes reflects on animal friendship.
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Mr. Mickelson
Mae-Carthy Place
Sidney
Carl Johnson
Swan Matson
Tobin Ranch
Unanswered Prayer to the Butcher for Missing Coin
A correspondent recalls sending a child with 50 cents for steak. She returned 10 cents short and was sent back for change. The butcher’s boy called to explain the mistake, though no one saw the daughter. The parent prayed for the daughter to come home, yet she sang in the garden wondering if she should have returned.
Eye complaint blamed on Italian boys
An Trish Ind on the east side seeks treatment for an eye issue after a doctor cites foreign substance in the eye. His mother quips that perhaps he should stay away from Italian boys, reflecting the magazine’s humorous take.
Questioning Advice From a Punchline Themed Note
A fragmentary quote from Pick Me Up humor pages asks a professor for safety tips against a night attack by a large assailant. The professor’s mock suggestion about shouting for “der perfeece” and fleeing like a “dooce” preserves the period voice and lighthearted tone.
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Colorado
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Fred Schank
Bates Place
M. E. Webster
Henry Leiner
Ordie Cawley
J. B. Cawley
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John Junker
Simon Witters
Jacob Whistler
Will Johnson
Ernest Harold Baynes
Sit. Nicholas
Profennor
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State of
George Wachtel
Mary Meyer
George Leonard Hachtel
Frederick Sehank
County Cour
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Yontest Notive
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
North Plate
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United States Lands Office
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Mary Lingholm
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Wotlock
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Potter
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George FE. Prencw
Register
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Lewis Brott
Peter Nelson
Sextorp
William A. Gustratson
Gilbert Nelson
Brill Gronerick
Presc
Neu- Draskit
Prustees
Sata
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A.W. Greenlee
District Court of
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Bertha Haas
John Haas
Charles Hass
Matilda Stuas
Wm. Haas
Anne Haas
Catharine Porth
Pred Porth
Anna Berg
John Berg
Patuclus
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Gus Wellner
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John Wellner
Mary Haas
Lena Hass
A. A. Ramsey
Lena Haas
A. A Ramsey
District Court
North Range
VM. Bainp & Sons
Cheyvenne
Soldiers’ Relief Fund
R. E. Barretrt
Heriff
Quertff
H. M.grimes
Johann Meyer
Vaclav WV. Wacera
Barbara
Katcorn
Townslip
Victoria Bunta
Court House
J. W.mcdannnn
Said County
Alice Stafford
Solomon Stafford
Hy Miles & McIntosh
Virgil Cradit
UW. M. Grimes
Sidavy
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Wis
Swg
North Platce
Adinim Johnson
Willan H L. Gates
William W. Chowtns
David R. Snyder
Eli Kenderson
Sicney
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Greenlee & Benson
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Crockery
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