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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
9
The Sidney Telegraph advertisement and imprint show subscription terms and post office entry details. It lists period prices for one year and six months, indicates postage paid status, and notes foreign advertising representation by the American Press Association.
Dr Chariton of Clinton Iowa purchased the old Bordwell ranch paying 17000. J C C McNish of Wisner Nebraska visited this week to attend to real estate matters. Mr and Mrs B A Jones left last Friday for Fremont to visit their daughter Mrs W W Jorden.
A rain with terrific wind began Tuesday morning and turned to snow. A buzzard allegedly raged for 24 hours. A baby joined Sr. and Mrs. Quasterhoudt on Friday of the previous week.
The Telegraph reports Colton farmers plan to sow 5 to 25 acres each of wheat amid hopes of a new mill. Cheyenne County may become a prolific wheat region as the board of trade votes to buy a carload of the best seed wheat for distribution.
The Telegraph urges immediate ditch and street cleanup in Cheyenne to allow water from the creek to flow freely and remove refuse. It notes a formal allusion to civic action as the town tackles public sanitation and debris during the campaign.
Dr. Harry Mantor was called to Lodgepole on Tuesday on professional business. Ray Frame of the north divide is reported to be improving from a very serious illness. Mire, Ira Kline and small gen de parted for their home in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hardy spent a few days this week in Denver on business and pleasure. John Carlson of Potter drove home a new Buick touring last Friday from the Sidney dealer. Dr. R. E. Roche made a professional trip to Oshkosh on Wednesday and rode back with the storm. Mrs. Frances Parks returned Tuesday from Laramie where she had spent three days with her son, Fred. Vice. F. A. Barger and small son went to Fort Collins Colorado on Tuesday to visit her sister a few days. Toward Kennedy manager of the Byars store has been confined to his home this week by a mild attack of the flu. A. C. DeWitt of the telephone and telegraph service was in the city last Saturday in line of business. He comes from Denver. Cliff Van Valkenberg went to Crawford Monday and attended to some business for the Avery Company returning Tuesday night. P. J. Nelling of Seattle but formerly of Sidney and a member of Sidney A. O. U. W. 196 passed away last week at his western home.
George Baker of Cheyenne greeted friends in town and handled errands on Saturday. Kenneth Agnew travelled to Hot Springs South Dakota Thursday to seek baths and remedies to hasten finger ailment recovery. Mrs C W Zike and two children stayed in Federal Wyoming to mind house for Mr Zikes parents amid sick relatives. Mr and Mrs William Winders and Hugo Nickum drove to Denver Sunday for visits and shopping. County court met Tuesday for a preliminary hearing of a county resident charged with a statutory offense and the defendant was bound over to the District Court.
Don Ledford spends a month at Idalla Colorado on personal business. Mr and Mrs Carl Hutchinson and family return from Omaha. Miss Elizabeth Lyngholm returns to Chicago after brother Arthur Lyngholm death. Rev Samuel Light attends Dr Hunter funeral in Kimball. Paul Findley of a San Francisco ad agency visits to learn city conditions. Flu persists locally as doctors work to prevent further illness. Gus Anderson longtime Union Pacific conductor dies at North Platte home. well known in Sidney.
The article surveys enduring beliefs about treating children with strange rites. Mothers cut hair at the moon, give live frogs to suck, and place stones on babies to cure throat injuries. Modern science is eroding these practices, though some communities persist.
A column of humorous fragments notes quirky street scenes and mishearings. Jokes about hats hats and clocks mix with reactions to weather and everyday woes. References to sand grit, getting by on true grit, and light Godliness humor punctuate the piece.
The State Superintendent announced final eighth grade examinations for April 5 and 6 1923 and May 3 and 4 1923. In Cheyenne County tests will be conducted at Lodgepole Sunol Sidney Potter Gurley and Dalton under County Superintendent Mrs D B Fletcher.
Westminster Guild hosts a candy and bake sale at Leonard Cash Grocery this Saturday March 17. Proceeds support guild activities and community projects with items available from volunteer bakers and vendors.
Mr and Mrs W K Hodgkin returned Monday evening from Lincoln where they visited relatives and Mr Hodgkin attended to professional matters.
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