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Sidney Happenings and Local Notices From a Western Town
Readable items describe Henry shopfronts, new stock at Star Clothing House, Mrs Chowins spring millinery, John McAuley building west of his shop, Powell Whitney hardware sales, Joe Menning’s mule theft hunt, and ongoing post office growth. Mentions Star Clothing House, Metropolitan hotel, Bay State lands, and local travel by Union Pacific trains. Continuous notes on weather, dances, and community updates follow with brief mentions of local officials and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Whitney’s
Joe Menning
Star Clothing House
Bidney’ ‘S
Winters
He Bay State Cattle Company
Whitney
Potter
Metropolitan
Sidney Post Office
Harry Winters
C. W. Endsley
Greenwood
Hugh
Campbell
Eve Kite
Thoelocke
Pease
John Morgan
Fort Sidney
Fannie M. Smith
John Kinkennan
North Platte
Reilly
Hny Placent
J. T. Thoelecke
Powell &Whitney
Star
Powelln & Wirtney's
Union Pacific Railway
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Moore Hotel
Livingston
Hosie
Kerrigan
Missouri Pacific Railway System
St. Louis
Ben Hogan
C. E. Isonequist
John ‘Thoelecke
W.A. Ashford
Iowa
Strecks
Tom Walsh
County Clerk’s
Hobbs
Denver
Michigan Lunder Yard