Potter It P Peterson and family head to Prescott Arizona
Potter It P Peterson and family departed for Prescott Arizona where Mr Peter son will engage in milling and mining. Cr. and Clarence Johnson attended the Masonic Consistory in Lincoln last week. They also visited Fred Johnson who was ill briefly. Mrs Elmer Wicks visiting in Cozad. Rev E F Clover conducts services in Dix. Lecture on the wonders of electricity by Harry T Starns with demonstrations of electrical appliances Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs W Schimpf and Mrs A Shad traveled to Kimball. Hugh Woten and children are town dwellers while Mr Woten plans to settle on new land north of Potter. Stines purchased W LeRoy Larson’s lots, adding to his property. Mrs Struble staying with Mr and Mrs John Quinn. Gunderson closes school to answer country’s call. Farmers plowing and preparing for harvest. A class of four youths confirmed at Lutheran church: Lillie Hougen Alma Johnson Hilma Johnson Alfred Strandberg. Mr Olmsted of Sidney visited relatives and surveyed county. Mrs R A Babcock entertained her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim
Hugh Woten
Woten
Potter
Stines
W LeRoy Larson
Struble
John Quinn
Reddington
Gunderson
Lutheran Church
Lillie Hougen
Alma
Hilma Johnson
Alfred Strandberg
Olmsted
Sidney
Aldrich
Local and Personal News Highlights From Sidney Nebraska
A roundup of visits and travels includes Fishman in Denver, Blome of Dalton, Persinger of Lodgepole buying cattle, Miss Anna McFadden in North Platte, and W C Fullerton and family in Sidney. Notables J A Bentley and family return from Denver, and Dalton shines in the Thrift Stamp drive with $10,000 in stamps. Harry Dubuque sick with pneumonia from fumigation fumes, Major Williams visiting from the Philippines, and Miss Sue Brachtenbach with Henry Morfeld heading to Fort Logan for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Henry Blome H A. Feecht
Hie Eckert
Dad Handley
Settlement of St. Louis Timeline and Growth
The article traces St. Louis from its 1764 French-founded beginnings through its 1803 transfer to the United States, its 1822 incorporation as a city, and population growth to 17,000 by 1840. It notes the 1848 German exile influx, Irish arrivals, and ensuing anti-foreigner riots as friction shaped early city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Pierre Ligueste Laclede
France
United States
Mississippi
Germany
Missouri City
Garden hose restores sight after fall in San Rafael
In San Rafael California a man named Charles Brown fell 40 feet from his roof. Neighbors applied a garden hose at full pressure to his head as first aid. After medical exam Brown was found to be better and his vision completely cured. He wonders whether the fall or the hose healed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael Cal
Charles Brown
Brown
Another Explanation of the Word Yankee
The London Chronicle notes the term Yankee as an honorable title. It recounts early New England settlers fighting many Indian tribes, defeating the Yankoes deemed invincible after heavy losses. The vanquished people supposedly adopted the conquerors’ name, leading to the term Yankees becoming common through linguistic corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
New England
Leafdale Community Notes Highlights Local Visits and Meetings
Mrs Alfred Johnson spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Dvorak while Mr Lara works for E L Hougen. Families including the Johnsons Carl Carlson and Thornburgs hosted relatives and attended confirmation in Potter. A school meeting led by J Johnson Ik L Hougen and Oscar Johnson concluded with a WS S sale over 1.00. Oscar Johnson and others were Sidney visitors. Dedic couple staying with the Kubishs. Mrs Oscar Johnson visited John Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Johnson
Dvorak
Lara
E. L Hougen
Carl Osberg
Potter
Thornburg
H. B. Leafdale
Lillie Hougen
Carl Carlson
H B Leafdale
J S. J. Johnson
C E Leafdale
Ws.s
Oscar Johnson
Sidney
Dedic
Joe Kubish
John Johnson
Cheyenne County Maps Offered For Sale By Telegraph
Small sectional maps of Cheyenne County offered for sale by The Telegraph at five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
SEXTORP Revival Meetings Draw Community Attention
Miss Florence Fisher from Sidney spent weekend at home while Mr. Nelson family and Miss Teig visited Mr. Heimer's home. Mrs. H. Fisher is ill this week and the Woten child improves slowly. Mr. Courtright and Mrs. Courtright remain ill after a Cheyenne hospital stay. Farmers Union supper at Pleasant View schoolhouse was well attended and enjoyable. Joe Swartz visited Pete Nelson Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corner School
Florence Fisher
Sidney
Mr. Nelson
Miss Teig
B. Colson
Harry Courtrights
Wyoming
Harry Courtright
Cheyenne
Farmers’ Union
Pleasant View
Ait
Joe Swartz
Pete Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
E.L. Uptegrove
L. Neubauer
N. E. Medlock
L.H. Bordwell
M. A. Shipman
Sol Willis
L.G. Lowe
Rummelhardt
Herman Schroeder
F. A. Bush
W. J. Shoemaker
Gurley Village
S. J. Flora
Carl C. Jones
C. E. Weyerts
L. R. Rudd
Carl W. Christ
A. E. Leclair
H. G. Weyerts
Gurley
Farwell
Hunter Osborn
Osborns
Idaho
Koots Cagley
A. J. Trigler
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
Robert Ruhter
Bob
Sloan Tucker
Gurley Lumber Company
Iowa
Hull
S Fishman
Denver
Wi ¢ Blome
A. B. Persinger
Lodgepole
Anna McFadden
North Platte
W. C. Fullerton
Fred Lehmkuhl
Mrs. Moorhead
Mrs. Medlock
Viola Walker
W. M. Wassum
North Divide
Roy Taylor
Sidney Steam Laundry
Cc CC Callahan
Burlington
Washington
J. A .Bentley
A. P. Bentley
Mr Means
Fred Wilkinson
A Lindberg
Kimball
R. Barlow
Jame
Barlow
Hugh Moore
California
Mr. Moore
Harry Dubuque
U. S
Alliance
Herman Schleuter
Schleuter
C L. Willams
Coast Artillery
National Army
Williams
Phillipine Islands
Plattsburg, N. Y
Col
C. A. Williams
21St Infantry
Sue Brachtenbach
Henry
Jake Morfeld
Potter, Nebr
Fort Logan
Colo
Elizabeth Morfeld
Nebr
Elizabeth
Bernard Morfeld
Fort Morgan
Settlement of
Tin
Leafdale
Sextorp
Rint
J. C. Eberts
D. D
Brandeis Bldg
Omaha
Nebraska
Virgil Marsh
Sidney, Nebraska
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