Through Trains 301 and 02 Offer Limited Local Stops
Passenger trains No 301 and 02 will not stop locally between Sidney and Bridgeport and Slaney and Sterling. Local extra daily except Sunday will carry passengers. Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars seated free on through trains. Tickets and baggage to any point via the United States or Canada. For information maps timetables and tickets contact M A Shipman Agent or L W Wakeley General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska.
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Sidney
Bridgeport
Slaney
Sterling
United States
Canada
M. A. Shipman
L. W.wakeley
Omaha
Nebraska
Local residents and visitors log in and travel notes
The tidbit notes show several people from Columbus Lodgepole Grand Island Dalton and Lodgevale visiting Sidney or transacting business. Names include H Morrow E Line B E Turner B L Carter E H Bockstadter Joseph Oberfelder and Jack Graves. occuring mentions of illness smallpox in Alliance and visitors Elmer Walker Miss Kate Wells and R T Kidney with various local roles and travel.
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B. E. Turner
Grand Island
Sidney
Local Visits and Family News From Sidney
A LB Persinger visited Sidney on Tuesday to escape homesickness for electric cars and arc lights. Grace McIntosh returned from Omaha. Grace King traveled via Omaha to Lincoln to see her sister Hazel at the university. Eva Miles underwent surgery at St Joseph's hospital in Omaha, recovering, as Mr Miles returned home. M YD Sheldon plans to settle here after touring the Dakota visit. Oma Brown, daughter of F E Brown, had a fall from a hammock, injured her abdomen and is confined to bed for days.
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LB Persinger
Sidney
Grace McIntosh
Omaha
Grace King
Lincoln
Hazel
The
University
W P Miles
Eva
St Joseph's Hospital
Miles
Oma Brown
F. E Brown
Weil Couple Plans Trip to Sidney Then Germany
Mr and Mrs Otto Weil leave this week for Sidney to visit a week and then travel to Germany later this month on the same boat as Dr and Mrs Quigley. Miss Lena Jessen and Miss Ethel Bangert depart for Cheyenne for a big Ball by Train men then proceed to Greeley for a week long outing. B.S. Flora of the U P water service repair department and Miss Maud Zehr were married in Cheyenne, honeymoon in Denver, returning via Julesburg to Sid ney.
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Otto Weil
Sidney
Germany
Quigley
North Platte Tribune
Lena Jessen
Gapen
Ethel Bangert
Cheyenne
Greeley
B.S. Flora
U. P Water Service Repair Department
Maud Zehr
Denver
Julesburg
Plow First Of Its Kind Arrives For Sparks Family
Mrs J C Sparks arrived the prior day from Concord Nebraska to join her husband who came earlier. Mr Sparks received an auto plow on Wednesday and with his sons will crop land near Marlow. The gasoline powered implement with shovels underneath fascinates locals watching its operation.
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J. C. Sparks
Concord
Nebraska
Destiny of the Stuarts and the eighty eight year pattern
The article traces a recurring 88 omen in Stuart history from James I killed near Bannockburn in 1488 to Mary Stuart's execution in 1588 and James II's dethronement in 1688. It notes Charles Edward’s death in 1788 and the Old Pretender James Stuart’s birth in 1688, the year his father abdicated.
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James Hl
Aight
Bannockburn
Mary Stuart
England
Charlies Edward
James Stuart
Pretender
Leland’s of Leisure: Island Abundance and Easy Living
Between Madagascar and India lies 16 000 islands with only 600 inhabited. Many islands can sustain a family with luxury, requiring little to no work, as nature provides food and no clothing or fire is needed.
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Madagascar
India
Sheridan’s misstep becomes audience hit in tiny hall
Mark Sheridan recalls a province hall performance where a back stage mishap exposed him to the audience during ablutions. The chilly crowd roared as the towel slipped and his bare frame appeared, fueling a humorous memory later tied to a hoped 100 yard theatrical sprint.
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Mark Sheridan
London
Comypytin
By memory’s magic yesterday is golden
A reflective verse by Margaret E. Sangster on memory and future days. It contrasts mornings with faded illusions and cherishes today as open handed and richly valued.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Susie Clemens Diary Teases Mark Twain’s Household
The Kansas City Journal recounts Susie Clemens diary entries noting her parents and a revealing line about Mark Twain. Mrs Clemens showed the book to him who then watched the diary closely. Susie suggested Twain noticed readers, including Al, reading the diary.
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Mark ‘Twain
Susie
Moore
Father
Kansas City Journal
Peter the Great Fixes a Toothache Tale
A valet reports his wife suffers severe toothache but denies it. Peter the Great insists on visiting to examine her. On arrival the woman claims no illness, prompting the royal aide to remark she is indeed suffering tortures.
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Peter the Great
Saasid
Forbidden Tooth Extraction Scandal Sparks Czar's Indignation
A fragment recalls a Russian court scene where a valet extracts a tooth as punishment for a wife described as toothless. The czar later learns the act was used to discipline the woman, provoking moral outrage and shock over the valet’s brazenness.
Uncle Joe Cannon and the famous hat tale
Washington Star recounts a scene at the Arlington Hotel where Uncle Joe Cannon arrived with secretary I White Busbey. The lighter moment centers on Busbey’s sharp dress compared to Cannon’s trademark black soft hat and cigar.
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Joe Cannon
Washington
Arlington Hotel
Washington Star
Spoiled the Effect by Van Biene Stage Mishap
The late Augrgte Van Biene, marching to his cue, tucked a gold twenty pound note in his pocket. He cried I am penniless and dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief. At the second cry more gold would not come. coins spilled over the stage while the audience laughed.
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Augrgte van Biene
Vanlene
Invalid's Craving Letter to Champ Clark
Washington Star reports a bedridden admirer of Speaker Champ Clark writing from hospital. The note pleads for magazines tobacco papers tobacco bag and cigaret papers plus Sir Walter Scott novels and a pie, illustrating the admirer’s needs during illness and distance from funds.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Business Activity Tommy Pop Dodging Creditors
Philadelphia Record reports activity surrounding Tommy Pop dodging creditors. The note highlights ongoing business dealings and financial pressures confronting the family. The piece frames the issue as a matter of public record and interest to local readers.
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Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
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Cheyenne County Abstract
C. M Hadley
T. Doran
Cheyenne County Abstract Co
H. T. Doran
American Surety Co
the Telegraph
Sidney and
Cheyenne County
Nebr
New York
Chicago
Lst
A. Gapen
Union Pacific
Sidney, Neb
Prt
Tt. P. A
Ifrt
W J. Shommaker
M. In
M m
MU Reatee
Lloyd Mann
Ign
H. Morrow
Columbus
Eugene Line
Lodgepole
George
B. L Carter
Dalton
E. H. Bockstadter
Kansas
Joseph Oberfelder
Arthur
Jack Graves
Elmer Walker
Mrs. Reider
Kate Wells
Reider
R T Kidney
Lodgevale
Kidney
Sheldon
South Dakota
D R Jones
Franses
March
Lelands of Leisure
Sheridan
Plistened
Peter
Pittsburgh
Pittaburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First National Bank
Natonal Bank
M. Ramella
Cleaman & Son
Kruse
Market Phare
Electric Power House
Rose Street
Sing Lee
Front Street
Vienna
E. W. Ziekert
Prop
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