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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
15
Mr and Mrs Guy V Doran and daughter arrived Monday in the city and stay with Mrs Doran's brother Judge Gapen. Doran will join The Telegraph staff and ease the business manager's burden at the weekly paper. They are seasoned locals and have received a warm reception.
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce held a Wednesday noon dinner praising community matters. A plan to host 200 Clinton Iowa Boy Scouts as they travel by auto was debated, with the secretary to secure a visit. Subjects included adverse publicity and a wheat report, prompting formation of a committee of Freytag Uptegrove and Hodgkin to address the issues promptly.
The piece notes a past issue with a mailed item containing five home-made bootleg poems. It jokes about frosty looks, bowing legs, and the paradox of duelling. It remarks that surviving duelists sometimes inherit the deceased duelists’ family to support.
Report narrates a bustling Saturday with crowds in town, many people returning for a fry of commerce. The piece notes stores and offices busy and readers eager to have their names printed, capturing a lively, nostalgic scene of revived local activity.
Chappell High School senior class play Marys Millions drew a delighted audience Friday night while the senior and junior classes hosted a picnic chaperoned by Mrs. Robinson at the Oberfelder reach. Local baseball fans were urged to attend a Lodgepole Valley League showdown as the team faces the Sidney Legion on Sunday. Families and residents reported various community happenings including shopping, homesteads in Wyoming, and extended visits, with a lively Hard Scrabble ranch gathering among the old timers.
The article notes Col. A B Persinger’s seventieth birthday invitation with guests and a secret stash of refreshments found under a tree. It reports the death of Mrs Rachel Minshall in Denver aged 71, born Rachel Brown, with her marriage to William Minshall in 1875 and five children from Lodgepole to Denver.
South Divide district notes April attendance with names of pupils Louis Johnson Roy Johnson Floyd Fulton Esther Shaw and Victor Brothers as present along with district 99 visitors Gladys Gil more and of Julesburg relatives. Local residents including the Yowells Payzant and Spiker families update on visits illness and summer stays.
North Divide reports Chas Osborn and family leaving for Omaha after visiting locally to manage farm interests. Farmers in the area plant potatoes with many fields activated while preparing land for corn. Chas Britten and family relocate from Sidney, welcomed in their new community. Frank Kinton and family visited Sidney. Joseph Reiner traveled from Dalton to Sidney to visit his parents.
Companied home by his wife and babe and other local visits show a string of family and friend gatherings. Mrs Collif and child visited the Reiner family in Sidney from Dalton last Thursday while Joe Vanderheit and wife dined with Mike Swartz’s family. Beyer family hosted an Altar society chicken dinner at the Academy auditorium in Sidney yesterday. Ed Schneulle and wife visited Sidney Saturday. Mrs John Jones joined them for dental work. Mrs Mike Swartz continues to improve gradually after three months bedrest, with hopes of leaving home soon. C J Spiker drives from Sidney daily to help with farm work and Granquist family traveled to Sidney in their new auto.
Grand Prairie visitors from Holm, Holden, Windsheimer and Beebe groups gather in Peetz and Dalton areas. Farmers’ Union meets at Jorgenson home. Ed Miles hosts next gathering. Local sermons with moving pictures at Penial church. Windheimer family visits, Johnny Meyer with Earl Holm, and corn planter sounds mark the week.
Maple Grove residents and neighbors shared meals and visits including Ed Miles and family at Nels Johnson’s, and many traveled to Sidney for gatherings. Several noting bridge work, car purchases, and upcoming meetings at Ed Miles on June 7 with a simple program and refreshments provided.
Friends and neighbors gathered Wednesday evening to honor Ernest Hille for his birthday. Midnight lunch followed, and guests departed wishing him many more happy returns. Several local residents and families were noted among the attendees.
ersman and Annie Sheridan dined at Theo Borcher s on Sunday. Mrs Pete Beyer and family spent Saturday with Beyer families. John Borcher s family visited Wn Borcher s. A large number shopped in Sidney Saturday and many attended a Brownson dance. Several households shared Sunday dinners and visits at multiple homes including Borchers, Wittrock, Happel, Troutman, Scott, Beyer, Bale, Engel, and Overman. John Engel and his father drove to Denver.
Bruce Barton argues that curiosity fuels growth and progress. He cites leaders who pivot to new fields by learning through questions, visiting experts, and exploring data. Curiosity, not complacency, drives invention, exploration, and lifelong genius.
A reader is urged to plan a vacation wardrobe with a khaki suit from Metz Millinery. The notice also advertises an Ammon's electric curler priced at 3.50 with a two year guarantee.
A Milwaukee Journal tale describes a ship captain who tried to move Scotch to a thirsty family in New Orleans but was blocked by customs. After a chase on board, a sack containing the ship’s cat is inspected. the cat escapes and the captain returns with a new sack containing three bottles of Scotch.
The Cheyenne County Board met at the courthouse in Sidney on May 10 1921 to arrange bridges on the Sidney and Dalton Federal Aid Project No 130 A. Chairman J I Reel and I R Barlow attended with Wim Goding absent. Bids will be invited for four bridges including 16 20 and 24 foot spans. The board adjourned to May 17 or at chairman’s call. The Sidney Flower Shop and The Telegraph ad.
Legal advertisements invite bids to furnish all materials labor and skill for a 24-foot span steel and concrete I-beam bridge with reinforced concrete floor abutments and wings, plus about 300 cubic yards dry excavation. Location between Sections 5 and 6 Township 15 Range 49 Cheyenne County Nebraska.
A public bid call describes a bridge project at a point about forty rods south of the northwest corner of Section 6 14 49 to be built per 1917 plans by State Engineer George E B Johnson. Bids require 250 cash or certified check and must be filed with the County Clerk by 10:00 A.M. June 4, 1921, with the County Board reserving right to reject bids and correct errors.
Advertisement for bids invites lump sum proposals to construct a 16 foot spin steel and concrete I beam bridge with twenty foot roadway reinforced concrete floor and excavations in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Plans by State Engineer George E. Johnson. Bids due June 4, 1921, 10:00 AM with $250 cash deposit or certified check.
A 20 foot span steel and concrete bridge with nine reinforced concrete abutments and about 250 cable yards of work to be erected between Sections 19 and 20 in Township 15, Nebraska. The project, including floor and abutments, will follow the Standard Plans and General Notes by George E. Johnson, State Engineer, 1917, on file with Cheyenne County Clerk.
Advertisement for bids for fork bridge and about 250 cubic yards dry excavation for main bridge sections 5 and 0 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Location roughly 50 rods south of the northwest corner of section 5 14 49. Bridge floor and abutments to be built to standard A1 plans with cash bid security. Fr N Slawson.
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