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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
6
Rural notes from Lodgepole and Potter cover visits, farming, and local events. Mentions Mrs Daugherty and Mrs Libby in North Platte, Gus Jeudes erecting a mill, school graduations, plays, and a Potter ball win over Kirk with a 20 to 6 score. Neighborhood travel, marriages, baptisms, and social gatherings are outlined with local names and places.
Will Fulton drives the South Divide engine with Carl Bayum as night engineer while Guy Shaw heads to York Sunday night for his ill brother. Simon Fishman hauled plows to Colorado last Friday. Seeding nears completion except flax. New section 33 owner east of Lorenzo breaks land with a gas engine. Will Fulton to plow sod for Mr. Weaver. Payzant family visits from Schuyler Neb for the summer. Several newcomers arrive to farm as rain-soaked Cheyenne County reports robust fall rye and promising fall wheat.
Peetz and Padroni played an 8 to 11 game in Padroni with Peetz losing but showing promise. Amos Morris plants corn and sod on 50 acres. County Commissioners surveyed the new wagon road from the state line to Iliff and Sterling for a lasting Peetz Sterling route. Simon Bishman of Sidney, Neb has a 640 acre flax project with a gasoline tractor. Hugh Owen and John Frazier families note births and visits. Peetz hosts Potter on Sunday.
The dialogue suggests the firm Hook & Took is deteriorating financially as observers speculate about its prospects. A sharp exchange notes the company’s rapid decline, implying looming insolvency or closure while stakeholders await further moves.
A high wind last Sunday night raised fears of a small tornado. A few small buildings sustained minor damage while residents in the area took stock of the wind event.
Mrs Ledingham traveled from Dix to a Tuesday night program. Hon L Brett and wife welcomed an infant daughter born last week. E H Biggs completed Assessor duties and aided at Sidney in the U P office. Dr Ames spent the weekend with family at North Platte. Fred Nelson added a gasoline engine outside his store this week. The Good Times Picnickers held a farewell at Point of Rock Sunday evening. Mrs Wm Struble of Pine Bluffs visited her parents and admired her niece. D H Shultz returned from the Synod at Atchison. Catholic services planned Saturday at Thornbury hall. Mrs C W Johnson hosted MRE Aid last Thursday. a profitable gathering. The social circle fears loss of leadership as Mrs Strubie contemplates farm life this summer. Irma Strubie sang “Take Me Back to Babyland.” Town Board voted for Sunday baseball. Teft reportedly allowed grounds if no Sunday games. Henry Mahler left for Big Springs with rumor he will return a benedict. The High School will present the play “A Bundle of Matches” Thursday night. There will be no
A fragmented quotation from K B Browning praising mutual service and blessing. It envisions love chanting its own benediction, a child’s blessing waking joy, and the giver becoming rich and strong through service to others. The text emphasizes reciprocal aid and personal reward from acts of care.
A collection of refined recipes describes cheese preparations with cream cheese and parsley, a three step frozen custard with walnuts and figs, a warm apple and maple syrup bake served with whipped cream, and an orange Charlotte with gelatin and orange segments finished with a light custard.
A railway laundry car introduced on Russian government rails for imperial troops was built at Hanover. It measures 9 feet 10 3/4 inches wide and 13 feet 9 inches high, following the Russian five foot gauge. It includes a steam boiler, condensing tank, feed pump, injector, steam engine, water tanks, soda cleansing medium, washing and drying equipment, disinfector, ironing board, and heaters. The car provides a complete laundry on wheels, aiming to improve army sanitary conditions.
France reports 25 suicides per 100000 last year up from a much lower figure seventy years earlier. Men outnumber women nearly three to one in self inflicted deaths with domestic servants and liberal professionals most affected. Causes include physical suffering 21 percent insanity 15 percent and love or unhappy home 13 percent. Seasonality favors spring and summer. Sterling Greenhouses advertises flowers and plants in Sterling Colorado.
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