Horner Chautauqua Offers Star Lineup for Five Days
The Telegraph previews the Horner Chautauqua starting Sunday June 27 for five days with a stellar slate. Ralph Parlette headlines as a humorist famed for The University of Hard Knocks and Pockets and Paradise. Dr Frederick Re Hopkins, NAN WILLISON SPERRY, Julius Caesar Nayphe, Everrett Kemp, and Ducrot with Laurant are among noted guests, promising a grand blend of lectures and entertainment.
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Telegraph
Ralph Parlette
University of Hard Knocks
Paradise
Bill Nye
Talmadge
United States
Frederick RE. Hopkins
Chicago
Hopkins
Redpath Horner
Nan Willison Sperry
Julius Caesar Nayphe
Everett Kemp
America
Seven Oaks
Udell
Ducrot
Eugene Laurant
Laurant
Horner
Mr. Laurant
New York
Mr. Ducrot
West
Five musical acts promise varied program of world flair
The lineup includes the NEOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA with two GRAND OPERA SINGERS, the ALPINE YODLERS mirroring Swiss glaciers, the ESTELLE FRANKLIN GRAY COMPANY led by violinist Little ESTELLE, the Russian pianist MORITZ SHEVINNE, and ADA ROACH presenting The Heart of the Immigrant. The show features diverse cultures through song and story, highlighting immigrant experiences and American identity.
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Switzerland
Estelle Franklin Gray
London
Berlin
Moritz Shevinne
Ada Roach
Sidney Cary Seen as Potential California Governor Hopeful
L. Cary, longtime Cheyenne County figure and former state legislator, now active in exposing state government issues from his new home in California. The Reedley Ledger reports a warm welcome for Cary and two district colleagues, with Cary’s name floated for governor or U.S. Senate by multiple papers.
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Cary
Cheyenne County
California
Reedley Ledger
United States
Tornado Strikes North Platte Valley From Minatare to Oshkosh
A destructive tornado hit the north side of the river on Tuesday night, sweeping from Minatare to Oshkosh. One man, Blair of Oshkosh, was killed and a woman injured. Blair, a carpenter farmer, died from multiple injuries after his body was carried half a mile. The storm damaged fences, fields, and barns, and moved southeast along the river, with Mrs. Grove suffering a broken hip. The tornado ended in the McPherson county sand hills after a ten o'clock pass, with Sidney reporting oppressive heat and no other notable weather.
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Minatare
Oshkosh
Blair
Grove
McPherson County
Sidney
Local Weather Woes Hit County as Winds and Rain Persist
A tourist Buick carried reassuring news of westbound roads after three days of rain. The region faced undermined sidewalks and rising flood concerns as a windstorm damaged a shed near Olsons and nearly ruined Frank Haxtett’s ranch.
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Cheyenne
Mr. Olson
Frank Haxtett
Off to the Expo on Wedding Trip
Two neat houses on wheels traveled through town Saturday toward the exposition. Built of matched lumber, compact with a pullman kitchen, each rig drawn by fine mules. A young couple occupied each house and enjoyed an ideal honeymoon.
Advertised Letters and Local Court Session Note
Advertised letters listed for week ending May 29 include Bentley Lanthrop Mrs Illa G Lanham Miss Dorothy Wook Jas W Ewing Dr N T Owen Mr E H Price. Judge H M Grimes held a Chambers court session in the city Thursday afternoon.
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Bentley Lanthrop
Illa G. Lanham
Dorothy Wook
Jas. W. Ewing
N. T. Owen
E. H. Price
H.M. Grimes
City
Indications of a revival in business seen in east reports
M A Shipman Burlington agent reports crop conditions from Sidney to the Atlantic coast are excellent and livestock and farms well kept. Immigration bureaus note rising inquiries for farm lands, signaling future demand. Railroads in the east hire thousands, invest in new equipment, and foresee steady returns. Despite some pessimism, general business mood is improving with confidence in a long awaited revival.
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M. A. Shipman
Burlington
Sidney
Atlantic
Omaha
Chicago
Cheyenne County
Burlington Immigration
Shipman
Wilson
New York
Wall Street
Nebraska
Sidney To Celebrate Fourth In Patriotism Boost
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce in session set July 5th for an all out Fourth of July celebration with plans for large public participation. Committee heads include Solicitation FP W Vath and J McClenaghan, Music V Klein and FP W Vath, Program C S Radcliffe who will appoint additional committees. Subscriptions from local businesses are urged to fund a nationwide friendly, patriotic display commemorating America at peace.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sidney
W. Vath
J. McClenaghan
V. Klein
W Vath
C. S Radcliffe
Radcliffe
America
Parks and Lewis Box in Drawn Ten-Round Match
Heavy rain kept about three hundred fans from a ten round bout between Fred Parks and Perry Lewis. The clash ended without a decision, Parks showing marked improvement after training with Johnny Corbett of Denver and Lewis, a veteran with no losses in four years in Denver, remains a strong puncher. Denver promoters plan to push Parks as he continues to win.
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Fred Parks
Perry Lewis
Parks
Johnny Corbett
Denver
Lewis
After the Ball thrills crowd at The Ideal Theatre
A sensational film promises death defying stunts including a four story clothesline escape a fall from a six story height a parade from a fire escape a leap to a runaway horse and a Harlem River jump then a 40 mph train chase ending with a daring crash and river dive Monday May 31 at The Ideal Theatre Admission 10 and 15 cents.
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Harlem
Ideal Theatre
Merchant of Venice Scores Great Hit at Sidney High
The Sidney High School Senior Class staged The Merchant of Venice Up to Date at the opera house on Friday evening May 21. Grace Foster as Portia led a strong cast including Roy Greenlee Shylock Harold Rowan Bassanio and Marguerite Pantenburg as the teacher. The production drew a large audience and favorable reviews for fidelity to the play and lively interpretations by Basil Grant Phylis Corbett and others.
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Opera House
Merchant of Venice
Portia
Grace Foster
Bassanio
Caesar
Ciccero
Virgil
Lot
Antonia
Goldwin Doran
Shylock
Roy Greenlee
Antonio
Harold Rowan
Fate
Marguerite Pantenburg
Harold
Marguerite
Launcelot Gobbo
Laurence Grant
Gobbo
Phylis Corbett
Alice Birmingham
Nerissa
Albert Ruttner
Gratiano
Duke of Venice
Clarence Wright
Tubal
Allan Brockway
Edgar Berkland
Jessica
Ethel Bang
Fair Portia
Raymond Clinton
Sidney High School
Pearl Height
Alliance School of Expression
Sidney
The Little Green Tent Poem Commemorates Fallen Soldiers
A Walt Mason verse honors Civil War soldiers on the 30th with imagery of the little green tents. It recalls 1862 troop courage, sod shelters, and national sacrifice, portraying the war’s veterans as a living shrine as women mourn and patriots kneel.
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Walt Mason
No Name Package Delivered in Sidney Neb
A package labeled No Name, Sidney Nebraska, arrived at the local post office from a well known rail order house. The buyer had written but not signed her name and later recalled she had omitted her signature. The incident illustrates public confidence in Uncle Sam and its servants.
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Sidney
Neb
Uncle Sam
Clough and Pool Wedding in Julesburg at Pool Home
Miss Clara Pool and Mr Ray Clough married at eight o clock in Julesburg Colorado with Reverend Bretnell officiating in the Pool home surrounded by family. The bride, a former Cheyenne county teacher, wore white organdy and chiffon. guests from Dalton Bridgeport and Fort Morgan attended. couple to honeymoon and reside on the groom s ranch east of Dalton after June 15.
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Sidney Pool
Julesburg
Colorado
Clara Pool
Ray Clough
Dalton
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
North Divide
Pool
Bretnell
Methodist Church
R. P. Scott
Elbert Scott
Bridgeport
Neb
N. Clough
F. J. Pool
W. J. Ewing
J. Mauk
Fort Morgan
Clough
Couple United in May at Sidney Judge Office
Charles Sumner Hill of Granite Canyon Wyoming and Virginia Thompson of Salt Lake City traveled to Sidney for marriage. County Judge Chambers performed the ceremony on May 22 in his office.
Fred Rickey and Anna Kurth Wed by County Judge
Fred Rickey and Anna Helen Kurth were united in marriage by the county judge on May 22. Both hailed from Sidney with the bride listed as daughter of Fred Kurth. Attendants were J. C. White and Miss Bertha Spiknell.
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Rickbey—Kurth
Fred Rickey
Anna Helen Kurth
Sidney
Fred Kurth
J. C. White
Bertha Spiknell
Lynch Menhemn wed by Judge Chambers in May
John Lynch and Miss Fern Menhem were married by Judge Chambers on May 26. The groom is from Walden Colorado and the bride from Kremling Colorado.
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Lynch
Baccalaureate Address draws senior class to Methodist church
Twenty seniors in mortar boards and gowns entered the Methodist church for a baccalaureate service. Reverend Gerrett Miller delivered an impressive address to a large attentive audience. Music featured a quartet and a male quartet, with a splendid choir anthem.
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Methodist Church
Gerrett Miller
Christian Church
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Sidney Mercantile Co
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Sain
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