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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
5
The Co operative Tire Goodyear touts its cooperative model with savings passed to users. It highlights three major price cuts, including a 45 percent drop on February 1, and emphasizes ongoing investments to improve tires. The Fortified On Air cure and All Weather tread are billed as exclusive Goodyear features, with millions spent annually on research to enhance performance.
Henry Rebhausen of North Platte won the state championship at a North Platte shooting tournament last week. He broke 95 of 100 targets to tie Sam Huntley of Omaha, then won the shootoff 18 to 7. The nineteenth Frontier day celebration in Cheyenne will run July 21 through 24 with reduced rail rates to attract visitors.
Announcement from New York states a July airship flight across the continent to assess aeronautic needs. The voyage will depart New York City on July 4 and must finish in San Francisco before October 12. The route runs along the Lincoln Highway, passing through Sidney.
Lower grade students left the schoolhouse safely on Friday and cheered with a class yell criticizing teachers' cross eyed looks.
The quote suggests true merriment endures in thought after the moment, inviting reflection. It contrasts genuine joy with transient glee, noting that real happiness can be recalled with pleasure days or even weeks later.
A report notes a financial dispute in Mumbai involving four lac rupees, about 100,000 rupees or £6,600, reflecting a currency dispute or value mismatch in local trade. No further names or institutions are specified in the excerpt.
Judge Grimes held a chambers session Thursday morning in this district and sentenced Charles Burns to from one to ten years at hard labor for burglary. Eight prisoners languish in the county jail at a cost of four dollars per day. Attorneys Tewell Timberly Williams visited for Cheyenne and Morrill county matters. The Cheyenne county debt case Johnson v. Cheyenne county will be argued in Omaha on May 7.
St Patrick's Catholic Church posts Mass at 8 and 10 each Sunday with an evening service at 7 30. Instruction classes are held each Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Bible School starts 10 a.m. with preaching and communion at 11 a.m. Junior Endeavor 2:30 p.m. Y P S C B 7 p.m. Preaching 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Junior Endeavor will have charge of the morning service Sunday and Senior Endeavor Sunday evening. All are invited. G. R. Miller, Pastor.
Church notice states German Lutheran services will be held tomorrow at six thirty p.m. Rev Juengel is the pastor and will lead the service at the Dunkard church.
Emma Brewer, Hannah Crock, Mary Harris, Georgia Martin, Mary Miller and Belle Stafford competed in a high school declamatory contest with Georgia Martin winning first place and both she and Belle Stafford earning county honors. Botany herbariums impressed officials while Miss Meade and Mr Willis supervised sewing and manual training exhibits. Attendance notes highlight grand honor roll members and link perfect attendance to academic success.
The T. N. s met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Ernest Kruse and there were no vacant chairs in this favorite circle.
A small group of nine girls held a Wednesday evening gathering at the Wallick residence. An auto ride started the festivities and music and refreshments added to the overall enjoyment. The young ladies plan to continue regular cheerful meetings.
To Our Dear Citizens, Sidney, Ned. Dear Friends: As we are about to leave this city to move east we hereby wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends in this beautiful little city for what they have done for us. We have liked Sidney and see a bright future ahead. We wish your city good luck and prosperity with God's blessing for a happy future. With cordial gratitude to all our friends for favors shown us while abiding here, we are Yours very respectfully for future welfare, Rev. A. H. Trygstad and family.
Rev A H Trygstad of the Trinity Lutheran church delivers his farewell sermon Sunday evening May 30 at eight o clock before moving east with his family to near Sioux City Iowa. Memorial services are held at the M E church Sunday morning and the Sunday school meets at 945 am. An invitation is extended to all to attend the farewell service and to remember the exchange at Sidney Drug Store. We wish the church God s blessing as it prospers and grows.
The B D s hosted their husbands at the Lloyd Mann home last Saturday but most guests missed roll call due to prior plans at a prize fight. Three lonely husbands attended with cats for twelve while Edgar Dedrich and wife of North Platte traveled for the party. Thursday afternoon the club gathered with Mrs Frances Parks as her daughter Miss Parks debuted in society.
The west bound main line in Sidney yard is being strengthened with several hundred new ties. Ed Hughes returns to the roundhouse after homestead duties near Peetz Colorado. H C Minshall is absent on a ranch trip near Watkins Colorado. Track officials report no sinking or washouts during recent heavy rain. 700 class passenger engines stored at Omaha have passed through Sidney to Wyoming and Colorado divisions for service. Stored coal in U P yards will be picked up and used, with extra workers hired for the task.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes observations on language and fashion, contrasting remarks about women wearing low gowns with claims of fashion, in a fraught era context. The brief text captures cultural commentary without a specific event or date.
Lexington Nebraska May 25 a hurricane struck the city breaking trees and upsetting outbuildings. It tore the roof off the eastward school house and wrecked the alfalfa mill. No one was hurt.
Lincoln May 25. County Attorney Fouts asks if a church must pay taxes on forty acres it farms for its pastor. Assistant Attorney General Roe leans that land is taxable since farm produce is sold on the open market. The German Lutheran church near Hastings farms the land with profits supporting the church. only a small portion hosts buildings and the parsonage.
John Owens introduces Owens Delivery System to streamline grocery deliveries for Sidney Mercantile Thornburg Selch and Hornaday Moise. Wagons start at 8 10 am and 2 4 pm from each store, with routes split north and south to reduce trips and cost. A one wagon one man setup aims to deliver in the same locality.
Jimmie Birmingham known as Junior wins the pony and phaeton offered as a prize. The grey Shetland Dan, driven by the Bentley children, becomes part of the Bentley household. Dan reportedly behaves as if “breaking labor laws” by keeping up with Junior’s social calendar, including rides with multiple ladies before slipping away to the Bentley place after an evening with Mr Taylor.
A fragment notes a man proud of his pet and its discrimination, with a roundage carriage scene. It mentions only ladies and the young being privileged to ride, while Dan and Junior are described as at peace with each other again.
Monday hog market day draws many wagons as hogs have been repeatedly sold here for months, signaling a steady marketing trend and strong local demand for pork.
The Telegraph's latest issue is packed with school related items as term ends. Various ceremonies sports awards and student achievements fill the pages reflecting a busy close to the academic year.
A large crowd of residents from other towns attended the Wednesday eighth grade graduation. The ceremony featured students receiving diplomas and remarks from educators and community leaders.
A terse line notes that each fly killed carries a weighty toll of 1300, signaling a hyperbolic warning about the consequences of insect elimination and urging restraint or reflective action.
The notice urges customers to pay only if satisfied with the initial work and promises complete, sanitary up-to-date methods with no follow-up expenses for inferior workmanship. It emphasizes that payment should occur after satisfactory completion and highlights the employer's commitment to quality.
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