Old Soldiers Well Honored Memorial Service
A Civil War veterans memorial service filled the Sidney opera house with Home Guards in blue and the old soldiers in khaki. Rev J J Langston, a southern native, delivered a clear address on war’s impact, praising the flag for Southern unity and urging reconciliation as “poor whites” found work and revival after the conflict.
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America
L. BE. Lewis
Methodist Church
Sidney
D. J. Lewis
Exie Burgess
Henry Ives
Episcopal
J. J. Langston
Christian Church
South
Langston
Confederacy
C. W. Seville
Lutheran Church
Cheyenne County Leads in District War Funds Push
Mrs H L Scroggin district chairman praises Cheyenne County for leading District 1 in War Fund efforts. She returns duplicate bills as the government requires. W P Miles reports returning from an eastern state trip and visiting daughter Mrs Raymond Bauer.
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Cheyenne County
Wooldridge
H. L. Scroggin
Woman’s Comm
W. P. Miles
Raymond Bauer
Graduation Night at Sidney High School Opera House
The Sidney High School class of 1917 held its May 28 graduation at the opera house with 17 graduates. Highlights included a student recital led by Professor D. J. Lewis, valedictory by Raymond Clinton, salutatory by Beulah Grabill, and Dean Butterworth’s address. Mary McIntosh won valedictorian and a scholarship, with Beulah Grabill and Martha Cunningham earning honors.
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Opera House
Sidney High School
Sidney
Glenn van Gardner
Dr. Lewis
Beulah Grabill
Ufe
Lewis
Mary Miller
Raymond Clinton
Mary McIntosh
Clinton
Dean Butterworth
Wyoming University
Frances Burgess
D. J. Lewis
Doran
Braham
Martha Cunningham
J. T. McIntosh
Registration Notice for the June 5 1918 US Muster
The notice directs all men age 21 plus residing in the United States to register by June 5 1918 except military personnel. It lists Cheyenne County registration sites in Lodgepole Sunol Potter Dalton Gurney and Sidney with local registrars and instructions for absent sick or traveling registrants. It warns of a misdemeanor penalty up to one year and urges early registration at a local board in Sidney Nebraska.
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United States
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Nebraska
Town Hall
William L. Bates
Sunol
Farmers State Bank
C. W. Smith
Potter
Citizens State Bank
William M. Goding
Dalton
J. C. Frandsen
District Court of the
Lester Vath Gives Boy Scouts Flag
Lester Vath promised to present a fine silk flag to the Boy Scouts after a morning drill led by Scoutmaster D. J. Lewis. His quick order down town ensured the lads will soon march under their own colors. Also notes for local sale items and services.
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L. W. Vath
Boy Scouts
D. J. Lewis
Decoration Day Observed With Parade and Address
Soldiers graves were solemnly decked as Decoration Day was observed with a morning parade led by the Sidney band and Home Guards. At 2 pm the opera house hosted a program by Adjutant S. Heffer with music by Professor Lewis and an address by W. P. Miles. Veterans from the Civil War and their successors were noted, and news of Roy Chambers’s hospital recovery was shared.
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Sidney Band
Home Guards
Boy Scouts
Opera House
Sheffer
Lewis
W. P. Miles
Langston
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Gidney Adden
Tate Service
Jess C. McNish
J. W. Johnson
N. E. Medlock
L. C
Julia Armstrong
Frances Burgees
Mary Clark
Evelyn, Doran
Elmer Fulton Beulah Grabill
Vera Hand
Irene Harris
Bessie Hornby
Raymond Maley
Philip Scheutz
Viola Walker Clark Wooldridge
Gurney
Court House
Lester Vath
Marsh
W. A. Zwink
Osborn Building
Osborn Garage
Our
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The
American Bank
the American Bank
Sidney, Nebraska
J. R. Williams
C. P. Davis
Cheyenne
F. Cc. Janes
H. Brockwar
W. C. Hiett
A. B. Johnson
Wm. Eaton
H. Stedington
Chas. Hower
Comrade Withers
Sedgepole
C. VP. Chambers
Roy
Alliance
Conklin Pens
Vath’s Pharmacy
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