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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
6
Sunol shows growth with a new schoolhouse and a progressing depot. A box social drew a large crowd Saturday night. Updates on residents include illnesses, visits, and travel to Sidney, Rochester, and Missouri. Local moves include Jorgenson family settling in a new house and various trips by residents amid harvest modestly continuing.
Clara is busy husking corn with good quality and yield. Mr Higgins left early in the week to manage his real estate in Eastern Nebraska. Beyers Bros shipped a carload of wheat to Omaha last week. L Beyer circulated a petition Monday opposing opening a road until properly surveyed. P J Dalton and family visited Sidney last Saturday. Miss Jennie Cushing of the Potter school district visited her parents over the weekend. Swatzlander of Sidney finished threshing flax in these diggings this week. Harry Selch of Montauk Ranch spent a few days in Denver. Norman Sawer husking corn at Hard Times Ranch this week.
John Olson finished husking corn on Wednesday. August Gade also husked corn. George Sager and his niece Miss Georgia Sager visit relatives in Grand Prairie while Miss Sophie Johnson spends time with cousin Mrs. Nelson west of Sidney. Will Johnson is in Sidney Tuesday. Oscar Olson enjoys his new car and perambulates. Mrs Emory Planck vacationed in Sidney last week. T A Kellums visited Fred Frahm last Sunday. Mrs Gertrude Busacker spends the week with her parents Mr and Mrs Plorin. J C Jorgenson hauled oats to Sidney Thursday for Chris Livoni.
P T Higgins went east for real estate matters Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Beyer and family and Mr and Mrs John Beyer visited Mr and Mrs Portrey last Sunday. Mrs Ehmke has been ill and under doctor care. Mr Ewarts threshing flax this week.
A Dalton crowd attended a box social at Gustafson schoolhouse. Local clubs met with Miss Claire Armuth. many residents traveled to Sidney and Logan. A wedding occurred at the Catholic church, and a box social was planned near Dalton for November 8. Church work, a new Lutheran church, and plans at Armuth Hall were noted along with various travels, illnesses, and social gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Schad traded in Sidney on Wednesday. Messrs Shultz Gunderson and Hite left for Bridgeport on Tuesday. H W Struble also went to Bridgeport. The Petersen Hansen families are mentioned in the sequence of notes.
Christensen attended Danish services in the country Sunday afternoon. Shultz visited Kimball Monday on business. Wm. Bundy traveled to Omaha at week’s end. The Potter hotel opened to the public. H. Peterson & Son were robbed of $60 Sunday night through a window entry. McClune’s new barn aids suburbs. Irma Struble plans to become a teacher. Mrs Schad supplies corn from sod fields. Ray Babcock left for eastern Nebraska on vacation, may return as a Benedict. Mrs Petersen hosted the guild. Hallowe'en party at the high school deemed a success.
In Pawnee City Nebraska on November 6 a stranger named William Howard posed as the near-owner of 78 acres in Pawnee county and sought a loan against the land. He alleged a Manhattan trade and had a deed drawn, later forging McKee's signature and filing it. William B Jones wired two checks for expenses and the rest, totaling about 2427.37, but Howard fled to Beatrice, eluding capture.
Lincoln November 6 At a state irrigation board meeting C P Ross was granted a two and a half year extension for his water power project on the Platte and Elkhorn rivers. The extension's exact meaning is unclear though the Ross interests reportedly align with the Doherty combination via W J McFratron, chief engineer of the Loup river project. New York backers may push forward, sparking questions about the Loup river proposals.
Washington reports Representative Kinkaid has returned to Washington after visits to Nebraska. In Kearney he heard complaints about alleged subordination due to the government canal and noted the reclamation service had sent chief engineer Raymond Walter from Denver to visit Kearney and investigate conditions for action.
St Paul November 6 Miss Adam Cox of Rockford Illinois was awarded fifteen thousand four hundred dollars and costs against William Rufus Edwards a wealthy St Paul lumber man in the oils urset court for breach of promise.
Report of cattle hog and sheep prices with demand notes. Fat lambs up 10 to 15 cents, mutton steady to strong, feeder trade active. Cattle receipts about 2,300 today, 18,509 over three days. hogs about 6,100. sheep and lambs 24,000 today, 55,670 over three days. Price ranges listed for beeves, heifers, cows, calves, feeders and sheep with top bids and weekly decline notes.
Closing prices for wheat corn oats and meats in Chicago trading. Wheat May at 89 4c, oats May 41 1/2c, corn May 69 1/4c. Pork Jan 1985, May 1992 14c. lard Jan 10.65, May 10.82. Ribs Jan 10.521, May 10.68. Cash: No 2 hard wheat 51.25, No 2 corn 7 1/4c, No 2 white oats 40 1/4c.
Cattle receipts totaled 27000 with prices broadly lower across classes. Beef cattle hovered around 6.65 to 7.15, western steers 5.90 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.25 to 8.15, calves 6.06 to 7.75. Hogs receipts 39000 with prices about 0.15 lower, bulk 7.40 to 7.75, light 7.25 to 7.70, heavy 7.15 to 7.85, roughs 7.15 to 7.35, pigs 4.50 to 7.20. Sheep receipts 4000 steady to 10 cents lower. westerns 4.00 to 5.05, yearlings 5.16 to 6.10, lambs 5.75 to 7.45.
Governor Ralston refused action as about 400 strike breakers came from Chicago. A mob estimated at 5,000 fought in the downtown area for over an hour until mounted police restored order, delaying transit in Indianapolis. In Omaha, 200000 pounds of adulterated margarine were seized by internal revenue agent J F Reed, with 10000 pounds seized locally.
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