Election passes quietly amid busy season here
Abe Lumpkin of the Western Buyers Association canvassed for grocery orders as voters scarcely found time to reach polls. Farmers hauled wheat and potatoes to Potter for better prices while Beyers and Ehmke shucked corn. Several locals visited Sidney for trade and church services, with wheat shipments to Omaha and soft corn noted across the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Lumpkin
Western Buyers Association of
Omaha
Fred Beyers
Henry Ehmke
Glenn Birdwell
Shelton
Neb
C. E. Higgins
Clapp
Cunningham
Mr. Daugherty
Bronson
P T. Higgins
Patrick Dalton
Andrew Limbeck
Sidney
Fred
Frank Beyers
Miss Crowley
Fred Korsemeyer
Owen Hicks
Lewiston
Idaho
P. T. Higgins
Dawson County
Local Farm Notes Reflect Repairs and Implements
Mrs Paviot visits daughter Mrs Noah Walters this week. John Dobbs builds a barn for Mrs J W Nelson. Payzant returns home to Schuyler Neb. Bittner and Mkthresher finish south of Sidney then move east to new jobs. Avery gasoline outfit plows for Frank Tobin and demos machines likely to be sold to farmers. John Ajak improves his place with granaries. Fulton threshing machine back from Colorado will thresh around Lorenzo. L O Fundingsland buys grain at Lorenzo and urges single wheat delivery to avoid idle cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Colorado
Lorenzo
L. O. Fundingsland
Fundingsland
Threshing Machine Visit and Local Elections Reflect Quiet Week
In Sidney John Dewey and Alfred Sprenger made final proof before Judge Gapen while Sidney Draw appeared in town Monday with all smiling. Election interest in Chambers precinct remained low with about half the voters uninterested. W. E. Chambers returned from Indiana noting crops near the same value on low priced land as on higher priced land elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dewey
Alfred Sprenger
Sidney
Gapen
Chambers
W. E. Chambers
Indiana
Public sale announced by Robert Epps near Sidney
Robert Epps will hold a public sale at his place eighteen miles northwest of Sidney on Tuesday November 26. Horses cattle hogs and implements will be sold. Full particulars will be published next week. Epps plans to move south per his doctor’s advice to a lower altitude. Nearby farming notes include L Cunningham hauling lumber from Potter for a barn. Eli Eliston visited Potter on Tuesday. P T Higgins went to Sidney Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Selch entertain relatives from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Epps
Sidney
Epps
South
Social Notes From Peetz and Surroundings
Mrs Meyers and Mrs Meecham traveled to Sidney on Saturday. The Masquerade dance at the hall Friday night drew a good crowd. Mrs F L Whitelock hosted a dinner and dance on Wednesday with guests Mr and Mrs Bentley, Mr and Mrs Lowe, Carl Abrahamson, Ann and Harriett Radcliff, and Jack Neuman. Mrs Wassum visited the homestead Saturday and returned Monday. Ed Swatzlander and Dr Swatzlander were in Peeetz on Tuesday. W A Andrews of Lincoln visited the Whitelocks. Mrs Lou Garey returned Monday from Sterling. Miss Gertrude Gallagher is visiting her father and brother in Peetz for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Andrews
Lincoln
Whitelocks
Lou Garey
Sterling
Gertrude Gallagher
Peetz
Rural Congress to Omaha Marrs 16 19
The country life congress will convene in Omaha from December 16 to 19 with about 1200 local farmers. Frank G. Odell, secretary of Rural Life, organized arrangements and noted the gathering includes Nebraska Farmers' Congress and several state farm groups. Odell said the rural life commission will present its findings to the governor later in December on two years of investigations into country life conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Life Congress
Omaha
Frank G. Odell
Rural Life
Nebraska Farmers’ Congress
State Co-operative Grain and Live Stock Associations
State Association of Co-operative Creameries
State Grange
Nebraska Improvers Association
State Association of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Companies
Nebraska Rural Life Commission
State Farmers’ Union
Department of Agriculture
The
University of Nebraska
Girl Killed in Auto Accident Near Tekamah
Mary Walters died when an automobile overturned after swerving to the roadside near Tekamah. George Parker, who drove from Decatur, escaped injury while Walters was crushed beneath the car after the vehicle hit a culvert and overturned on the return from Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Walters
Tekamah
Decatur
George Parker
Herman
Parker
Miss Walters
Thrasher Escape Reported From Scottsbluff County Jail
Harry C. Lindsay of the supreme court received a sheriff's letter stating George Thrasher, denied a new trial, escaped from Scottsbluff county jail. Thrasher was convicted in the death of Edith Perry, a seventeen year old, who died after a criminal operation, and was sentenced to the penitentiary. His attorney appealed to the supreme court, which denied another trial. The letter notes Thrasher was visited by friends the day of the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Lindsay
Supreme Court
Scottsbluff County
George Thrasher
Thrasher
Edith Perry
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Wilson Woman
Mrs. P. H. Brogan of Wilson Pa says from personal knowledge and long experience that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is far superior to any other. For croup there is nothing that excels it. For sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Brogan
Wilson, Pa
Chamberlain
Croup
Vast array of historical tragedies and political shifts
The summary covers numerous 20th century incidents: deaths from heart disease and accidents. drownings on Canadian hunts. arson and bridge destruction in Mississippi. political figures in New York and Ohio. a fire in Saskatoon. a poisoned cracker incident. a car crash injuring an opera singer. a shipwreck near Marshfield Oregon. railroad management deaths. Vancouver and Chicago crime reports. aviation endurance records. a New York poisoning case. a murder conviction in Baltimore. a wage arbitration in New York. WWI era aeroplane tests. and the federal income tax amendment ratification tally across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fd Pearson
Hecla
S. C
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Bay of St. Louis
Mississippi
Edgar Guy Lees
Henry Keene
Winnipeg
Nettleys Portage
Red River
Jacksonville
Fla
George Baker
Thomas Glass
Dawson
N. D
Baker
Steele
Peter Deimer
Kenton
Lydia Locke
New York
Dwight Kanna
Marshfield
Ore
Navy
Arlington
Cecilia
Montreal
Valleyfield
Isle Perrot
Lake St. Louis
Robert Maitland O'Reilly
United States Army
Cleveland
Washington
Michael Haley
John Kennedy
Little Falls
N. Y
Kennedy
Walter Johnson
Bath
Elmira
Joseph J McKenna
Sigrid Eckstrom
Tokyo
Carrie Vaughn Scott
J. H. Scott
Osaka
Japan
Scott
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Albert J. Patterson
Emma Bamberger
James Bamberger
Patterson
Bamberger
Baltimore
Eastern Territory
War Department
Fort Riley
Kan
Arnoll
Bradley
Knox
State Department
May Nootbaar
Chicago
Charles Kramer
Sophia Singer
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Report
At Union Stock Yards South Omaha on November 6 receipts were light with 1,500 cattle and about 2,400 hogs. Prices ranged widely: cattle steady to higher with good beeves $7.75–$8.75 and prime feeders $7.00–$7.50. hogs $7.70–$7.85 for most, best $7.82¼. sheep and lambs steady to 10c higher, Wyoming range lambs $7.40, yearlings $5.25, ewes to $4.20, feeders mainly steady with varying grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Wyoming Range
Reward for Slayer of John Meints
Governor Aldrich offers a $200 reward for the murderer of John Meints of Pickrell who died recently at Lincoln under peculiar circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meints
Aldrich
Pickrell
Lincoln
Ravenna Planing Mill Burned
Ravenna Nebraska October 29 fire completely destroyed the planing mill owned by the Mrkvicka brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Neb
Mrkvicka Bros
Broken Bow Man’s Son Fatally Shot Near Deer Trail Colorado
D W Lanterman of Broken Bow received word that his son Stew art was murdered by a stockman named Terry about twenty miles from Deer Trail Colorado. The incident is reported as a homicide with preliminary details indicating a single assailant and a remote rural setting. Further official statements were not provided in the released copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broken Bow
Colorado
D. W. Lanterman
Stewart
Terry
Deer Trail
Colo
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Bold Baldness Remedy
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic claims to retard baldness and promote hair growth in 93 of 100 users when used as directed. The ad guarantees refund of all money if not satisfactory, touts pleasant scent and non greasing formula, and markets two sizes at 50 cents and 1.00 from Sidney Drug Co. The Rexall Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Sidney Drug OO
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North Divide
Beyer Bros
T. E Quinn
John Ajak
Snew
Clara
L. Cunningham
Eli Eliston
Mrs. Selch
Rural Congress
C. J. Hellwig
North Side
Blacksmith
Sherman
Utica
Robert W Healy
Chattanooga
Edward Lane
Hillsboro
Horace W. Clarke
Western Railroad
Frederick
Richard E. Connell
Twenty-first
Poughkeepsie
Northwest
G. H Tunell
Minnesota
R. M. Wagner
M. P Horan
H W Cramer
Vermont
Frank Gerrish
Hall Brite
Saskatchewan
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Nebraska
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock Sidney
Sidney Marble Works
Columbus
A. A. Clark
Fremont
Ferdinand Schule
Roprieto
Fremont Brewin Company
Guckenheim
Sunnybrook
Yellowstone
Sidney, Neb
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