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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
15
County Attorney candidate Thomas W. Powell runs as a Democrat in the General Election on November 2 asking voters to re-elect him for budget economy and fair dealing, noting he currently holds the office.
Announcement declares a Republican candidate for Cheyenne County Attorney Nebraska in the November 2 1920 election. The candidate promises an efficient administration and notes deputy W K Hodgkin, a former Holt County County Attorney, will assist and ensure office presence.
Rexall Drug stores nationwide conduct a straw ballot to pick the next president. Over a hundred thousand votes cast show Harding leading Cox by a large majority. J Earl Thayer invites voters at his local Rexall to participate. ballots and pencils are provided free and daily reports are sent to headquarters.
In a wry measured column the writer mocks current quirks and expenses from life insurance for air travelers to the toeless clock fad. He jokes about prohibition, bootleggers, rising prices, coffee and doughnuts, and a speaker’s plea to curb profiteering, noting workers’ pay and the era’s changing costs.
The wedding of Miss Sybil Rood to Charlton A Bentley of Sidney Nebraska occurred Saturday at the Church of the Ascension in Denver. The ceremony was by Rev Henry C Foster with Mrs Bentley wearing a brown duvetyn suit and a brown gold toque. attended by twin sister Miss Gladys Rood. Sybil daughter of Corydon and Mrs Rood Loveland Colorado. Bentley son of J A Bentley Sidney real estate man.
The wedding featured Carter Dunaway as best man for his sibling and the couple planned a Sidney home after a honeymoon trip through the east. The bride and groom are part of the local community and will continue residence in Sidney post-ceremony.
Gurley community activity features visits from Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and family from Lincoln, Carl Christ and family, Mrs. Sam Johnson and children from Omaha, and outings with B. L. Walker, Mrs. Florence Sitton, and Morton Keith. A large local dance with the Sterling Orchestra, moves to new homes for George Bartels and Otio Schreiber, and a baby girl arrival at the Swanson home.
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for their kind service during the bereavement of our wife and mother Letha L. Pilling. We shall never forget your kindness and sympathy. C. A. Pilling and family.
Mrs Ned Hemphill advertises cut flowers and flora decorations including potted plants, ferns, and narcissus bulbs. Orders are taken with prompt delivery please call 47. Located door west of Ned and Franks Tire Shop.
Sidney Mercantile will close from 3 P M to 5 P M on Friday October 8 for a football game.
Miss Louis and Miss Gertrude Borcher daughters of Mr and Mrs Wm Borcher arrived Thursday to make their home at Bunker Hill A number from this vicinity were in Sidney Saturday including Mr and Mrs Paul Bayne and Mrs Iva Borcher Delaware county news notes indicate residents visiting and returning to establish residence in the town.
Beyer and children joined by Lawrence Beyer at Fred Beyer's home for Sunday dinner. Roy Spiker and babe with Tohemlarn Mr. and Mrs. Braaseh attended. Wm Borcher and John Borcher families visited the Whitrock home. Glen Bales and Henry Schmidt households visited Fred Beyer and Bales. Annie Sheridan visits Frank Beyer while attending Mission in Sidney. Glen Bales served on jury this week. Numerous locals attend the Harvest Festival nearby.
Fred Zavatkay of Winstead Connecticut and friends on a Riverton fishing trip found a spare tire on their car covered with large mosquitoes when they returned from the brook. The insects appeared to be in working order, but the new tire had been punctured by the giant mosquitoes.
Gap Johnson from Rempus Ridge reports rumors that the county seat plans to install a pipe organ in the new church. Mrs. Johnson retorts she is strongly against smoking in church, voicing firm opposition to the plan.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a wife began housecleaning and tells neighbors he is not of help at home, reflecting domestic tensions in a domestic life vignette.
The Gurley World Rally drew representative turnout from surrounding areas at Lutheran Church on Tuesday evening. Dr Swift former head of the Anti-Saloon League of Pennsylvania gave a timely lecture defending the Constitution and the 18th Amendment. The event included a flag presentation to Gurley public school children and a flag contest won by Anna Uncapher’s room under Mrs. Anna Uncapher.
Dr L A Donahue formerly of Kimball announces the opening of a dental office in the Stuht Hink Building next to Dr Roche's, on Monday October 4. He reports complete equipment and capability to perform first class work.
Sidney Lumber Co Fer Taxi call 16L.
The United States Chamber of Commerce committee reports good business for the year ahead but warns of a cloud on the automobile horizon with expected production cuts and altered distribution. Farmers face grain storage issues due to railroad car shortages while building has nearly halted from labor, price, and financing woes.
Gen John J Pershing sent greetings to the American Legion in Cleveland where the second annual convention opened. He praised the band of war veterans and urged steadfast resolve to ensure victory fruits are not in vain. Two leading nominees for national commander Galbraith and Foreman arrived for the event.
O F Keeney president of district No 17 United Mine Workers of America warned that a general strike covering 126000 organized workers in West Virginia would be called if federal troops are used to break strikes rather than protect constitutional rights of citizens.
Omaha Neb Sept 27 Mrs Michael Tierney mother of several children shot and killed Ray Dunlap, believing he abducted and mistreated her 16 year old daughter Esther. She told officers I am the sole guardian of my little ones. I have to protect them.
A group of Russian refugees arrived in Janeau on a trading vessel claiming they fled Amadir, Siberia, due to Bolshevik oppression. They said Anadir was seized by Bolsheviks early in the spring and that many inhabitants fled Anadir by the score.
Dublin dispatch reports an assassination attempt on Major General Strickland in Cork as he rode through the streets. Six shots fired, he was uninjured. driver wounded slightly. Post office raid yields thousands in pay funds. A bystander teen wounded. Epidemic typhoid strain burdens Cork hospitals. London bulletin notes Terence MacSwiney in Brixton prison with weakened condition and brief sleep.
Union of the Chalmers and Maxwell motor car properties will be effected by a syndicate. A $15,000,000 new capital reorganization of the Maxwell Motor company is planned, with stockholders and committees of Maxwell and Chalmers and their creditors agreeing to form a new company with 1,000,000 authorized shares.
Chicago detectives nabbed two suspects in a South Side hotel within 12 hours of a bold New Orleans special heist. The raid mirrors the Walton case, with bandits using preplanned moves, boarding between mail coaches and seizing registered sacks possibly worth $200,000. Police pursued from the Loop to Riverdale, securing several sacks from Memphis New Orleans St Louis and Champaign post offices.
The crew of the steamship Cablonz refused to operate the ship at Venice after 500 troops were embarked en route from Bombay to Trieste. They said the troops would be used against workers. Troops were headed to flood districts near Trieste, where thousands were made homeless.
Nome, Sept. 27 The senate unanimously ratified the treaty of St Germain today after the chamber of deputies had already approved it.
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