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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
11
Local and personal notices list numerous Sidney visitors and residents with travels to Denver Lincoln Sterling Kimball Gurley and Potter. Names include Frank Gross James Walker Joe Jensen Walter Stewart and Mrs Catherine Consigny with various short trips and a marriage license for Parsons Hawkins. A W C T U meeting and a horse named Kenesaw Kid are noted among routine social items.
J H Bernand sells the famous Westinghouse Farm Light Battery and offers a liberal allowance for your old battery.
The Beatrice Creamery Co pays 44e for butterfat and will raise the price when the market moves higher. The Sidney Exchange buyers note ongoing price adjustments.
E. Stodard of Chicago, a grain man, spent ten days in the county examining fall wheat. He reports the conditions are most encouraging at this time.
Rose A Morgan departed Thursday for St Louis to be with her father A Solomonson who is seriously ill. Later reports indicate Mr Solomonson may have died and a death notice will appear elsewhere in this issue.
The Hastings Consistory will broadcast a program from the main Hastings station this Friday at eight o clock. Advertisers claim the program is exceptionally good and many members of Shiney plan to tune in.
Mrs D E Dickinson of Sunol suffered severe knee injuries and bruising Saturday evening after a fall down basement steps. She was taken to Sidney for treatment by Dr Roche.
A compact roundup of local visitors and events. Mr and Mrs W J Jewett and Mr and Mrs Dan Jewett traveled from Sidney to Denver and visited in Potter and Sterling while others spent weekends in Cheyenne and Mitchell. Prairie chicken season opens with Denver visitors Tyson S Dines and Ty son Jr and Cortland S bringing prominence to Sidney. News mentions local school teachers, a baby born in Long Beach and a Chicago trip for Florence Sixta and her father Dr Sixta.
Route A West Gurley Letha Segelke visits near Dalton for weeks with Mrs Perry Neel. Mrs Elmer Larson hosts B H club. Ray Spiker and Harlan return home with company, Harlan still in bed. Luth eran church held no services as congregation went to Dalton for mission festival. Arnold Stockamp moves family to Halston place. Albert and Adolph Fastenav visit Oteq county with relatives. Hill sale well attended but few buyers. Walter Ehlers rents land for next year. Vernon Scott drives a new coupe after summer work. Harry Segelke leaves for Bayard beet harvest for two months. Mr and Mrs Walter Aurich visit Art Oben-
Will Ewert visits Sidney dentist for extensive work. Mr and Mrs Bert Walker host dinner with North Sidney Hendersons and near Lorenzo families. Maurice Scott heads to Potter to manage a filling station. Fireman's ball draws many from the route in Gurley. Opal Spiker helps with canning and packing. Ray Spiker visitors include Fastenau Spiker Braash Boreher Larson families. Ewerts visit Knox home. Aurich children recovering from illness. Ewert children sharing cold.
Community notes recount Sunday dinners and visits among local families. Cecil James Miller Shrinert and others gathered with Schlotfelt and Mayer households. School friends hosted a Friday party. residents, callers, and weekend visits span Sidney Dalton Osborn Rathbun and nearby households.
Sextorp C C Crowell hauled wheat to Potter on Monday. George Reetz and others visited Redington and Kimball, attended fairs, and hosted family gatherings. A Kimball line repairman found phone defects, raising hopes for improved service.
Misfortune struck a horse owner Monday as a horse illness required extensive care. Mr and Mrs A E Fisher attended the Kimball fair Thursday. Homer Fisher visited Chris Crowwell Monday afternoon. Maurice Challburg of Sidney insured Livoni and sons Friday. G E Nickerson and family traveled to Bayard Sunday. Charles Fisher had breakfast at Pete Nelson’s Saturday. Mrs Jesse Lambert and son Billy visited district No 13 school Monday. W D Matthewson and family called at Peter Nelson’s Wednesday.
Potter and area residents attended visits in Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska. Families included Calloways White Meyer Place Woten Curry Jensen Cunningham Ravert MacAdam Rice Slocumb Rowan Dedrick with travel to Boulder Pine Bluffs Albin Fremont and Dalton. Two typhoid cases reported in Potter. City water shut off for mains cleaning and a test to locate the source. A reception in the form of a basket.
Dinner was given Sunday by church members and their families for Rev and Mrs Slo cum. Mr and Mrs August Meilke entertained visitors from Portland Oregon. Miss Read and Edleman rode to Sidney Monday evening. A large Potter crowd attended the Kimball fair last week.
The advanced typewriting class began with enthusiasm and faces weekly speed tests. They aim to achieve milestones this year and push to establish new records in dictation on the machine.
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