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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1923
Page
9
Rates of subscription are listed for one year and six months with postage paid. A note indicates entries are processed through the Sidney Nebraska post office as second class matter.
Forty four years ago the Telegraph reports hunting near Pumpkin creek with seven black tailed deer five antelope thirty ducks three raccoons and a large otter killed last Friday. A packing house and canning factory for Sidney proposed. Running Water parties hold 300 of a 500 ton contract. Hay stacked loose sells for sixteen fifty per ton. An attack by Ute Indians feared. H. V. Redington ranch sketch shown at Chicago exposition.
Passenger train No 3 was wrecked twice last Thursday once in a collision with a freight near Ogallala killing one man and again near Archer the same afternoon. A petition to bond the county for 25000 to equitize floating indebtedness was presented to the commissioners. Rev A J Clifton formerly of North Platte named Methodist minister in Sidney. Elder Amsbarry will move to North Platte next week as district expands. Sam Deemes sold 700 sheep to an Illinois firm after five months on the trail with 12000 sheep starting from Utah in May. T R Barlow of Lodge Pole named county commissioner to succeed J C Johnson who resigned. Barrow resident seven years. Mass convention October 12 by dissatisfied elements of both parties. John Pantenburg sold 200 to 300 horses to Ewing of Sedgewick.
Ickes News notes visitors and callers at Redington and Dalton, with multiple families hosting relatives and friends from Sidney Council Bluffs and nearby towns. A Meadow Lawn teacher Miss Gladys Hodges wed Dewain Fowles in Cheyenne, while the groom hails from Brady Island Nebr and the bride’s parents live in Guide Rock.
An old newspaper snippet advertises phase instruction free with all plans purchased from Larson's Music Store. It promotes music lessons and indicates an offer tied to merchandise purchases. The readable text is fragmentary but centers on the store names and the free service perk.
A bulletin from the American Museum of Natural History describes the water-ousel a bird related to the European blackbird with aquatic habits. It dives or sinks to the stream bottom in search of food and enters crevices, then rises to shake its plumage dry. The bird is noted for a sweet song and wide geographical range across Britain Europe northern Asia Algeria Asia Minor the Himalayas and the Americas.
The Tuaregs are divided into five classes: thagga ren nobles marabouts imghad or serfs tregenatten cross breeds and slaves. Nobles provide caravan protection and rule without manual work while imghad remain hereditary serfs and cross breeds are deemed below serfs. Slaves are Sudanese and kept within the family though bondage is strictly prohibited.
Miss Helen R. Innis becomes a heating and ventilating engineer, breaking gender barriers in a field long deemed masculine. She started in an office, studied at Pratt Institute as the sole woman in her class, and now runs her own successful firm with efficiency and notable results.
A London announced scheme to fund costly explorations by inviting rich subscribers to join the schooner St Georges for a ten month Pacific cruise. Eight scientists travel with about thirty passengers paying substantial sums. Revenue from motion pictures and descriptions will help finance the voyage. The voyage spans over 20,000 miles with around 1 ½ days at sea and 140 days ashore.
Grandfather, late from a whist party, wakes his daughters and sings the time. In one room he finds a dressmaker under the covers and exclaims a misread line. He then leaves for town before the dressmaker descends, after a night of staying over.
George is in and uses excuses with mother for his faults while dad is away. After a misdemeanor, dad sentences him to an afternoon in the house. George pleads for mother to tell dad that boys like him need a lot of fresh air.
A Japanese disaster scene is described with Tokyo street ruins and 150000 dead or injured from earthquake tsunami and fire. The Red Cross relief drive aims for rapid, coordinated fund administration through the Japan Relief Fund and divisions coordinating missions and vessels for aid delivery.
Mr and Mrs Fred Prince and family visited Cristoversons Sunday. Herman Schubarths and daughter called in Gurley midweek. Oscar Redeen Carlson and daughter Alice joined by Johnsons and Arlo Fisher called at Homer Fisher home Sunday. Pete Nelsons and family and Dorothy Barnes visited Ellis Fisher home Sunday. Juhl of near Sidney spent weekend visiting friends. H B Fisher and family were Sidney callers Wednesday. Clarence Stansbury and Esther visited Potter on Friday. Charlie Fishers were in Potter Friday. Pete Nelsons family welcomed Mrs Nelsons visit to Tom Barnes Saturday. Mrs Henry Moench left Sunday for Schribner Nebraska to visit mother and friends. George Reetz and son Gaylad dined with Pete Nelsons Monday.
Costs listed for darks and lights per yard with odd small figures and garbled text. Reads like a fragment from a goods or fabric advertisement with price values 17c and 21c unclear.
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