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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1911
Page
6
John Daugherty and F. W. Portrey discuss politics with voters while Mr. Pultz buys a new auto. Quinn brothers and Fred Cushing attend a dance at Ickes. Whistler plans move to Iowa. Potatoes sold to Potter at 2.00 per cwt cash. several auctions scheduled before autumn. Families travel to Sidney and Union Valley. Hard Times Ranch promises renewed goods.
Ira Jay’s in Peetz welcomed a ten pound baby boy last Monday with mother and child reported doing well. W A Andrews of Lincoln Nebraska visited friends the Whitelocks earlier in the week. Gertude and Alice Gallagher and their mother were in Council Bluffs last week and plan a return. J F Whitelock is building a large farm barn south of town. Rev. Giles and wife left for Miller Nebraska where he will preside. The Peetz Lumber Co received two cars of coal last week and the grain Co expects to load a car of wheat. AL Johnson visited Sidney Wednesday. H Frazier traveled to Sidney Thursday. LLinder sold his house to WM Vapir. The section gang traveled to Bridgeport Wednesday collecting old ties. A box car used as bunk house for Greek workers burned recently. The Royal Neighbors plan a box social October 21 at Van’s hall and an oyster supper next Saturday night at Frazier’s restaurant. Ray Hiett of Palmer Neb is helping at AL Johnson’s store while Mrs Johnson is away.
Ash Grove reports pleasant weather after several disagreeable days. Andrew McAdam moved a herd to Sidney and Potter with Ford Wickhorst. Cattle buyers busy. Epworth League met at McAdam’s, with solid turnout and enjoyment. Ladies’ groups set meetings with Anna Smith and Mrs. Joseph Johnson. Some cattle found dead from likely long‑past lightning strikes. A chase after a coyote ended when the gun failed.
Forty adults attended Reverend Hayes' initial sermon in Higgins on Sunday. He arrived about seven years ago and is loved by his congregation. Mrs. Perkins and daughter visited Missouri for a month and saw the Sedalia state fair. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Sr. visited Thomas Quinn III, a week old, at Mr. Johnston's. Parochial school opened with fair attendance given travel distances. Mrs. Edens' garden near Eden shows a dry year success with over an acre, all produce grown with rain only, and she has canned daily and sold garden goods totaling over thirty dollars. Her home and garden are well cared for, reflecting determination and enthusiasm. Politicians circulate around the area, deeming it favorable.
James B. McNamara of Cincinnati goes on trial for murder before Judge Bradwell in Los Angeles. District Attorney John Fredericks selects McNamara for trial over his brother John J. McNamara. Defense attorney Le Compte Davis delivers the first speech as John J. is returned to his cell.
Missionaries in besieged Chengtu, capital of Szechuen province, telegraph that about 10 000 persons were killed in the fighting between insurgents and government troops. Of the dead 2 000 were soldiers and the rest rebels.
Greenland reports Knud Rasmussen found no trace of Captain Elmar Mikkelsen and companions, who searched for the lost explorer Erich sin after rescue on east Greenland. Fruehen says Cook's Eskimo Asit Etukishuk yielded only a broken sextant, not papers. letters to the governor praise Nemaha county Attorney Fred Hawxby for not prosecuting W F. Sea man on arson. Governor Aldrich will dismiss the matter.
Six coal miners sustained broken legs and two others were likely fatally injured when the mine cage at Nokomis NL plunged eighty feet. Rescue workers rushed to the scene to assist survivors and stabilize the mine area.
Flood waters cover Northwestern railroad tracks north of LaCrosse and Onalaska with rises up to fifteen feet. Traffic halted, farm property damaged, stock losses reported, and Blark River Falls may not be rebuilt. Merchants face bankruptcy filings as two militia companies arrive to curb looting and food supplies run low. Leading citizens are ruined and relief is scarce for families with no income.
A complaint to Governor Aldrich seeks removal of Nemaha county attorney Fred G. Hawxby for failing to enforce a law and prosecute William Seaman, indicted in May 1907 for burning a laundry building in Auburn, filed by Henry Morgenstern.
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