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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1914
Page
8
Dentistry, first class prices reasonable. E. W Murulless, phone 75. Dual proof letters for sale by The Telegraph. Small sectional maps of Cheyenne County for sale by The Telegraph. Five cents each. Subscriptions for all magazines and periodicals will be taken at this office. Apply any time.
An agent advertises Bentley Land Co offering farm loans with no delays and the lowest interest. Also promotes the Apperson car and notes a race winner at Denver and Cheyenne, attributed to R. M. Perkins.
Supply limited notice announces kindling wood available for dray load at a price of 40 cents per 100 pounds with contact at the local phone line 23. The brief ad cautions that supply is limited.
A brief notice directs readers to inquire at the office about the front basement of the Gapen building. No further details are provided.
Land for sale described as the northeast quarter section 6 12 50 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. A choice parcel offered for viewing. Written inquiries directed to E P Dow Pittsfield Illinois.
A highly perfected machine that takes all the drudgery out of wash day. Inquire of Geo. Moore as to the merits of the machine he bought from us. Call on us for further particulars. The Sidney Electric Service Company.
ESTRAYED. Three cows and one coming three year old heifer branded Son left hip. $10 reward for information leading to their recovery. ALFRED SPRINGER, Sidney, Neb. For Sale Some good hens and about 50 young chickens. Inquire of MRS. E. T. STARK.
Land for sale in Cheyenne County Nebraska southwest quarter 34 17 49 located one half mile from Dalton priced at 55 dollars per acre. Contact Lou W Shanes Hartville Missouri.
FOR SALE One four room house and a new eight room modern house with ten acres on the north side in Sidney. Also 640 acres of land lying one mile north of Sidney with five hundred planted to fall wheat. Good terms given. W H Boggs Sidney Neb. A good second hand drill for sale or trade inquire of W W Chowing.
Furnished rooms with modern conveniences half a block from the court house offered by Mrs. B. W. Frazey and Mrs. C. M. Wright. Inquiries welcomed.
The Building Committee of School District No. 70 Cheyanne County Nebraska invites bids for a frame school house. Bids must be received before October 20 1914 and opened that day. The committee may reject any or all bids. Specifications available at The Sidney Telegraph office, Dalton State Bank, and at Director S W Eckert’s residence one and a half miles north of Ickes post office.
Six room house on north side features two halls two closets and bath. Includes shade trees barn chicken house well elevated tank city water four full lots. Reasonable price with good terms. Contact F. L. Doty.
Classified notice offers 1108 acres for sale in Bridgeport Nebraska suitable for hay potatoes and grain. Price five thousand dollars. Contact Snap Box 201 Bridgeport NE.
Desirable corner lot offered for sale. Inquire at this office for details and arrangements.
No trespassing on E 3 15 49 without written agreement or contract from Lydia E Pope owner. Address Silver Creek Neb.
N Chambers offers four good large milk cows located about one mile west of Pomeroy ranch. No further details provided.
Mrs A Lindberg advertises a furnished room for rent with all modern conveniences. An agricultural note offers full blooded Rose Comb Brown Leghorn cockerels at 1.00 each or six for 5.90 by Sam Eckert. A birth to Mr and Mrs Frank Bayliff on October 13 adds a daughter. Mrs Ef Davis seeks piano and shorthand students at home.
A few Poland China male pigs available for sale. Inquiries directed to J. M. Smith in Lorenzo Nebraska.
A local note promotes Red Moon and Up-to-Date flour now in stock at Harper's Store. Neighbors favor the four bag option and are urged to try a sack for household use.
Charles Crawford of Emporia Kansas, a traveling horse trader, killed himself in a small frame house near Chautauqua Park Hastings after stepping from the door he drew his revolver and declared I’ll show you what a good man can do A bottle of poison was found on his person and he dropped dead on the scene
Oct 14 report by P M Ratliff, superintendent of the Nemaha river drainage ditch project through Johnson county, says contractor O P Herrick of Des Moines Ia will lose money because frequent high waters over two years have halted progress.
Father Link, pastor, directs Masses at 8 and 10 on Sundays with an evening service at 7 39. Instruction sessions are held each Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Rev Dr Geo W Isham appointed to Kearney District will preach Saturday Oct 17 at 7 30 PM and preside at the conference. Sunday services at 11 AM and 7 30 PM with 3 PM Center church sermon. Communion day. A marriage of Geo C Osborne Marble Colo and Lenore Kern Denver occurred Oct 7 at the parsonage by A J May.
Sunday services on October 18 include 11:00 a.m. Jesus forgives sins from Matthew 8:1-8 and 8:00 p.m. The Intellectual and Moral side of Man from Ephesians 4:22-28. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Bible lesson in the Garden of Gethsemane Mark 14:32-42. Luther League at 7 p.m. on Who Is On the Right Hand of God. Dorcas Society meets Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. A public dinner on Oct. 8 was a success. Sewing Bee held at the parsonage. Luther League Social on Oct. 14 highly attended. New officers elected: pastor president, Ester Lindberg vice-president, Sophie Gould secretary, Nellie Dedrick treasurer. Eight new members added. Pastor’s trip to Synod in Allen Neb. praised. cordial greetings from former pastors and field secretaries. Wish for prosperity and strength of the church in the community.
Mr and Mrs Roy Isenberger and Mr and Mrs Casselman were auto visitors to Sidney last Saturday, stopping to tour local sights and discuss a potential purchase during their weekend trip.
Sidney Webb, noted political economist and founder of the London School of Economics, told a London lecture that the war costs Britain 55 dollars per second at all times. He likened the conflict to an economic earthquake altering nearly all aspects of life and predicted a colossal overall change.
In German military circles inquiries sparked rumors that General von Moltke had been removed from the post of chief of the general staff. Officials state the report is incorrect and he remains in command.
The fourth annual Farmers Institute gathering for Stockville was well attended in Stockville Nebraska on October 15. A large free farmers dinner was served in the courthouse. A cooking demonstration by Miss Richards from Curtis Nebraska and talks by Mr Hull from Alma Nebraska highlighted the event. Professor Rail from Curtis led the stock demonstration.
Verne Smith, a flour mill employee, was discovered unconscious beside a roller with a severe wound to the right temple and a broken right arm. Medical staff fear the injuries may be fatal.
North Platte Neb Oct 15 Grove Dean was killed by falling from a wagon load of sand He was prone to fainting spells and it is believed none of these came on and caused him to fall in front of the wagon
Beatrice Nebraska October 15 four Italian laborers were injured two seriously when they fell from a twenty five foot trestle on the Burlington rose over Turkey Creek.
One man, L. Lindberg, was killed and three others injured when the boiler at the Ford Asphalt Company plant in the Burlington yards exploded. Injured were Harry Nies with burns to head and face, George Arnt with a head cut, and Jerome Sigafoos with a gash on the back and head.
Omaha reports railroad men say farmers complain of too much rain. The wet spell damages corn and wheat stacks and halts the final alfalfa cutting across Nebraska, delaying harvests and stressing farm operations.
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago addressed a large Broken Bow audience on suffrage. People traveled from across the county by train and autos while she remained the guest of the local suffrage group.
Valentine Nebraska October 13 Sheriff Rosseter returned to the city with Charles Driffhorn in custody on a murder charge. The suspect was tracked after an all night vigil watching trains and a forty mile automobile pursuit into the country before surrendering when covered by the sheriff.
Nice weather returns as neighbors report visits, travel for dental work, church attendance, potato digging and farming tasks. Several families from Dalton and Sidney frequent gatherings, dances, and Sunday meals. Illness keeps some at home while others welcome a new well, and condolences are offered for a local death.
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