Do your best Your best tomorrow may make today Look pale
A reflective, compact message urges effort now to avoid a pale future. It hints at uncertainty and humor, contrasting present actions with tomorrow’s outcomes.
28 Oct 1911
Page 1
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1911
Page
1
A reflective, compact message urges effort now to avoid a pale future. It hints at uncertainty and humor, contrasting present actions with tomorrow’s outcomes.
Wednesday travelers include J. J. Kinney en route to Kimball and J R Mithen of Baltimore in town. Mrs A B Knox visits Sidney. Mrs Joseph Oberfelder returns from Denver and Cheyenne then heads to Omaha. Cattle sales by E V S Pomeroy and Fuller and Fuller to Hall and Graham of Alliance. Joint sale by A B Knox and R M Perkins set for November 6.
County Clerk Doran took a business trip to Bridgeport yesterday. Bud Colby of Winston visited Clarence Curtis and his wife this week.
Mrs Anna Callahan, visiting Mr and Mrs C C Callahan, will return Monday to Indianapolis Indiana. Mrs Charles C Callahan entertained informally Monday evening in honor of Mrs Anna Callahan of Indianapolis Indiana.
Mrs Ellis entertained guests Thursday October 19 in honor of Mr and Mrs Bert Vance of Cheyenne. Mrs J D Reynolds of Simla Neb spent Monday night with daughter Miss Helen Lindsay at Sidney High School. County Attorney Devoe traveled to Lodgepole on Tuesday for a criminal case in Judge Kidney's Court. Oscar Grieser faced charges of assault on Lyle Lough and was fined one dollar plus costs.
Paul Kappler advertises a public sale set for November 3 at his ranch two miles south of Kreuger Lake. He has purchased the North Side Barn from J. P. Lindgaard and will move to Sidney to operate a feed stable.
Henry Gould resigns as day caller to join Western Union. Jamie Stokes becomes day caller. E H Wood promoted to General Traffic Manager with C J Lane as General Freight Agent. About seventy men employed in the new round house now under rapid construction. Board of Inquiry near Fort Steele finds Engineer Horatio G Ryan failed to control train 324 after a caution signal.
On Wednesday night November 1 the Sidney Military Band will present a program at the Tobin Opera House starting at 8 p m The lineup includes marches waltzes trombone frolics bell solo and more with performances by R B Hall F A King W M Pulver Sam Fine and Theo M Tubsoie among others The concert promises an enjoyable evening with varied selections and lively numbers.
The North Platte Valley Declamatory Association met in Bridgeport and voted to move the annual District Teachers' contest to March 22 in Alliance. Each school may send three representatives. Officers present were W. L. Greenslit President Ralph Marrs Secretary Alford Hanna Treasurer.
Joseph Oberfelder leaves Wednesday for Grand Island to attend the Finance Committee of the A O U W. He will then visit Omaha and Chicago in the trip.
The Womans' Club met Saturday at Mrs. Leroy Martin's home. Mrs. Bordwell presented on The Creation, followed by discussion. Mrs. Uptegrove led table-talk on Friendship, Mrs. B. A. Jones on English coronation ceremonies, Mrs. Wehr read October, and Mrs. Stokes played Chopin. Members pledged to support the Bazaar and Baby Show.
Wednesday October 25 marked the Griffiths' eighteenth anniversary with a surprise three-course lunch. Mrs Tobin gave a tablecloth and napkins as gifts tied with wedding bells. Prizes for high five included a cut glass dish and a ruby cuff set for booby prizes. Attendees listed include Mrs Banta, Frank Tobin and others.
A gray team's sudden run caused a wagon to burn to kindling while passengers escaped. The horses were recovered unharmed as the scene cleared on Wednesday noon.
Nebraska Office of Fire Commissioner urges homeowners in Lincoln to inspect chimneys from cellar to roof before lighting heating stoves. Advices include cleaning soot, replacing old pipes, checking elbows, and adding metal or asbestos floor protection. Emphasizes defective flues and old stove pipes cause fires and urges annual checks by C A Randall chief deputy fire commissioner.
Earl Gorman of Sidney and George King of New Mexico lease the Mitchell barn for a year and five months in a contract signed October 26. They plan to start business to please their patrons. Miss Cora Hazelwood visits the Pomeroys and will join them to California for the winter, leaving in the first week of November.
L. J. Sayles and wife have bought the Sidney Steam Laundry and are repairing the place and adding new machinery. They come from a practical laundry background with A. G. Sherwin in Sterling. They apologize for current inadequate facilities but pledge first class work and rapid improvements, aiming to win patronage from Sidney and nearby towns.
Cheyenne residents Charles Henry Root and Mary D. Hathaway wed at Judge Gapen’s office on October 22. Fort Russell’s Jacob P. Blazer married Lottie E. Wiseman from Portland on October 25. Gladstone Michigan’s Charles W. Slade tied to Ciara B. Swanman of Grover Colorado in a same day ceremony October 25.
Messrs Kratz Jorgenson Clark Fuller and Roy Libby spent a snowy Saturday hunting east to Libby’s farm and returned with sixteen mallards, the best kill of the season.
The Cheyenne County Teachers Association at Lodge Pole on October 14 celebrated a successful gathering led by county superintendent Miss Edith Morrison. Teachers praised her zeal at the event which featured an inspiring program and a feast. A bouquet of American Beauty roses honored Morrison, with Prof Hanna representing Sidney and presenting his history expertise.
Mrs Alta Wallick of Sidney Nebraska offers alteration services with guaranteed workmanship. She also makes yarn toques scarves and muffs at rooms over Burlington Station.
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