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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
8
Farm House Wiring offer to wire your farm house during construction at half the postbuild cost. Promotes Edison Farm Lighting plants as guaranteed lighting systems. Also notes Dust proof letter files and Cheyenne County maps for sale by The Telegraph in Cheyenne Nebraska market.
A jumble of local notices listing loans, sales, and wants. Includes a $500000 loan offer at 8 percent interest from Bentley Land Co, ads for old newspapers and nursery items, second-hand stores, a peanut roaster, real estate rentals, subscriptions, and a Leap Year home-building pitch. Also requests to buy war horses, trunks, and eight-room houses in Boulder Colorado. Contact details with names such as R. E. L. Jackson A. J. Boelling and Carrie Gook.
For sale 320 acres in east half of section 31 township 17 range 46 Cheyenne County six miles from Lisco. Level table land with about 30 acres rolling. Price 2500 per acre. Cash or easy terms. Write C L Shoe Broken Bow Nebraska Owner. Also trade option: seven room house Omaha mortgage 1800 wants equity 2500 for land. J J Carey Petersburg Nebraska.
Notice to patrons from Sidney Steam Bakery states deliveries will occur in the morning before school and again after four o clock with a directive to avoid requests during the noon hour.
Northwestern University graduate in Dramatic Department offers Reading and Expression lessons and preparation for contests and plays. Apply to her. Also lists Sidney property with Osborn and Jorgenson.
The 30th annual Cheyenne County Institute closed Friday after a profitable session with fifty four teachers enrolled. Led by Robert J Elliott and Hays plus Miss Edna Durland, attendees praised instruction and resolved to thank officials and supporters, with publication copies sent to local papers.
A farm management survey from Box Butte county by the University of Nebraska reports 1914 labor income per farm at 30 dollars and 1915 at 1206 dollars, with the year-to-year difference driven by crop yields and price changes, showing weather as a major profit factor for local farmers.
Observer John P. Fisher records August precipitation for a ranch ten miles south of Sidney totaling 223 inches. The month featured twenty clear days, eight part cloudy days, and three cloudy days.
Ads announce a sale September 22 23 at Sidney Stock Yards featuring 150 head cattle and 150 head horses and mules. War horse buyers urged to bring in on September 22. Also brief notes on a Studebaker for sale Mrs Siders rental room and dentist Dr Heltzel visiting Sidney office dates plus optometrist Harry Zick and Tobin Building second floor rental offer.
Alvine Dumke Runge, born in Naugart Germany in October 1863, immigrated to America in 1888 and settled in Sidney, Nebraska after marriage to Gustave Runge on October 19, 1884. She died August 29, 1916 at age 52, leaving eleven children and a devoted husband. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church with Reverend Donaldson delivering the sermon and music by P. W. Barker and the choir, followed by interment amid flowers and sorrowful procession. Relatives from Hot Springs South Dakota attended.
Let Weeden frame your pictures in this building project. The notice advertises framing services offered for homes and offices, highlighting custom sizes, finishes, and prompt completion.
The public schools opened Tuesday morning with about 425 students, the largest first day enrollment in the school's history. New teachers include Mr Pindell, Miss Sullivan, Miss Corey, and Miss Dowd, with Mr Liebendorfer and Mr Lewis joining teaching staff. Football enrollment comes from 25 boys as preparations begin for an ambitious season. building work continues toward October 15 1916 completion. The district reports no epidemics, neat students, and renovated facilities ready for use.
Mrs Knoa telephones to report items for The Telegraph at Wack 222 or 17. Numerous visits and travels surface, including M W Osborn taking the Reo Cars agency, E M Jones of Dalton visiting town, George Vogler and John Tracy stopping by, and banker J A Woten from Potter. The Fred Byers Stock Co. appears at Tobin Opera House September 14 15 16 with a strong cast. Mrs Barbara Kelly visits Ogalalla while Mr and Mrs F A Bush bury their baby in the eastern state.
John Livoni and wife with two children left Thursday on No 17 for Bitter Creek Rock Springs and other points in western Wyoming. They expect to be away about a month after a year of steady business in his line. Mrs Livoni's sister Miss Anna Nelsen accompanied them and returned to Bitter Creek.
Two car loads of Lodgepole people transacted business in the county seat Monday. Commissioner and Mrs. Barlow and Messrs Schroll Debruner and Cage occupied one car, and Mrs Mich Fusha, Mrs Laura Debruner and Mr and Mrs Howser were in another car. Mr Cage proceeded to Denver to visit his daughter in a hospital there. Fred Byers Stock Co at Tobin.
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