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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
11
Mrs Glenn Van Gorder spent Monday in Gurley looking after the accounts of her husband’s store the Gurley Mercantile.
Merwin Oliver traveled from Cheyenne to visit his wife recovering from surgery. C. W. Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Dan Jewett arrived from Gurley to call between shopping. Sidney stores had strong business all day Saturday. Virginia Haiston and Rabe McFarland came from North Platte to visit Miss Haiston’s mother. Mrs. M. A. Shipman left for ten days with her sister in Wheatland Wyoming. Attorney Edward Shoemaker of Omaha visited with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson of Potter were in town. Nelson recently recovered from illness.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Cunningham arrived from Gurley on Tuesday to shop and visit their children Warren Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parrish, highlighting family ties in the community.
A special car was run on Burlington train No 302 Sunday morning to accommodate Sidney fans who had traveled to Denver to witness the tournament.
Mr and Mrs John Lenzen of Mitchell Nebraska drove in Thursday to visit relatives. Mrs Breternitz and Mrs Gibson are cousins. Mrs Ned Hemphill plans to organize a dramatic and music class after returning from Fort Morgan. Sidney’s citizens show talent. Kenneth Kepler left for Toledo Iowa to finish high school. He is missed by the boys. Miss Lois Stowe leaves for Kearney to train for primary teaching. she is a 1921 Sidney High School graduate. Miss Timin vacationing in Omaha and Central City buying goods for Sidney Mercantile.
Miss Dorothy Start returned from Hastings Nebraska where she vacationed with sister Mrs Leonard Herrod. Arthur Hardy and family came home Sunday after two months in Colorado mountains. the trip proved healthful and enjoyable.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Antrim and children arrived Saturday night by auto from Scottsbluff. Mrs Antrim spent six weeks there and at Glenda with relatives. Mr Antrim joined her for the last few days. Mrs Ida Tiffany after a two day visit with friends departed Friday to North Platte where she was joined by her mother and sister who continued with her to Gerling Nebraska.
A collage of street quotes and quips on optimism, fashion shifts, and social mores. Observations include Babe Ruth and the rise of bobbed hair, women’s clubs, debt relief, and a drunken incident near a post office. The piece blends humor with cautionary notes and social commentary.
An editorial fragment laments how very young riders with coasters and roller skates may later push pedestrians off highways with gas buses. It contrasts casual mischief like murder with the indifferent harm seen in others.
On the first half day students enjoyed a lively start before routines returned and reading, writing, and arithmetic again faced familiar obstacles, turning the garden of Eden into a classroom struggle.
The writer recalls wearing dresses that barely skimmed the floor and the sharp scent of pickles and spiced vinegar. A social note hints at a trend among the smart set to cherish one’s husband, suggesting a playful nod to domestic life and current tastes.
An observation notes that some individuals assume the Lord supports their stance without any personal effort to align with divine will or heed spiritual prompting. The remark implies a lack of self-reflection in pursuing religious or moral alignment.
L H Sixta of Schuyler Nebraska arrived last Saturday and spent several days with his daughters who are teachers in Sidney schools. He also looked after his rental properties while visiting, owning land on the south table just over the Colorado line.
M. W. Dimery and his wife left Friday evening for Omaha on a sad mission after the death of Mr. Boy Sunderland of Dundee, husband of Mrs. Dimery’s sister. Sunderland’s passing comes as life seemed happiest for the young family, intensifying the grief shared by two sisters and Sunderland, once inseparable co-eds.
Chicago police bring Harvey Church to face grisly evidence in the fatal assault on Bernard Daugherty. Investigators search the Des Plaines river for Carl Ausmus’s body while Church, arrested in Adams Wisconsin, denies guilt as investigators weigh a trap in his basement and possible kidnapping by a gang.
A cyclonic storm that crossed St Vincent and the Windward Islands nearly wiped out the 1921 cotton crop on sea island farms. Sugar cane fields lay flat and coconut trees were uprooted or bare. Georgetown jetty was demolished, and Victoria Park in Kingstown resembled a devastated forest with blown down trees and stripped foliage.
Washington Sept 12 Senators fear the separate German treaty may complicate the disarmament congress by importing Versailles pact provisions. Irreconcilables Johnson and Borah argue this could entangle the U S in the Paris treaty while pressing to protect American rights. they favor a German treaty drafted without Versailles references. The five great powers limit delegations to four per country, with Hughes Lodge Root and Underwood among American delegates, plus advisory members from army navy and labor.
Warsaw reports the Polish cabinet headed by Vincent Witos resigned on September 12. Witos had become premier on July 24, 1920, and previously offered to resign in May over the Upper Silesian dispute. President Pilsudski urged renewal of efforts to reconstruct the government.
Los Angeles actress Miss Virginia Rappe died in San Francisco while attending a party hosted by film people. Physicians reported a post mortem examination indicating she died from peritonitis.
Washington announces Secretary Hughes and Senators Lodge and Root along with Senator Utterwood to head the American delegation to the arms conference. Four delegates per power, with advisory bodies and experts to advise on navy, army, and economic matters. Hudson Maxim in Atlantic City urges a strong merchant marine before disarmament.
A cyclone swept a four to ten mile wide area west of Sioux Falls South Dakota on September 12 killing one man and causing serious stock and property damage. Hartford village is reported wiped out and all communications wires were down.
Brussels reports the Belgian detachment sent into occupied Germany with a view to occupying the Ruhr basin has been recalled with allied consent. The detachments will return to Belgium on September 15.
Fairbanks Alaska September 12 Deputy United States Marshal L Anders was shot and killed by Sam Cote a Hot Springs farmer. Cote was slain later the same day by a posse of Hot Springs men according to information received.
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