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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
9
One year postage paid six months postage paid single copies Invariably In Advance one dollar fifty cents entered at the post office at Sidney Nebraska as second class matter.
Mrs H F Straight and daughter Gladys and Mrs Allen visited Mrs W Miles last Thursday. Emma Barta spent weekend at W Miles home. Sharman and Ed Miles helped their mother cook for threshers. Gabriel of Gurley called at Nels Johnson’s. Ed Miles and daughter visited W T Sharman. Grace Holter visited with Mrs Wilton. George Harms left for eastern Nebraska. W T Sharman and sons visited his parents. Emma Barta and Signor went to Sidney with Grace and Gladys Holter. Isaac Olson and Berta dined at Nels Johnson’s. Vanderkolk family of Nantutha Idaho visiting W Miles. Vanderkolk is Miles’ niece. Al Miller family spent Sunday at Nels Johnson’s. Mattson visited Nels Johnson then went to Sidney. John Holter and Grace went to Sidney. M I Landigan dined at F N Smith home. Mr and Mrs Hang Anderson of Sidney and Andy Anderson were guests at R W Johnson’s.
A Nebraska vicinity reports a light Wednesday shower and pleads for heavier rain. Local residents including Mrs Glen Bales and family, Mrs Wm Meyer, Mr and Mrs Theo Borcher, Mr and Mrs Walter Hopper, Mr and Mrs Curt Scott and Vernon Scott, and others visited homes around Emanuel Troutman, Arthur Aurich, Sidney trips, and local gatherings. Several families noted auto trips to Sidney and Gothenburg, with dinners and visits among neighbors through the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Wm Rehde agreed to Sidney on Tuesday and called at Curt Scott's Tuesday evening.
South Divide residents, including Guy Shaw and FE V Hiett families, relocate to Sidney so daughters and sons attend local schools. Children from the community enroll in high and grade schools, with teachers and visitors named among local households.
Grand Prairie residents Mr and Mrs Henry Beebe and family and Mr and Mrs Fred Windsheimer with children attended the Weyerts German Lutheran church anniversary last Sunday. Will and Albert Johnson drove to Dix Sunday afternoon. Mrs A G Weaver is on the sick list this week and Mrs Smith cooked for threshers. Mrs Albert Frerichs had dental work done in Sidney last week. Little Fleury Boltz started school this week. Frank Lundgren and family with Frank Holm and family, except Earl, left for Denver last Thursday morning and expect to be away about a week. Miss Churchill boards Henry Flesner during Lundgrens absence. Mrs Henry Beebe and son Verneil visited Johnson's Monday afternoon. Albert Frerichs and EF A Johnson hauled hogs Saturday. Mrs Heinzman and Mrs Orthmann visited with Mrs Beebe Tuesday.
Hungry Gulch Gillian Olson stays with Mrs. Otto Holtman at Lodgepole this week. John Schlegsman of Sidney visited Otto Olson last Sunday. N G Linde and family from Peetz Colorado spent Thursday evening at the I Olson home. Mrs Linde and son Lawrence arrived from Grand Island hospital. Ned Brunner hauls wheat for Hr Schmole this week. T Omel and family return from eastern state visit. Hertha Olson visited home folks last Sunday and teaches high school at Gurley. John Billeter from the south divide seen in the neighborhood one day. Mrs Ted Raddatz visited her parents W Wassum and wife last Tuesday.
Professor Burger of Berlin proposes a plastometer to fit over the head and measure character traits. He says the device can determine facts about a person's character.
Major General Read will visit the coal fields in West Virginia and report troop dispositions to the War Department. Brig. Gen. Bandholtz to be relieved, with units moved to Boone and Kanawha counties while operators accuse the United Mine Workers of arming an army to cripple government in nonunion mines. Memorials to President Harding request continued state troops until state militia organized.
Chicago labor leaders protest Judge Landis wage decision as contractors threaten to replace striking workers with those chosen by themselves. The Building Construction Employers' association backs replacement and demands action or a re hearing. Unions order a telegram to Arb itrator James J. Conroy seeking immediate relief while Landis vacations at Burt Lake, Michigan.
New York reports six year old Martin Dearman of the Bronx fell ten stories from an apartment house while flying a kite. He landed unscathed aside from slight bruises in a hairy carriage after a six story drop earlier, escaping serious harm by landing on a cloth covered surface.
Mary Pickford says happiness keeps her young and plans to stay out of stage work. She and Douglas Fairbanks enjoy a private home life, edit and produce films, and support national film censorship. She previews Three Musketeers at Lyric and Little Lord Fauntleroy due in October.
A pretty wedding took place Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Gurley uniting Harry Engel and Azella Gustin. Reverend T Porter Bennett performed the ceremony witnessed by Elizabeth M Engel and Otis E Gustin. The couple, from prominent local families, will establish a new home in Gurley.
At Union Stock Yards Omaha price report for Sept 14 1921 shows steady to slightly higher cattle demand with 4700 cattle traded led by corn fed yearlings at 10.00 to 10.10. Hogs 5300 head sold unevenly lower. Sheep and lambs 12500 fresh with prices 25 to 35 cents higher. fat lambs 9.75 to 10.00, ewes up to 4.00, feeders and yearlings mixed.
In London nearly twelve major streets skip the number 13 due to superstition. The practice leaves houses without the numeral 13, reflecting popular belief in the unlucky nature of the figure.
Clyde Kinton drove to Sidney Monday to stock up on coal for winter. Mrs. John Jones helped Mrs. Frank Kinton with threshers cooking last week. Ward Jones left for Rock Springs Wyoming. Jinns Busbroom and family visited Ernest’s. John McGrane and wife attended church in Sidney. Clyde Kinton’s family and Grandma Knapp attended a Peetz picnic. Floyd Henston’s family accompanied their child’s remains for interment in eastern state. Sympathy extended to bereaved parents. The little child of Clyde Kinton was ill last week. George Niman and family plan to move to Los Angeles for health reasons. Mrs. Ed Schneulle’s father arrived from the east for winter. Mrs. Fannie Knapp returned from Hillsdale Wyoming and later left for Nemaha. Clyde Kinton, family and Grandpa Knapp dined with C. F. Andrews in Sidney.
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