Sidney Telegraph reflects on 80th year and local happenings
The Sidney Telegraph marks its 80th birth year since 1873 while detailing local plans. The Sidney Board of Education votes to hire an architect for a new elementary school and a north- side addition. Golden wedding celebration planned for Mr and Mrs Walter Hern Bloom in Logepole. Several residents travel, relocate, or pursue employment, with notes on housing, construction at Stony Ordnance Depot, and public school enrollment rising over three hundred due to Sioux Ordnance Depot growth. The 18th annual old settlers reunion in Lodgepole is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska
Logepole
J. J. McIntosh
North Platte
Union Pacific
J. [. Mcintosh
C. S. Radcliffe
Brookforest Lodge
Evergreen
Colo
Donna Kolzow
George Kolzow
Lincoln
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Grace
Rose McFadden
Denver
Ole Frandsen
Rudy
IGA
Denmark
Stony Ordnance Depot
H. F. Freytag
17Th
Maple St
Freytag
Longmont
Gene Davis
Clifford
Las Vegas
Nev
Davis
March Field
Calif
Sidney Public Schools
Sioux Ordnance
Old Settlers
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Omaha
Bob Rauner
Donald Fahy
Junior Christ
Junior Peetz
Dwayne Peetz
Maxine Thomas
Norfolk
Kit Carson
Nebraska University
Blaine C. Grabill
Stromsburg
Margaret B. Lanham
Blaine
State University
Sidney News Roundup of Local Events and Unemployment Relief
A Sidney column reports unemployment relief funds easing the burden on workers as roadwork and a new federal building project begin. Obituaries note Alice Brooks Slawson’s death at 89 in Lodge Pole. Local events include Atwater Kent audition winner Robert Warren Harper, school openings with about 600 students, and community visits by E McLernon and others. A boxing bout at the Tobin Opera House features Fred Parks against Soldier Kelley. Cheyenne County’s fair exhibit is praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Alice Brooks Slawson
Fred Slawson
Lodge Pole
Robert Warren Harper
Atwater Kent
KGKY
Scottsbluff
Harper
Walter Davis
Evelyn
Marian
Swan Dedrick
Cheyenne
Laramie
Charles Hancock
Boston
Nebraska Wesleyan
E. E. Osborn
West Dalton
Louise Pike
Western Public Services Company
Black
Fred Griffith
Round House
Florence Parks
Hazel King
State University
Fred Dresser
Augusta
Georgia
Adams
Grasmere
Potter
Lodgepole Valley
Fred Parks
Nebraska
Soldier Kelley
Wyoming
Tobin Opera House
Cheyenne County
Gov Aldrich appoints J L McIntosh to Nebraska advisory panel
Governor Aldrich names J L McIntosh as the Nebraska member of the Advisory Committee. The nomination designates him to represent the state on the committee, detailing the appointment's scope and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Aldrich
J. L McIntosh
Nebraska
Local Notes on Sidney Events and Visitors
A roundup of regionally sourced items: Harry Jones of Boise visits family, longtime residents. 55 years ago Frank H. Wolf wed Winifred Gunn in Chap pell Nebraska with a Denver trip planned. J H Foster buys a farm near Exeter. crowds head to Alliance for Ringling Bros. show. F A Harrison from Omaha visits Sidney. Father Haley travels to Sidney for Father Flood’s illness. The Sidney Opera House opens with Railroad Jack. Rev Geo A Beecher to Cheyenne for Miss Caritta McFaland’s wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Wolf
Winifred
Gunn
Chappell, iNeb
M. E. Parsonage
R. E. Gilpin
Denver
Chappell
Hog Wiegand
J. H. Foster
Exeter
Neb
Father Flood
St. Patrick's Church
Sidney Opera House
Geo. A. Beecher
Cheyenne
Caritta McFaland
Fort Russell Captain McFarland Stationed There
Captain McFarland, stationed at Fort Russell, is noted in the dispatches as overseeing duties at the garrison. His postings and movements within the fort are referenced in relation to ongoing activities and regional operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. McFarland
Fort Russell
Talking wire and Indian affairs spark Deadwood musings
The Deadwood Pioneer notes the Indians’ alleged deadliness in probing the telegraph line. It recounts Drow Dog and Thigh talking by telephone at the sheriff’s office, and mentions a fair discussion of the mysterious talking wire. It also reports bullion shipments, new kerosene arrivals, a local birth, and Indian contract moves at Rosebud. A forecast of a warm sickly winter closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Thigh
Thomas Clinton
Black Crow
Craw Dog
Spotted Tail
F. Maton
Richard C. Maile
Fort Niobrara
T. Jd. Allen
Davis Powers
North
Rosebud
Judge Brush
South Plat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hills
Peetz
F. H Freytag
Odessa Bartholomew
Alice Robbins
Maud
Pine Bluffs
Robert Hornaday
C. W. Hornaday
Munity
Chester
James Hazelwood
Guernsey
H. Gardner
Academy
Euelah Grabill
Jean Swatzlander
Miss Grabill
Steamboat Springs
Kime
Alma Kime
L. Uptegrove
John McCleneghan
Lomila
Sammie
National Congress of Irrigation
Salt Lake City
Wonderspun Orlon
Reenlees’ Inc
Smile
San Francisco
South Pacific
Herbert Knopf
Pipe
John Lewis
Reg Blake
Bob Drude
Fred Shepperd
Lewis
Drude
Marquesas Islands
Australia
Wea Tas
Ianlit
Ana
Fiji
Harry Jones
Boise
Idaho
B A. Jones
Mr. Jones
Telegraph
Mac's Liquors
Illinois
Star Market
Libby
Ane
Aetoa
Sun Valley
Hills Bros
Wilson’ Thrift Brand
Ee. Oi
Earto
Chappell, Nebr
Kanat Pours
Chappell Business Section
Jim & Karen
Chappell Drive-In
Jim
Karen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!