Red Cross Auction and Lunch Aimed at Big Charity Goal
The Ways and Means committee plans a Saturday sale on the Court House steps from one to three to raise funds for the Red Cross. Two thousand dollars in articles were donated last spring, with more added. Live auctioneers Virgil Marsh and L. O. Fundingsland lead the event. Lunch runs eleven to one on the courthouse lawn and one to three on the lawn by auxiliary groups. A Red Cross fancy work booth and Sammie Girls fundraisers are featured, with donations and volunteer help welcome.
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Ways’ and Means
Court House
Virgil Marsh
Ll. O. Fundingsland
Tough Moore
John McIntosh
Ed Swatalander
J. A. Bentley
Will Shoemaker
John McClena
A E. Phelps
Phillips
Uptegrove
Burger
Metz
Eikner
Clark Fuller
Weeden
Miss Weeden
Barker
Sidney Boys Sail to Agriculture College
Six Sidney youths were entrained Wednesday night by the Local Board to join a special class at the Agriculture College in Manhattan Kansas. Family and friends waved them off with cheers as the group headed to their camping like departure. Names included Isaac Elmer Grabilt, Lloyd McKinley Bryan, Henry Andrew Robinson, Frank Edward Taiston, Henry C Jones, and Edward Christian Andersen.
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Agriculture College
Manhattan
Kansas
Sidney
Isaac Elmer Grabilt
Lloyd McKinley
Bryan Henry Andrew Robinson
Frank Edward Taiston
Henry C. Jones
Edward Christian Andersen
Local and Personal News From the City and Surrounding Areas
John Null traveled from North Platte to trade in races. William North from the northeast divides business in the city Wednesday. Van Alystan of Sunset Growers toured Cheyenne earlier. Mrs. W. P. Hardy left for Omaha for several days. Dr. Mantor of Lodgepole aided his brother Dr. H. E. Mantor in operations last Friday. J. B. Hurston is ill with erysipelas in his foot. Guy V. Doran departed for Kansas City. Mrs. Doran stays to visit FE. Gapen’s brother. Dewey Root of Big Springs vacationing with V. N. Root before Lincoln study of radio. Mrs. Easterday returns from Denver and Greeley after ten days with relatives. Mrs. Elmer Gallagher leaves for Sargent after week here. Cc. 3. Osborn back from Morrill county fair, canvassing voters with encouragement. Dr. Ed Zwink, W. A. Zwink’s brother, reports by wire he is ordered to Camp Cody New Mexico and commissioned lieutenant for over a year.
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Ed Zwink
W. A. Zwink
Camp Cody
New Mexico
Editor Gapen Leaves Field of Labor Chief is Dead
Obituary notice for Frederick A. Gapen of Sidney Nebraska mourns his death on September 14 after decades guiding The Telegraph. Born Bloomington Illinois October 4 1870 he built a community minded press, leaving a loyal staff, family and wide network of friends to honor his memory.
Pershing Program Honored General Pershing Night
The Pershing program last Friday honored General Pershing with a patriotic choral concert led by W. Po Miles. The Choral Union of seventy five voices with Sidney's Orchestra performed works including The Star Spangled Banner, Keep The Home Fires Burning, and Over There under Joseph Daniel and M. J. Whaley. Lectures by Honorable Hugh A Meyers and rousing songs by Miss Ann Radcliff and Miss Lola Fleiver energized a Civil War era audience, ending with Dixie as veterans filed out.
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Poe
General Pershing
Sidney Wees Miles
Henry Iyes
W. Po Miles
Sidney
Joseph Daniel
M. J. Whaley
Ann Radcliff
TB Sweet
J. W. Johnson
Lola Fleiver
T Dalton
Hugh A Meyers
Omaha
Tfe
J. W Johnson
Mr. Johnson
H. Ives
Prominent Men On Speaking Tour Reach Sidney
S RR. McKelvey candidate for Governor WH. G. Taylor candidate for State Railway Commissioner and State Senator Bushee arrived in Sidney Thursday evening and left for the North River the next morning for a speaking tour. They will return to Sidney September 28 and a meeting will be held here that afternoon or evening.
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S RR
Dr Mantor Appointed to Local Board Title
Governor Neville appoints Dr H F E Mantor as physician on the Local Board and he reports to Chairman Sitton after taking the oath of office. The appointment marks Mantor as the board member.
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Dr. Mantor
H. FE. Mantor
Neville
D., Sitton
Car Turns Over On Highway Near Fairgrounds
An accident on Lincoln Highway east of the fairgrounds on Wednesday afternoon involved two young women from Dix in a Ford runabout going at a fair speed. They were aided by Miss Radcliff and Mrs Barger, brought to Sidney, treated for cuts and facial scratches, one woman with a severely bruised leg, and remained in Sidney overnight before returning home. R A Barlow, Liberty Loan chairman for the county, plans Alliance meetings to coordinate the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
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Lincoln Highway
Fairgrounds
Dix
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Red Cross
John Null
North Platte
William
Northeast Divide
van Alystan
The
Sunset Growers
Cheyenne
Mrs. W. P. Hardy
Commercial Hotel
Lodgepole
HE. Mantor
J. B. Hurston
Guy V. Doran
Kansas City
Mrs. Doran
FE. Gapen
Dewey Root
Big Springs
V. N. Root
Lincoln
Radio
Elmer Gallagher
W. J. Perry
Sargent
Nebraska
West
Osborn
Morrill County
Gapen
Field of Labor
Telegraph
Frederick A. Gapen
Bloomington
Illinois
Wesleyan University
C.C. Callahan
Cheyenne County
Henry I. Gapen
Laura A. Butler
E. G. Hagadorn
Buffalo
New York
Guy V. Dora
L. G. Lowe
G. V. Doran
Howard Butler
Ilinois
Henry Ives
Fred A. Gapen
Ile
Tle
Mr. Gapen
Fred A
Henry
Fach
Pershing
R A. Barlow
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