Sidney Merchant Freytag Dies in Omaha Hospital
Telegraphic reports confirm Sidney businessman Henry F Freytag died Saturday evening at St Josephs hospital in Omaha after ten days there with appendicitis and a postoperative peritonitis. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Sidney with interment at Chester Nebraska, Rev Louis H Kaub to officiate. the widow and community express deep sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Freytag
Sidney
St. Joseph's Hospital
Omaha
Freytag
Byron
Nebr
Louis H. Kaub
Sidney Methodist Episcopal Church
Chester
Sidney Pioneer Resident Raises Fine Crop of Spuds
Telegraph notes E J McLernon a Sidney merchant and community figure who farmed a bumper potato crop on the south side. He shared Early Ohio varieties, including Wicderal samples, with the office, confirming high quality potatoes can be grown in the Lodge Pole valley. The paper hints he may enter specimens in the county fair exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
E J. McLernon
McLernon
Maha Singer Returns Home After Visit Here
Miss Virginia Halpine daughter of Mr and Mrs John Halpine Sr has returned from a summer spent in Denver Colorado Springs and Sidney Nebraska She was a guest of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Mark Martin in Sidney The Omahan notes she will devote fall and early winter to vocal studies with encouragement for a professional career Her soprano voice is described as of rare quality by the Omaha World Herald.
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Virginia Halpine
John Halpine
Denver
Colorado Springs
Sidney
Nebr
Halpine
Mark Martin
Omaha World- Herald
Well Known Local Resident Died After Stroke at Home
Mrs Ludwig Larsen, a longtime resident and farmer family figure from the Sidney area, died at age 75 years after suffering a paralytic stroke on September 9. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the United Lutheran church at two o’clock, with interment in Sidney cemetery.
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Ludwig Larsen
Hast Third Avenue
Larsen
Denmark
Wayne County
Sidney
United Lutheran Church
W. T. Kahse
Sidney Cemetery
Telegraph
Rural School Standards Issued to Boost Facilities
State Superintendent Charles Taylor issues a 64 page Rural School Standards bulletin. It sets minimum 75 percent to be standard and 95 percent for superior status, with plates sent to county superintendents. Chloe Baldridge prepared the guide, recognizing teachers with a betters rural teaching card in spring 1928. Douglas, Cedar and Madison lead in standard schools with 29, 27, and growing counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taylor
Chloe C. Baldridge
State Department
Douglas
Cedar
Madison
H. M. Eaton
Cedar County
Popular Young Couple Married at Gurley
Announcement from Gurley notes the marriage of Herman John Jurgens and Henrietta Christina Higenberg on Sunday September 18 at the bride’s parents home William F Eigenberg and wife. The couple will reside in Gurley after October first as relatives and friends extend best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman John Jurgens
Henrietta Christina Higenberg
Gurley
William F. Eigenberg
Cheyenne County
Burlington Poultry Train To Make Trip Next Month
Burlington railroad plans a poultry demonstration train in October to promote better poultry methods. Special exhibit cars and expert speakers will be aboard to show modern raising techniques. Limited towns will be visited.
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Burlington
Burlington Railroad
State to Purchase Snow Plows to Hee? Main Highways Open
Visitors from Cheyenne county bring word that the State Engineer Cochran and assistants plan extensive winter preparations to keep highways open. Bids to buy 25 to 50 snow plows and large amounts of fencing will be opened September 29 with delivery by November 15. The Public Works Department already owns 800,000 feet of snow fence and 63,000 posts. more fence and posts will be purchased.
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Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Cochran
Nebraska
Public Works Department
State Public Works Department
County Board
Auth
Methodist Dignitaries to Meet in Omaha Conference
Bishop Charles E Locks of St Paul Minnesota will preside at the Nebraska annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at First church Omaha September 20 to 25. Readings of district superintendent reports and discussions on world service commission programs will be featured along with talks by general representatives on education pension relief temperance and mission work both domestic and international.
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Charles E. Locks
St. Paul
Minn
Nebraska
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Church
Omaha
World Service Commission
Board of Education
Pension and Relief
Temperance
Cheyenne County Corn Palace Illustrated in Trade
The current issue of the Necraske Moenant and Trade Review features a Bour illustration on its cover showing the Cheyenne County Corn Palace. The original pictured occupied a spot on the main thoroughfare in Sidney at Central Avenue and Second Street during the fall festival, drawing nationwide comment and favorable publicity for Cheyenne County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Necraske Moenant and
Trade Review
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Central Avenue
Second Street
Foot Amputation Result of Harvest Accident
About six weeks ago Earl Meyers of Oklahoma suffered a crushed foot in a Cheyenne county harvest. A portion of the foot was removed to save the rest, but the remaining part was amputated last Thursday at Taylor hospital.
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Earl Meyers
Oklahoma
Cheyenne County
Taylor Hospital
Notorious gunman Barker blamed for Pine Bluffs deputy shooting
Cheyenne reports Herman Barker, famed outlaw who died in a Wichita gun battle, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Arthur A. Osborne of Pine Bluffs on August 1. Barker's widow, Mrs. Carol Barker, 37, captured in Neosho, Mo., admits her role while detailing the trio including Meeks and Stalcup.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Herman Barker
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Arthur A. Osborne
Pine Bluffs
Carol Barker
George Carroll
George Hill
Tulsa
Okla
Neosho
Missouri
Carroll
Osborne
Pine Bluffs. “Osborne
Erroneous Reports About Ex County Commissioner
Rumors circulated yesterday that former County Commissioner A. D. Rose, hospitalized at Mayo Brothers in Rochester for a long term ailment, had died last Saturday. Family members were reportedly asked to travel to Rochester due to his serious condition, but conflicting reports suggest the death claim is unconfirmed. The Rose family resides northwest of Gurley.
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A. D. Rose
Mayo Brothers Hospital
Rochester
Rose
Gurley
Mission Festival at Weyerts Church September 25
Rev B C Wiebke announces the annual mission festival at the Evangelical Lutheran Weyerts church on Sunday September 25. German language service at 10 30 a m and English service at 3 p m. Speakers Rev H Wunderlich and Rev H Steinfield. Ladies of the congregation will serve dinner. The pastor invites all to attend.
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B. C. Wiebke
Evangelical Lutheran Church At
Weyerts
H. Wunderlich
H. Steinfield
First frost of season hits western Nebraska counties
The first frost of the season was recorded Sunday night in the panhandle counties of western Nebraska. Reports from Lodge Pole valley and table lands north of here say frost was general and sometimes severe enough to freeze ice. The frost damaged the corn crop in affected areas.
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Panhandle
Nebraska
Lodge Pole
Here
Much Married Man Lands in County Jail
Don Juan E. Willard an employe of a local auto house sought to marry Miss Matilda Mauser in Sterling on September 11 but failed to reveal he already had a wife and two children in Scott County Iowa. After the marriage the couple came to Sidney. brothers of the bride learned of Willard’s Iowa family ties, leading to his arrest and pending charges. Mrs Willard No 2 is said to be well off but had not gifted him money before his jail term.
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Don Juan E. Willard
Sterling
Matilda M. Mauser
Big Springs
Scott County
Iowa
Miss Mauser
Sidney
Willard No. 1
Juan
Willard
Willard No. 2
Dempsey Challenges Tunney in Mud Fight Precontest
Chicago reports a mud battle in the Dempsey Tunney affair four days early. An open letter in the Chicago Herald Examiner has Dempsey asking Tunney to answer questions about the 1927 Philadelphia fight, including contracts, betting, disqualification rumors, and referee changes.
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Chicago
Dempsey
Gibson
Hoff
Pennsylvania Commission
W W Jordan to broadcast Dempsey Tunney fight returns
W W Jordan radio dealer west of the post office announces he will operate one of his best machines for the Dempsey Tunney fight night and invites the public to hear the results. He had planned to use the Moore building but cannot take possession in time for the broadcast.
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W. W. Jordan
Jordan
Moore Building
Snyder’s
Country Club Tournament Opens as 29 Qualify
The Sidney golf club began its annual club championship event last Sunday on the local links with 29 members qualifying to enter the flight series. It will take about three weeks for entrants to complete rounds and set championship scores as other members are expected to qualify. O B Woods drove to Scottsbluff Sunday returning with Mrs Woods who has been ill at her parents’ home.
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Sidney
Sidney Golf Club
O. B. Woods
Scottsbluff
Mrs. Woods
Revival meetings draw big crowds at new Christian church
Dr William J. Lockhart headlines a week of evangelistic services at the newly opened Christian church assisted by his daughter and Mr. and Mrs Owen Walker. The evangelistic team, praised by Rev. Bicknell, features music leadership by the Walkers and promises strong sermons urging renewal to combat drifting from faith.
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New Christian Church
William J. Lockhart
Christian Church
Lockhart
Owen M. Walker
Bicknell
Mir
America
Prominent Kimball Lawyer Oscar Torgerson Dies in Cheyenne Hospital
Western Nebraska reports the death of Oscar A. Torgerson a renowned Kimball attorney at 3 a.m. Friday after two weeks in Cheyenne hospital following injuries from a truck collision while crossing an alley. A blood clot from the leg injury caused heart shutdown. he was 55. Funeral services were held in Kimball with Masonic rites and he was born in Beresford, South Dakota, where two sisters live.
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Nebraska
Oscar A. Torgerson
Kimball
Cheyenne
Torgerson
Cheyenne County
Beresford, & C
Masonic Fraternity of
Beresford
Masonic Lodge
Kimball Lodge
McKinley McIntosh Returns From Omaha Trip With Brother
McKinley McIntosh has returned to the city from an automobile trip to Omaha with his brother James who went there for the fall and winter term at Creighton college.
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McKinley McIntosh
Omaha
James
Creighton College
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Sidney Merchant Bies
Omara Hospital
H. F. Freytag
Neba
West Nebraska
Methodist
Ron
Weyerts Church
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Ww. W
BIG Fight
W. J. Lockhart
Cheyenne Hospital
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