Rattler slain by Mrs Grabill near back steps
From the files of the Telegraph a rattlesnake startled Mrs I E Grabill as she stepped into her back yard Monday morning. With help from her daughter Beulah she killed the reptile using bed slats.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
5
From the files of the Telegraph a rattlesnake startled Mrs I E Grabill as she stepped into her back yard Monday morning. With help from her daughter Beulah she killed the reptile using bed slats.
Local residents report visitors and gatherings across the week. August Jurgens and family helped with home work, Clara Jurgens visited with relatives in Sidney, and several families hosted Sunday dinners. A shift of residents and travelers includes Frank Rogers leaving for Torrington Wyoming for beer hauling and George Bauer heading to Lincoln for college. Some children were absent from school due to illness, withMiss Kintz nursing Mrs. Dale Rogers back to health.
Deputy Sheriff George Sheldon will auction restaurant and related equipment on October 16 1930 at 2 00 P M at the Blue Bird Cafe 1017 Illinois Street Sidney Nebraska to foreclose a chattel mortgage held by John Riley against C P Millett dated November 26 1929 The property includes a Westinghouse range ice box refrigerator beer drawing box tables chairs steam table gas stove show case counters stools and miscellaneous equipment The sale follows a replevin order issued September 18 1930 in Cheyenne County Nebraska and is for the note of 250 00 signed November 26 1929
Local notes recount a string of visits and events in Lodi Pole and Sidney including Gurley’s 10 to 7 defeat at home. Numerous residents and visitors are listed with weekend travel, dinners, and social activities across ties to Omaha Des Moines and Good View.
The Sunol column details numerous local visits and events. Jack Englert injured a foot at work. Several families from Sunol visited friends and attended fairs in Bridgeport and Sidney. Residents discuss threshing, construction, and church activities while noting a weekend windstorm caused power outages without damage. A local sale ad concludes the page.
Mrs Olive Gineau hosted the junior Sunday school choir for a Sunday dinner with games. Mrs E E Osborn visited her mother Mrs Anna Jorgenson in Sidney on Friday. Mrs George Fisher spent Thursday with relatives.
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