Old Timer Historical Meeting At Sidney Draws Crowd
A large Sidney gathering honored Captain Luther H. North and A E Shelton at a luncheon in the Idle Hour Tea Room. North recounted frontier exploits including the Summit Springs battle and a long Cheyenne campaign, while A E Sheldon shared Cherry County homesteading tales and published a poem. An evening at the auditorium featured an inaugural Cheyenne county historical society with local leaders elected and plans to collect and display relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Summit Springs
Captain North
Tall Bull
Maj. North
Hi Farious Steed
Buffalo Bill
D Yehter
Kansas
Merth
Dril Knife
Rea Cleudanc
Cnadron
Ft. Durante
Laramie
Ft. Sidney
North Platte River
Black Hills
North
Cheyenne
A. E. Sheldon
Nebraska Historical Society
Cherry County
Chadron
Middleton
Radcliffe
John Adams Ranch
Potter
Sheldon
Niobrara
City Auditorium
Jr. Sheldon
Cheyenne Courty Historical Society
James C. Rosse
Sidney Junior High School
Harry Courtright
Samolfe
Lodge Pole
Anna Uncapher
Ksary Gunderton
Chassanderson
Nell Thurstensen
Dewey Lovall
Sunday comics roundup fuels readers with favorite strips
A note highlights popular comic titles now available in the Sunday BIEE-NEWS edition. It lists Jiggs, Katzenjammers, Popeye, Nebbs, Barney Google, Toots and Casper, Skippy, Blondie, Toonerville, Mickey Mouse, and other beloved series as part of the Sunday lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiggs
Katzenjammers
Popeye
Nebbs
Barney Google
Toots and Casper
Skippy
Sappo
Blondie
Toonerville
Mickey Fouse
Young couple seeks farm or ranch work near Potter
A young man and his wife seek farm or ranch employment with no children and any reasonable wage. They can be found with Melvin Brown, seven miles north and two miles east of Potter. Geo Hicks was ill at the start of the week but has returned to work at the Potter Billiard hall.
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Melvin Brown
Potter
Geo. Hicks
Potter Billiard Hall
Dos Mejillan Faints at Sidney Saturday Night
Dos Mejillan seems to have removed from his fainting spell at Sidney Saturday night, caused either by the rear or an internal ailment.
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Dos Mejillan
Sidney
Rasmussen Visits Allen Dykeman Home En Route to Minnesota
Floyd Rasmussen and his Monteray Park aunt visited on Thursday of that week at the Allen Dykeman home while en route to Minnesota.
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Floyd Rasmussen
Monteray Park
Calif
Allen Dykeman
Minnesota
Arthur Smith Recounts Alamosa Roots and Potter Monday Visit
Arthur Smith of Alamosa Colorado visited friends in Potter Monday. He reflects that the town is less lively than during his days grading streets and roads here around 1918 and recalls the once vast wheat fields of those years.
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Arthur Smith
Alamosa
Colo
Potter
Heavy
Ladies Aid Society Meeting Next Wednesday at J FE Church
The Ladies Aid society will meet next Wednesday afternoon July 12 in the parlors of the J FE church. Everyone will be warmly welcome. Hostesses include Mrs. C W Johnson, Mrs. Clyde Brady, Mrs. J L Fowler, and Mrs. Clarence Johnson.
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Ladies Aid Society
J FE
C.W. Johnson
Clyde Brady
J. L. Fowler
Clarence Johnson
Rev Slocumb Addresses National Memorial Group
Rev L V Slocumb of Ger ing, formerly of Potter, spoke at a national meeting in Detroit. He chairs the national memorial committee of the order.
Ray Goding Returns From Hospital After Weeks of Care
Ray Goding came back Wednesday from Kimball hospital where he had been kept for several weeks. Encouraging reports say his condition has greatly improved though recovery remains lengthy. He was able to waltz a number of feet with crutches while in the hospital.
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Ray Goding
Kimball Hospital
Ray
Rambling Through The Exchanges On Lincoln Highway Route
State engineers survey two new Lincoln Highway routes from Kimball to Bushnell along the south side of the U P. If built it would remove street paving in Kimball and underground crossings west of Kimball and west of Bushnell. Charles E Itchell a New York investment broker once the subject of tax evasion publicity was tried and acquitted on stock sale fraud charges. A funeral at a country church near Ashton translated into sign language for a deaf mute wife. A pastor from Omaha provided translation for English and German portions.
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Kirmbill
Bushnell
U. P
Kimball
Charles E.itchell
New York
Ashton
Christian Ritz
Omaha
District judge enforces moratorium in Oshkosh equity session
District judge Carter in an Oshkosh equity session placed the moratorium at work. In several cases foreclosure was allowed but decree was not. The case was taken under advisement with a trustee appointed to collect what would be a fair and customary rental for the land.
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Carter
Oshkosh
Lisco man arrested in Sidney beer run case
Kenneth Williams of Lisco was arrested at Sidney and fined 20 dollars after 72 cases of beer were found on his truck. He said he loaded the beer at Peetz and was bound for Torrington. Sidney officers suspect part of the beer was for local consumption. Beer was confiscated. Wicb and army worms are destroying beers near Oshkosh. They eat an acre per hour and clog waterways, prompting some farmers to spray Paris green, though new pests keep appearing.
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Kenneth Williams
Lisco
Sidney
Williams
Peetz
Torrington
Wicb
Ochkosh
Paris Green
Mrs Johnston Dies After Sidney Highway Crash
Mrs R T Johnston wife of a Kearney physician died an hour after a two mile south of Sidney highway crash. A heart attack was suspected. A thirteen year old daughter suffered severe arm and throat cuts and a serious back injury. Dr Johnston and two daughters witnessed the collision from another car.
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R. T. Johnston
Kearney
Sidney
Indebted Land Company Faces Claims and King’s Passing
The petition states the company owes 9000 to a failed bank and 75,000 on 12000 acres to a loan firm with a second mortgage of 75000 to H Ferguson. Total indebtedness cited at 115000. Stoddard King of the Spokane Spokesman Review dies after five months of sleeping sickness. King, Yale class of 1914, wrote There’s a Long Long Trail in France before the war to win a trip to a Zeta Psi smoker in Boston.
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Floyd Wright
Platte Valley Bank
Scottsbluff
Airdale Cattle Company
Bannet County
Ferguson and Comppany
H. Ferguson
Stoddard King
Spokane Spokesman Review
France
Band
Great Britain
King
Yale
Zeta Psi Smoker
Boston
North recounts frontier campaigns and Pawnee aid on Plains trail
Captain Lute North spoke at Sidney detailing Pawnee scouts protecting Union Pacific crews from Roscoe to Cheyenne and recounting tall tales from the Powder River to Fort Sidney. He described the Cheyenne killing at Summit Springs, a white woman rescue, the Black Hills trek, and a midnight pony escort to Fort Laramie ending with a delivery of Indian ponies.
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Lute North
Sidney
Union Pacific
Mr. North
Roscoe
Nebr
Cheyenne
Yoming
Tall Bull
Summit Springs
Frank North
Kansas
Dull Knife
Powder and
Tongue River
Wyoming
Fort Sidney
Ft. Laramie
Black Hills Trail
North Brothers
Black Hills
Agate Springs
Red Cloud
Red Leaves
Chadron Creek
Chadron
Ft. Robinson
Fort Laramie
Road riders boast long daily hauls on frontier trail
The termaster's receipt notes a 722 head, with riders claiming over 80 miles in a day. References to Black Hills routes mention 98 miles from Ft. Sidney to the Running Water crossing, and readers can estimate remaining distances from their own maps.
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Termaster
Black Hills
Ft. Sidney
Niobrara
Salome Frog Describes Desert Dreams and Dry Skies
A seven year old narrator frog laments drought in Salome's sunburnt land. He recalls longing for rain while water trains haul supply and jokes about never learning to swim. The verse notes dryness, heat, and a stubborn desire for moisture despite harsh conditions.
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Salome
Little Auk Flies Like Hammer
The little auk is a bird the size of a dove with a whitish breast and black back. It has three webbed toes for water propulsion and narrow sturdy wings for powerful takeoffs from the sea. Its wings vibrate like a humming bird during flight. It cannot push off from ice. Its breeding place is the northeast coast of Greenland and Iceland, with rare winter sightings as far south as the Azores.
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Greenland
Iceland
Azores
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Miaill
Agemeister
MSCORMICK DEERING TRACTORS /PARTS SERVICE
Nelson Implement Company
Dempster
C. W. Johnson
Pio 'Er
George
Guncerson
Mrs. Stewart’s
Afebeeteen
California
Rogers
Harding
Mous Pastry
A. I. Sheldon
Hec
Campbell News
Dick Wick Hall
S. E. Post
the Potter Inn
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