Echoes Oct 13, 2004: Sheridan Co. NE GenWeb

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Echoes of the Past
Oct 13, 2004
columns by Helen Selee

Echoes Page October 13 2004

100 Years Ago - 1904

Niels Hansen, a man over ninety years of age, was at the Commissioner’s office in Merriman on Monday and made a homestead filing. His appear-ance might lead one to believe that he was 20 years younger.

Surgeons lately relieved an Ohio young woman of fifty-one needles that were scattered through various parts of her anatomy. She must have been a girl with many fine points about her.

Everett Gaston, while chasing a coyote, had his horse stumble, throwing him to the ground in such manner as to fracture his collar bone. The coyote escaped without injury.

Robert Dickson Jr., took Monday’s extra train of cattle to Omaha. From there he goes to St. Louis to assist his father at the Exposition in the U.S. Restaurant.

James R. Sones and family moved up from the river into the house recently purchased from Joshua Wilson.

A Louisiana physician says young ladies would have fewer calls from doctors if they ate more onions; also fewer from the men.

Charley Potts and Irvin Young, who went to Omaha last Monday will visit the St. Louis Exposition before their return.

Joshua Wilson moved into the Ed Stratton place for the winter.

Charles Butz is all grins now-a-days because a little mistress came to cheer his home last Monday.
Hutch Jack was down from the county seat several days assisting Mr. Armstrong in loading spuds at the sidetrack.

Ed Woodruff, who went to Omaha last week, is now sojourning in St. Louis and writes that he is almost free from the asthma which has been his old foe.

The Fair could always heretofore boast of prosperity in business and at home; but the Jordan Hardware Company got even last Monday when the stork placed a new foreman in the J. Owen home. The mother and little man are doing well.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company refuses to hire a man over thirty-five years of age. We know a good many girls who are not near as particular as that.

A Los Angeles woman is seeking a divorce from her husband because he beat her when she read her own poetry to him. If he will read that poetry in his defense we have no doubt he will win the case in court.

NOTICE
To Purchasers of lots in the Gordon Cemetery
W.L. Mills is the only person authorized to make deeds to lots in the Gordon Cemetery and collect pay for them. Paying anyone else does not get you a deed.
By Order of the Village Board.
C.H. Sailor, Village Clerk

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DEATH OF MRS. BAYLIFF
Dies After Two Months of Suffering
When the announcement of the death of Mrs. Bert Bayliff was made last Saturday, it came as a shock to all who knew her. She was not well for the past two months and went to Council Bluffs on Oct. 5th in company with her sister, Mrs. Dickinson, who was her constant companion to the end. In order to gain relief, an operation was resorted to on Monday, from the shock of which she rallied but a hemorrhage set in and death came ten minutes past three Friday morning. Mr. Bayliff left for her bedside Friday morning but was intercepted at Norfolk by a telegram announcing the arrival of death’s messenger. Mrs. Bayliff was born at Joliet, Illinois, November 11, 1874, thus being at the time of her death only 29 years, 11 months and 2 days old. In a879 she moved to Council Bluffs with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Green, where she resided up to five years ago when she came to Merriman, Nebraska. On December 17, 1902, she was joined in marriage to Mr. Bert Bayliff, since which time they have resided in Gordon. She leaves a husband and daughter to mourn her loss. Her remains were brought here Sunday and services held at the home after which interment was made in the Gordon cemetery. The JOURNAL joins with a vast number of friends in sympathy for the bereaved husband and daughter.

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Samuel Gregory Dead.
Samuel Gregory, who went down to Omaha to be operated upon, died last Saturday at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. He had gone to St. Joseph’s Hospital on Wednesday previous and underwent the operation at 10 o’clock Saturday morning but was unable to survive the shock. He was buried in Omaha Sunday afternoon at 5:30, the Masons being in charge. He was a member of Arcana Lodge No. 195 at Gordon and in good standing. The Masons here held memorial services in his honor Monday evening and adopted resolutions of condolence which will appear in the next issue.

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The Chicago News of Thursday says that Chicago is to have the largest hotel in the world. It will cost $10,000,000, be twenty-two stories high and it will dwarf in size and magnificence, it is promised, any structure of the kind ever erected. The builders and owners will be a syndicate of Chicago and eastern capitalists, headed by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy property measuring 400 feet in length by 171 feet in depth in Michigan Avenue, two blocks south of the Auditorium.

The loss sustained by the University of Minnesota by reason of the recent fire is not so great as at first reported. They saved the gridiron.

[William Jennings] Bryan is so vehement in denying the charges of insincerity, in his support of Judge Parker, that it looks as if the "charges" were pretty well founded.

It is said that Hon. Tom Watson owns one of the richest farms in Georgia covering nearly one-third of the county. Honorable Tom ought to be ashamed of himself, going around the country posing as a poor man’s friend when he is really a plutocrat.

MERRIMAN NEWS
The Green Hotel was re-opened to the public for business this week. The proprietors are Madams D.C. Robinson and Clara Dickinson and William Sears. They promise to make it a place where "the wicked will cease from and the weary will be at rest" and plenty of good things to eat.
The mask ball given at the hall on the night of October 7th is reported to us as having been a howling success.

Jacob Crigger, father of Grant, was here last week and is going to return to his home in Missouri on Tuesday morning.

Work on the new Episcopal Church of Merriman was commenced last week, and a portion of the frame work was raised this week. The contract price is in the neighborhood of $1,000, but we were unable to learn the exact figures. We believe the size is about the same as the Cody church, which is 24x36.

Sam Buckminister and wife were in town Monday, but they apparently forgot to say anything about their accident which occurred on Sunday, and robbed them of their Sunday dinner. An outsider gave us the particulars of the accident. The Buckminister home was a log building; not of the old fashioned, notched cornered structure, but the logs were butted together in what is known as a section building. This may not be just the proper description, but let that pass. The roof was constructed of regular "bough ten" 2x4’s and boards and this covered with sod, making the roof quite heavy. Owing to this weight and perhaps some defects in laying up the logs, one wall has been gradually settling outward. Sam had temporarily propped it up, expecting later on to permanently cure the defect. On Sunday last, the table was spread with the dinner thereon, and the family, with a guest or two, were seated thereat; operations had begun when crash came down the roof on the table. Besides the fright, no one was physically injured. Mrs. B. had a large pan of light bread sponge sitting near the stove and one sod went "keypunch" right into this pan. Of course, she would not mix up a batch of this kind on the Sabbath Day, and we do not wish it so understood, and we do not believe the accident was a Providential rebuke against Sunday labor. They moved back into the old sod house where they will remain until the log home can be reconstructed.

The public schools of Merriman are progressing under the new management, and the principal pays the pupils a high compliment for loyalty and good work.

Albert Lamb’s resident has received a fresh coat of paint, the brush was manipulated by Bert Tostevin.

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Mrs. Alice Simpson, a Stockport, England, nonagenarian, has five sons and three daughters living, seventy-one grandchildren, seventy-four great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren; making a total of 158 descendants.

BLAIR---The body of Fred Hodges, 24 years old, was found about 200 feet from the Colby schoolhouse, about five miles north of Arlington, by some of the school children. Hodges was last seen on Saturday forenoon, when he left a grip at the house of Charlie Craven, for whom he had recently worked. The body lay at the edge of a cornfield, under a hedge, and some ten feet away was an empty bottle, which had contained cocaine. He was known to have been a cocaine and cigarette user.

75 Years Ago - 1929

In one of the worst fires to visit Sheridan county in recent years, the Clinton Elevator was burned to the ground early Tuesday morning. The elevator was filled with grain and the loss is estimated at about thirty thousand dollars, which was well covered by insurance. The manager of the elevator, Jas. C. Motz, was in Chicago at the time of the fire, having gone there to attend the World Series. The origin of the fire is unknown.

Mona Wilson of Hay Springs, who in the spring of 1928 poisoned her mother and killed her, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and given life imprisonment, by a district court at Rushville, which brought in its verdict early Sunday morning. Immediately following the murder, Mrs. Wilson pleaded guilty and was given a 30-year sentence by Judge Meyer. She later appealed and the supreme court ordered that she be given a new trial, which has now resulted in a life sentence. It took nine days to try the case and many delicate points were submitted to the Judge. A new trial has been requested and undoubtedly the case will go to the supreme court.

REECE-TRANMER
On Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, occurred the marriage of Miss Wanda M. G. Tranmer and Mr. Meredith Reece at Winner, S.D. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tranmer and a member of the graduating class of Gordon High School of 1926. She attended school in Denver in 1927 and attended the Chadron Normal school this summer. The groom is an energetic young man and has been employed at the Pullman Café for some time. The good wishes of their many friends were shown by a charivari parade on the streets of Gordon last Friday night, followed by an impromptu reception.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sanders opened their home Sunday, Oct. 6, to entertain in honor of the 56th wedding anniversary of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders, an elegant wedding dinner being served. All of the children and their families were present to enjoy the happy occasion. This reunion of the families was remarkable in that it was the first time in sixteen years that they had all been together.

Coming from behind to score three touchdowns, one by Dixon and two by Skinner, Gordon defeated Edgemont in an exciting game of football on the home field last Friday, with a score of 19 to 7.Main stars for Gordon were Dixon and Skinner in the backfield, and Hatch and Stouffer in the line, with the rest of the boys coming in for their share of the honors.

According to information received by Postmaster A.A. Strong, city delivery of mail in Gordon will commence on the first of January. All residents are asked to put up their mail boxes as soon as possible as it is necessary for Mr. Strong to report on the number of boxes in place before the service can be started.

High brows get the publicity, but the country is still safe in the hands of people who enjoy the comic section and eat breakfast in the kitchen.

According to a National Geographic Society bulletin the average Kurd over in Asia can trade his wife for a goat. In this country it generally happens that the wife is the goat.

A daughter, Janet Josephine, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Luschel on Thursday, Oct. 3, [1929].

Wayland Case and Henry Dam were made Master Masons at the regular meeting of the local lodge held on Monday evening.

50 Years Ago - 1954

Classes at Gordon High School have named officers and set up organizations for the year’s schedule of activities. The rosters are as follows:
Seniors: Gary Cobb, president; Sam Oldenburg, vice-president; John Borman, secretary; Deanna Johnson, treasurer, and Mac Hull, student council represent-ative. Juniors: Wayne Cobb, president; Keith Mott, vice-president; Sandra Keene, secretary; Allen Lockwood, treasurer, and Barbara Taylor, student council. Sophomores: Peggy Hlava, president; Cherrill DeFrance, vice-president; Lona Cady, secretary; Richard Cobb, treasurer, and Merry Hull, student council. Freshmen: Gay Burgeson, president; Terry Peters, vice-president; Roberta Gardiner, secretary; Pat Hanneman, treasurer, and Shirley Vollintine, student council.

The only reason why some American families don’t own an elephant is that they have never been offered one for "a small down payment and easy monthly payments."

Mrs. Vern Hupp was hostess at a party on Tuesday, Oct. 5, honoring the first birthday of her son, Ronnie. Guests were Mrs. Don Houpt, Shirley and Nancy, Mrs. Orville Hupp and Diana, Mrs. Harold Hupp and Terry, Mrs. Charles Matteson and Janet, and Mrs. Freeman Petersen and Steven.
Pvt. Bob Jenkins, San Diego, Calif., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Jenkins, Gordon, arrived home Thursday to spend a 21-day furlough with his parents. Following his furlough he w3ill be transferred to Camp Pendleton, California.

Lt. Joel Waddill, on leave from Camp Gordon, Ga., with Mrs. Waddill and their daughter, Julie, spent last weekend as houseguests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Olin B. Waddill. On Friday and Tuesday evenings, they and Mr. and Mrs. Olin Waddill and Mrs. Mary Mosher were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Youel. Mrs. Youel and children were guests at the Waddill ranch Saturday. The Joel Waddill family left Wednesday morning for Lincoln where they spent a few days with Mrs. Waddill’s family before returning to Georgia.

Lelah Jewell, Helen Jacoby, Viola Nelson and Frances Spear attended the luncheon meeting of the Rho chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma at Chadron on Saturday, Oct. 2. The business meeting was held at the home of Dora Taylor. Plans for future meetings were based on the report of the committee who attended the state planning board conference at Lincoln.

BIRTHS at Gordon Memorial hospital this week were to:
*Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Harris, a daughter, Cheryl Jan, born Oct. 7, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Myron Gehrig, a son, Douglas Myron, born Oct.10, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hull, a son, Michael Don, born Oct. 12, 1954.
*Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMinn, a daughter, Leta Rose, born Oct. 12, 1954.
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OBITUARIES
Mrs. Lee Sellers: Cora Amelia Gunderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gunderson, was born Dec. 17, 1883, in Vermillion, S.D. and died Oct. 4, 1954, in Gordon, Nebr., aged 70 years, 9 months, and 17 days. On Nov. 2, 1902, she was married to Lee Sellers. To this union were born two children, Vera and Anna. The Sellers family moved to Gordon in 1946. Her husband, both parents, one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral services were held in the Church of God in Gordon and interment was made in the Gordon cemetery.

Julia Chamberlin. Julia Robertson was born in Independence, Kansas, on Feb. 4, 1879, and died in Gordon, Nebr., on Oct. 11, 1954, at the age of 75 years. When six years old she traveled with her family to West Branch, Iowa, in a covered wagon. It was at the family farm home that her marriage to Lewis Chamberlin was solemnized on March 28, 1905, by the Rev. L.F. Chamberlin, father of the groom. The couple had three children: Leroy, Ruth (now Mrs. Thomas Nichols of Milaca, Minn.,) and Fred of Gordon.

25 Years Ago - 1979

On Sunday evening, Sept. 30, members of the Arcana lodge 195, joined by the members of Royal chapter 184, Order of the Eastern Star and Bethel 50, International Order of Job’s Daughters, observed the 50th anniversary of the Gordon Masonic temple. Among the over 100 persons attending were Masons and friends from Martin, S.D., Rushville, Hay Springs, Chadron, Crawford, Kilgore and Springview.

After a week’s visit at home, Pvt. Marty Hugen, son of the Benny Hugens, left Sept. 30 for Marine Corps Headquarters training at Arlington, Va. Pvt. Hugen finished MCRD training at San Diego, Calif. on July 21 and further training at Camp Pendleton in California on Sept. 21. --------------------------
BIRTHS:
*Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landreth, a son, born Oct. 3, 1979.
*Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hunter, a daughter born Oct. 5, 1979.
*Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Landreth, a son born Oct. 8, 1979.
*Martha American Horse, twins, a son and a daughter, born Oct. 8, 1979.

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