125 Years
June 4, 1899
This Misses Mattie and Jennie Sollenberger have resigned their positions as janitors of the court house to take effect July 1. They are compelled to do this on account of ill health. With their father before his death, they have been janitors in the court house for the past 15 years, since it was built.
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A water pipe burst in the Odd Fellows hall sometime last night, causing water to run through the ceiling into the mayor’s office. The water dropped down on the mayor’s desk, damaging the furniture and a number of papers.
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In a letter received from George Kraft, who left Sidney last week with John Berkshire and Tom Emley for the Alaskan gold fields, he says they were to sail from Seattle, Wash., today for St. Michaels, Alaska.
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Complaint has been made about persons going swimming in the canal and river inside the corporation limits. Hereafter they will be arrested and prosecuted for it.
100 Years
June 4, 1924
Postal cards received from Paul Monroe and Carl Sexauer, the two Sidney European travelers, tell of visits to Rheims and the Verdun battle front in France.
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Landman’s Mill, near Lockington, was entered Sunday night and the safe forced open, the yeggs obtaining $31. Officials report the job looked like the work of someone familiar with the office and safe.
75 Years
June 4, 1949
Fort Loramie’s Future Farmers of America general livestock judging team will represent the state of Ohio at the national judging competition at Waterloo, Iowa, after the Shelby county team was judged first in competition at Columbus last weekend. Members include Ed Hoying, Vernon Hilgefort and Carl Boerger. Advisor of the team is Henry Horstman.
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Local Iutis club officials were piecing together today final plans for their third annual junior softball program which is scheduled to get underway coincident with the termination of the school year. In anticipation of the program expected to attract 150 boys, Harmon field is being overhauled.
50 Years
June 4, 1974
The ape roaming around Sidney Saturday was actually a messenger of Calvery Chapel Independent Fundamental Church, Minster. Rev. Ronald Lee Boldman said the promotion was intended to “get interest stirred up in going to church.” Boldman said there has been a “trend that you can’t have fun going to church. We’re different.”
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The Second Shelby County antique show and flea market, featuring more than 100 dealers from several states, will be held this weekend at the Shelby County fairgrounds. They will run monthly through December. Last month’s show featured 75 dealers and drew about 2,000 people.
25 Years
June 4, 1999
WASHINGTON – The nation’s unemployment rate dipped back down to a 29-year low of 4.2 percent in May even though the growth of payroll jobs was the smallest in more than three years.
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RUSSIA – Russia School first grade students on Wednesday culminated the school year with a taste of their own work. They ate salad which they grew themselves in the school’s garden, learning not only horticulture but a bit of math and science, too.
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A number of events are planned during the month of June at the Senior Center, 304 S. West Ave. Seats are available on the June 23 bus trip to Longaberger Baskets in Dresden, Ohio.
These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (937-498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org. Visit the Sidney Daily News website, www.sidneydailynews.com to read the rest of the week’s columns.
