125 Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1899
A meeting was held in the courthouse last evening to make arrangements for a grand labor day celebration in Sidney. Committees were appointed to prepare a line of march. All the factories in the city will be represented in the parade. The workingmen are taking a great interest in this matter.
New blouses, caps, trousers, leggins, and other equipment will be issued to the members of Company L at the armory tonight.
Roy and Charles Anderson went to Cincinnati this morning to see the Cincinnati-Cleveland ball game. They will present the Cincinnati team with several bats made at the Anderson Wheel Stock Works.
100 years ago
Sept. 5, 1924
The County Commissioners will hear a petition for the annexation of properties lying north of the present corporation lines. This petition asks that the north corporation to be extended to the north line of Parkwood allotments, also taking in all of Jimtown to the south of the Wells farm and west to the B.O. R.R., also taking in property of the Sidney Golf Grounds. Already over 100 protests have been filed.
The Great Duhinie just arrived in Sidney. He will release himself from a regulation police straight jacket while hanging in midair from a building on the Public Square.
Gasoline 16 cents. Motor in. – Claude T. DeWeese. – adv’t.
75 Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1949
Port Jefferson and Maplewood elementary children will be trans- ported to Sidney because there is no suitable place in either village to hold school, following closure of both structures along with three Sidney schools by the state department of industrial relations. Elementary students will be educated in the three remaining buildings in half-day shifts: Parkwood, Central, and First ward.
A familiar face will be gone from the stamps window at the Sidney post office after today. Walter Whitman, who has served the public long (491/2 years) and well (never missed a day with sick- ness), has resigned.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1974
Students attending Sidney High School this week numbered 1,376, compared with 1,428 last year the day after Labor Day, down 52 students. However, Roger C. McGee, superintendent of the Sidney City Schools, said last year’s October enrollment totaled 1,453.
Mary Thompson, advisor for the local Welfare Rights Organization, said this morning that, contrary to a report yesterday, many welfare recipients have taken advantage of an “open door policy” at the Shelby County Welfare department.
Sidney’s downtown traffic signal system, that motley collection of lights damned by residents and police alike, is due soon to be replaced.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1999
A plaque depicting the William A. Ross Jr. Research Center is the newest addition to the collection of 16 collectible plaques being offered for sale by the Shelby County Historical Society. The collection of miniature buildings depicts the county’s most admired buildings. They are hand- crafted from wood with great detail. The new plaque sells for $14 and is available at Shelby County Collectibles, 124 S. Main Ave. and at the Shelby County Historical Society Museum, 201 N. Main Ave. All proceeds go to support the Historical Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of Shelby County.
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.
