125 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1899
LORAMIES John Quatmann will have a public sale tomorrow. He intends to move to Dayton and will work for the Cash Register company.
ANNA-D.B. Millette and George E. Fogt soon go to Cincinnati to enter medical and dental colleges, respectively. Joseph Ford, of Anna, 200 pounds, is Joseph Ford, of the Klondike, 150 pounds, losing 50 pounds, although we are gratified to inform his many friends that he is enjoying the best of health and is prosperous.
After our letter on Cologne was published last week in the News we were informed that Peter Martin, who for many years was a resident of this city, and who died a few years ago near the mill south of town, was for a number of years employed as a workman on the great cathedral in that city. He said that the foundation was 75 feet below the surface of the ground and that he assisted in the work of building of the foundation for some of the spires of the cathedral.
100 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1924
Last evening the regular meeting of the Sidney Retail Merchants Association was held in the Kah building. Much interest in the organization was manifested and the association now has nearly eighty members. The spirit of cooperation between the farmer and merchant was clearly brought out by the report of the committee who had charge of the Merchants Display at the Shelby County Fair.
75 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1949
One of the closing day features of the 89th Shelby County fair was a huge parade of livestock, farm machinery, cars and bands Friday morning around the race track. Hundreds viewed the long line of exhibits from the grandstand and many more crowded in the infield and around the track.
Senator Robert A. Taft will be a visitor in Sidney next Monday when he is scheduled to address a joint dinner meeting of the Rotary and Kiwanis.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1974
Preliminary approval of a 38 per cent rate hike to Warner Cable TV of Sidney was granted by Sidney City Council Monday night.
Sidney Board of Education last night approved 8.57 per cent salary increases for 121 non-instructional personnel and 16 administrators, as well as a 10.8 per cent salary increase for Supt. Roger C. McGee. At the last board meeting an 8.57 per cent salary increase was approved for Sidney teachers.
Shelby County Commissioner Merton Maxwell today said all courthouse offices would be open tomorrow morning during the hearing of a courthouse custodian who was arrested by city police yesterday on a littering charge. Barbara Geuy, Shelby County Clerk of Courts, said yesterday that her office would close in protest and attend the hearing. “And if the commissioners don’t take a stand on this, they’re in for it, I’m afraid.”
25 Years Ago
Sept. 17, 1999
The Salvation Army of Sidney recently welcomed new youth out- reach coordinators. And the youth pastors, Jenny and Marcus Collings, seemingly reached out from two different corners of the world to get here. Jenny, 23, comes from London, England, and Marcus, 25, hails from Auckland, New Zealand, on North Island. The couple have been in Sidney about a month.
The couple learned of the posi- tion with the Salvation Army from Jenny’s parents, who are officers in the Salvation Army in Pakistan. Once they heard of the opportunity, Jenny contacted Capt. Phil Wittenberg of the Sidney office and arrangements were made for them to move here this summer, after their wedding.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is warning Americans who plan to travel overseas for the New Year’s holiday they likely will experience problems such as power failures or telephone out- ages, especially in parts of Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe. In contrast, the department indicated it expected few problems caused by the Year 2000 technology problem across parts of Western Europe, North America and the Caribbean. The warnings issued Tuesday provided the most detailed picture to date from the government about where it anticipates trouble related to the so-called Y2K glitch. “This information will help Americans make their own decisions,” Under Secretary of State Thomas Pickering said.
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