125 Years
Oct. 21, 1899
McCARTYVILLE – The husking frolic at Dick Howell’s Saturday night was fairly well attended. A good time is reported.
QUINCY – J. Allinger & Sons have repaired the water gates at the head of their mill.
KETTLERSVILLE – The Board of Education took a step in the right direction Monday by purchasing Webster’s International Dictionaries for all the schools in the township.
Dr. J.W. Costolo, chairman of the County Democratic Committee, yesterday presented William Jennings Bryan with a handsome hickory cane as a remembrance from Shelby county Democrats.
100 Years
Oct. 21, 1924
FOR SALE: Seed corn, $2 a bushel selected; $1.50 a bushel assorted from crib. Yield was 150 bushels from 1 ½ acres. John Orbison, Sidney – Advertisement
The beautiful new Big Four viaduct is the most outstanding feature of a project that involves 14 miles of rebuilding and double tracking, 7 miles of which is in a new location. The bridge is 785 feet long and 105 feet high from the foundation on bed rock to the track level. It consists of five arches, two of them 140 feet wide and two 100 feet wide. It required 28,000 cubic yards of concrete and 900,000 pounds of steel to build this bridge. The old line through Sidney winds down into the valley and thru the heart of the city. There are eleven curves and nine grade crossings in the city limits.
75 Years
Oct. 21, 1949
Election of officers of the Friendly Circle Farm Bureau council was held Sunday evening. Results are: discussion leader, Elmer Allen; president, Harold Slager; vice-president, Richard Stewart; secretary, Eileen Silvers; membership, Waldo Michael; H.&C. committee, Eileen Heiland; and legislative, Louis Hall.
Discussion at the Oct. 12 meeting of the Twin Pond Farm Bureau advisory council meeting focused on using your money in the most important places. It was agreed that for our homes first should come lights, second running water, then central heating, bathrooms, and so on as the families think they need or can afford them next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Addison.
50 Years
Oct. 21, 1974
Temperatures in the 10s and a snow-covered ground failed to keep 302 youngsters from completing a long trek to Lockington and back Sunday in an effort to raise funds for CROP, the community hunger appeal of the Church world Service. Donald Conklin, Shelby County Commissioner, launched the walkers on their trip by firing a cannon.=
Mike Flanagan is probably the best gridder in the history of Sidney High School. Saturday, he played with the Indiana University football squad against OSU at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. It wasn’t a very happy occasion for the Hoosiers. They were pulverized by 49-9 by the top-ranking Buckeyes.
25 Years
Oct. 21, 1999
UNITED NATIONS – More job opportunities have been created for women in the last two decades, but they still earn two-thirds of what men make, a U.N. report said Thursday.
PIQUA – Sears’ grand opening celebration at the Miami Valley Centre mall will begin Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:45 a.m. This celebration is in honor of the opening of the new 100,000 square foot full line Sears.
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.
