Iowa
Old Press
FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
December 8, 1904
THE MARTYRED CENTRAL GIRL
Next to the primary teacher, that public servant which in our
judgment is most entitled to sympathy and kind treatment is the
"hello girl" in the local exchange. She sits (it is
always "she"--no man will take the job) at the
crossroads, so to speak, of all the stew and fret, the rush and
the worry of the entire community. In the use of the telephone as
in everything else people go in crowds. As if actuated by some
mysterious power of
teleopathy every one wants to use the telephone at exactly the
same moment. From local, rural and long distance patrons, a storm
of yells, rings and hellos come pouring into the ear of
"central" with the din of hail on a tin roof and with
the rush and roar with which the water is said to have gone over
Ladore. To this babel of tongues she must always return a
pleasant answer. The Chinese puzzle of the switch board must
always be solved correctly and everybody's demands instantly
complied with or (blank) is to pay. No wonder she sometimes makes
mistakes. The marvel is that she ever gets anything right.--Sioux
Rapids Republican Press
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Fremont County Herald
Sidney, Fremont co., Iowa
December 13, 1904
TO THE PUBLIC
John F. Lewis, for many years a resident of Riverton, but since
1900 a citizen of Atlantic, has taken a position on the editorial
staff of the Herald. The above named gentleman is no
stranger to the Herald readers, as he was a frequent,
though often an anonymous, contributor to the paper while he
lived at Riverton. For the present Mr. Lewis will have charge of
the local department and any assistance given him, or courtesies
extended, will be thankfully appreciated by the management.
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
It gives us much pleasure to again greet our old friends through
the columns of the Herald, and we trust the feeling may,
in some degree at least, be reciprocated. When a man has, like
the writer, lived for a dozen years in a county as good as old
Fremont, and among the whole-souled people who dwell within her
borders, he can never forget either the one or the other,
"mid pleasures and palaces though he may roam." And, by
the way, it is beginning to dawn upon the mind of the multitude
that pleasures and palaces are a sham, a delusion and a snare,
and that there is more real happiness found in quiet places, and
among unpretentious people, than there is among any other kind.
It is often the case the people whose surroundings are such that
they ought to be happy fail to realize how well off they are. If
a man is seeking happiness there is no good and sufficient reason
why he should leave Fremont county in order to find it. If a man
cannot be happy here, the chances are that he will not be happy
anywhere. During the time of our former residence in the county
our business was to show up our fellow citizens on paper through
the medium of the camera. We have now entered upon the task of
showing them up by means of the pen. If they are painted just as
they are, the picture ought not to be an ugly or a displeasing
one. There is not much use in people making long statements about
what they are going to do, being "here to stay," etc.
We have seen people who "came to stay" who didn't stay
three weeks. But whether our stay be short or long, it shall be
our earnest endeavor to make the columns of the Herald (as they
have been in the past) interesting, useful and instructive, and
to this end we ask the cooperation of all good people. Hoping
that we shall be able to retain the esteem of all our old friends
and to make many new ones, we remain,
Yours Sincerely,
JOHN F. LEWIS.
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Fremont County Sun
Sidney, Fremont Co, Iowa
December 15, 1904.
John F. Lewis of Atlantic, who was formerly in the photography
business in Riverton, is now reporting for the Herald.
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FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
December 22, 1904.
BORN
-To Frank Young and wife, of Knox, Dcember 19, a son
-To L. E. Reeves and wife, December 15, a son.
-To Curt Curran and wife, December 15th a daughter.
-To Fred Woodward and wife, of Prairie township, December 15, a
baby.
-To Ed Keyser and wife northwest of town, December 20, a son.
Wilson - Reynolds
Earl Wilson, son of T. I. Wilson and wife, was married at Omaha
yesterday evening, to Miss Reynolds of that city. Earl is now
fireman on the Union Pacific railway and they will make their
home at Omaha.
Carrier Examination
An examination for mail carriers was held at Sidney, Saturday. A.
C. Penney and C. W. Stephens of Sidney, and M. C. Akins, J.E.
Hall, E. B. Jones, D. DeSelm, C. L. Middleton and Mrs. Albertine
Brown, of Hamburg,
took the examination. The only vacancy at present is the route
between Hamburg and Sidney, recently vacated by the resignation
of James Yowell.
DEATH OF J. D. LACY
One of the Oldest Citizens of Sidney Passes Away at the Age of
eighty-one years
Died at his residence in Sidney December 19, 1904 at 10:45 a.m.
of pneumonia Jeptha D. Lacy aged 81 years 6 months and 4 days.
Mr. Lacy was born in Christian county Kentucky, July 15, 1823. In
an early day he removed to Illinois where he was united in
marriage to Sarah A. Stone in 1849. To this union were born five
children, two having died in infancy. Mr. Lacy was one of the
oldest settlers of Fremont county having come here when the
country was first settled. He was a devoted christian man having
joined the church many years ago and was a charter member of the
M. E.church at this place. Besides a host of friends he leaves a
wife and three children: Theodore, Emma and Mrs. M. E. Liggett of
Washington. The funeral arrangements have not been completed as
some of the children have not yet arrived but will be held in the
M. E. church conducted by the pastor, and the Odd Fellow's Lodge.
Interment will take place in the Sidney cemetery. Mr.Lacy's
familiar face on the streets of Sidney will be missed. He lived
to a ripe old age and did not expect to remain here very much
longer. Mrs. Lacy started to visit their daughter in Washington a
few days before he took sick and has not yet returned.
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