Looking Back

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

100 YEARS AGO

‘Usual Sprints’

February 22, 1913

The village had its usual two runaways last Saturday. These are getting to be so regular that citizens hardly look at a team speeding by. The first was Ray Nelson’s well-trained team. They objected to the looks of a bull tearing through the street hotly pursued by Nelse Olson and son. Roy managed to guide his runaways toward the east end of town while Mr. Nelson and his animal occupied...