July, 1899 |
Compiled by Doris Dilbone in July,
1999 |
Baseball Happenings
The Sidney ball club will go to
Tippecanoe to-morrow where they will play two games with the Tippecanoe club…..The
Sidney base ball club went to Wapakoneta
yesterday and defeated the Wapakoneta club by a score of 14 to 10. The game was stopped at
the end of the eighth inning to allow the Sidney club to catch a train.
Sidney Daily News, July 3, 1899
Mary L. Poultry Plant
Vivian Walters and wife,
of Philadelphia, Penn., who are visiting at Bellefontaine, came here to-day to see the Mary L. Poultry Plant.
Sidney Daily News, July 3, 1899
Commencing next Sunday
there will be excursions run from all points on the C., H. and D. Railroad to the Mary L.
Poultry Plant in this city. Next Sunday there will be two excursion trains on the C., H.
and D., one will leave Cincinnati, at 7:15 a.m. and the other will leave Toledo at 7:10
a.m. and both will arrive here at 10:30 a.m. Returning they will leave Sidney at 6:20 p.m.
These excursions will be increased until there will be eight a week, four on the C., H.
and D. and four on the Big Four railroad. It is expected that a hundred and fifty thousand
strangers will visit Sidney within the next four months. There is no other
attraction in America equal to this poultry plant, and our citizens should feel proud of
it and do everything in their power to encourage it and treat all the visitors
courteously. It is modestly estimated that these excursions will leave to the citizens of
Sidney at least one hundred thousand dollars.
Sidney Daily News, July 11, 1899
Fourth of July
The Fourth of July in
Sidney was celebrated in a general way by the displaying of flags and the shooting of fire
crackers. Picnics were numerous, a number of different crowds going out to spend the day.
Some 2,500 people spent the Fourth
at Riverside Park at Quincy yesterday. The Ohio Southern ran excursions from Lima and
Springfield bringing in something like two thousand of the visitors. The new management
has made many improvements about the place that makes it a most pleasant place for a day’s
outing. In the twelve mile bicycle road race at Newport yesterday given in connection with
the Fourth of July celebration, of the Newport fire company, W. O. Lane, of Troy, won the
time prize, his time being 30 minutes and 5 seconds. First place prize was won by Sam
Goffena, of Newport, second place by Frank Short, of Oran, third place by Frank Marshall,
of this city, and fourth place by Fred McClure.
Sidney
Daily News, July 5, 1899
The County Fair
J. E. Russell, receiver of
the Sidney Agricultural Institute, has completed arrangements with the business men of
Sidney to hold a Shelby county fair this year beginning September 12 and lasting four
days. All premiums are guaranteed to be paid in full. The merchants and manufacturers of
this county have agreed to assist in making a grand display. Now let the people join and
make this the largest and best fair ever held in the county. Liberal premiums are offered
and there will be good races every
day. If the people will take hold of this matter as the business men of Sidney there is no
doubt but that the fair will not only be a success this year, but be established on a
successful basis for years to come.
Sidney Daily News, July
20, 1899
Summer Garden
The vacant lot just west
of the Farmer’s hotel has been recently converted into a summer garden. A large
canvas has been placed overhead and the ground covered with sawdust, with tables and
chairs sitting all around. The garden is in charge of John Henke.
Shelby County Democrat, July 14, 1899
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