A New Addition
Wagner Brothers have completed arrangements for the erection of an addition to the Wagner house block. The new addition will be two stories high and will cover the entire space lying in the rear of the Arcade. The lower portion will be connected with their stores for business purposes, while in the upper part will be a large balcony. Overhead there will be sufficient light in the store at all times during the day. The addition will improve the appearance of the Arcade very much. Work will be commenced on the new addition immediately.
Sidney Daily News, June 5, 1899

Versailles Vs. Sidney
The opening game of the base ball season in Sidney will be played next Friday afternoon on the ball grounds at the top of the Orbison hill between the Versailles team and the Sidney Reds. The game will be called at 3 o’clock. Before the game the two teams, accompanied by the Reed band, will parade to the ball grounds. The reputation of the Versailles club is well known, while the team that Sidney will present against then gives promise that the game will be a good one. New suits have been purchased for the Sidney boys, which will be on exhibition at Charles Taylor’s bicycle store this evening.
Sidney Daily News, June 5, 1899

New Bank
The Comptroller of the Currency has approved the application of L. M. Studevant and others, of Sidney, Ohio, for authority to organize "the First National Bank of Sidney," with a capital of $50,000. This is the only national bank in Sidney. Mr. Studevant's associates in the new bank are Messrs. W. H. Wagner, R. H. Trego, J. E. Russell, C. R. Benjamin, W. M. Kingseed and A. J. Hess.
Sidney Daily News, June 17, 1899