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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1973
Page
1
Market News Service notes eggs largely unchanged with Grade A large 41-47 cents, poultry prices steady. Omaha hogs and calves show gains with high values, steers and heifers up 23 to 50 cents, cows steady. lambs mostly down. receipts expected cattle 9,500, hogs 4,000, sheep 300.
Lincoln entries list three races with wagering, claiming prices, and multiple horses and handlers. Notable names include Pulte SIED Nebrasha keed Lytarcich, Morse's $1500, and Quen Fare Free-104 with county beam-hancock-18 in third race, plus several eligible and withdrawing horses.
Silver Creek notes report a Sunday family reunion at the Cecil Larson cabin near Central City. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brady and daughter of LeRoy, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Larson and son of Grand Island, Mr. and Mrs. Ton Graves of Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ellers of Shelby, Mrs. Rene Mearham of Osceola, and several others visiting relatives in Denver, Anaheim, and Houston. Also mentioned is Randy David Engel’s acceptance to Oral Roberts University and Thelma Hunter’s California visit.
An old style horoscope page contains garbled forecasts for ARIES through AQUARIUS with instructions on behavior, work, and social dealings. It also mentions a local note about the Rocky Mountain Irrigation Exposition in Torrington, Wyoming, expecting about 1,000 attendees from several Western states.
Joe Mbracht of Lanisay escaped injury Sunday afternoon when his car caught fire near the Lindsay Manufacturing Company plant. He jumped out as the vehicle rolled toward the plant and was stopped by a load of steel. The car suffered extensive rear and interior damage before the wire department arrived.
AP reports that an application has been filed with the U S Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national bank in the Oil Mill area. Local attorney Richard Lo Berkhheimer says no opening date is set and no target exists if approved. Applicants include James Jensen Warren Jacobs Old Mill developers Herbert Swerberg James Brasvier Granton and Gene Tallman Lincoln.
Larry Soulliere and Puane Cermak each drove in two runs as Platte Center defeated Silver Dollar Bar of Columbus 11 to 7. Bierman earned the win for Platte Center, which sits atop the league with a 13 loss? record. Sander took the loss.
Insurance adjusters put the damage at two thousand to three thousand dollars after a July 13 blaze at the Peru State College Centennial apartment complex. Authorities believe the fire spread from faulty wiring in a fan.
The Columbus Telegram lists weekly delivery days, holiday closures, and subscription pricing by mail and rail routes. It notes year rates of 24 dollars for local districts and 14 dollars for other states, with change of address guidance to notify the local postmaster.
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