Local and Personal News Mentions From Sidney and Nearby
Mrs E L Hyde left for Portland to visit her parents and Kenneth Lynch began clerking at Thayer s Rexall in Sidney. Ben McComb left for Salt Lake City while Mrs Hewitt returns to Portland after a visit. Mrs R P Kepler went to Milton Wisconsin as her son Richard attends college. report says Richard is seriously ill. Principal Jones announces Peg On My Heart as senior class play with actors yet to be chosen. Mack Peetz returned from a California trip. many families moving from the state due to high living costs. Dr Roche notes Gustin couple returned home from Loreno after mercury poisoning illness. they are improving. Attorney R P Kepler says Ernest Busboom v Capitol Fire Insurance case is confirmed by the supreme court. Mrs Banta arrives to resume work at Greenlees after a relapse in her daughter s illness and subsequent operation. Mrs J M Nelson and daughter Evelyn return from Omaha after Evelyn s appendectomy. county treasurer also went to Omaha for the operation. While returning from California, Co R 8 Oberfelder notes a 104 year old Mrs Mary Jefferies traveling alone from Medford to Cleveland and train staff receiving many telegrams about her care.
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California
Co. R
Oberfelder Estates
Mary Jefferies
Medford
Ore
Cleveland
Ohio
Sidney men jailed for Breakwater robbery charge
County Attorney RB P Kepler says Sanks and R Twist of Sidney were arrested by Sheriff McDaniel and Sheriff Davis of Morrill county last Saturday. They were taken to Bridgeport to face charges for robbing a Breakwater general store two or three months ago. The merchandise was found and the men confessed.
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Attgorney
P. Kepler
Chambers Mull Over Yellowstone Highway Fame Plan
The chamber discusses using Yellowstone park traffic as a drawing card and plans a Bridgeport meeting with several chambers of commerce to seek national recognition for the highway. A letter from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen warns that a party linked to the Big Four publication has no connection to the organization. North highway commissioner Barlow cites a conference with the gate engineer about securing legislative funds to support highway work amid tight finances in a neighboring county.
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Yellowstone Park
Johnson
Chambers of Commerce
Bridgeport
Johson
Brotherhood of Railway
Big Four
Barlow
Sidney Chamber Sees Sixty-Two Members Pay Dues
Mr Johnson reported the Sidney chamber now has eighty-two paid members. W. K. Hodgkin chaired the meeting and named I. E. Grabill to lead next week's session.
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Johnson
Sidney
W. K. Hodgkin
I. E. Grabill
Sidney's Old Fort Melts Amid Progress and Myth
Reprint of With Variations column recalls Sidney as a frontier post fading to modernization. It notes DB and M railroad work, an overhead crossing, and vast land entries spurred by cattle industry, while criticizing timber culture claims and droughts across Cheyenne County.
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Telegraph
T. M. Shallenberger
The
State Journal
Sidney
Jianton
Harney
Matt Daugherty
Tobe Caster
Ed Weatervelt
Ash Hollow
Black Hill
Lawton
Geronimo
Neville
Old Fort
Daugherty
Allen
Cheyenne County
Kearney
Sidney declamatory contest winners head to Bridgeport
Sidney high school will send Gladys Zimmer Kenneth Thompson and James Daughtery to the sub district declamatory contest at Bridgeport on Friday night. Contestants from Dalton Oshkosh Lewellen and Bridgeport will also compete with the two top finishers from each class advancing to the district contest likely in Scottsbluff.
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Sidney
Bridgeport
Gladys Zimmer
Kenneth Thompson
James Daugherty
Dalton
Shkosh
Lewellen
Scottsbiuff
Sidney High School
Daugherty to Represent Sidney in Bridgeport Oratorical
Only one contestant in the oratorical class will travel to Bridgeport as Sidney's representative. James Daugherty spoke on A Message to Garcia while five competed in the dramatic class and four in the humorous class. Gladys Zimmer won dramatic first with The Fall of Pemberton Mills. Dolores Carleton was second on Captain January. In humor, Kenneth Thompson took first with The Movie Fan, Harriet Jones was second on Tigers is Only Cats. Judges were L E Lydiatt, Margaret Brown, and Mrs Wesner. Special numbers included the high school orchestra and a piano solo by Prof H B Smith.
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Bridgeport
Sidney
James Daugherty
Garcia
Gladys Zimmer
Pemberton Mills
Dolores Carleton
Captain January
Kenneth Thompson
Harriet Jones
L. E. Lydiatt
Margaret Brown
Lodge Pole
Wesner
H. B. Smith
County OKs Deposits of Excess Funds in Local Banks
Cheyenne county board permits County Treasurer J M Nelson to place excess funds in the two Chappell banks and the two Kimball banks to protect county money. The county seeks $47 500 from a defunct bank, with $22 500 above the 50 percent limit. Funds total about $70 000, enough for Cheyenne banks. taxes due soon may swell the totals.
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Cheyenne County Board of County Commissioners
J. M. Nelson
Chappell
Kimball
Nebraska State Bank
Cheyenne County
Chappell and Kimball
Nelson
Devel
Omaha
Cattle Feeding Declared Profitable By Local Farmers
In Sundl and Lodge Pole a group of farmers began a new stock feeding venture using cotton cake mixed with corn for finishing cattle. Participants include A A Bauer Sunol A Englert and son Lodge Pole Fenske and Booth Sunol Englert brothers Sunol and Lehmkuhl and son Lodge Pole. Cattle sales to Omaha and Chicago earned strong profits. Bauer projects rising interest and more cattle now on feed among the group.
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Sundl
Lodge Pole
A. A. Bauer
Sunol
A Englert
Fenske
Booth
Englert Brothers
Lehmkuhl
Lodge
Mr. Bauer
A. Englert and Son
Lehmkuhl and Son
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E. L. Hyde
Portland
Kenneth Lynch
Casper
Wyo
Thayer
Rexall Drug
Ben McComb
Salt Lake City
R. P. Kepler
Milton, Wisc
Richard
Mack Peetz
Ernest Busboom
Capitol Fire Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Evelyn
Metropolis
Robert
Oberfelder
Bob
Willey
Albert Kreinbring
Farmers Union
Gurley
Chamber
Sidney Shoe Hospital
Nebraska
Clart Schaffner
Marz
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Mens Clothing
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