Cheyenne County Wheat Yield Tops Five Million Bushels
Cheyenne county produced a record wheat crop in 1926 totaling 5,434,300 bushels with 178,000 acres planted. Shipments rose 83.2 percent since 1924, carload grains and livestock shipments surged, and storage held about 30 percent for seed and sale. Land values increased about 25 percent as farming prospered. Sidney, Nebraska, leads the far west as an agricultural center with rising bank activity and business growth.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
M. W. Shipman
Burlington Railroad
Nebraska
Telegraph
Shipman
Cheyenne
Sidney Banks Prospering Amid Local Bank Prosperity
Reports on March 28 show the American Bank and the Liberty State Bank in excellent shape and prospering. Sidney banks rank among the front line institutions with conservative management, strong earning capacity, and no frozen paper, signaling a prosperous, confident community and a favorable impression outward.
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Sidney Banks
American Bank
Liberty State Bank
Middle West
Sidney Banking
Wyoming beet growers sign Holly contract in Torrington
Eastern Wyoming beet growers at Torrington accept a Holly Sugar contract with minor changes. The 15 000 acre district will see about 50 90 percent planted. Minimum price is seven dollars per ton on a sliding scale, with final payments tied to sugar content and finished product price. A 30 50 profit split applies locally. growers seek a one dollar per ton bonus for 1926 not granted. Heavy rains and snow lift optimism for record yields.
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Wyoming
Idly Sugar Corporation
Torrington
Wyo
Platte Valley
Nebraska
Great Western Territory
Great Western
North Platte Valley Teachers Gather at Bridgeport Meeting
The North Platte Valley Teachers association held its annual gathering in Bridgeport last Friday with Scotts Bluff and Sidney basketball teams as highlights. Mrs Essig celebrated a surprise birthday hosted by Lutheran church members. Adolph Swenson is taking orders for men's and ladies suits. The Episcopal Ladies Guild met to elect officers for the year. A new Union Pacific timetable has taken effect. The Methodist church is collecting supplies for Omaha tornado victims. H R Fuller and wife returned from a coast tour. Snyder and Reimer firm dissolved their partnership. Mr Snyder continues in business. L G Lowe, Frank Whitelock and S R Sweet reported seven geese on the North Platte River early in the week.
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North Platte Valley Teachers’ Association
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Essig
Lutheran Church
Adolph Swenson
Ladies’ Guild
The
Episcopal Church
F. B. Tobin
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
H.R. Fuller
Snyder and Reimer
Snyder
Real Estate Bargains as 24 Years Ago Show Down in Town
24 years ago J C Hudson offers rare bargains in town and country real estate with city lots from five dollars. Clarke and Robison of Omaha buy all Union Pacific land in township 16 range 16 totaling about 744 sections. Opera managers Bassett and McIntosh bring Sanford Dodge and his company back for two nights starting April 20. Bridgeport town board closes saloons at midnight as part of a moral wave.
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J. C. Hudson
Clarke
Robison
Omaha
Union Pacific
Bassett and
McIntosh
Opera House
Sanford Dodge
Bridgeport
Plate glass windshields installed at Hahler Garage
A notice states plate glass windshields and sedan doors are installed at Hahler Garage for For Better Used Cars Sidney Mo tor Sales Company. Readable details are limited, but the ad confirms services offered and the business handle.
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Hahler Garage
Sidney Motor Sales Company
Attorney Torgeson Sells His Kimball Residence
Attorney E. S. Torgeson, a leading Wimball county lawyer, has sold his Kimball residence. The buyer is R. Rodman, also an attorney in Kimball, who purchased the building built years ago by Honorable James A. Rodman for his Kimball home.
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S E. Torgeson
Wimball County
Kimball
Kimball Observer
R. ¥. Rodman
James A. Rodman
New Kimball Golf Course Nears Completion
A Kimball golf course nears season readiness after favorable weather. A force of men, led by R V. Rodman and F. R. Morgan, with W. N. Orcutt and C. M. Ott, have contributed significant time to the project for Nimball Observer.
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Kimball
R V. Rodman
F. R. Morgan
W. N. Orcutt
C. M. Ott
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Guy LS Dorangeo
Adam Telegraph
Central Avenue
Wyoming Growers
HOLLY
Great Western Defiant
Western Nebraska Growers
Stuht
O. D. Lyon
BE. McClernon
O. D. Lyon Land Co
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Roosevelt
Washington
L. G. Lowe
Frank Whitelock
S. R. Sweet
North Platte River
Torgeson
Oper
V Poquette
Coldair
Cooldak
W. W. Jordan
Sidney, Nebraska
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