Social Roundup of Sidney Residents and Visitors
Off Interest notes recount visits and travels of local families and friends from Omaha Denver Lorenzo and Sidney. Highlights include births marriages moves plans and job changes plus a note on Miss Eva Siedow resigning and new spring work assignments. Residents and guests swap places across Nebraska and nearby states with plans for summer ball and local building projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Harte
Louis Harte
Omaha
W. D. Harte
Betty
Buddy Dunaway
Denver
Sidney
Bertha Bentley
George Fleming
Lorenzo
Taylor Hospital
Evelyn Nelson
Ovid
Colo
J. M. Nelson
F. L. Baker
North Platte
L. T. Poole
May Breternitz
Chicago
Ben Slack
Peetz
Ben
G. H. Higgins
California
L. A. Donahoe
S. A. Maley
E. J. Sweet
S. A. Giffin
Indianapolis
Ind
J. J. Parks
Veterans pension bill debate sparks budget clash in Nebraska
Letter column discusses Rankin pension amendments, costs, and the contrast with alternate bills. A. L. Miller argues the original plan overreached, cites estimates and VA parallels, and urges accurate reporting by The Sidney Telegraph and Omaha World Herald. J. O. Lobb comments on selling Nebraska to Nebraskans and school land leases, highlighting lease income, state debt, and ex-GI farming roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
The
Telegraph
Rankin
House
Congress
Europe
Marshall
Omaha World Herald
Jack Lowe
Sidney
Nebraska
Mr. Lowe
State Land Board
Cheyenne County
Land Board
Nebraska highway fatalities improve but trail 1948 numbers
The 1949 highway death toll up to April 4 stood at 35, down from 44 at the same point in 1948, according to statistics from the Nebraska State Safety Council. The report notes ongoing progress in road safety despite the year’s higher total later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Nebraska State Safety Council
Army Consumes Pickles In Large Military Rations
Uncle Sam's men in uniform eat more than a dozen pints of pickles per year each. Officials estimate armed forces use far more pickles than spinach and baked beans combined. Government nutritionists highlight pickles for brightening plain food and providing vitamins A B and C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Water Projects Yield Record Crop Values in Pacific Northwest
The 1947 harvest produced crops valued at 225,235,236 on 15 federal reclamation projects in the Pacific Northwest, the Bureau of Reclamation reports. The prior high was 210,337,163 set in 1946, marking a yearly rise in agricultural returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Northwest
Bureau of Reclamation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Fhilson
Archie Kirkpatrick
Pacific Coast
Mabel Closman
Eva Siedow
Sidney Mercantile Company
A. B. Knox
North Divide
Portland
Oregon
W. W Jordan
Julia Ahrens
Kenneth Agnew
R. M. Jolly
Hank Gapen
Dave Gutfreund
Judge Comings
Mrs. Cundiff
Harry Barrett
Lodge Pole
Andrew Britton
Bradford
Thorns
al Gorham
Chestnut Street
Clarkson
E. J Sweet
G.hewett
Rev L. Stevens
Harry High
Central City
C D. Essig
Washington
M. Wetzel
York
M. C. Anderson
BE. Tusler
Wisconsin
Sidney, Nebraska
A. L. Miller
M. C
Nebr
the Telegraph
Ting
Yours, J. O. Lobb
Hotpoint
Cercle
U.S
Pat
Greenlees
S&h
Herstead
Monument CO
Scottsbluff
Lauri’s
General Electric
Trademork Reg
U. S
Ronald Novotny
Sidney City Auditorium
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