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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
16
Dr and Mrs P C Mockett returned Wednesday to Kimball after a three month cruise on the S S Resolute around the coast of South America. They visited many beauty spots and places of interest. The voyage around the southern continent was pleasant and provided a delightful vacation.
J. C. Frandsen bought fixtures from the Dr G E B Hart drug store at Gurley and will install them in his store. Some fixtures have been sold to Morey and Larson and will move to Gurley. Dr Hart is closing out his drugs and groceries and will practice medicine in Sidney.
Jess Johnson pleads guilty after writing a $15 check on O. P. Olson and obtaining $5 in cash from a local business. He was jailed for several days and seeks the current district court term to begin his sentence.
Minatare Canal Company officers contracted with the government to clean several miles of their sand filled ditch. Investigation showed draglines could perform the work cheaper than traditional methods, so an agreement was reached. Two new government workers have moved to town to reside during the project.
Mise Clara Laing, a Dalton schools teacher, was taken ill last Saturday with diabetes. By 6 p.m. she showed signs of improvement. insulin was given hypodermically. Friends hope for a rapid recovery as substitutes teach in her absence.
A big charity ball is set for Easter Monday April 13 organized by the King's Daughters at Hardy's hall. Proceeds will aid local welfare efforts and community projects. The event invites public support and charitable participation.
A large turnout of fans and players attended a baseball meeting at the Deuce County bank. Bill Munson will handle pitching with several new locals joining. H. W. Swanson elected manager and J. A. Geib secretary. The club plans to join the Lodge Pole Valley league with teams from Sidney, Bridgeport, Kimball, Potter, Chappell, Julesburg, and Big Springs. A practice game with the local high school is planned Sunday.
Massey Harris Harvester plans a transfer plant in Sterling to manufacture farm machinery. John Hugg of the company reports Kansas City as the manager and notes Sterling is under consideration for a west assembling plant in the next few years. J P Townsend serves as local representative with several salesmen.
Sterling began tree spraying Tuesday under street commissioner James Arnold with a three man crew using a power sprayer to reach trees with minimal property damage. The city aims to prevent a scale infestation that damaged locusts cottonwoods and poplars last year using Scalecide and plans two treatments this season.
A new Chrysler sedan owned by Charles Brennan was badly damaged Sunday at 3 PM near a railroad crossing on Tenth Street when driven by Joe Brennan. Wade Ellis and William Bicknell were with him. All escaped serious injury. Brennan and Ellis had minor injuries. The car rolled over twice from 40 to 50 mph. top wrecked. passenger Fills thrown free and found beneath the car.
Bridgeport scouts plan a week from April 20 to 25 filled with games stunts tests and hikes under Scoutmaster Walter Canaday and Scout Executive I D Henderson. The event aims to prepare for a district jamboree in Mitchell in May and to demonstrate scouting’s impact to residents.
West Nebraska Star Herald reports a police judge clarifies that the gin shipment to West Nebraska Methodist Hospital was not ordered by the court. The mayor issued the order, with the liquor intended for medicinal use, and the judge seeks to keep the record straight.
The Angora State bank in Angora Nebru has been placed under guardianship by the state guarantee fund commission. Secretary Kirk Griggs of the department of trade and commerce said no reports on the bank’s condition were available Tuesday morning and a slight loss is probable. Secretary V. Peterson cited lack of business as the bank’s failure.
The Lions club will sponsor a large Easter egg hunt for children under 12 in Scottsbluff with 10 000 candy eggs. The event, led by M. Douglas Parks, will be Thursday afternoon April 9 with school dismissals at noon and supervision by Lions members and Boy Scouts troop nine.
District officials and county commissioners from Box Butte Sioux Dawes and Falls River prepare for a major Potash highway meeting in Crawford. Roy Cochran A M Gaddis Lloyd Thomas and local business leaders will attend plus a 615 banquet signaling renewed funding and early construction prospects along the route.
A Sunday auto wreck about one mile west of Brush damaged A J Heinlein’s sedan. Kenneth Heinlein fractured his collar bone and Mr and Mrs Heinlein suffered severe bruises. The collision occurred when A P Brandt of Fort Morgan, speeding toward Fort Morgan, cut across the road behind another car and struck the Heinlein vehicle broadside. Kenneth was rushed to Brush for medical care.
In Burns a local school dispute ended with a 99 to 51 vote demanding the district hire Superintendent Bruton for the next year. Patrons packed a special meeting after a petition to keep the current head was ignored. The board now faces a clash between majority rule and concerns about change.
A courthouse transom breach unfolds when Judge Tash is locked out and asks for transom jumpers. Custodian Bob Evans climbs through after dusting the transom to hide fingerprints, prompting spectators to note a simple route through wider store transoms.
Gering and Scottsbluff led in turnout for the Sunday school contest final, totaling 9462 across both cities while North Platte trailed with 8879. Gering recorded 712 attendees and Scottsbluff 1541, as communities used banners, parades, and a fire department truck with Boy Scout buglers to draw crowds. The Presbyterian class at Scottsbluff, taught by Judge Barron, had the largest single church attendance at 509.
Oshkosh residents organize a May to September season with a 12 man home roster no hired battery. Verne Taylor to manage, Frank Robinson to arrange schedules, F L Ferrel as secretary treasurer, and funds sought from business leaders. Compliment tickets offered for monthly donors. prices remain 25 cents for ages over 12. free under 12.
A Merino high school agriculture instructor A R Looker was assaulted by five men of unknown identity while with students during a wether roast near the river and railroad tracks. He was unconscious, later found between rails, hospitalized and described as seriously injured under medical care.
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