Lorenzo area full of tractors as spring work begins
In Lorenzo the community reports five gas tractors at work within five miles turning over soil. Residents note early planting of potatoes and rising activity in fields. Local families visit, travel, and socialize at Dalton and Sidney while crops and machinery receive attention. Joe Curran from Boston returns to help on the breader farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Myers
Walt Andres
Lincoln
Schuyler Mason
Myer Boys
Eckert and neighbors aid oats shipment and Easter events
Carrie Eckert travels to Sidney with John Davison while friends help load a carload of oats at 70 cents per bushel. The community assists Mr Eckert and attends an Easter life of Christ service. Several locals visit Dalton, attend dances, and monitor Sunday school preparations as Trum of Denver oversees a new tractor project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Eckert
Sidney
John Davison
Carrie
Colorado
Dalton
Eckert
Pat Keenan
James McNulty
McKay
Allison
John Eckert
Trum
Dalton Area Notes Social Arrangements and Visitors
Sunday dinners and visits fill the Dalton area with gatherings as Al Morrow family hosts and guests from Sidney, North Bend, and nearby farms. People travel for work, school, farmers haul grain, and locals attend shows, dances, and motor trips to Dalton and Potter.
Wyoming Visitor Fred Overman Stays With Friends
Fred Overman of Wyoming is visiting for a few days and staying with Prehn Bros. Others note W. E. Larson bought a team from Herb Foster on April 2. John Eckert and son Jacob drove to Sidney. Rollin Pitts spent Sunday with brother Ray Pitts at the Weigands. R. H. Goding called at Prehn Bros. Wesley Tucker suffered a finger laceration while dehorning cattle last Friday and needed a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Dugger spent Wednesday at John Eckert’s home. Bovee and mother drove to Dalton and stopped at Kreader’s on the way. The McMullen, McNulty and Walsh families attended church at Dalton. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Jake Mayers and daughter Marie, and Mrs. Benn Carter joined Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mayers for Sunday dinner. Dunne and son Alvin made a business trip to Sidney on Wednesday.
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Sidney
J. C
J. M. Kreader
Mannie Kreader
Lillian Messick
Dalton
John Eckert
Loren Dugger
Simms
Center
Sharpe
Lawrence
Lila Speakman
Meisner
Herb Foster Home
Pat Keenan
Joe Curran
Boston
Mass
Curran
Breader
Lee Nunn
Walter
Mr. Wheeler
Herb Foster
Mr. Weed
Potter
Hie Eckert
Trum
J. C. Kreader
George Higgens
Poster
Mike Fox
Chicago
Ed Donaghy
Ed Walsh
Owens
Pat
Benedict's Club
Jim Kindlan
al Morrow
Bert Davison
Will McMullen
James McNulty
Loretta McGrath
Ickes
Edward
Rosie Walsh
Helen Bowen
Dennis Walsh
Collie Kreader
Katherine Ward
Elmer
Chas. Mayers
Mr. Bovee
Frank Weigands
Joe Pelster
Elmer Mayers
Leslie Sanders
Rollin Pitts
Ray
Weigands
Mr. Fuller
Bert Davisons
Will Cheney
Goding
Neiman
Prehn Brothers
Ward
Mr. Loebe
Loebe
Miss Nagengast
Walsh
James Kindlan
Kreader
Henry Randall
Manly Burt
Jake Mayers
Marie
John Peterson
Ralph Robertson
Lille Tinsley
Juelfi
Carrie Eckert
Hie
Sam Eckert
Will Muhr
Broughton
Reddington
H. A. Martin
Pat MceCassen
Mr. Weigands
McCassen
Webster
Larson and
A. J. Davison
Everett
Cathrine Ward
Jim Ward
Harry Ellison
Ethel Juell
Burt
Dean Randall
Bovee
Foster
Frances
M. M. Davison
George Higgines
John Davison
Dave Gilgren
Ellison
Colman
George Randall
Jeneas Peterson
Teachers’ Institute
Everett Davison
Mr. Eckert
Dave Eckert
Henry Mangle
A. A. Sharpe
Walter Sharpe
Collie Kreuder
Will
Epps
Rose McNulty
Frank Lipska
Chas Mayers
Ed Mayers
George Juck
Fred Overman
Wyoming
Prehn Bros
W. E. Larson
Jacob
Ray Pitts
R. H. Goding
Wesley Tucker
McMullen
McNulty and Walsh
Peterson
Benn Carter
Bronson Social and Community Notes Highlight Farm Pageant
Bronson farmers union local hosted an April 6 program with a play dialogues music singing and pantomime plus a box social. Local updates include E Fay returning from Fremont to his farm and Mrs Livingston improving after illness. Joe Madden and Mrs Madden visited, Bismark Runge welcomed a baby boy on April 1, Copley family settled north of Bronson, A F Anthony attended eastern state trip for his mother's illness and death, Hannah Lyngholm moves to a new house, Mildred Anthony back from Sidney exams, Charles Anderson building a new house expected by May 1.
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Farmers Union
Bronson
E. Fay
Fremont
Nebr
Fred Livingston
Joe Madden
John Anderson
Bismark Runge
Copley
A. F. Anthony
Hannah Lyngholm
Mildred Anthony
Sidney
Charles Anderson
Center County News Highlights Spring Farm Activity
Farmers plant spring wheat as light rain sweeps Center. A Dalton trip saw three new tractors heading west with five more in fields. New settlers Mr and Mrs Konesh and two sons from Greeley Colorado bought property five miles west of Center church. Locals display Old Glory on homes wagons and cars amid Cheyenne county loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Wiiter
Konesh
Greeley
Colorado
Center Neighborhood
Center Church
Cheyenne County
Center church service and community notes at Gurley
Center church Sunday afternoon crowd filled the venue with a well planned program led by the ladies and a large choir. Rev. Lewis preached a strong sermon after services pictures were taken. An Omaha Grain Exchange expert estimated a fifty percent crop damage in the fall wheat outlook, with farmers split on the figure. Local visits, Nellie Watterman’s stay, and Mrs. Perso hosting the Ladies' Aid quilting day followed. Birdwell endured a runaway incident affecting a mule harrow. S. W. Scott works on a new house west of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Church
Lewis
Omaha Grain Exchange
Center Neighborhood
J. R Birdwell
W. C. Montgomery
Nellie Watterman
Frank Rowan
John Wilson
Gurley
Wilson
Pilger
Nebraska
Ceresco
Ladies’ Aid of
Perso
S. W. Scott
Needful Knowledge on Kidney Health and Doan’s Pills
Kidney trouble signs include cloudy urine backache and fatigue. Delayed care can be fatal. Mrs J Worden of Sidney testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills helped her backache and exhaustion, with no trouble for nearly a year. Pride 50c at dealers, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Sidney
J Worden
Lincoln Highway
Doan
Very Diplomatic Golf Quote Sparks Banter
A New York quote notes De Skil plays an ideal game of golf. It says he plays well enough to engage an influential friend without actually beating him, implying skill paired with restraint. The remark frames golf as polite competition among social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Skil
New York
Elegrau
Alaska Producing Potatoes At Record Rates
Washington special reports Alaska farmers achieving record potato yields. One grower reportedly produced seventeen tons per acre, another between 575 and 750 bushels per acre, with substantial production of other vegetables in the same period.
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Washington
Alaska
Lane
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