Sidney Women Struck Down by Car in Route to Alliance
Miss Cleve Carson was killed and Mary Ann Foley seriously injured when a car driven by Allan Pittman struck them on a Hemingford highway turn near Yale elevator. Alfred Smith and Pauline Carson accompanied the trio. Smith faces transport of whisky charges after witnesses noted liquor in the car.
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Cleve Carson
Northport
Betty Ann Foley
Torrington
Wyo
Alliance
Allan Pittman
Hemingford
Sidney
Miss Carson
Miss Foley
Pauline Carson
Alfred H. Smith
Yale
Cleo Carson
Mary Foley
Pittman
Smith
George Jones
Miller Mortuary
St. Joseph Hosital
Betty Beauty Shop
Mr. Smith
Page
Western Nebraska Sees Cold Weather and Snow
Winter returns to western Nebraska with heavy snow across the panhandle. Garden crops and light plants suffer damage while grain may face losses. Snow began late Wednesday with winds raising fears for farm safety. no losses reported yet.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Table
Lions Club Plans To Back Summer Playground Here
The Lions club will likely sponsor a supervised playground in Sidney again this summer. Awaiting decision on program management, the group supports offering free recreation to Sidney children, expecting at least 200 participants. With improved city parks and existing facilities, swimming golf baseball and tennis will be featured. last year an outdoor play used an all girl cast.
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Lions Club
Sidney
Sidney Kiddies
City Park
Harold Huntsinger
Huntsinger
Mrs Niemoller Dies At Home In Sidney Tuesday
Mrs. Herman Niemoller 62 longtime pioneer mother and wife, died at her Sidney home Tuesday after a brief illness. Funeral rites were held at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. W. T. Kahse officiating. Burial followed in Sidney Greenwood Cemetery. Tomie Jemima Martin born February 13 1869 in Independence Missouri moved to Atchison Kansas at age two and married Herman Niemoller January 8 1888.
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Herman Niemoller
Cheyenne County
Annual Ladies Night Of Lions Club on Wednesday
The Lions Club will hold ladies night next Wednesday April 29 at the Union Pacific Hotel. A committee led by Thomas Crosbie Dr Dee L Abbott and Rev F Charling Mills arranges the event. A theatre party after dinner is planned featuring Fifty Million Frenchmen with Olsen and Johnson. Dinner begins promptly at seven o'clock.
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The
Lion Club
Union Pacific
Thomas Crosbie
Dee L. Abbott
F. Charling Mills
Olsen and
Johnson
Cheyenne County Farmers See Strong Returns From Farm Books
L A Snipes and County Agent Willey reviewed 29 Cheyenne county farm account books for 1930. After expenses and interest, average farm return was 5.9 percent, with per farm labor and management value about 10 039. Ten most profitable farms relied on livestock, while wheat dominance shifted from 1929 to 1930.
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Cheyenne County
L. A. Snipes
Extension Service
Willey
Nebraska
Cass County
Saunders County
Cass
Saunders Counties
Sinclair Pipe Line to Supply Gas in Wyoming and Platte Valley
The $12 million Sinclair pipe line, unused for six years, will be converted from transporting crude to carrying gas. It will serve Wyoming towns and the Platte valley of Nebraska, with lease to the New York Oil company, controlled by Columbia Gas & Electric, and upgrades like leakproof joints.
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Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Platte Valley
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Harry Sinclair
New York Oil Company
Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation
Fremont County
Wyo
Laramie
Sidney School Paper Earns High Rating in Association Contest
The Trail, Sidney high school's paper, received a second class honor rating in a National Scholastic Press Association contest graded by the Nebraska Association. A total of 894 papers entered, down from 668 last year, with categories by region and school type listed, including universities, normal schools, high schools, junior highs, and mimeographed papers.
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Trail
Sidney High School
National Scholastic Press Association
Nebraska Association
Editor Responsibility and Public Press Critique
A public stance on how newspapers should handle town conflicts and private matters. The editor aims to push public interest projects but declines to champion or defend individuals or factions.
Marion Daggett Heads to Nebraska State Spelling Bee
Marion Daggett, champion speller for Cheyenne county, leaves for Omaha to compete in the statewide spelling bee. Margaret Morrow of St. John’s school is also in the finals as city champion of Omaha, with about 50 county champions attending. The event, sponsored by the Omaha World Herald, runs five days with sightseeing and banquets for participants headed to Washington.
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Marion Daggett
Cheyenne
Omaha
Omaha World Herald
Margaret Morrow
St. John’s School
Nebraska
The
World Herald
Washington
Sidney Country Club To Be Subject For A Story In Denver Post
The Denver Post reporter Vol ney Hoggart has requested pictures and information on Sidney Country Club golf course. The club’s former president, known for the column Laff and the World Laffs With You, is expected to publish a feature in an upcoming issue.
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Sidney Country Club
Denver Post
Volney Hoggart
Hoggart
Post
Mystery robbery and assault puzzle still baffles officers
County authorities remain puzzled by the robbery and alleged attack on 13 year old Frederick Staats at the Gilbert Gossin farm west of town last Sunday. Relatives say the boy is recovering and has given a coherent account, while investigators search for clues to the missing valuables including a Canadian 25 cent piece and a World War II cross.
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Frederick Staats
Gilbert Gossin
Here
Statts
Staats
Gossin
Bootleg Ring Busted In Morrill County Raid
Investigators from Box Butte and Morrill counties with State Sheriff Clark seized 150 gallons of moonshine at the Moore chicken ranch near Yale Sid ing after a fatal highway crash. William Moore was arrested and jailed in Bridgeport awaiting arraignment. Liquor confiscated by Sheriff Webb will be used as evidence against Moore.
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Box Butte
Morrill County
Clark
Yale Siding
Moore Chicken Ranch
William Moore
Bridgeport
Marquis
Webb
Moore
Sidney Musicians Seek Summer Municipal Band Plan
Sidney music lovers press for a summer municipal band with Julius Cochran willing to lead if a practical plan is formed. Cochran notes strong local instrumental talent and the need for civic backing to organize an effective band in a warm season. Also included are Nebraska crop and price updates showing winter wheat near perfect conditions, modest price shifts, and farmland outlook.
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Sidney
Cochran
1931 Schedule For Golf Team Now Complete
C W Smith golf chairman announces Sidney country club team 1931 schedule with Sterling Alliance Scottsbluff and Kimball. Begins May 24 at Sterling, Sterling hosts July 19, June 7 offers 18 hole flag handicap, Scottsbluff June 21, at Bluffs July 26, Sidney to Alliance July 12 and Alliance visits August 23. Local team resumes western Nebraska rivalries with popular tilts.
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Sidney Country Club
C. W. Smith
Sterling
Alliance
Scottsbluff and Kimball
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Bluffs Links
Nebraska
Allance
Boeing Pilot Forced Down By Snow Squall Monday Night
Pilot E. B. Pickup with one passenger and heavy mail cargo made a forced landing on the emergency field Monday night at 10:00 o’clock. Flying an open cockpit plane, he encountered a snow squall over Sidney and could not climb. He landed to protect the passenger’s safety and resumed the trip to Omaha at 10:25 after conditions cleared.
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E. B. Pickup
Pickup
Sidney
Omaha
Fishman Visits Sidney On Gratis Railroad Trip
Simon Fishman former Sidney businessman and county farmer leaves on a free sightseeing journey funded by President Baldwin of Missouri Pacific railroad. The publicity surrounds Fishman’s 1921 bet with Baldwin that Greenley county would produce over a million bushels of wheat in a year. Greeley fulfilled the promise last year and Fishman now enjoys a free trip in Baldwin's private car.
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Simon Fishman
Sidney
President Baldwin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fishman
Baldwin
Greenley County
Kan
Telegraph-News
Dalton
Greeley County
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Mary Ann Foley
This County
Valley Cities
Standard Oil CO. OF
Neebraska
Midmonths
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
North Central
East Central
Boeing
Gratis
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