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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1940
Page
3
Court action notes a petition filed with a hearing scheduled for May 11. Names mentioned include Robt, A. Barlow, Heaton and Heaton, County Judge, and attorneys. Proceedings concern orders and decrees as petitioners may be entitled to under law.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska a probate petition for John P. Fischer deceased has been filed in County Court. The hearing to appoint George M. Fischer as executor is set for May 1, 1940 at 10 a.m. Attorneys Robt A. Barlow Radcliffe Fox noted with seal by County Judge.
Patsy Ruth Booth and Mildred C Vacik filed a petition in Cheyenne County Court to probate Nettie Dickinson's will dated March 7 1938 and request immediate descent of real and personal property without administration. The plea notes over two years since death and seeks probate without an appointed executor or administrator.
Notice to creditors and heirs that Henry Nienhuser filed a petition in Cheyenne County Nebraska on April 2 1940 seeking admission of A A Lenecker will probated in Iowa and administration by decree. Hearings set May 16 1940 at 10 AM in County Court. Also notice of sale in Burt County partition suit and Cheyenne County real estate auction May 17 1940 at 2 PM at courthouse in Sidney for NE 1/4 of section 17 township 12 range 50 with 25 percent down and balance on confirmation.
A group forms Mountain Trucking Company Inc as a Nebraska body corporate to lease and rent vehicles, store autos, buy and sell cars, provide related insurance, and issue secured obligations. Directors include Stanley F. DeVore Douglas E. Widener and James B. Young, with principal office in Sidney. The certificate sets authorized 25,000 shares at $1 par, perpetual existence, and a three member board. The resident agent is L. Woodward in Sidney.
The undersigned will at 10:00 A.M. on May 2 1940 at the west front door of the Western Ice and Storage Company Sidney Nebraska offer for sale to the highest cash bidder one Lester upright piano No. 40971 to satisfy storage charges for 1936 1937 1938 1939 totaling 48 dollars plus sale costs, Western Ice and Storage Company Heaton and Heaton Attorneys.
John Ainlay, director of the state fuel division, says there have been no kerosene explosion deaths this year in Nebraska. Last year, 23 deaths were recorded. Inspections test kerosene samples monthly, removing high gasoline content fuel from sale. The nine inspectors use flash testing to curb unsafe fuel.
A fragment from a historical note argues that Chippendale, not Sheraton, crafted the earliest admired satinwood pieces. It cites Harewood House construction (1772-75) as records showing Chippendale’s role in pioneering satinwood furniture, challenging common attribution.
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