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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
5
Social calendar items record birthday party for a 77 year old, visits to and from residents including Mellbergs, Buchanans, and Heizers, and several school and church activities. Notable mentions include a funeral at the Presbyterian church, Helen Mellberg’s upcoming high school teaching post, a medical wound from a window accident, summer school attendees, and multiple family and neighbor visits across Dalton and nearby towns.
An execution issued from Cheyenne County District Court directs public auction of the southeast quarter of section 25 in township 17 north, range 48 west, at the Sidney courthouse east front, August 31, 1936, 11:00 A M. W W Schulz Sheriff. Courtright Sidner Lee and Gunderson attorneys.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the estate of Heyo J Aden deceased. On August 15 1936 at 10 am in Sidney county court will hear petition by Lydia E Wilhelmy and Matilda Galley for probating written instrument on file claiming to be the last will and testament of Heyo J Aden deceased and granting letters testamentary.
Dalton item reports T G Harding drove Maggie Hardin to her Columbia Missouri home on Saturday with Nannie Merning to return to assist Mrs Hardin. The Merning family from Missouri visited J W Hardin last week while M G Rice of Sidney called at the Reeves and Heizer homes. Mrs Reed was honored on Monday.
Bertha Omel reports residents visiting familiar homes in Sunnyside. John Niebaum spent Wednesday night at John Theis’s home. Thursday evening referenced Albert Brandl’s home. Oscar Olson Nellie Olson and a grandson spent Tuesday at the Lindberg home.
A long list of local names visits and travels across Sundl and nearby towns. Mentions include Mrs Bert Allington, Helen Peetz in transit from Chicago, and multiple families visiting in Sidney Chadron Bridgeport Scottsbluff and Denver. Edna Seyfang and Edward Walters wed at the bride’s family home in Potter with few relatives present.
The Fleming family thanks friends and neighbors for support after the death of their husband and father. Listed are Mrs. H F Fleming and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. George Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fleming, Ted and Marvin Fleming.
The Better the Best rope club met with Dale and Verneil Beebe on August 2. Nine members and three visitors attended. They studied relaying strands whipping the end wall and crown knot. A picnic was planned for August 16. The next meeting is scheduled for August 14 with Henry and Earl Geu.
Market quotations list grain prices and farm products with Wheat at 1.02, corn 90, oats 35, barley 3, old roosters 5, colored hens 12, leghorn hens 9, leghorn springs 9, heavy springs 12, butterfat 34, and eggs 17. Total reflects a rural farm market snapshot with multiple live stock and dairy items.
Ray Babcock advertises McCormick Deering tractors grain drills and separators from a farm equipment dealer. Mentions sales to Joyce Company Chadron and Matt Teemish Bushnell. Also notes 12-10 Semi-Deep Furrow Grain Drills and 221-G Cultivators with a city plot twist joke about vertical or horizontal.
In a terse exchange, Mr Esther asks for the deadliest poison. Gurney Warner suggests an airplane line, saying one drop and you die, implying a dangerous joke or coded phrase amid a broader conversation. The remark centers on risk and lethal capability.
Howard Swain and Clarence Beyers order McCormick-Deering Grain Drills while a farmer jokes about car parts. The piece promotes farm machinery and emphasizes ready service, noting a Red Baby International Pickup ready to respond to callers seeking gear.
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