Circulate Petition to Improve Roads Through North Table
A county wide plan seeks graveling of secondary roads not state maintained to match conditions on primary routes. North Cheyenne county farmers back a special tax levy to grade and gravel roads, linking to primary highways and expanding a system to ease travel in bad weather. The Dalton Delegate reported a meeting at city hall discussing a two mill tax for the project.
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Cheyenne County
Iarst
Dalton
Coolidge clears way for open bid in 1928 GOP
President Coolidge signals retirement after his term ends March 4 1929 and rules out any bid for another term. He confirms no draft and plans to avoid a new disarmament conference in early 1929. He may retire to his Vermont farm and pursue private work after leaving office.
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Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
Vermont
State Department official surveys panhandle crops
Floyd Reed, a crop statistician for the Nebraska State Department of Agriculture, visited western Panhandle counties to survey wheat and other crops. He aims to compare actual harvest averages with prior estimates and assess rust smut and other conditions for an official report to the bureau.
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Floyd Reed
Lincoln
State Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
Nebraska
State Bureau
Reed
Slayer of Officer Still At Large Near Pine Bluffs
Deput y Art Osborne was shot on the highway as he tried to arrest a suspect, D R Snodgrass. Posse efforts across Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska have yielded no solid leads. A $750 reward sums the offers from Laramie County and Pine Bluffs Masons for the capture of Osborne’s killer.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Art Osborne
Pine Bluffs
D. R. Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Osborne
Pawnee Buttes
Mace
Masonic
Laramie County
Mason Lodge of
Scottsbluff Men Injured In Car Going Into Roadside Machine
Frank McGrane and Andrew Payne sewing machine agents of Scottsbluff are hospitalized in Sterling Colorado after their car drove into a parked machine east of Chappell. The vehicle overturned into a ravine breaking a guard rail. McGrane suffered a severe hand gash and other cuts while Wayne sustained a broken shoulder and serious lacerations from glass.
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Frank McGrane
Andrew Payne
Scottsbluff
Sterling
Colo
Chappell
McGrane
Wayne
Famous Cowboy Band To Play At Sidney Dance Hall
Ernest Worden reports Hardy's hall in Sidney will host the Oklahoma Cowboy Band this Saturday night. Directed by J Lincoln Bowline the group plays stringed instruments with vocal numbers and performs current dance tunes. Mr and Mrs Leon Fine were summoned back from Denver by the death of Miss Naomi Fishman, a niece of Mr Fine.
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Ernest Worden
Hardy's Hall
Sidney
J. Lincoln Bowline
Leon Fine
Denver
Naomi Fishman
Mr. Fine
Ver Hospital
Fishman
A. J. Wepner
Naomi
Cheyenne County
Tribune
Kansas
Former Sidney Girl perishes in Denver auto wreck
Naomi Fishman 20, former Sidney resident and daughter of Simon Fishman Tribune Kansas, died after a car crash on Morrison road near death curve in Denver. Two others, Helen Herrington and Edward Seerie, were critically injured. Witness HW A Smith aided victims and called police.
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Naomi Fishman
Sidney
Simon Fishman
Tribune
Kansas
Denver
Morrison Road
Miss Fishman
Colo
Imgar Midway
Edward Seerie
Race Street
38Th Ave
Seerie
Helen Herrington
Stuart Street
Denver General Hospital
Fishman
Denver High School
J. D. Rea
Carson Crockery Co
Princeton
Werrington
Jefferson County
HW. A. Smith
Nevada Ave
Bear Creek
Smith
Miss Herrington
Lightning Strikes Farm. Three Horses Killed and Farmer Knocked Out
Three of four horses were killed when a bolt struck in the field where C. A. Foster, a well known farmer southwest of the city, was guiding a drag. The driver was knocked unconscious but recovered after treatment at home. Mrs. Foster witnessed the strike and the fall of her husband. The loss is a significant setback for the farmer.
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C. A. Foster
Sidney Physician Named Deputy Custodian for Grand Lodge
Dr. Harry Mantor of Sidney has been appointed deputy custodian of the Masonic grand lodge of Nebraska, succeeding Vincent S. Ramsey in this district. Mantor will visit lodges between North Platte and the Wyoming line south of the North Platte river. Ramsey will oversee lodges in the North Platte valley and north.
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Harry Mantor
Sidney
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Nebraska
Vincents. Ramsey
Mantor
North Platte
Wyoming Line
North Platte River
Ramsey
North Platte Valley
Harrisburg Couple Married in Sterling Colorado
Alva Rider a Kirk neighborhood young man and Miss Alice BE Cross of Harrisburg wed in Sterling Colorado on July 26. They will live in Potter where Rider is employed.
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Alva Rider
Kirk
Alice BE. Cross
P. D. Cross
Harrisburg
Sterling
Colo
Potter
Mr. Rider
Sidney Hardware Dealer In Role Of Peacemaker
William Winders, Sidney city council member and noted hardware dealer, was seriously lacerated on his left hand Friday night while trying to separate an Airedale and a bulldog fighting at his home. The bull joined the scuffle outside Winders’ doorway and both dogs clashed inside.
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William Winders
Sidney
Airdale
Winders
Freytags Leave On Chicago Business Trip
Mr and Mrs H F Freytag depart at week start by car for Chicago to buy fall stock for their variety store and visit several cities en route. They expect to be away two weeks.
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H. F. Freytag
Chicago
Market Shortage in Feed Raises Livestock Prices
A Blue Valley Creamery Institute survey in Chicago shows a marked shortage of grain crops for livestock feed. Next year will require more intelligent feeding practices as grain prices rise, with corn outlook the worst feature due to reduced acreage and slow growth. The crop may total about 2.22 billion bushels, the smallest since 1901, continuing on page Hight.
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Blue Valley Creamery Institute of Chicago
Broadwater Downs Sidney in Sunday League Clash
Broadwater burst ahead with a five run eighth inning to beat Sidney 9 to 3 on their home diamond. Art Crosman pitched in for George Sherrod, with Sidney tying in the fourth, then Broadwater pulling away in the fifth and sixth before padding the lead in the eighth. Streck Wilcox and Denbo led the attack. Denbo doubled as the regular Sidney lineup watched. Continued on Page Wight.
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Broadwater
Sidney
Art Closman
George Sherrod
Rushville
Nebraska
Broadwaer
Crosman
North River
Streck
Wilcox
Denbo
Page Wight
J B Byars Store Announces August Clearance Sale
The J B Byars company store runs a double page ad in Telegraph announcing an August clearance sale starting Wednesday morning. All summer merchandise across departments and staple lines will be closed out to make room for fall stocks. Manager Roy Liggett cites surplus stock and strong summer business as reasons for the sale and urges thrifty shoppers to take advantage.
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J. TR. Byars Company
Telegraph
Roy Liggett
Cheyenne County Best Says W C Ross
San Diego visitors Mr and Mrs W C Ross praised Cheyenne County wheat as the best seen this year after a weekend visit with local friends including Mr and Mrs E A Stockwick. Mr Ross works in the laundry business and planned to visit friends further north before returning home.
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W. C. Ross
San Diego
Calif
E. A. Stockwick
Ross
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Liggetts Attend Fort Collins Church Sermon by Rev Klene
Mr and Mrs Roy Liggett traveled to Fort Collins Colorado on Sunday to attend a Presbyterian service where former Long Beach pastor Rev Klene delivered the sermon at the church.
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Roy Liggett
Fort Collins
Colo
Presbyterian Church
Klene
Long Beach
Anarchist Protests Rise as Executions Near
As Massachusetts set to execute Nicola Succo and Tartolomeo Vanzetti, protests escalate with bomb threats and attacks in Philadelphia Baltimore and New York. Authorities defend the condemned men while sympathizers claim political persecution amid heightened security in major cities.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Nicola Succo
Tartolomeo Vanzetti
Murmers
Emanuel Presbyterian Church
Harvest of Wheat in Cheyenne County in Full Swing
Wheat harvest in Cheyenne and western Nebraska counties has resumed under clear skies after heavy rains delayed work. Moisture kept the total harvest largely unfinished, with oats rye and barley progressing well and corn advancing rapidly. Local crops show high average yields and good quality despite the stoppage.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Panhandle
Nebraska
Cheyenné
Visitors From Lodge Pole Attend Sidney Visit
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Persinger and Mrs. Lydia Dye of Lodge Pole with Mr. Persinger’s daughter Mrs. George Sursey of Tuscaloosa Alabama visited friends in Sidney Saturday. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Jewett during their stay.
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A. B. Persinger
Lydia Dye
Lodge Pole
Persinger
George Sursey
Tucaloosa
Alabama
Sidney
W. B Jewett
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Union Valley Precinct
State Department
Pine Bluffs, Wyo
Grand Lodge
Sidney Hardware Dealer
MR. and
Mrs. Freytag
J. B. Byars
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