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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
9
Rates of subscription listed for one year and six months with postage prepaid. Bingle copies offered with advance payment. Invariably in advance. Entry made at the Sidney Nebraska post office as second class matter.
D F Basset returns from Denver after business matters and a pleasant day of needlework. Miss Gertrude Heeg resumes work at Osborn Motor Co after a short vacation. W Barker, L G Lowe, and Jesse Osborn return from trips or absences, resuming duties with Osborn Motor Co. Several local residents travel to Denver, Estes Park, and Colorado resorts, while others report crop yields and plans.
WN G. Brewer conducts business in Denver this week and has spent several days there. He plans to visit his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John Noll at Fort Morgan and Mr and Mrs.
The M. W. Osborn Motor Co. has taken the Chandler agency for Cheyenne and Kimball Devey and parts of Garden and Banner counties. He will handle Chandler in addition to Dodge and Cadillac. Miss Mae Marshall of Kearney arrived from Denver for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. Zimmer and daughter Gladys. Marshall formerly taught in Sidney Schools and has many Sidney friends.
The Essex completed a New York to San Francisco run of 3247 miles in four days fourteen hours and forty three minutes, passing through Sidney last week. The trip is presented as a record for cross country delivery, marking a historic milestone in mail transport.
Chicago reports a planned 10 million dollar merger of lake steamship firms to form a single holding under Goodrich Transit. The deal would unify Milwaukee Terminal and Chicago Racine Milwaukee properties with Northern Michigan Transportation and Wisconsin Transit, safeguarding current tariffs. A. W. Goodrich is expected to seal negotiations on return to Chicago. new company name to be Indiana-incorporated.
Announcement from Milwaukee states a new airliner will debut next month designed for night flying and silent operation. It will surpass American and European craft in passenger and freight capacity with a lifting deadweight of 5,000 pounds.
A playful exchange questions belief in phrenology as one man recalls a personal head analysis and doubts the science, noting a surprising but unclear result. The dialogue hints at skepticism and curiosity about cranial science.
Union Stock Yards South Omaha reports a moderate cattle run with prices firm to higher. Handy weight beef cattle top near 15.55, cows up about a quarter, hogs uneven and weaker late. Lambs fall slightly as receipts rise, fat lambs top at 13.50 and feeder lambs steady. Also included is a historical note on Ireland’s conquest and the 1801 union act.
Gus Wellner sues to foreclose a mortgage on the SW quarter of section 6 township 13 range 50 Cheyenne County Nebraska. Defendants Fred Anderson Nis Anderson Charlie Anderson Kirsten Pedersen Laurits Peter Pedersen Lofus Rasmussen Laura Rasmussen Johannes Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Svend Rasmussen Marie Rasmussen may answer by September 27 1920. Dated August 18 1920.
Union Pacific Railroad Company and others are named as defendants in a Cheyenne County District Court petition filed by Flora B. Essig Las. The suit concerns Lot 9 Block 19 in the original town of Sidney Nebraska and any interests by heirs devisees or representatives in that property. Public notice to all interested parties to appear or respond as required by law.
Nebraska seeks to quiet title on Lot 9 Block 19 in original Sidney to remove liens. Plaintiffs and defendants are named, and the court requires an answer to the petition by September 27. Case dated August 17, 1920, FIORA B. ESSIG, plaintiff.
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