Center Church Dedication Sunday At Old Site
Dedication ceremonies for the Center Church, moved seven miles west and three north of Gurley, will be held Sunday starting at 10 30 A M with Dr Oliver Reeve of Kearney as speaker. Rev Moore leads the church. A community hall is in the full basement and a free noon dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid Society. The Bunker Hill Farmers Union Band will perform sacred music in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Reeve
Kearney
Moore
Gurley
Ladies Aid Society
Bunker Hill
Cheyenne County Leads State in Wheat Production
Cheyenne county leads in wheat yield with an estimated 1,632,267 bushels, far surpassing other counties. Hamilton follows with 1,198,572 bushels as state drought losses ease and rains improve corn prospects.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne
Hamilton
State Department of Agriculture
Dreuth
Ball
Treinen Brothers Hold Prime Cheyenne County Farm Value
The Treinen brothers John and year after year farm about eight miles southwest of Sidney. Their eight miles southwest of Sidney farm features a large house barn corrals machine shop chicken pens hog sheds granaries and electric lighted buildings with running water. They harvested 700 acres of wheat at 22 bushels per acre 50 acres of oats at 67 bushels per acre and 100 acres of barley at 50 bushels per acre this summer. This year 850 acres yielded 15200 bushels of wheat 3350 of oats and 5000 of barley. Last year they had a good wheat year and two years ago over 24000 bushels. Also notes Charles Hadley in hospital in Cheyenne improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Treimen
John
Sidney
Tremen Brothers
Sidney High School Opens With Strong Football Outlook
Sidney public schools prepare to open at 9 a m on Tuesday with room assignments to be announced next week. A teachers meeting is set for Monday in room one of the high school. The staff is nearly complete, with a music supervisor vacancy and a resignation by Mr. Smith. The high school building has been renovated and redecorated, and all schools appear in excellent condition. The aim is to raise high school standing, and football prospects look bright with seven lettermen returning. Sidney High will face a tough schedule including Sterling Alliance Bayard Chappell Scottsbluff and North Platte, with much of last year’s squad staying in shape.
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Sidney Public School
Sidney
Smith
Ronge
Moleskins
Sidney High School
Sterling
al Iience
Bayard
Chappell
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Co AM
Commandments Show At Sidney Theatre Next Week
Theatregoers in Sidney will see Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments in two parts next Tuesday and Wednesday at the U S A theatre. A large cast includes Theodore Steverts Charles De Roche Estelle Taylor Julia Faye Richard Dix Rod La Rocque Teatrice Joy Nita Naldi Agnes Ayres. The picture blends old testament declarations with modern life and aims to offer a powerful moral message. A rainstorm reduced attendance on bargain day but fifty flour sacks were given away and local merchants felt the impact of the weather.
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Sidney
Silverson
Cecil BD. DeMille
Jeanie MacPherson
Theodore Steverts
Charles de Roche
Estelle Tayor
Julia Faye
Richard Dix
Rod la Rocque
Teatrice Joy
Nita Nald
Get After the Smut in County Winter Wheat
County agents urge farmers to apply copper carbonate dry treatment to winter wheat to combat widespread smut. Endorsed by the US Department of Agriculture and Nebraska Experiment Station, the method promises control at little cost and aims to curb losses seen in terminal market and Omaha grain reports.
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Omaha
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Experiment Station
Sidney Chamber of Commerce Hears Talks and Plans
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce met at the Union Pacific Hotel to discuss Legion funding for a juvenile's trip, publicity campaigns for Cheyenne county, and potential freight rate positions. Committee appointments were made to pursue Legion reconsideration and county publicity while plans for a fall state fair exhibit were encouraged. County Agent Willy announced the Union Pacific Dairy Special on September 2 with calf clubs to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Hart
Thomas Turteh
Tom Poole
M. A. Shipman
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. K. Hodgkin
Radcliffe
Willey
R. C. Burgess
Brush and Sidney in tight Nebraska Colorado golf league race
Sidney tops Brush by 111 strokes to pull even at five wins two losses in a Nebraska Colorado league race. Bauman shot 70 to break the course record while Closman had a 71, as Sidney prepares for the final clash with Sterling on August 30 on the Sidney course. Scottsbluff hosts next, with golf and bridge events and a silver loving cup at stake.
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Brush
Sidney
Sterling
Akron
Bauman
Heinie Bauman
Closman
Sidney Country Club
Scottsbluff Country Club
Bluffs
Sidneys
Scottsbluff
Sidney Ladies
Jay Cleaman
Thay
The
Country Club
Kruse Wins From Motley In Fourth Round
At Peetz Colorado smoker three fast bouts entertained a small crowd. Kid Kruse of Sidney defeated Lin Motley of Alliance in the main ten round bout with a fourth round knockout after a sustained fight with Kruse employing a sharp left hook and a right uppercut. In the semi final Buck Davis from Sidney defeated Wickson of Peetz in the fourth round after pacing him in the early rounds. Mexican Joe versus Butch Slinger opened the card with Slinger winning after three rounds in a toe to toe slugfest.
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Peetz
Colorado
Fred Parks
Sidney
Kid Kruse
Lin Motley
Colored Flash
Alliance
Noth
Kruse
Davis
Hoys
Joe
Butch
Slinger
Large crowd hears juvenile band concert in Sidney
A large crowd attended the Sidney Juvenile Band concert Saturday evening as ideal weather and broad music reach filled much of the city. The band, started three years ago, is praised as among the best juvenile bands in western Nebraska. The Sidney Post American Legion will not take the band to Omaha for the National Convention due to finances, but will provide the group 100 dollars for performances already held for the organization.
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Osborn
Adj
N. Rene Wilhelmy
Sidney Post
The
American Legion
Omaha
National American Legion
Legion
W. K. Hodgkins
W. H. Peck
H. A. Swain
L. T. Poole
Park Bonds Committee
Thomas Burteh
Burteh
de Als
W. K. Hodgkin
Cheyenne Country
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Nebraska
Bunker Hill Farmers Union
Gurley Flour and Milling Co Progress in Cheyenne County
The Gurley Flour and Milling company shows Cheyenne county milling thriving with a well located mill in Gurley producing diverse products from local grain. Manager P B Mock notes demand outstrips current output though operating 18 hours daily and plans a 24 hour full shift by fall to meet demand.
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Cheyenne County
Gurley Flour and Milling Company
Gurley
P. B. Mock
Tis
Longtime Sidney Attorney E O Lee Dies in California
Word arrived of the death of E O Lee formerly of Sidney and prominent in Salt Lake City circles. Lee had been a prosecuting attorney in Cheyenne county for two years after coming to Sidney in 1885 and was noted for his legal, business, and social activities.
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E. O. Lee
Sidney
Long Beach
Calif
Eddie Orland Lee
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne County
Hamilton Home Robbed Friday Night
The B. P. Hamilton home was broken into Friday evening between 6 30 and 11 o clock while the family was away. A skeleton key likely used to gain entry through the rear door. Ransacking occurred. $100 in valuables including two watches a revolver two rings two pocketbooks a cameo brooch a key ring and $1 50 were taken with no clues yet to the suspect.
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B. P. Hamilton
Hamiltons
Purebred Dairy Sires Pass Tests
Twenty one purebred dairy sires selected by M. L. Flack Dairy Extension agent will travel from Lincoln on the Union Pacific calf club special. They carry clean health bills from Dr. Hays and come from high producing herds with records over 400 pounds of butterfat yearly. The group, cared for by Robert Bushnell, will be shipped to new homes with stops and exchanges already set by Union Pacific officials.
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Union Pacific
M. L. Fiack
Flack
Nebraska
U. P
Lincoln
UFP
Boy Dies After Gas Torch Accident in Lodge Pole
A gas torch accident at the W. W. Wise home in Lodge Pole wounded Charles Robinson, 13, fatally. The youths, playing in a garage on a rainy morning, lit a torch from gasoline, poured over his clothing, and despite efforts to roll him in mud, he died at 6 AM the next day.
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W. W. Wise
Lodge Pole
Charles Robinson
Wood Robinson
Sidney
Wise Home
Charles
Colman
Chappell
Winston
State fair passes awarded to Cheyenne county clubs
The Cheyenne county boys and girls club will receive free pass tickets to the Nebraska state fair. The passes are provided by the state fair board to all club members.
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Cheyenne County
State Fair Board
Bassett Sisters Visit Champaign From California
Miss Lillian Bassett and Miss Vera Bassett of Champaign visited the fore part of the week with the Bassett family in the city on their way home from California.
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Lillian Bassett
Vera Bassett
Champaign
Bassett
Californ ‘A
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Center Church
Treinen Brothers
Charles Hadley
Fen
Agent Willey
Sidney Brush
Ledeen
McIntosh
Butlereen
Haworth Op Woodward
B. Doran
Hansen
Wemeee
R. Campbell
Cummings
Barger
Showalter
Ladegard
Barney
Robineau Saaeee
Motley
Gurley Flour and Milling CO
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