Festival exhibit pointers for Cheyenne County fair in Sidney
In preparing an exhibit for the Cheyenne County Festival in Sidney on October 9 to 11, gather crops when mature. Select heads with long, well filled spikes from wheat oats or barley, bundle four or five inches in diameter, tie and dry. Craft neat bundles using small straw forms, wrap in paper, keep in shade, moisten wrap before handling, and finish with ribbons to please the grain judge. Threshed samples should be cleaned and kept ready for the big shows.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Sherman McKay wedding links Sidney to Albion
Miss Coral D Sherman daughter of Mr and Mrs N N Sherman of Sidney and Mr Edwin C McKay of Albion wed in Cheyenne at the Baptist parsonage last Friday August 15 at 4 pm They returned to Sidney Saturday and reside temporarily with her parents Mrs McKay has lived in Sidney about six years coming from Maxwell Iowa She is the youngest of six children and the Shermans are a respected Sidney family Mr McKay a Nebraska native works as a salesman for the Ozard Garment company of Chicago.
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Coral D. Sherman
N. N. Sherman
Sidney
Edwin C. MckKay
Albion
Cheyenne
Baptist Parsonage
McKay
Maxwell
Iowa
Shermans
Mr. McKay
Nebraska
Ozard Garment Company
Chicago
A B Johnson Hears Taps For Last Time
A B Johnson longtime Sidney resident Civil War veteran died August 17 at 1 am at home after illness. Born June 11 1842 in Cumberland Ohio he lived in Cheyenne county 31 years. Survived by wife Ophelia, son Clyde, granddaughter Mrs Ralph Fleming and two grandsons and a great granddaughter. Funeral at Methodist church featured military rites with American Legion in uniform and G A R members pallbearers.
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A. B. Johnson
Sidney
North Side
Mr. Johnson
Cheyenne County
Cumberlang
Ohio
Ophelia Downey
Johnson
Clyde
Ralph Fleming
Methodist Church
Kilburn
Gus Granneman
Charles Hower
Recovering Stolen Car at Ogallala
The Oldsmobile touring car belonging to H. R. Brummage of Sidney was stolen from the court house square Monday night. Donald Bassett alerted authorities, and the car was recovered at Ogallala. Three suspects were arrested near a corn field but released after presenting alibis.
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H. R. Brummage
Sidney
Court House Square
Donald Bassett
Bassett
Pocket
Ogallala
McDaniel
McDaniel. He and Mr. Brummage
Levee Fixes 1924 Taxes Across Sidney Area
Cheyenne county commissioners set levies for 1924 noting a $2 million lower county valuation and reduced overall taxes. State and county rates drop, with Sidney school and city taxes down. several villages show mixed changes. Total county levy 3.5 mills to raise $99,529, while Sidney, Lodge Pole, Potter, Dalton, and Gurley taxes reflect declines or modest increases based on new valuations.
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Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners
Sidney City
Sidney
Lodge Pole Village
Lodge Pole
Potter Village
Potter
Dalton
Gurley
Sidney Golf Tournament Opens With 18 Hole Qualifiers
The Sidney local golf tournament starts Sunday August 24 with 18 hole qualifying rounds and flights through the week. Prizes are planned for club champion runner-up and flight winners. The Colorado Nebraska Golf association tourney follows August 31 to September 2 at Brush with local clubs Brush Sterling Akron Sidney in the association.
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Sidney
Colorado-Nebraska Golf Association
Brush
Sterling
Akron
Sidney Schools Open September 2 for 1924 25 term
The 1924 25 Sidney public schools term starts Tuesday September 2 after Labor Day delay. New teachers join a faculty including Elsa Johnson at the high school, H Linton as principal and Lawrence Horn as athletic coach. Several grade level shifts, new teachers in seventh and eighth grades, and a plan toward a junior high emerge. East ward adds two teachers and last year’s two second and two fourth grades adjust to three in some grades. Detailed faculty list with hometowns and grades appears, plus a tentative report schedule for pupils including high school registration.
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Sidney Public Schools
G. F.liebendorfer
Elsa Johnson
Harry Linton
H. V
Tones
Lawrence Horn
M. C. Green
Minnie Schileting
Carrie Cultra
Beulah Grabill
Avilla Labort
C. M. Green
Miss Cultra
Florence Clifton
Hugh Wilson
Miss White
Asenath Schill
G. F. Liebendorfer
Sidney
Sunflower
Fremont
Minnie Schiiching
Lincoln
Lushton
Nebraska City
Central
Mayme J. White
Alliance
Edith Martin
Alice Dirks
Dalton
Florence Sixta
Valeska Neubauer
Katherine Keefer
Fast Ward
Edith Oldershaw
Ruth Gilmore
Louise Stoetzel
Omaha
Liebendorfer
Linton
North Side
Nelson Family Reunion Celebrates 76th Birthday
The L. K. Nelson family reunion was held at the parental home south of Potter to honor Mr. Nelson on his August 13 birthday. Forty four attended including Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, their children and grandchildren from Sidney, Potter, Peetz, Hereford, and Laramie. Elmer K. was absent. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have been married nearly fifty years and moved to Cheyenne county in 1889.
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L. K. Nelson
Potter
Mr. Nelson
J. M. Nelson
Sidney
W. A. Nelson
FE. M. Nelson
IT. A. Lockhart
Peetz
Sidney Second Bargain And Funday Day A Big Success
Sidney monthly Trade Extension and Friends Making Day drew a larger crowd than the first event with hundreds traveling up to fifty miles. Merchants reported higher turnout, free amusements, and a broom exchange gimmick while promising another event next month to keep Sidney competitive with city mail order houses.
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Sidney
W. R. Weeden
Sidney Merchants ‘Association
Nebraska
Sidney Juvenile Band
Sidney Motor Sales Company
Wooldridge’s
Leonard’s Grocery
No Band Concert Saturday in Sidney
B W Bonham announces no band concert in Sidney Saturday evening this week. On the following Saturday August 30 the Bunker Hill Farmers Union band will give a concert at the municipal platform in Sidney.
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Sidney
B. W. Bonham
Bunker Hill Farmers Union
Marriage in San Diego Unites Ida Larkin and Earl Corey
Word reaches here of the marriage in San Diego California on August 5 between Ida Barbara Larkin daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Larkin and Earl S Corey. They will reside at 1317 First Street San Diego.
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San Diego
Cal
Ida Barbara Larkin
J. J. Larkin
Earl S. Corey
First Street
Mrs L Frank Shelton is notified of death in Brownsville
Mrs Julia Shelton Pelle, visiting Mrs Leroy Martin, left Thursday for Sterling and the south after receiving word that her son L Frank Shelton has died in Brownsville Texas.
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Julia Shelton Pelle
Leroy Martin
Sterling
South
L. Frank Shelton
Brownsville
Texas
Willey guides grasshopper control for Cheyenne County
Wheat fields face grasshopper onslaught as eggs threaten next year’s crop. County agent endorses heroin arsenic bait with bran and amyl acetate, mixed with molasses, to poison nymphs and adults. Spread bait across fields every 100 feet for broader coverage and delayed but effective death.
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Cheyenne County
Chappell Boy Killed by Auto at Kimball Sunday
A seven year old Chappell boy was killed at the Kimball county fair grounds during a Kimball versus Chappell baseball game when a Ford delivery truck driven by Winfield Rodman struck him as he stepped from behind a parked car. The accident was deemed unavoidable and no blame assigned. Rodman and his parents returned to Chappell for the funeral.
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Lyle Weigand
Chappell
Kimball
Kimball County Fair Grounds
Winfield
Buster) Rodman
Chappell Nine
Rodman
Mrs Virginia Halston Skinner Visiting Sidney
Mrs Virginia Halston Skinner of North Platte is visiting at her grand mother's home in Sidney. The brief item notes a social visit and local ties.
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Virginia Halston Skinner
North Platte
Sidney
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Willey
Sherman—Mckay
S. Pindell
Schuyler
Sidney Schools
Nelson Family Reunion
Chappell Boy
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