Cheyenne County Fair Opens With Big Plans and Crowds
Cheyenne county prepares for a four day festival featuring rodeo race meet and entertainment. entries flood in signaling a record turnout as exhibitors wild stock and crafts fill the judging pavilion. program includes band concerts dancing baseball games judging of exhibits and rodeo daily with concessions rides and fireworks likely.
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Cheyenne County
Wild and Wooly West
Sidney
Panhandle
R. P. Keler
Bunker Hill
Lorenzo
Rainfall totals reach an inch in scattered Nebraska areas
Rainfall totaling up to an inch occurred at scattered Nebraska locations Tuesday and Tuesday night per Lincoln Weather Bureau reports. O Neill and Valentine led with an inch, while showers spread from Ferry to Ashland and from Ravenna to York. Highs exceeded 100 degrees in several cities, Lincoln reaching 102 before cooler air Thursday.
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Nebraska
Lincoln Weather Bureau
O'Neil
Valentine
Ferry
Oakland
Ashland
Fremont
Ravenna
York
McCook
Trenton
Culbertson
Grand Island
North Loop
North Platte
Oakdale
Lincoln
Fairbury
Sidney
Holdrege
Red Cloud
Hastings
Alliance
Weary River singing contest opens tonight at show house
U S A itheatre Telegraph reports the Weary River competition begins at the local venue with a large entry list. Entries close at six this evening and finalists will vie Tuesday night for the Consolidated Theatres loving cup and lesser prizes. The contest seeks Sidney’s top man or boy to sing the two theme songs from the moving picture, though these cannot be sung in preliminaries.
Former County Teacher and Athlete Married at Loveland
Eloise Connor a Gurley Dalton teacher for four years and Perry Wyatt a noted University of New Colorado athlete from McGrew were married at Loveland Colorado on Wednesday. They left for a two week Denver honeymoon then return to Mr Wyatt's Banner county ranch. Mrs Wyatt hails from Onawa Iowa where her parents live. Wyatt was a state university track captain in 1928 and is well known in Sidney.
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Eloise Connor
Gurley
Dalton
Perry Wyatt
McGrew
Newcaska
Sidney
Loveland
Colo
Denver
Wyatt
Banner County
Onawa
The
State University
Nebraska
Forty Barrel Well Drilled at Five Square Oil Property
A 40 barrel oil well on the Five Square Oil Company property west of Berthoud Colorado has been brought in. Sid ney men show strong interest as drilling continues in hopes of higher production. A second well is planned near the current hole around September 15. Five Square holds a half interest after selling the other half to Standard Oil. L P Houge of Sidney serves on the Five Square board.
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Five Square Oil Company
Sidney
Berthoud
Colo
Five Square Company
Standard Oil Company
L. P. Houge
Stellar hurling helps Bunker Hill rout Bushnell
Santos, a new moundsman for Bunker Hill, blanked Bushnell for six innings as the Kimball county club rolled to a 15 to 2 Tri-State league victory. His strong pitching sparked a third straight win over Bushnell, while ten Bushnell errors, including four on Wentz, undermined the visitors. All Cheyenne county players wore their war paint.
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Santos
Bunker Hill
Bushnell
Kimball County Boys
Bushnell Boys
Wentz
Cheyenne County Club
Nebraska Drives License Law Issued September First
Nebraska law requires all motorists to obtain an automobile driver license between September 1 and October 1 with licenses valid while residents stay in the state. Fees are 75 cents, and the county treasurer acts as chief examiner with the Department of Public Works. A license is denied to those under 16, and violations include DUI or careless driving with possible suspension up to one year. Penalties for operating without a license include fines up to 100 dollars or up to three months in jail. Licenses become available September 1 at the county treasurer’s office or designated locations.
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Nebraska
Department of Public Works
Excavators Unearth Huge Tooth In City Hall Basement
Workmen digging the basement for the new city hall uncovered a gigantic tooth likely from a prehistoric animal. The eight inch specimen may reach ten inches around and remains well preserved. Root connections were severed and a search for the roots continues as experts plan to preserve the find for study.
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New City Hall
Funeral for Jack Busboom in Weyerts community
Funeral services were held at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church for Jack Leland Busboom six year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Busboom who was accidentally shot by his brother. Born December 22 1922 in Sidney he died at age 6 years 7 months 19 days. He leaves five brothers and one sister. Burial was in the German Lutheran cemetery south of Sidney.
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St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jack Leland Busboom
Carl Busboom
Weyerts
Jack
Sidney
Buslrooms
Irvin
Raymond
Edward
Bernard
Lloyd
Billy
W. F. Peters
Graf Zeppelin May Cross Country If Weather Allows
The Graf Zeppelin, the huge round the world airliner, may pass over Sidney on its cross country leg if weather holds. Commander Hugo Eckener will choose the Boeing air mail route across the continent, with a southern fallback if conditions are unfavorable. The plan aims to reach Los Angeles after a Tokio to Manchuria segment, refueling briefly before continuing.
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Tokio
Sidney
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Manchuria
Alaska
Los Angeles
Eckener
Fredrichshaven
United States
Old Settlers Picnic at Lodge Pole Tomorrow
Old timers of this section will gather in Lodge Pole tomorrow for the annual old timers picnic and reunion. An elaborate program has been arranged for entertainment ending with a dance at night. Hundreds of people attend the picnic annually.
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Lodge Pole
Laing to lead 1930 census work across 11 Nebraska counties
E G Laing of Alliance is placed in charge of the 1930 census effort covering 11 western Nebraska counties including Box Butte Scotts Bluffs Morrill Cheyenne Sioux Dawes Sheridan Garden Hooker Grant and Thomas. He will supervise multiple county offices and a corps of trained gatherers after a competitive selection. The plan anticipates growth for Sidney and Cheyenne county amid ease in settlement during the past decade.
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Alliance
Nebraska
Laing
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Sidney Exhibits To Highlight 1929 Fair Next Week
The Cheyenne county fair will feature radio, automobile, and farm machinery exhibits designed to educate visitors. The 1930 model cars and new radio tech promise vivid displays, with dealers pushing attendance and public access to all booths. The event underscores the growing importance of these exhibits to county life.
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Cheyenne County
Whch
Telegraph
Miles Named State Jubilee Delegate for Nebraska 75th Anniversary
W. P. Miles to represent Gheyenne county at Oma ha in September for Nebraska 75th state jubilee. The event marks the 75th anniversary of Nebraska statehood with a feature selecting two county representatives, a boy and a girl, from each county. Plans for the meeting are still developing.
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W. P. Miles
Gheyenne County
Omaha
Nebraska
New Faces to Appear in 1929 1930 Faculty at Catholic Academy
New faces join St Patrick's academy for the 1929 30 term. Sister Mercedes returns as president of the college and Sacred Heart academy Louisville. Sister M Frances succeeds her as principal. Sister Kathleen departs for Louisville. Sister Ruth fills her high school teaching post. An additional music instructor will join the staff. name to be announced soon.
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Catholic Academy
St. Patrick’s Academy
Mercedes
Sacred Heart Academy and Model School
Louisville
M. Frances
Frances
Kathleen
Ruth
Mrs Dalton Attends Daughter's Investment
Mrs P J Deaham traveled to Louisville Kentucky to attend her daughter Margaret's investiture in the Urealine order amid formal rites and family observance.
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Mrs. Dalton
P. J. Deaham
Louisville, Ky
Margaret
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