Northeastern Colorado Gas Line Seek Entry To Sidney
The Northeastern Colorado Oil company outlines a large gas line project to convey natural gas from Wellington Fort Collins fields east through Weld and Logan counties to Fort Morgan Brush Sterling and on to Sidney Nebraska and beyond. Nebraska officials report in Nebras ka that a franchise request is being prepared and major Colorado towns show strong interest with substantial financial backing. The plan aims to supply towns along the route with gas at competitive coal prices, opening markets across Colorado and western Nebraska.
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Northeastern Colorado Oil Company
Nebraska
Gas Line
Northeastern
Colorado Oi Company
Colorado
Wellington
Fort Collins
Colo
Weld
Logan County
Fort Morgan
Brush
Sterling
Sidney
Thuusday
Greeley
Northeastern Company
Colorado Wells
Local Merchants Ready For Large Christmas Trade
With Christmas about twenty days away Sidney merchants announce unprecedented planning and stock. Five stores display well stocked shelves and attractive window displays. Shops promise vast staple lines plus special Christmas goods, aiming for quality and value. Local merchants emphasize comprehensive stocks, avoiding overpricing and promising a superior shopping center for the region.
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Sidney
Tidy Sum Paid Cheyenne County by U P for Taxes
A check for 06760.82 was mailed from Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha to E. H. Biggs treasurer of Cheyenne county covering 1927 taxes on the railroad property in Cheyenne county. Of this amount 48385.79 is school tax 27968.86 county tax 3568.71 city tax and 20841.46 state tax. G G Holcomb stated the payment is in full for the railroad’s Cheyenne county taxes as assessed by the state board of equalization.
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E. H. Biggs
Cheyenne County
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad Company
G. G. Holcomb
Cheyenne
State Board of Equalization
Eight Girls Form Bluebird Nest Organization
A Tuesday meeting at the Central ward school house formed the Bluebird Nest for young girls. Eight girls attended with guardian Miss Thelma Baker. Officers elected: Jean Liebendorfer president Frances Goodwin vice president Maxine Goodwin treasurer Fern Paquette secretary. Other attendees: Blanche Wolfe Jane Wright Zepha Lockwood Adair Britton.
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Central Ward
Bluebird Nest
Thelma Baker
Jean Liebendorfer
Frances Goodwin
Maxine Goodwin
Fern Paquette
Blanche ,Wolfe
Jane Wright
Zepha Lockwood
Adair Britton
Third offender given bread and water term in Cheyenne County
Arthur Patterson a laborer from Sidney was sentenced by Judge Kahl after a guilty verdict for intoxication. The court imposed the maximum 60 days in jail plus a bread and water diet for alternating weeks, aligning with two prior offenses. Jury members included J. H. Anderson and L. Vern Greenwood, foreman.
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Cheyenne
Arthur Patterson
Sidney
Kahl
County Atotrney- Hodgikin
Patterson
Nebraska
J. H. Anderson
H. R. Baumbach
W. F. Harper
John Call
Alfred E. Murless
L. Vern Greenwood
Foreman
Kings Daughters Plan Annual Christmas Baskets
The Kings Daughters announce their yearly Christmas basket program. People urged to report needy families to 180 or 245. baskets will be distributed to provide both necessities and toys. Thanksgiving baskets already given, with Christmas the main effort.
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Kings Daughters
District Court Term Adjourned to December 12
Cheyenne county district court term, set to convene November 28, is postponed due to judges handling other districts. One day will be held December 5 for decisions, with jury cases moved to December 12 and jurors notified to report then.
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Cheyenne County
Sid ney City Council Calls Bonds to Save Interest
The Sid ney city council authorized calling several thousand dollars in outstanding bonds with optional clauses. A $9,000 refunding issue dated January 1, 1917, due 1937, 5 percent interest and optional from 1918, and a $10,000 city hall issue dated January 1, 1918, 6 percent, optional from 1923, are to be presented by January 1, 1928 to stop further interest. Savings come from surplus funds earned by municipal units.
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Sidney
Leslie Neubauer
Telegraph
City Hall
Cheyenne County
Changes Made in Departments at the Court House
Several changes in Cheyenne County Court House offices were made this week to aid officers and citizens. County Superintendent Mrs Gertrude Nelson moved to two rooms near the stairs, while county commissioners gain two larger rooms opposite the main entrance. A planned alteration would connect the county clerk and county treasurer rooms with a lobby between them, removing the divider to ease public access.
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Cheyenne County Court House
Gertrudeelson
Nelson
Implement Dealer Buys Warehouse Location
E L Uptegrove owner of Sidney Transfer and Implement buys the former Hub City Implement warehouse and adjacent north half block fronting First Street with UP tracks. The Cheyenne County Lumber company sale expands his headquarters for agricultural machinery and parts distribution across western Nebraska. K S Agnew and A E Tanner assist in the business expansion.
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E. L. Uptegrove
Sidney Transfer and Implement House
Hub City Implement Company
First
Second Avenues
First Street
Union Pacific
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
Sidney Motor Sales Company
Mr. Uptegrove
Central Avenue
Bordewll
Uptegrove
Sidney
Nebraska
K. 8. Agnew
A. E. Tanner
Illicit liquor destroyed by Cheyenne County Sheriff
Sheriff Nelson destroyed confiscated liquor in a court record with a sack and a large pail. The bottles, beer bottles and tin containers held moonshine evidence from three liquor cases disposed of in early spring. In other news six year old Kermit Matthewson fractured his arm after a fall on an icy sidewalk.
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Nelson
Kermit
Theodore Matthewson
Douglas M. Boyd in charge of Standard Oil stations
Announcement in The Telegraph notes Carl Bergstrom leaves Sidney Standard Oil stations to take a traveling company position. Douglas M. Boyd, a Sidney resident, assumes management with offices at the Second Street and First Avenue East station. Judge Tewell has been holding court at Harrison this week.
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Douglas M. Boyd
Standard Oil
Telegraph
Carl Bergstrom
Sidney
Boyd
Standard
Second Street
First Avenue East
Bergstrom
Tewell
Harrison
Western Nebraska Agriculture Convenes Here December 7
Western Nebraska organized agriculture plans a Sidney gathering December 7 8 and 9 with sessions for potato improvement livestock crops home economics and a large Friday finale. Dean E A Burnett Nebraskas agriculture leader and Miss Mary Rolahr Wyoming home demonstration head headline the talks on agricultural programing and kitchen improvement. The meetings aim to become an annual Western Nebraska event driven by Cheyenne county farmers and regional participation.
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Western Nebraska
Sidney
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
E. A. Burnett
University of Nebraska
Great Plain
College of Agriculture
Nebraska Experiment Stations
Burnett
Dean Burnett
Mary Rolahr
Wyoming
The
Potato Improvement Association
Ford Motor announces prices for new car series
Ford Motor Co releases price schedule for the new car series with models ranging from 385 to 570 dollars f o b Detroit. The prices show small advances over the model T and prior Ford lines, with starters standard on trucks and various body types listed.
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Ford Motor Concern
Ford
Telegraph
Detroit
Work of Art Masters on Exhibit in Sidney
Citizens of Sidney may view 150 master pieces spanning French Italian Flemish English Dutch Spanish German and American schools at the high school Monday and Tuesday evening December 5 and 6 from 7 to 9. The exhibit is open to the public and features portraits landscapes marine and pastoral scenes from famous works studied by schools.
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Sidney
Morrill County Ranch Brings 360000 At Auction
The King-Robin son ranch southeast of Bridgeport sold last Friday for over 360000, incl 4380 acres, farm equipment, machinery and livestock. A large crowd gathered as bidding opened, and the owner expressed satisfaction with results, signaling rising western Nebraska real estate interest and expected sales rise in six months.
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King-Robinson
Bridgeport
Western
Nebraska
Crops of Nation Prosperity in Tenth District Agriculture
Kansas City report for December 1 notes 1927 yields in the tenth federal reserve district are the best in recent years. Seven-state region including Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Wyoming Nebraska Colorado New Mexico shows higher market returns, rising land values, increased indebtedness payments, machinery purchases, and stronger grazing demand. October and year 1927 activity hit nearby peaks with rising manufacturing and mineral output and broader consumer distribution. District crop yields on November 1 run 7.3 percent above ten-year average and 4.9 percent above U S crop yields for 1927.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Monthly Review of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
United States
Padroni Colorado Couple Are Married Here On Monday
Jesse William Hammack aged 3M and Miss Dorothy Anna Smith aged 21 of Padroni Colo were married in Sidney late Monday afternoon by Judge Elmer Kahl in his office in the court house. Attending witnesses were Miss Ida M. Smith and Walter Imick. Mr and Mrs Hammack are prominently known young people of Padroni where they are to reside.
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Jesse William Hammack
Dorothy Anna Smith
Padroni
Colo
Sidney
Elmer Kahl
Court House
Ida M. Smith
Walter Smick
Imick
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U. P
Bordwell
North Central Avenue
Western Nebraska Agriculture
Morrill County
Financial Review
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