Million Dollar Snow Blankets West Nebraska
A vast western Nebraska snowstorm left four to eight inches from North Platte to the Wyoming border. Despite drifting winds in the mountains, western Nebraska saw steady accumulation with no rail or road disruption. The melting began as soils warmed, soil moisture boosted wheat, and Cheyenne county farmers praised improved soil conditions and moisture for ongoing growth.
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Nebraska
North Platte
Wyoming State Line
Sol
Cheyenne County
Kimball Merchant Takes Lease on Harper Store
A Kimball merchant, S. D. Vogler, leases the Harper building room formerly Sidney cafe to open a five year O. P. Skaggs grocery. Remodeling will begin immediately to ready the store by mid month, with local manager yet to be announced. Skaggs chain is not linked to the Skaggs Safeway system operating in town.
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Harper
Sidney Cafe
Sidney
O. P. Skaggs
S. D. Vogler
Kimball
Pine Bluffs
Vogler
Skaggs Safeway System
G. E. James
Sidney Rotary entertains Sidney High football squad
The Sidney high school football team was hosted by the Sidney Rotary club at the Commercial cafe dining room last Friday. Coach Black introduced each player and praised the team for its season, noting limited experience but strong sportsmanship. Captains Moore and Kahl spoke along with Weymouth Uptegrove Poole and Dr. Barger, as trophies were awarded to all players. Separately, the Nebraska division of Central Power builds a new transmission line north of Syracuse to serve towns further west.
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Sidney High
Sidney Rotary Club
Commercial Cafe
Black
Moore
Kahl
O. J. Weymouth
Ed Uptegrove
Tom Poole
Dr. Barger
Rotary Club
Nebraska
The
Central Power Company
Syracuse
Well Known Couple Wed in Sterling to Live in Craig
Eva Miles daughter of Attorney W P Miles married Kenneth Lynch in an Episcopal church ceremony at Sterling Colorado on Wednesday November 28. The couple plan to reside in Craig Colorado where Lynch recently earned a pharmacy diploma and has bought a drug store. The Miles home hosted a dinner in Sidney with family and friends.
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Nebraska
Eva Miles
W. P. Miles
Kenneth Lynch
Kimball Young
Thayer Rexall Drug Store
Sidney
Episcopal Church
Sterling
Colo
Miles
Freda Hammer
Craig
Nebraska Team Entered in Chicago Meat Judging Contest
The University of Nebraska has entered a team to compete in the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago on December 4. Eight colleges join Nebraska, including Missouri, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas State, Ohio State, Oklahoma A&M, Pennsylvania State, and South Dakota State.
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Chicago
University of Nebraska
St. Chicago
Nebraska
National Livestock and Meat Board
University of Missouri
University of Illinois
Iowa State College
Kansas State Agricultural College
Ohio State University
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Pennsylvania State College
Pullman Company
A. T. Edinger
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. C. Davis
K. F. Warner
Department
John T. Russell
The
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Kimball School Teacher Injured In Auto Mishap
Miss Mary Shaw a Kimball area teacher and Valdemar House of Callaway were injured in a Sunday night car wreck when their vehicle skidded on a Union Pacific crossing near Sidney and rolled over the embankment. They were taken to Taylor hospital by a passing motorist with cuts and bruises.
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Mary Shaw
Kimball
Valdemar House
Callaway
Taylor Hospital
Union Pacific
Here
Miss Shaw
Sidney
Cha May Campfire Girls Hold Interesting Meeting
The Cha May Campfire girls at the North Side school held a meeting Tuesday November 27 with guardian Miss Marian Clarke in charge. They stayed after school, brought lunch, and worked until eight o'clock making batik dyed handkerchiefs and scarves for a bazaar on December 15 at Hardy hall.
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North Side
Marian Clarke
Scohol
Hardy Hall
County Agent Willey Leaves for Chicago to Attend Livestock Show
County Agent Leroy Willey departed this morning for Chicago to handle business matters for a week. He will also attend the ongoing International livestock show while there.
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Leroy Willey
Chicago
County School Directors Hold Annual Sidney Meeting
Cheyenne County Association of School Directors met at the Sidney courthouse for their annual election and to discuss progress and betterment of district schools. County Superintendent Gertrude Nelson spoke on cooperation with directors and teachers as well as securing supportive state legislation. Charles Jobe as president, Gertrude Nelson secretary, and J S Flora treasurer were elected to lead for the coming year.
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Cheyenne County Association of School Directors
Court House
Sidney
Gertrude Nelson
County Directors Association
Charles Jobe
J. S. Flora
Cheyenne County
State Department
Fine's Apparel Store To Hold Coat Sale
Leon Fine proprietor of the city style shop announces a sale of new seasonable coats. The Telegraph notes 100 excellent coats offered at a substantial price reduction to clear daily incoming gift merchandise for the holiday season.
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Leon Fine
Telegraph
Fine
Service at Christian Church Draws Large Attendance
Sunday services at the Christian church drew a large crowd despite cold weather. Mrs Warren Anderson sang solo and later Mr and Mrs Anderson performed a duet. The pastor spoke on The Christian Hope in the morning and Sin and its Cure in the evening. He notes revival work by Lowe and Anderson and will discuss Why the Christian Church Came to Sidney next Sunday morning.
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Christian Church
Warren Anderson
Sidney
Sidney Laundry Lands A Big Cleaning Order
F A Bush proprietor of Sidney Laundry and Dry Cleaning company won a competitive bid with Great Western Sugar for laundering 25 000 two bushel grain sacks for its mill at Ovid Colorado. The job runs 1 000 sacks per day, 25 days total. The sacks form a full car load.
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F. A. Bush
Sidney Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
Great Western Sugar Company
Ovid
Colo
Mr. Bush
Sidney Laundry
Miss Katherine Brumage Hosts Pleasant Bridge Party
Miss Katherine Brumage entertained many friends at a Friday bridge party held at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Brumage. Lunch followed the games. Guests included Elizabeth Hart Grace McDowell Elizabeth Couch Thelma Brewer Opal Birkby Frances Schwasnick Helen Johnson and Ruth Betts of Cheyenne was an out of town guest.
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Katherine Brumage
H. D. Brumage
Elizabeth Hart
Grace McDowell
Elizabeth Couch
Thelma Brewer
Opal Birkby
Frances Schwasnick
Helen Johnson
Ruth Betts
Cheyenne
Aged Resident Michael Foley Dies After Long Illness
Michael J Foley aged 75 7 13 died Friday November 30 at Hilda Berkland home after years of illness His death ends long service as a Union Pacific railroad man known across the line He was a bachelor surviving brother Patrick and sisters Mrs Dennis Kelly and Mrs Johanna Chapman of Sidney nieces Mrs L A Bartholomew and Miss Bernice Kelly Funeral held Monday at St Patrick s Catholic Church with Rev Anton Link directing pallbearers John Peetz Michael Peetz Peter Lenzen Frank OKane Ignatz Merck Leopold Rezanina interment Catholic cemetery The funeral was well attended.
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Michael J. Foley
Hilda Berkland
Michael Foley
Iowa
Union Pacific
Berkland
Foley
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Anton Link
Ira W. Wright
John Peetz
Michael Peetz
Peter Lenzen
Frank Okane
Ignatz Merck
Leopold Rezanina
Patrick
Dennis Kelly
Johanna Chapman
Sidney
L. A. Bartholomew
Bernice Kelly
Toyland Opens at Byars Store for Holiday Season
The J B Byars company store unveils Toyland in the basement with a large display of toys games books and gifts marking the start of Christmas shopping. Byars advertises a tremendous stock of toys and novelties and announces the event with a full page advertisement.
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J. B. Byars Company
Toyland
Byars
Millett opens The Blue Bird lunch in Radcliffe basement
Col. C. P. Millett, noted restaurant man, opens The Blue Bird lunch service in the Radcliffe building basement opposite the U. S. A. theatre. The remodeled shop offers quick lunch foods aimed at pleasing the public, with Millett anticipating brisk trade.
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Col
C. P. Millett
Radcliffe Building
Col. C. P. Millett
Mr. Millett
Snowfall In Sidney Area Brings Several Inches Overnight
The Telegraph reports Monday night snowfall across the Sidney territory with new accumulation expected to reach several inches by morning. Workers noted gentle deposition and that every little bit adds to the local total.
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Sidney
Dalton Editor Visits Sidney on Weekend Trip
Editor Don Dey Ermand publisher of the Dalton Delegate with Mrs Ermand and their son visited Sidney friends Saturday afternoon en route to Kimball to spend Sunday with Mrs Ermands parents They called at The Telegraph Office during their stay.
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Don Dey Ermand
The
Dalton Delegate
Sister of Mrs Donald Bassett III Ill in California Home
Mrs De Lynn Woldridge of Los Angeles, sister of Mrs Donald Bassett III and former local resident, is seriously ill at her California home with pleurisy while her young daughter Betty Jane recovers from flu. Both have been ill for about a month. Betty Jane is improving.
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Donald Bassett III
California
de Lynn Woldridge
Los Angeles
Donald Bassett
Terms Of Fifty Nebraska Postmasters Expire Soon
Postmaster terms in Nebraska for fifty offices will end before March 4, creating vacancies to be filled by the president with Senate confirmations. The policy favors reappointing postmasters with good records, except where representatives file objections. Senator Howell will propose party nominees for patronage matters in western Nebraska. Henry Blome of Dalton is among those whose term expires.
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Nebraska
Senate
Congress
New
Norris
Howell
Henry Blome
Dalton
Sidney High to present operetta The Gipsy Rover
Students at Sidney High School will present the comic operetta The Gipsy Rover at the U S A theatre Monday evening December 10 directed by Prof McCormack musical director. The cast includes Meg Virginia Johnson Zara Helen Riggs Marto Russell Ahrens Sinfo Keith Adams Rob Franklin Barger with additional love interests and comic moments provided by Marto and Sinfo.
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Sidney High School
McCormack
Rob
Sir Gilbert Howe
Meg
Marie
Constance Martendale
Lord Craven
Constance
Marto
Sinfo
England
Nina
Captain Jerome
Zara
Virginia Johnson
Helen Riggs
Russell Ahrens
Keith Adams
Rob—Franklin Barger
Mrs Louisa Waite Dies Sudden At Lodge Pole
Lodge Pole December 2 Mrs Louisa Waite 58 died suddenly at her home two miles south of town at five o'clock Sunday morning She leaves a husband five sons three daughters and an aged mother Services will be held at the Lodge Pole M E church Tuesday at 12 30 p m and burial will be in the Sidney cemetery
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Lodge Pole
Louisa Wait
Infant of Frank Klentz Dies After Brief Life
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Klentz eight miles north of Lorenzo died Sunday night after birth at Taylor hospital and was buried Monday afternoon in Greenwood cemetery Sidney with Rev Hal F Schenck of the Methodist church officiating The baby lived only two hours The bereaved parents Mr and Mrs Eblentz receive community sympathy in their loss
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Frank Klentz
Lorenzo
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Hal F. Schenck
Pittor
Methodist Church
Taylor Hospital
Eblentz
John O'Neil Improves After Critical Illness
John O Neil, long ill and the cause of concern to many friends and relatives, was reported Monday to be much improved and out of the critical stage. Jack's friends are glad to hear of his improvement.
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John O'Neil
Jack
Sidney man files $910,000 damage suit against Fred Albaugh
C R McDowell, Sidney Ice & Storage proprietor, sues Fred Albaugh for $91000? no, $910,000 in Cheyenne County district court alleging a conspiracy led to McDowell’s arrest at Julesburg on November 26, 1928. The suit names Albaugh and four others linked to an alleged frame up, with details of arrests, bonds, and a prior conspiracy case. Mary Leonard's potential witness role noted.
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Fred Albaugh
District Court of
Cheyenne County
C. R. McDowell
Sidney Ice & Storage Company
McDowell
Julesburg
Colo
Albaugh
William Willman
Ruddie Ronnecker
Mary Leonard
Fred Spencer
Sidney
Ronnecker
Willmon
Spencer
Elmer Kahl
Willman
Rennecker
Cheyenne County District Court Convenes Monday
The December term of Cheyenne County District Court convened Monday morning before Judge J. L. Tewell. Much of the day was spent preparing cases for trial and examining witnesses, with two or three cases set for trial later Monday. The larger portion of the docket will be addressed through the rest of the week.
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District Court of
Cheyenne County
J. L. Tewell
Sidney Younger Set Holds Party at Country Club
A large group of Sidney's younger set held a Friday night party at the country club organized by Sidney Poole and Hugh Mitchell. Dinner was at seven with dancing and bridge games. About 20 couples attended.
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Sidney
Country Club
Sidney Poole
Hugh Mitchell
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Fine’s Apparel
Katherin Brumage
Byars Store
Louisa Waite
John O’neil
Sidney Man
Cheyenne County District Court
Sidney Younger
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