Cheyenne County Items Mixed Local News and Notes
Seven percent years ago Alex McGregor was appointed superintendent of construction of the Cheyenne Northern. Wm Murray acts roadmaster during his absence. A whist club at Mr Jewett’s has a 20 member, prize event as season ends. Alexandria visitors return from a wagon trip through Cheyenne county. A petition seeks daily mail service Sidney to Camp Clarke. O W Cantrell adds a revolving hair brush at his barber shop. Corn prize report splits prize between Wm Hoppen Pumpkin Creek and Peter Bowser Lodge Pole. Train town painting and discipline remarks conclude the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex McGregor
Cheyenne Northern
Wm. Murray
Sidney
Mac
Camp Clarke
O. W. Cantrell
J T Clarkson
Cheyenne County
Clarkson
Wm. Hoppen
Pumpkin Creek
Peter Bowser
Lodge Pole
Chappell
Wrecks and accidents mark Sidney yards and streets
Sixty five years ago a yard wreck smashed a caboose and damaged the yard engine with William Kingelty bruised, Charley Vernon injured his ankle, and Will Stuht won a contract to haul ice for the U P System from Krueger's dam. A rowdy boy known as Jack the Smasher caused plate glass damage in Sidney. Nearby, a high school anecdote and local notices share mischief, a new Advance force member, a coal contract bid, and a baby boy arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Yards
William Kingelty
Charley Vernon
Mr. Vernon
Will Stuht
U.P
Krueger
Mr. Stuht
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Strangler
Jack the Clipper
Sidney
Jack the Smasher
Scanlan
Urbach
Oberfelder Block
Western Nebraska Educational Association
Jesse S. Moffitt
The
Advance At
Hooker
Okla
Pease
Denver
Frank Rowan
Horses Hunted Across Sunol Pasture in Auto Collision
A group of horses moved from a Sunol pasture were struck by a speeding auto near a Carpenter service station. One lame horse, recovering from a wireout wound, was badly injured across the hocks, while two horsemen dodged into a ditch. The duck season ended with very few ducks observed, marking a poor stretch for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunol
Carpenter Petroleum Products
New post office canceling machine eases holiday mail rush
A new electric canceling machine was installed at the local post office to speed processing during Christmas mail surge. Postmaster Pindell says government technicians are not needed. the device runs smoothly and cancels hundreds of letters rapidly, much to staff relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pindell
Grabill
Merrymakers’ Orchestra
Potter
Oren Weymouth
Bridgeport
Weymouth
Sidney
Fred Stuht
Heinie Bauman
Eugene Davis
Ellie Williams
Stuht
Sterling
Fire Destroys Uptegrove Warehouse at 12th and Hickory
A spectacular blaze destroyed the two story Uptegrove warehouse at 12th and Hickory in Sidney. The building lease held by B O Tracy housed Tracy's Bearing Service with sub leases to Joe A Gibson Inc and Ives Green Haldeman of Los Angeles. Damage to the structure and contents was estimated at forty thousand hours. Fire saved several nearby structures from the south wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Uptegrove
12Th and
Hickory St
B. O. Tracy
Tracy’s Bearing Service
Joe A. Gibson Inc
Ives-Green- Haldeman Company
Los Angeles
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Providence
Broadwater
Della Finn
Frank Phettiplace
Alliance
Phettiplace
Chester
South America
O. D Slayter
Slayter Auto Company
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Carpenter
Sidney Auto Sales
Illinois
Rambler
Oneida
Stainless
Oneida Ltd
Nebraska
Fred McHugh
Lee
M. M
Jack” Inhelder
Inhelder
Herbert Stevens
Lodgepole High School
Potter High School
Lodgepole
Gail Erickson
Don Erickson
Job
California
Tenth Ave
Illinois St
Rogers Truck Lines
Winter Drug
Born's Skelly
Telegraph
Madrolas
Bing Crosby
Motorola
Senng
Neal
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