Sidney Tax Levy Below County and Western Averages
The Telegraph reports Sidney residents pay taxes in line with other western Nebraska county seats and well below the 93 county average. Cheyenne county levy is 4.2 mills vs 4.25 state and 5.14 panhandle. City levy is 13.2 mills, with school levy at 20.4 mills amid high local school standards. Continued on page 8, column 3.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Panhandle
Telegraph
Cheyenne
Vrany
Ger
Box Butte
Dawes
Devel
Garden
Pomballon
Morrill
Scottsbluff
Sheridan
OUR
Os Wheeee
O Connell Plea to Halt Winter Rabbit and Wolf Hunts
Frank O Connell secretary of the state game committee urged Nebraska sportsmen to refrain from rabbit and wolf hunts this winter. He warned mass hunts could drive game birds from feed stations and asked for full support of state and local feeding plans for game birds throughout Nebraska this season.
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Nebraska
Frank O'Connell
State Game Committee
West Nebraska warms as cold spell ends
Temperatures moderated across western Nebraska this week after weeks of frigid air. The average rose to 44 on Tuesday and climbed higher on Wednesday. Snow remnants persist in rural areas while city drifts melt. Forecasters predict continued fair weather with little precipitation.
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Nebraska
Alliance City To Take Over Delinquent Lots
Alliance City will purchase overtaxed parcels as about 25 tax burdened certificates are prepared for transfer. City officials say owners skip payments because delinquent interest runs lower than borrowing costs, prompting a council decision to act.
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Alliance City
Sidney Opens Cage Season Against Sterling Teammates
Sidney's basketball team opened the season at home against Sterling in the first cage tilt since renewed relations with the Tigers. The Telegraph printed early and did not publish the score. Sidney fields a rangy yet green squad needing several games for polish.
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Sidney
Sterling
Tigers
Rabe Funeral Held in Sidney for Wilhelmina Rabe
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilhelmina Rabe 69 were held yesterday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev H F Krohn officiating. Gehrig funeral service handled interment. she is survived by her husband and five children.
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Wilhelmina Rabe
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
H. F. Krohn
Gehrig
Christmas business shows uptick in western Nebraska
Despite sorrowful stories, Christmas spending rises with merchants reporting a stronger December than expected. They foresee momentum through Christmas as holiday spirit and giving revive, a return to a grand American custom. Continued on page 8, column 2.
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Nebraska
Kings Daughters Seek Unfortunate Families for Christmas Help
The Kings Daughters appeal for names of unfortunate families to aid this Christmas. Call 591W or 22 for confidential reports. The charity, known for aid to the sick during holidays, asks for jellys and jams to add to their stock for needy recipients.
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Kings Daughters
Anyne
Ahepa District Governor Meeting at Bayard
Ahepa chapter 168 of the Greek-American association met Sunday in Bayard for a district governor event. District Governor James Dikeon of Denver attended along with Denver guests District Marshal Gust Baines Christ Polites and Bill Angelus. Members from Scottsbluff Sidney Alliance Antioch Bridgeport and Torrington joined. The Daughters of Penelope held a business meeting with Mrs. James Dikeon presiding.
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North Platte Valley
Ahepa
Greek-American Association
Bayard
James Dikeon
Denver
Gust Baines
Christ Polites
Bill Angelus
Lodge
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Alliance
Antioch
Bridgeport
Torrington
Order of Daughters of Penelope
Star Market To Open For Business Saturday
Star Market at 827 Tenth avenue opens Saturday at 9 30 a m with proprietor Frank Schwasnick announcing in this issue. The remodeled building, recently bought from George Moore, aims to be one of Nebraska’s most up to date markets. Opening day giveaways are planned and details will be available at the store.
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New Star
Tenth Avenue
Frank Schwasnick
Schwasnick
George Moore
Sidney
Nebraska
Norris Hopeful Good Men Will Be Chosen
Senator Norris argues for capable men over chamber size as Nebraska plans a unicameral in 1937. The next legislature must set a 30 to 50 member body, but Norris will not participate in the expected battle over numbers.
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Norris
George Norris
Nebraska
Anest Case 18 Still in Trial in Sidney Court
The trial of Gust Anest of Bridgeport for statutory rape continued in district court with a crowded room and a verdict expected late in the day. The case involves a 15 year old girl linked to Anest through a late winter hotel stay with Sylvan Gundalus. The docket featured rival predictions of conviction or acquittal as the session proceeded. A separate civil case, Robert J. Porter versus Electrical Products, upheld that Porter Oil paid part of a Neon sign lease, denying $750 claimed by the Neon light firm. Continued on Page 8, Column 5.
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Gust Anest
Bridgeport
Anest
Sylvan Gundalus
Sidney
Robert J. Porter
Electrical Products Company
Porter Oil Company
Mr. Porter
Porter
Homemakers Meeting In This County Soon
Nebraska homemakers are urged to join a home account book program managed by Miss Muriel Smith. The project, led by extension service, reports growing participation from 25 in 1929 to 585 in 1934, with a method demonstration planned in Cheyenne County in early 1935 and guidance available from County Agent L. D. Willey.
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Nebraska
Nome Economics Division
Extension Service
Muriel Smith
Cheyenne County
L. D. Willey
Farm Payments Good In Spite Of Poor Year
Farm payments remain strong despite drought affecting Iowa South Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska report by D P Hogan president of the federal land bank in Omaha. The drought did not hurt farm sales or down payments with more sales and higher prices cited. Livestock numbers on eighth district farms dropped as farmers sold cattle and hogs to buy feed, bringing cattle counts back to 1928 levels while higher prices are expected.
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Federal Land Bank and
Land Bank Commissioner
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
D. P. Hogan
Federal Land Bank At
Omaha
Federal Land Banks
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Hogan
Eighth
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Frank A. O'Connor
Farm Credit Administration
Farmers Are Hon or Guests At Rotary Club Gathering In Sidney
About 30 Cheyenne county farmers attended the Rotary Club’s annual farmers night in Sidney Monday. Speakers N D Douthit Curtis agricultural school and M B Posson drought cattle buying program outlined education needs and Nebraska feed shortages. Posson proposed measures to prevent future shortfalls while Douthit urged business leaders to engage more with farming issues. The program educated both visiting farmers and club members.
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Rotary Club
Sidney
Cheyenne County
N. D. Douthit
Agricultural School
Curtis
M. B. Posson
Drouth
Nebraska
Posson
Nebtaska
Club
Land Bank Loans Save Nebraska Farmers Foreclosure Hope
More than a million dollars in land bank loans have completed in Nebraska, with 322 loans totaling 1,134,975 in Cheyenne county alone. Across the state 2,696 distress cases were filed. 2,272 loans closed or approved, 22 pending, 402 rejected, under a long term low interest program aiding 5,168 of 6,349 debtors in FCA Omaha district. Since inception 22,733 land bank and commissioner loans in Nebraska total 82,797,150.
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Cheyenne County
Land Bank
Nebraska
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Omaha
South Dakota
Wyoming
Land Bank and
Commissioner
Christmas seal deliveries in Sidney drive
The Christmas seal drive organized by the Sidney Parent-Teachers Association with Campfire Girls is under way. Four campfire groups will cover the city’s districts this week and next, delivering seals and later reclaiming unused ones. The drive promotes education against tuberculosis through lectures films and media reach.
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Sidney
Parent-Teachers Association
R. S. Baker
James McDaniel
J. W. Cochran
Muriel Riggs
Commodity prices rise as farm income forecast soars
Basic prices for wheat corn hogs and cotton jumped well above two years and one year ago, shaping a $1 billion boost to 1934 cash farm income per the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Chicago futures show large gains though farmers with cut production face slower gains.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
175 School Children To Participate In Big Concert Monday
The Farmers Union delegates reelected Glen Bales as president with T. C. Hawkins as vice president and named Oscar Olson secretary, replacing Arthur Borcher. Nearly 500 attended the convention, honoring Ray Swift. A resolution urged two year junior college courses in major high schools to aid rural graduates. A large concert of 175 school musicians is set for Monday night at the Sidney auditorium under J. W. Cochran, presented by the Sidney Music Parents and the Parent Teachers associations.
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Farmers Union
Glen Bales
T. C. Hawkins
Oscar Olson
Arthur Borcher
Borcher
Ray Trerstain
Ray Swift
Swift
Nebraska
State Union
Nation Union
J. W. Cochran
Sidney Music Parents Association
Parent-Teachers Association
America
Sellers
Pavlat
Zamarippa
Kendee
Martin
The
Corn Soldiers
Mozart
Tommy Poole
Betty Hardy
Dorothy Hanson
Edward Siebendorfer
Pierrot
Wagner
Materna
Bonnie
Doris le Sueur
Irene Baker
Gertrude Ewing
Richard Agnew
Payzant
Billy Jacquot
Sidney Will Shine
Carl Christ
Earl Averman
Leonard Mayer
Phyllis Babcock
Baker
Sidney group elects W L Larson president for school music push
The Sidney music parents association named W L Larson president with K S Agnew as vice president and Mrs P L Martin as secretary. Golden P Kratz and others serve as directors as the group outlines six aims to foster permanent school music interest and parental guidance, with J W Cochran praised for initiating juvenile instruction. Continued on Page 8, Column 2.
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Sidney Music Parents Association
W. L. Larson
K. S. Agnew
P. L. Martin
Golden P. Kratz
Herbert Rabe
A. R. Kendree
Sidney
J. W. Cochran
Indoor Carnival At American Legion Auditorium Dec 18 19
The American Legion indoor carnival at the auditorium will run Tuesday and Wednesday with a kangaroo court a peppy stage show and radio and turkey giveaways. Arcadians will play for dances and a German band will enliven the evenings. Script money and other carnival attractions will be featured for a 25 cent door charge aimed at keeping costs low and fun high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Arcadians
The
Townsend Plan Gains Local Support and National Interest
Interest in the Townsend old age pension plan grows in Sidney as local men form a group to promote the proposal. Enthusiasm runs high among backers, while skeptics doubt economic viability. A Townsend office in Washington signals impending lobbying ahead of Congress.
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Townsend
Sidney
Altho
Washington
Congress
Judge to Rule on Frahm Plea in Oshkosh Trial
District Judge E F Carter travels to Oshkosh to rule on Fred Frahm s motion for a new trial after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the death of his brother John on December 2 The case centers on a body dug up near Oshkosh believed to be John Frahm and the state s claim that Fred shot and buried him sentence may follow once the motion is decided.
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E. F. Carter
Oshkosh
Fred Frahm
John
Carter
Frahm
John Frahm
Fred
Plumber Fined, Gets License To Practice
S. Carmen, a plumber, was fined $10 in city court on complaint by Harry Stover that Carmen worked without a license. Carmen said he has now obtained his bond and license and will operate plumbing services for the Columbine Tractor and Implement Company. An advertisement will announce the new plumbing shop in Telegraph News Tuesday, manager William Heckathorn said.
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S. Carmen
Harry Stover
Carmen
Columbine Tractor and Implement Company
Telegraph News
William Heckathorn
The
Columbine
Lowly Russian Thistle Gains Rail Freight Rate Parity
The Russian thistle, once banned on Nebraska farms, was permitted to be transported at the same rate as alfalfa meal by all Nebraska railroads. The ground thistle meal is now used as livestock feed in many areas and corn, along with ground soy beans, hay, and molasses, will be carried at the same rate.
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Railway Commission
Nebraska
Johnson Drug Closing Out Stock In Sidney
Johnson Drug announces a closing out sale in Sidney to clear the entire stock before year end. Mr. Johnson has managed the store since purchasing it from Bassett a few years ago with no specific reason given for the closure.
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The
Johnson Drug Company
Free City Extermination Campaign For Rats
Sidney residents are informed the city offers a free rat extermination service. The program uses city equipment and staff, at no cost to residents, upon reporting to the city clerk at No. 78. The city urges affected residents to call to start immediate work.
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Res
Dents
Sidney
Nebraska Schools Spend Less In Year Ended July 1
State Superintendent Taylor reports Nebraska schools kept the same number of districts, lost some school houses, declined pupil enrollment and attendance, spent 3 021 815 dollars less than the prior year, and gathered 902 036 dollars less in revenue.
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Taylor
Nebraska
Traffic light placed at busy intersection to improve visibility
A new traffic light installed at the center of the main intersection of Tenth Avenue and Illinois Street, visible from all directions to motorists. It replaces corner-mounted signals, addressing prior driver complaints about visibility and reduced risk of small ups at the corner.
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Tenth Avenue
Illinois Street
Massey Harris relocates stock from Sidney to Toronto
Massey Harris moves its Sidney stock to the Toronto factory and plans to exit Sidney. Manager Joe Kittle is transferred to Omaha to remain with the company as operations in Sidney cease.
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Massey-Harris
Sidney
Massey-Harris Company
Toronto
Joe Kittle
Omaha
James Cafe Fails To Open Doors On Tuesday
The James cafe at 1009 Illinois Street did not open for business on Tuesday morning. Reports indicate management planned to close, citing slack business, with previous ownership including Arthur Nelson among several handlers over the years.
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James
Illinois Street
Arthur Nelson
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West
Nigh School
Rabe
Star Market
Tmas
Glen Bales Farmers Union
Cochran
Association of Parents
J. W. de Merritt
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