Nebraska Farmers Are In Good Condition Says Economist
Nebraska farmers remain comparatively well off due to good 1930 harvest crops as Harold Hedges of the University of Nebraska Rural Economics reports. Wheat prices likely steady to higher in 30 days, corn prices steady, livestock mixed, poultry up, eggs down. corn receipts since November 1 only two percent below last year, and terminal wheat storage is high. Continued on page 5.
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Nebraska
Harold Hedges
University of Nebraska
Agricultural College
Hedges
College of Agriculture
Will Sell Remaining Assets of Scotts Bluff Bank
Bluffs Bank will sell the remaining assets of the American State Bank of Scotts Bluff, which failed over three years ago. The auction on January 6 includes notes totaling about $250,000 and various overdrafts near $1,000 plus judgments around $5,000.
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Bluffs Bank
American State Bank of
Scottsipluff
Mrs Frank Kinton Dies After Stroke At Home
Mrs Frank Kinton 57 died Monday night in a local hospital after suffering a stroke at her home north of Sidney. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Rice funeral chapel with Rev F C Mills officiating. The body was shipped to Shubert for burial. music at the funeral was provided by Mrs Frank Wait and Mrs Ames Westfall.
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Frank Kinton
Sidney
Woman Known Here Buried At Bridgeport
Mrs Lena Endsley of Mina tare well known in Sidney was buried December 18 at Bridgeport. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Louis H Kaub of Bayard, former Methodist minister here.
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Lena Endsley
Minatare
Sidney
Bridgeport
Louis H. Kaub
Bayard
Mystery shrouds sudden deaths of valley growers
Two North Platte valley farmers died in separate incidents this week triggering a wide police probe. W. P. Trester, 82, found slain at his Henry area home after two men came to demand settlement for two dogs killed. Jerry Bean, a renter, was jailed as an involved party. A second death, Frank Lopez, 45, of Bayard, followed an alleged altercation in the Mexican colony. Officers seek a suspect connected to Lopez’s death, with another Mexican man being sought.
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North Platte Valley
W. P. Trester
Henry
Jerry Bean
Frank Lopez
Bayard
Lopez
Trester
Bean
White City
Narrow escape as train hits car near Huntsman
Mr and Mrs George Harms and their two children were injured lightly when a Burlington passenger train struck their car three miles north of Huntsman. The vehicle skidded on an icy road, was tossed into a ditch, and totaled. The Harms family were returning to their north table farm at the time.
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George Harms
North Table
Harms
Burlington
Huntsman
Maroons Rest Up Before 1931 Basketball Campaign
Sidney's Maroon cagers will rest during Christmas before a strenuous 1931 schedule. After a mediocre start, the lineup remains intact with Off back at center and Chesebro adding depth. Siams has a standout season ahead and is set to replace Chaney, while Black faces lack of reserve strength but trains promising newcomers. If injuries stay away, the Maroons aim to improve on recent losses, with return games against Lodge Polo and Sterling.
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Sidney
Western Nehonors
Siams
Chaney
Chesebro
Bud Livoni
Black
Bugaboo
Maroons
Lodge Polo
Man Who Founded Ogallala Dies in California
Edwin M. Searle Sr bluntly noted as 81 in obituary. western Nebraska pioneer founded Ogallala and died Monday in Los Angeles. Survived by widow, son A L Searle of Ogallala, and son Edwin M. Searle Jr. Burial planned in Ogallala. A Union Pacific land agent, he sold over 1.25 million acres to settlers in Devel and Cheyenne counties beginning 1884. Born Rushford New York he served as Civil War drummer boy and came to Nebraska in 1865 as a telegraph operator. He later laid out Ogallala and served as state legislator.
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Edwin M. Searle
Nebraska
Ogallala
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Omaha
A. L. Searle
Searle
Union Pacific Railroad
Devel
Cheyenne
Rushford
N. Y
Union Pacific
Paxton
Old Alkali Station
Robbers hit Ashby bank in broad daylight
Three bandits robbed the Grant County State Bank at Ashby Nebraska, taking about $1,400 while a bank customer failed to notice danger. The men fled in a green Model A Ford, with Sheriff Schulz ordering available deputies to pursue. Cashier Howard Lichty lay on the floor for 15 minutes as the heist unfolded.
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Nebraska
Ashby
Panhandle
Schulz
Cheyenne County
Grant County State Bank
Howard Lichty
Lichty
S. A. Fields
Census Shows Nebraska Unemployment Low Across Classes
The census director released Nebraska unemployment figures by class and sex from an April inquiry for the population census. It covers those usually in gainful work not at work the day before enumeration. Class A tracks people out of work, able to work, and seeking a job.
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Nebraska
Merchants Optimistic As Holiday Trade Surges
Volume 1 reports brisk ticket sales for the New Year Eve carnival at the Fox theatre in Sidney with A. J. Hamilton noting a capacity crowd. Local merchants anticipate 1938 sales to match or exceed 1929 despite hard times, citing cash sales and strong holiday demand across Cheyenne county.
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Cheyenne County
Fox Theatre
A. J. Hamilton
Sidney
Western Nebraska crops enter year in good shape
Western Nebraska crops are entering the new year in near normal condition per panhandle county agents reports. Winter wheat acreage is down though corn production is up. Cheyenne county and others set new production records despite lower grain markets. Livestock feeding with wheat base ration shows higher meat yield. increases in cattle hog and sheep feeding are anticipated despite unsteady markets.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Cheyenne
Commercial Café To Reopen After Remodeling Event
Commercial cafe to reopen Monday after extensive remodeling and redecorating. Opening day set for December 29 with Mr and Mrs E L McDonald predicting the finest cafe in western Nebraska after an army of painters and carpenters renovated the building.
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E. L. McDonald
Nebraska
Novel Idea To Get Funds For Charity For Charity Drive Of Abandoned Cars
More than 109 abandoned and decrepit automobiles will be piled into a huge heap and burned on New Year’s night to remove unsightly vehicles from Lincoln. After the fire subsides, the scrap metal will be sold to junkmen and the proceeds given to the community chest and Salvation Army for relief.
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Lincoln
Community Chest
Salvation Army
Relef
Three Faces East at Fox Theatre Sunday and Monday
Spy melodrama at the Fox features Constance Bennett as a war nurse who is secretly a spy for both British and German intelligence with Eric von Stroheim as a double life butler. The plot centers on love duty and International tensions during World War I with Anthony Bushnell in a key role and Oliver H. P. Garrett adapting the stage play for the screen.
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Constance Bennett
Eric‘’von Stroheim
Fox
Warner Brothers
Anthony Paul Kelly
Miss Bennett
von Stroheim
Oliver H. P. Garrett
Anthony Bushnell
Miss Hen
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Cornhusker Agriculturist
California
Ashby Institution
Fox Feature
Hyde
United States
O. E. Reed
Bureau of Dairy Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau
Reed
State Colleges of Agriculture
Extension Service
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