Boy Scouts Mark Nineteenth Anniversary In Sidney
The nineteenth anniversary of the Boy Scout movement is celebrated in Sidney with a banquet at the Methodist church hosted by Rotary members and local troops. City offices were filled by Scouts on Saturday, with officers from three wards and a court of honor ceremony at the U S A theatre.
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Boy Scout Organization
Sidney
Methodist Church
Rotary
Union Pacific
Modern Woodmen
American Legion Post
Herman Schroeder
Boy Scout Order
Ivan Robinson
Scouts
Elmer Ladine
Harry Bonham
Harold Thayer
Dalton Dodds
Chamber Commerce Membership Drive Nears Close
Nearly one hundred Sidney business and professional men subscribed for chamber membership as the group reported at the semi monthly meeting. The drive canvassed the city and plans to pursue new industries were discussed including a potential cheese factory with banker A J Jorgenson promising to lead investigations. A Chicago firm's inquiry about Sidney airport facilities for a Ford trimotored plane's Midwest itinerary was also noted.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Pavlat
Middle West
A. J. Jorgenson
American Bank
G. F. Liebendorfer
L. T. Poole
Poole
Gift Shop Trade Extension Sale Announced
Earl S. Sherrerd owner of the Gift Shop announces a mammoth trade extension sale from February 16 to March 9 to acquaint residents with the shop and attract 2000 new customers. The sale uses a prize company with trade-inducements and free credits, with standings posted in the shop. Sherrerd plans advertising in the surrounding area and expects several hundred shoppers to Sidney.
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Earl S. Sherrerd
Sherrerd
Waltonians urged to reorganize by Sidney attorney
Sidney attorney IR P Kepler urged the Waltonian club to reorganize to influence Nebraska legislators on game bills. He called a meeting of interested hunters and fishermen at the district court room to establish a more effective group to advocate propositions the Waltonians deem advisable.
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Walton League
Nebraska
IR. P. Kepler
Waly
Ton Léagie Henere
Kepler
Waltonians
Sidney
District Court Room
Boy Scouts Nab East Nebraska Men After Driving Drunk
Two men in a car with an Otoe county plate were nabbed by Boy Scout officers after a crash with a truck and loud demands for immediate settlement. Regular police aided the Scout patrol. A third man fled after a struggle. They faced Judge Frank B. Tobin and pleaded guilty to possession and intoxication, receiving a $25 fine plus costs.
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Otoe County
Frank B. Tobin
Robbees of Dalton Pool Hall Looters At Large
Robbers entered the Carl Lessig pool hall in Dalton last Wednesday night and stole merchandise valued at 250 dollars. They covered clues unusually, suggesting two or more men and possibly a regional gang. Sheriff's office issued no arrests and continues investigation.
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Carl Lessig
Dalton
Liberty
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
American Legion to Send Members to Alliance Convention
Arthur H. Dilley, vice commander, says Sidney post will send five delegates while other Legion members will travel to Alliance for the Box Butte meeting. State officials will speak on Legion work in the fourth district, which includes eight counties and invites representatives from all 19 posts.
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Legion
Sidney
Box Butte
Arthur H. Dilley
Public debate on Sidney plant sale to Western Public Service
Supporters expect a three to one vote in favor of selling the city belt and steam heating plants to Western Public Service Co. Laboring workers fear loss of work and higher taxes, but editors argue tax relief possible if rates stay fair and water revenue covers city needs. Specifics on rate protections and franchise clauses are highlighted to reassure voters.
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Sidney
Western Public Service
Telegraph
Bycome Hook Or Crook
Western Public Service Co
Municpal
Procerman
Nebraska
Lodge Pole
Former Sidney resident Mrs Harvey L Gerard dead in Columbus Neb
Mrs Harvey L Gerard former well known Sidney resident died early Saturday in a Columbus Nebraska hospital after a brief illness. She fell ill Tuesday and was taken to hospital Ada daughter traveled from Sidney to be with her at the bedside Paul son and an infant son preceded her in death while five children survive. Funeral services held at Columbus Presbyterian church burial in Columbus cemetery obituary to appear next issue.
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Harvey L. Gerard
Sidney
Columbus
Nebr
Gerard
Ada
Paul
Columbus Presbyterian Church
Pioneer Resident of Gurley Section Dies Last Friday
George Monroe Bewley, 82, longtime Gurley area resident and early Cheyenne county settler, died last Friday after a short illness. A Montgomery County, mm, native, he homesteaded in Gurley in 1887 and helped build the region’s agriculture. He married Nancy Babb in 1893 and was widely known among Nebraska pioneers for his faith in the area’s productivity.
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Gurley
George Monroe Bewley
Cheyenne County
Mr. Bewley
Montgomery County
Bewley
Thie County
Nebraska
Nancy Babb
Cheyenne
City Editor of Telegraph Resigns for Lander Paper
George R. Adam, city editor of The Telegraph for three years, completed duties Sunday and leaves for Lander Wyoming to run the Lander State Journal. His family will stay in Sidney through the school year before joining him. He was a leading local journalist, also contributing to Omaha and Denver papers. Charles Warner and Jack H. Lowe succeed him.
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George R. Adam
Telegraph
Lander
Wyo
Lander State Journal
Sidney
Adam
Nebraska
Omaha
Denver
Charles Warner
Jack H. Lowe
Warner
Lowe
Young Dalton Farmer's Son Dies at Age Two
Richard A. Ross aged two, son of Mr and Mrs W Carr Ross, well known farmers 13 miles west of Dalton, died at home Friday after a period of illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM at Dalton with Rev C V Graham of Gurley officiating. Howards Funeral Chapel directed burial in Dalton cemetery.
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Richard A. Ross
W. Carr Ross
Dalton
School authorities seek lodging for Scottsbluff musicians
Music Supervisor I R McCormack asks residents with spare rooms to notify him or Dale Chambers. A number of rooms are needed for Scottsbluff high school musicians visiting for a concert Friday.
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Scottsbluff
I. R. McCormack
Scottsbluff High School
Dale Chambers
McCormack
Murder Mystery Search Halted By Weather
Adverse snow and extreme cold stop statewide and county efforts to locate John Frahm, wealthy Arizona oil man and ex-Wahoo resident missing since November 11. Heavy snow fills gullies and ravines, road travel blocked, officials keep details from the public while investigators pursue clues and review case records.
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John Frahm
Arizona
Wahoo
Fred
Condit
Frahm
Lincoln
Beet Growers Agree to Contract Terms at Denver Meeting
Colorado and western Nebraska beet growers will receive a minimum of seven dollars per ton for sugar beets sold to Great Western Sugar in 1929 under a contract accepted in Denver by the Mountain States Beet Growers and Marketing association and Great Western. The agreement maintains the 1928 terms with a seven dollar baseline and additional payments based on final sugar prices, plus a new clause requiring tight-hinged wagon boxes to prevent dirt spill during unloading.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Company
Denver
Mountain States Beet Growers and Marketing Association
Great Western Concern
Frank Kemp
Great Western
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Chamber Commerce
Commercial
R. P. Kepler
BOY Scouts
East Nebraska
Robbees
Dalton Pool Hall
American Legion
Alliance
Western Public Service Company
George M. Bewley
County
Illinois
Dalton Farmer
Alice McCarty
McCarty
Fred Frahm
Mountain State Beet Growers Association
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