Local notes from Kimball area and surrounding
Pioneers Mr and Mrs G W Beard of Kimball county celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Greeley Colorado. Z Partridge was found guilty of beating his wife and sentenced to 30 days hard labor on his farm. Charles L Greenameyer, formerly a Burlington engineer, shot himself at a farm west of Fleming. Big Springs eyes M E conference. Lodge Pole grain buyers moved 137347 bushels, paid $71420.44 to farmers. Morrill County Fair to charge $1 exhibition fee. Frank Foster closes potato trade. ~25 cars to ship. Farmers Elevator Peetz paid out $143270.28 for grain.
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G. W. Beard
Kimball
Kimball County
Greeley, Colo
Greeley
Z. Partridge
Alliance
Charles L. Greenameyer
Burlington
Bridgeport
Lodge Pole
Nebraska
Frank Foster
W. T. Young
Bank in Sioux County Closed After Weak Deposits
The First National Bank of Harrison in Sioux County was closed last week. A September directory lists deposits at $438,000, loans $514,000, capitalization $50,000 and a surplus of $410,000.
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First National Bank of
Harrison
Sioux County
Hand Injured in Clothes Wringer Accident
Mrs Homer C Young injured her right hand Monday forenoon while starting the family washing. Her hand was drawn into the wringer up to the wrist before she could switch off power. A hand bone was broken and she wears a sling as she recovers.
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Homer C. Young
Scottsbluff Police Dismiss Panhandlers With Fine Orders
Police in Scottsbluff rounded up vagrants for panhandling and fined two men zero dollars in police court. The offenders will work off the penalties on the streets, matching the local approach to public nuisance offenses.
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Scottsbluff
Corn Marketing Continues To Hold Farm Comforts
The shelling and marketing of corn remains a focus for farmers and elevator men with plans for spring work. Last week a carload shipped to Vancouver and another expected to South America. One elevator reports $1,200 daily payments for two weeks with no end in sight. The refrain “Corn is King” echoes from last fall as grain sales sustain farmers, banks, and commerce.
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Vancouver
B. C
South America
Dalton
Bayard Postmaster Appointment Expected for Clyde Leach
A telegram from R B Howell indicates Clyde Leach has the appointment for Bayard postmaster, with official confirmation pending. Leach would succeed T D Curtis who has served as acting postmaster after Ward Miller left.
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Clyde Leach
R. B. Howell
Bayard
Mr .Leach
T. D. Curtis
Ward Miller
Scottsbluff Woman Inspires Safer Driving After Crash
A Scottsbluff resident uses a car smashing incident to deter risky driving at intersections. The Star-Therald notes she recalls the event vividly, prompting the man involved to become more careful for an indefinite period.
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Scottsbluff
Oldest North Platte bank reopens after reorganization
The First National bank of Gering reopened last Monday after reorganizing with capital stock of $50,000, double the former size, and a cash reserve of $100,000. Its prior closing stemmed from an excess of frozen securities, and local supporters praised the revival.
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First National Bank of
Gering
North Platte Valley
Dairy Cow Lists Turned Over To Bankers
The Lions club dairy cow committee met with Kimball bankers last Saturday, read the applications, and turned the lists over to the bank. Prospectors should contact their banker to arrange care for cows. W. T. Young visited Ft. Collins and found many good cows for sale, suggesting several cars of dairy cows could be shipped with freight savings, per Kimball Farmer.
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Lions Club
Kimball
W. T. Young
Ft. Collins
For Sale Ford Sedan in First Class Condition
Hardy Meter Co. advertises a Ford sedan in first class condition for sale. Contact details are not provided in the fragment.
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Ford
Hardy Meter Co
Mrs Simmons Writes Of Washington Life
Gladyce S. Simmons reports a nation in sympathy with President Wilson amid Senate oil lease debates and a shift from partisan rancor to reverent mourning. She notes flags, public tributes, taxi drivers at the German legation, and a calm, respectful funeral for the war leader, with widespread public turnout.
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Walashington
Senate
Norris
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Legation
Epsicopal Cathedral
Gladyce
Simmons
Good Schools Pay Dividends as Business Investment
Good schools are valuable investments yielding lasting dividends in citizenship, literacy, earning power, and unmeasured values. Education expands intellectual heritage, frees minds, deepens appreciation for beauty and truth, inspires service, and empowers action, a priority echoed in President Coolidge’s early Congress address. Separate item notes geologic investigations and chamber of commerce support, outlining boundary clarity and recommended test holes to determine shale dip.
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Congress
Coolidge
Chamber of Commerce
Sterling Advocate
Willard Oil Prospects Map Highlights Logan County Structure
A geology report by Mohr and Kienig under Dr. George's direction shows roughly one third of Logan county as promising for oil. Directors of the chamber of commerce discussed the map, anticipating accelerated oil development. The key find is a probable structure about three miles north of Willard, extending roughly five miles.
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Logan County
C. TL. Mohr
Ralph A. Kienig
R. DP. George
Chamber of Commerce
Willard
Mrs Helen Donnafield Freezes Self Destructive Attempt
Mrs Helen Donnafield 87 daughter of Mr and Mrs C F E White residing southeast of Gering was found unconscious on the second floor of the Lincoln hotel in Scotts Bluff where she was staying briefly Friday evening around 4 o clock. Investigators found she had taken a teaspoonful of medicine containing belladonna. A physician treated her. she recovered consciousness and left the hospital Sunday morning. Her husband lives at Arvada Wyoming and she was despondent and in poor health.
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Helen Donnafield
C. FE. White
Gering
Lincoln Hotel
Scottsbluff
Star-Herald
Donnafield
Arvada
Wyo
Mitchell man claims father insane over elopement
In Mitchell a son alleges his father Kelser insane after his mother Eve Keiser, 78, a retired farmer from Ashland, wed Irene C. Buell, 48, a Ashland attorney, at Cornell Bluffs Town last week. The district court at Wahoo Nebraska was asked to declare Kelser incompetent, with claims he has been led by Buell. Kelser’s fortune is put between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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Mitchell
Keiger
Eve Keiser
Ashland
Irene C. Buell
Cornell Bluffs
Wahoo
Nebs
Kelser
Buell
Keiser
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Big Springs
M. E
Morrill County
Peetz
George Drescher
George Washington
Washington
American Bank
Sidney
Jesse C. McNish
M. W. Dimery
J. L McIntosh
Geo. E. Taylor
J. L. McCarthy
G. Schroeder
Mrs. Simmons
Washington Life
Burgess & Son Cash & Carry Grocer
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