Rancher's bones found in grave after 3-day search
Frank Boyer a Garden county rancher is identified by a gold tooth among bones recovered from a deep grave in the Sandhills fifty four miles northeast of Oshkosh after a three day search led by Sheriff R H Smith. Prosecution plans first degree murder charges against Henry Boyer and the rancher’s wife based on their statements.
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Frank Boyer
Garden County
Sandhills
Oshkosh
R. H. Smith
Henry Boyer
Henry
Dutton
Boyer
Fenry
Tom
Father Held for Boyer Murder Faces Life Term
Mrs Minnie Boyer and her five children describe Henry Boyer as abusive and manipulative. The father, living apart from the family, is linked to a murder nearly 14 years old on the homestead in the sandhills. The children advocate a life sentence for Henry and want their mother returned from Oshkosh to Kearney. Lillie, 13, leads their plea blaming him for the tragedy and for years of trouble.
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Minnie Boyer
Henry Boyer
Garden County
Boyer
Frank Boyer
Sandhills
Kearney
Lillie
Henry
Mother Hall
Oshkosh
Country club dinner and card party postponed
The dinner and card party at the Country Club House, once set for Thursday evening, is postponed until Monday night February 28th.
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Country Club
Beet Growers Consider Cuts to Beet Acreage in North Platte Valley
North Platte valley beet growers may curtail acreage if the insurance clause in the Great Western Sugar contract remains. The beet growers' board in Scottsbluff voted against the tariff clause, arguing $6 per ton is uneconomic except on exceptionally high yields and only the best land should be planted under current terms.
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North Platte Valley
Co-Operative Beet Growers
Great Western Sugar Company
The
Beet Growers’ Association
Scottsbluff
Sugar Company
Moffat Tunnel Bore Breaks Granite Barrier At Last
The final blast marked the piercing of the continental divide as 2,300 feet beneath James Peak, with Governor Adams and Salt Lake City Mayor Nelson witnessing the moment. A 1,800 foot section remains to complete the Moffat railroad tunnel auxiliary, while KOA relayed the blast.
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White House
Washington
Coolidge
Muckers
William H. Adams
Colorado
Clarence Nelson
Salt Lake’ City
James Peak
KOA
Divide
Moffat
Pioneer rancher Everett Eldred Killed in Auto Crash
Everett Eldred known as the millionaire cattleman of the Sandhills northeast of Bridgeport was instantly killed when his car overturned on the highway between Alliance and Chadron. He was 66, leaving a wife a son and a daughter Mrs Rhein of Alliance. Mr and Mrs Keeler of Alliance also traveled in the car and were en route to Chadron for basketball games.
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Everett Eldred
Nebraska
Sandhills
Bridgeport
Alliance
Chadron
Eldred
James Keeler
I Believe in the United States of America Quote
A historic quotation asserts the United States as a government of the people with powers derived from the governed, a democracy within a republic, a union of sovereign states established on freedom equality justice and humanity valued by patriots who sacrificed much.
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United States of America
Couple Marries After Basketball Game In Sidney
Everett Davis treasurer of Devel county and Blanche Wolf teacher at Chappell grade school wed at the Presbyterian parsonage in Sidney after attending a high school game. The ceremony was witnessed by George Manns. The couple, a well known local pair, then honeymooned in Cheyenne and Laramie before returning to their duties. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of E C Wolf of Chappell.
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Everette Davis
Devel County
Blanche Wolf
Chappell
Sidney
Presbyterian
Samuel Light
George Mann
Davis
Cheyenne
Laramie
Mrs. Davis
West Sidney Draw Girl Hurt When Car Turns Over
Miss Mary Seidel daughter of John Seidel of West Sidney Draw sustained painful injuries last week when an automobile with friends skidded on the highway west of here and turned over into a ditch. She was badly cut by broken glass and injured when the car plunged out of control. Three other occupants escaped unhurt. Miss Seidel was taken home and a physician sent for. She has been unable to be about but is said to be recovering nicely.
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Mary Seidel
John Seidel
West Sidney Draw
Miss Seidel
Miss Seigel
Dr Thompson’s Mother Dies in Lincoln Sunday
Dr G H Thompson prominent Sydney dentist was called to Lincoln Sunday by the death of his mother Mrs Thompson who had made her home here for sometime with her son and won many friends in this vicinity.
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G. H. Thompson
Sidney
Lincoln
Sidney editor named on Nebraska Press Assn board
The Nebraska Press Association annual convention in Lincoln named new officers and directors. H D Veggett became president, Charles R Kurle vice president, F O Edgecombe treasurer, and new directors included Guy V Doran E M Marvin and E H Price. Ole Buck was re elected secretary, with a three week health related vacation approved. G D McClaskey was appointed to cover upcoming Omaha and Nebraska Black Hills tours.
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Thifty
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Grand Island
H. D. Veggett
Charles R. Kurle
Leigh
F. O. Edgecombe
Geneva
Guy V. Doran
Sidney Telegraph
E. M. Marvin
Teatrice
E. H. Price
Newman Grove
Ole Buck
G. D. McClaskey
Omaha
Nebraska-Black Hills
John McCleneghan Elected Manager Shipping Assn
At a Cheyenne county meeting of the Farmers' Union Livestock Shipping association Fritz Brauer resigned as manager due to workload. John McCleneghan deputy sheriff of Cheyenne county and experienced in livestock was chosen to succeed Brauer as county manager and to lead the Sidney local coop shipping board's office in the city.
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Farmers’ Union Livestock Shipping Association
Cheyenne County
Fritz Brauer
Brauer
Farmers’ Elevator Company
John McCleneghan
Sidney
County Co-Operative Shipping Board
McCleneghan
Shipping Board
Sterling wins Class A in Chadron tourney title clash
Sterling Colorado claimed the Class A championship at the sixth Chadron Normal college tournament defeating Bayard Nebraska 28 to 18 after a 23 to 19 semifinal over Lead. Bridgeport Nebraska took Class B with a 46 to 24 win over Rushville while Pringle South Dakota edged Mitchell 16 to 11 for Class C.
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Nebraska
Colorado
South Dakota
Sterling
Bayard
Lead
Bridgeport
Rushville
Pringle
S. D
Mitchell
Chadron
Hot Springs
Sidney
Les Hay
Leonard Roudebush
Sidney Laundry Change Hands as F A Bush Takes Over
A local business deal sees Sidney Steam Laundry, operated by Carl Ledbetter and Ells, sold to F A Bush of Maryville Missouri. Bush will assume charge next Monday and keep Ledbetter and Ells at the plant briefly while he learns the operations. The sale includes substantial equipment and goodwill in a growing enterprise regarded as a city cornerstone.
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Sidney
Carl Ledbetter
Ells
F. A. Bush
Maryville
Messrs. Lebetter
Ledbetter
Fils
the Telegraph
Willard Test Well Advances in Hard Formation at Pawnee Pass
Late reports indicate the Willard test well west of Peetz at Pawnee Pass has reached about 2600 feet with the bit moving slowly in hard formation. Gas volume has risen and may be used to fire boilers, oil shows in bailings are heavier, and developers expect the test to confirm shorter marker depths than the Wellington field, with potential oil around 3500 to 3800 feet.
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Pawnee Pass
Peetz
Wellington
McNary Haugen Farm Relief Measure Passes House
The McNary Haugen farm relief bill passed the House 214 to 178 in Washington, heading to President Coolidge. It creates a federal farm board with power to levy an equalization fee to control surpluses, expanding wheat corn cotton tobacco and rice coverage while excluding cattle. The vote followed hours of debate and blocked an alternate relief proposal. The bill’s fate now rests with the president amid a divided Congress.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Federal Farm Board
House
Phi
McNary- Haugen
Aswell
Louisiana
Intercity Rotary Meet Brings Delegations to Sidney
Rotarians gather in Sidney Friday for an inter city get together hosted by the Sidney club. Delegations arrive from Scottsbluff Alliance Chadron Sterling and Sidney with Cheyenne and North Platte clubs, totaling over 1650 visitors. Notable feature includes George Olinger of Denver and his Highlander entertainers at a banquet and program at the Country Club.
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Sidney
Sidney Club
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Chadron
Sterling and
Cheyenne
North Platte
George Olinger
Denver
Country Club
Sidney Engineer at Throttle of Pioneer Union Pacific Train
James Zolesky of Sidney, one of the oldest engineers in point of service on the Union Pacific railroad, was at the throttle of the old 1967 locomotive pulling the early-day train from Omaha to Cheyenne for the sixtieth anniversary celebration of the line.
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James Zolesky
Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Cheyenne
Ne braskans go over line to get marriage license
Herman C. Westphalen a well known Sidney resident and Maudine Escher of Columbus Nebr were married at Sterling by Justice of the Peace D C Smith Miss Mayette Toohey and W L Armour were the witnesses.
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Herman C. Westphalen
Sidney
Maudine Escher
Columbus
Nebr
Sterling
D.C. Smith
Mayette Toohey
W. L. Armour
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Grant County
William Taylor Page
West Sidney
Nebraska Press Ass'n
John McLeneghan
Shipping Ass’n
Pat Ells
Missouri
Willard
M’nary-Haugen
Inter City
Pioneer Union Pacific
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