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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1929
Page
6
Crowded page lists a string of visits and events in Sidney and surrounding towns. Local residents attend movies, shop, visit family, and celebrate birthdays. Clubs meet for dinners and bridge, with officers elected and social hours noted. A police notice orders trimming of vegetation obstructing sidewalks.
A cinema overview notes The Barker starring Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill at the U S A theatre with Betty Compson Douglas Fairbanks Jr Sylvia Ashton George Cooper and John Irwin. It lauds director George Fitzmaurice and First National for stylish carnival life drama. Also features Jack Oakie in Clara Bow's The Wild Party at the same venue with praise for Oakie's performance and prior hit The Fleet's In.
Greta Garbo becomes the era's most sensational screen star as The Divine Woman arrives in U S theaters. Directed by Victor Seastrom, the film adapts Starlight with Lars Hanson as the male lead, marking a career milestone for Scandinavia's cine artists.
A film roundup notes Tarzan the wonder horse, with Ken Maynard, returns in The Lawless Legion at U S A theatre, plus Tarzan’s fan mail and the Tarzan serial Leopard’s Liar. Also features Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle in The Baby Cyclone, and a satire with Eddie Sutherland directing Behind the Front. Nora Lane, Paul Hurst, J P McGowan, Frank Rice co star.
The Nebraska state park board postponed choosing a western game preserve, deciding instead to authorize the governor to form a committee to negotiate purchase in Scotts Bluff, Banner, or Morroco regions. The move reflects a faster path to agreement without rushing the initial site selection.
The board has not chosen a committee or made a decision on a survey covering land near Gering Bayard and Scottsbluff. Four thousand acres may be bought but officials favor gradual development. Attorney General Sorensen ruled the $25 000 appropriation from 1927 for purchases would not be lost unless used before July 1, prompting a quicker deal.
Chevrolet announces extensive post introduction measures to aid owners of four cylinder cars. It opens service machine shops in Detroit and Flint to manufacture past model parts, trains dealers' mechanics, expands zone warehouses, and revisions stocking systems. The company credits its service training program as key to its efficient network.
A. E. Anderson state and federal farm statistician announced Wednesday that Nebraska’s spring pig crop is slightly below last year but surveys indicate a probable increase in fall production. Final noses count will likely match last year.
The spring crop is down about 2.6 percent from last year. Corn belt states decline 6.1 percent while overall production is 8.4 percent below the prior year. Nebraska sows farrowing reach 91.4 percent of last year and farmers plan about 14.3 percent more fall farrowing. Telegraph Want-Ads Bring Results.
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