County actions and small town notes from telegraph files
History items note county plans to buy a site for a county poor farm and a warrant for 18 hoboes. Final homestead proof by Lukas Studlar. Owen and Minnie Green wed in Kimball. Village requests to remove a Rose street pole. Wath family returns from Omaha car trip halted by bad roads. Chautauqua opens. dance led by Harry Bixby and Goldwin Doran with music by Mrs. Adams and Glenn Van Gorder. Greenlee returns from Omaha after appendix operation. Dr Webster in Lodge Pole later week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agent Shipman
Lukas Studlar
Joseph Oberfelder
John Owens
Minnie May Green
Sidney
Kim‘Pall Éariy
Rose Street
Fred Wath
Omaha
Gothenburg
Harry Bixby
Goldwin Doran
Adams
Glenn van Gorder
Roy Greenlee
Dr Webster
Lodge Pole
Union Pacific to install telephone line across system
Twenty four years ago the Union Pacific planned a telephone line over all its routes while Lieut. Governor McGilton visited Sidney for business. Installations of new chutes were set for the week as M. M. Kline and son opened a boots and shoes shop in the O'Kane building. The American flag celebrated its 128th birthday with patriotic events. Mr and Mrs James L McIntosh and children spent a week in Omaha while Fred Parks left for Scottsbluff for a ranch vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
McGilton
Sidney
M. M. Kline
Pleasant View Social Guests and Visits
Pleasant View lists Sunday dinner guests at Art Schuessler and at Oscar Mueller homes. J E Morrow and family make trips to Dal ton and Potter with visits from relatives including Morrow siblings and several local households. Frequent calls and dinners are noted among the community in Sidney area.
Colorado Wyoming potato growers pool crops for marketing
Colorado Potato Growers Association manager W. F. Heppe and Wyoming Agriculture Commissioner L. T. Oldfovd plan to survey Wyoming districts to gauge interest in marketing the state’s potato crop through the Colorado association. They will visit Torrington Lusk Douglas Riverton Thermopolis Denver Powell and Laramie County to assess crop size quality and grower attitudes. Nebraskan certified seed crop markets separately while farm aid driven coop marketing could extend to table stock and uncertified seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Wyoming
Colorado Association
W. F Heppe
Colorado Potato Growers Association
L. T. Oldfovd
Wyoming Commission of Agriculture
Torrington
Lusk
Douglas
Riverton
Thermopolis
Denver
Powell
Laramie County
Nebraska
Certified
Verna Stoll and Helen Kastens Win Demonstration Prize
Verna Stoll and Helen Kastens of the Lucky Seven girls 4-H club won first prize at a Sidney demonstration on June 19. The talk, drawn from problem six, explained making and hanging curtains. Their club earned a chart seal and plans another public demonstration in Sidney in the fall to aim for a free trip to the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Stoll
Helen Kastens
Sidney
South Divide Community Notes From Sidney Area
Mrs George Fleming and Mrs E J Meier attended the Dorcas society at the William Rohde home northwest of Sidney Wednesday. Mr and Mrs C M Johnson drove to Ogallala a week ago Sunday. Rev and Mrs Hal F Schenck and son John were dinner guests of the Frank Hand family Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Marvin Hiett and Norma Jean called on Mr and Mrs Warrick Sunday evening. Albin Olson and family visited at Robert Robertson's Tuesday evening. Rev and Mrs Bicknell were calling in this vicinity Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs W E Payzant and Eldon attended the Christian Sunday school picnic at Johnson's grove near Potter Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J W Brothers called at the Foster home Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Herman Hiett and Davey spent Tuesday evening at the R F Harlan home. Rev and Mrs Hal F Schenck were calling in this community Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mueller
C. G. Gemeinhardt
Ruth Borcher
Art Schuessler
Pete Nelson
J. E. Morrow
Henry Lueders
Joe Gerler
LaVernay
Flora Lorenzo
William Mangels
Art Schubarth
Mary Smith
Sidney
Carl Matthewson
Theis
Potter
Anton Steffens
J E. Morrow
Dalton
William Morrow
Will
J. E Morrow
Art Brandenburg
Dan Heimer
Gus Haack
Louis Seeman
Herman Mangels
Carl
P. Polster
Oscar Mueller
Peter Nelson
Robert
W. D. Matthewson
Ben Hilpert
Harold Smith
Hubert
Wesley Herboldsheimer
Roy
Robert Nelson
Harold Bovee
George Fleming
E. J. Meier
Dorcas Society
William Rohde
C. M Johnson
Ogallala
Hal F. Schenck
John
Frank Hand
Marvin Hiett
Norma Jean
Warrick
Albin Olson
Robert Robertson
Jack Weed
Sioux City
Anna Olson
Charles Foster
Eldon Payzant
Merle Pearson
Elmer Moorhead
R. F Harlan
J. W. Nelson
Brothers
E. G. Harlan
Viola Foster
Big Springs
Ruth Voltz
Voltz
Dix
R F Harlan
Sterling
Merle Houge
Mildred Houge
Beatrice Birmingham
Kathryn Hahler
Foster
Mrs Foster
Mrs. Payzant
Nelson
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Summer Socials
Lloyd Yowell and family spent Wednesday evening at the A L Yowell home. Numerous visits and gatherings unfolded across Gurley and surrounding towns with several residents traveling to Sterling and Big Springs and hosting, attending socials, and taking part in farm tasks and family reunions.
Lodge Pole News Highlights Local Social Ties
G E Minshall and family left Sunday for Salt Lake City and other points. The Ladies Aid raised funds by selling ice cream in the park Saturday. G W Barlow of Sundl and J W Rogers left Sunday for Gothenburg on business. Mrs Nan Martin of Omaha held a school of instruction for Venona chapter here. Refreshments were served by Past Matrons Persinger, Barlow, Minshall and Lehmkuhl. Mr and Mrs William Goettsche and Ruth returned home from the west due to his illness. Mrs NE Petteys and Mrs A B Persinger hosted Kensington at the Petteys home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stephens
Nan Martin
Omaha
Sidney
Guy Lough
Olney
Guy
Allen Lough
Charles Hein
Lula
George Flebbe
Nebraska
Emil Bluhm
Sunol
G. E Minshall
Salt Lake City
Ladies Aid
G. W. Barlow
Sundl
J. W. Rogers
Gothenburg
Eugene Kyser
Schenectady
N. Y
L. R. Barlow
O E. S
Venona
Martin
Persinger
Barlow
Minshall
Lehmkuhl
John Grimes
Stephens
William Goettsche
Ruth
Mr. Goettsche
Emil Englert
Mary Pavlat
Mesdames
Petteys
B Persinger
O. E. Ss. Kensington
Sheriff Schedules Auction of Cheyenne County Real Estate
By order of Cheyenne County District Court the 80 acre N 1 2 NE of Section 11 15N 51W will be sold at public auction at the east front door of the Sidney courthouse on Friday July 26 1929 at 10 a.m. to satisfy judgment in favor of Henry Geerken against Carl Paula Henry Schmidt and Fritz Rieckmann. Dated June 21 1929. J M Nelson Sheriff. G P Kratz Sidney and Arthur Burbridge Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Henry Geerken
Carl Schmidt
Paula Schmidt
Henry Schmidt
Fritz Rieckmann
Cheyenne
Court House
Sidney
A. D
Sargon Pill Sales Boom Across States
The ad touts Sargon and Sargon Soft Mass Pills as a miracle remedy boosting health and energy. It cites vast demand, carloads sold in California Kansas Missouri and Minnesota in five months, with nationwide expansion planned and Sidney’s Western Drug Company selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sargon
Science
Sidney
Western Drug Company
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Telegraph
Walter M. Hoops
Nebr
Colorado and
Lloyd Yowell
A. L. Yowell
Watts Funeral Home
Sidney, Nebraska
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands
Great Lakes
Atlantic City
White Mountains
Lake Champlain
Adirondacks
Atlantic Coast
Maine Woods
M. A. Shipman
J. M. Nelson
G. P. Kratz
Arthur Burbridge
Bloomfield
Cheyenne County Abstract Co
H. T. Doran
Postoffice
J. W. Johnson
Sidney’s Leading Insurance Agency
Roche Building
Campbell Funeral Home
Jackson Street
Campbell
Ericson & Daniel Gen
Kretz Radio and Ignition Co
Igni
Commercial Drag & Transfer Co
Sidney A. Moore
Mgr
J. R. Taylor
M. D
L. A. Donahoe
ROCHE
Bronson Super
Ronson
W. W. Shinkle
R. E. Roche, M. D
R.s. Phone
Chas. H. Gardner County Surveyor
Jersey
Jersey Dairy
M. Wright
First Avenue
Howard's
West
Second Street
Mark G. Howard
Mutician
Santis
N. J. Griffith
United States
Sheldon & Son
A. R. LeSueur
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