District engineer changes at state roads department
Gaddis, district 5 engineer at Scottsbluff, moves to district 1 with Lincoln HQ in a promotion. Tom Middlesworth becomes district 8 manager, now filling district 5 duties with Scottsbluff and Ainsworth roots. Middlesworth arrived Thursday evening in Scottsbluff for new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM. Gaddis
State Roads
Scottsbluff
State Roads Department
Tie
Lincoln
Gaddis
Tom Middleaworth
Ainsworth
Middlesworth
Pew
Liggetts Plan Week Long Colorado Vacation
Mr and Mrs Roy Liggett left Sunday by car for a four week vacation in Colorado lodging in beauty spots. They will drive to Colorado Springs Canon City and Salida crossing the divide by Gunnison Pass at 11 000 feet to visit relatives on the western slope. This is Mr Liggett’s annual summer vacation from his duties as manager of the local J F Byars store.
New Mooners Visit Sidney Relatives in Oklahoma
F. J. Given and bride from Rolff Oklahoma visited Mrs. Nora Want and household in Sidney with Mr. and Mrs. Dr Hamer. The four newlyweds enjoyed a western honeymoon visiting coast cities and valleys. They left Friday as Mr. Given returned to work as a bank cashier. The note ends with an odd line about Africans, unrelated to the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Given
Bride
Rolff
Oklahoma
First National Bank
Kathryn Hiett Leads In Chevrolet Contest
Kathryn Hiett leads a Chevrolet contest with a list of participants and scores including Kathryn Piett, Robert McDaniel, Jake Thompson, Gertrude Troutman, Harold Brett, and others. The compiled table shows multiple names and amounts, reflecting a regional auto promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Hiett
Kathryn Piett
Robert McDaniel
Bertha
Fla
Jake Thompson
Helen
Juedes
Josephine Wolfe
Earl Young
Gertrude Troutman
Harold Brett
Fwelyn Niemeller
Paul Rezining
Willard ‘Sutter
Beatrice Birmingham
Harold Henke Ooo
Walter Zimmerman
Jack Morris
Una Krueger
Hans
Agnes Phelps
Ruth Curless
Robert Thurston
Pha van Acistyn
Harold Thompson
Leon Jiuanita Benedict
Bos Dorothy Brewer
Clayton ‘Jones Te Teneetasoy
Alburtus Hoes
Elizabeth Harr
James Proper Wooo Neee Eee
Lillian’ Martin
Ray Goodle
Dorothea Johnston
HimFathy Gade
Beda
High School Tuition Totals In County Report
County Superintendent Gertrude Nelson reviews the annual school district report noting 1926 27 tuition totals. In round figures the county paid about 19 700 for high school tuition with Sidney at 3 680 Lodge Pole 2 100 Dalton 1 060 Potter 1 679 and other towns listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Nelson
Sidney
Lodge Pole
Dalton
Potter
Substituting Adlay for Wheat in Growing Populations
Soft-shelled adlay, a tropical crop, is cited as a substitute for wheat if global food demand rises. A hard-shelled adlay variety is grown for its seeds, used to create ornamental beds.
Burglary at Dr. Mantor’s Garage Stolen Auto Parts
Thieves broke a window at Dr. Harry Mantor’s Sidney garage last Thursday night taking three Firestone tires and headlight bulbs from a Buick parked outside. They also removed the doctor’s medicine case, leaving fingerprints as clues. an arrest is not expected soon. The burglary follows a prior Farm Dairy break, prompting warnings about transient harvesters and urging safeguarding against vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Harry Mantor
Knights of the Road
All Are Not Liars Lawsuit Sparks Claim of Truth by Lawyers
The National Refining company of Cleveland prepares to fight a $75,000 libel suit brought by Omaha lawyers over a sign at nineteen Omaha stations reading Tell Your Lawyer the Truth and He Will Die For You. Omaha Bar president Edward St. Burke and County Attorney Henry Teal head the suit aiming to defend lawyers’ integrity amid widespread national attention anticipated at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Refining Company of
Cleveland
Omaha
Edward St. Burke
Omaha Bar Association
Henry Teal
Lounty
Beal
United States
H. Malcom Baldwige
Refin
Ramapans
P Baldwige
Xentleman
Court House
Local visitors and travel notes from Grand Island to Cheyenne and Sidney
Frances Mattison of Grand Island visits friends in the city this week. Joss Barker spent the weekend in Fine Bluffs Wyoming with BBullock's orchestra for holiday dances. Mr and Mrs Wasserman of Cheyenne spent the Fourth in Sidney visiting Judge Joseph Oberfelder Schmeizer who has worked for the Western Nebraska Oil company and is now moving to Cheyenne to join Union Pacific offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Mattison
Grand Island
Joss Barker
Fine Bluffs
Wyoming
Bbullock
Wasserman
Cheyenne
Sidney
Arthur’ Schmeizer
Western ‘Nebraska Oil Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Scientists note sun radiates less heat in 122 year
Observations show the sun emitted about four percent less heat than usual in the year 122 and has not met the expected output since. Experts say there is no danger of sunburn out, as stars like the sun have an estimated life of around 20,000,000,000 years and the sun remains relatively young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austar
Sidney Takes Game From Broadwater Sunday
Sidney won the game against Broadwater Sunday as pitchers Sherrod Sonja Hyland and Swenson provided mixed innings. Swenson and Closman led with multiple hits while Hyland stole two bases and Murphy added two sac flies as Sidney built an early lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Broadwater
Pannell
Clossman
Muryihy
Mitchell
Slack
Hyland
Closman
Murphy
Swenson
Sonja
Staadwater
Tiylind
Sherrod
Sonju
Pytcher
Shultz
Elenbaugh
Sidnes Broadwa
Thopis
Grahim
Mauser
Denho
Hartman
Singer Rg Vandrett
Anger
Lawler
Greetings From Old Timers of County
A former county citizen, now of Portage Wisconsin, sends greetings to friends here. He notes Nels Olson and Henry Anderson have visited Portage and Payette with him and Henry Schrader, all once neighbors in Bronson in the mid eighties. Merl Neuman homesteaded at Lodge Tole in 1886 and became section foreman at Bronson. Schrader served five years in the army at Fort Sidney and later homesteaded in Bronson. After thirty two years apart the old neighbors did not recognize one another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Neuman
Portage
Wisconsin
Nels Olson
Henry Anderson
Paynette
Henry Schrader
Bronson
Merl Neuman
Lodge Tole
Shroder
Fort Sidney
Colorado sheep race for grazing near Silverton
More than 40 000 sheep raced for the American flats the summer grazing ground above timberline in the Silverton region. Four bands compete with the winner earning first pick of grazing land. The event runs through the forest reserve at Uncompahgre peak to the Cimarron area where sheep are prepared. The start date is set by the government forest ranger with Camp Snewers ready to begin at a moment notice. Last year one band started in the middle of the night leaving 1000 in camp supplies behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flats
Timberline
Silverton
Cimarron
Snewers
Ethel Hall Fatally Injured in Merced River Scene
Miss Ethel Hall, a moving picture actress, was killed Friday when she was dashed against a boulder in the Merced River rapids during a Tom Mix thriller. She died from a fractured skull on the way to a hospital after a staged rescue boat overturned and she was swept into the rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hall
Dorothy Dwan
Merced
Tom Mix
Miss Hall
Mix
Black cat superstition backfires on Trenton youth
Lynn Dewald, an 18-year-old from Trenton, was bitten by a rattlesnake less than five seconds after drowning a cat to prove a superstition wrong. He applied first aid, killed the snake, and reached a doctor who reported no ill effects. The incident occurred near the Republican river bank after he threw the cat in. A separate note mentions a 15,000 part calculation invention designed to predict tides two years in advance for world ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Dewald
Trenton
Dewald
Dowald
Republican River
French Watchmaker Invents Dial Clock Without Bands
A French watchmaker has devised a clock with a moving dial inside a stationary rim that shows minutes on the rim and an opening to read hours. The dial center completes a full turn each minute and the dial numbers are raised for blind users to tune radio receivers.
Unclear Depth Readings and Transport Notes Amid Turbulent News
A garbled report notes a vessel named Emden traveling from Celebes to Nawasaki with a depth measurement of Ob416 feet. cited depths show the era's greatest known depths at S2,thire feet. It also references rural mail routes being motorized at a high rate, and mentions Mrs. Edw. A. Furer with an unclear address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emden
Celebes Island
Dutch East Indies
Nawasaki
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Telegraph
Kepler & Kratz
Sidney B Exchange
East 2Nd Street
C. E
E. 2Nd Street
F. A. Barger
James Cafe
I. B. Grabill
Sott
I. Moxon
Ed Walker
Lorenz
Nebr
Twin City
R. D Reynolds
Nebraska
Phone Peetz
Tue
McCormick
J. O. Lobb
E. E. Brett
Ale
Claus Engelland
Huntsman
H. E. Second Street
Wes
Barker's
Snyder
Sth
A. S. Hardy
Sidney Ice and Storage Co
Sidney Creamery Company
Sidney Exchange
James Llama
Sidney Sweet Shop
Carlson Hospital
Liggetts
Newmooners
Africa
Telegraph
Colorado
Ethel Hall Hurt
Marcelling
Bow Ton
Edw. A. Furer
rEom
Farm Loans and Insurance
Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank
Western Securities Company
Frank Schroeder
Rtsweet
California
Pacific Northwest
Everywhere East
Glacier National Park and
Yellow
STONE
M. A. Shipman
Fordson
Paige
Oakland
Essex
Sidney Motor Sales Co
Sidney, Nebraska
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