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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1928
Page
5
Instructions for making a two piece dress for a growing girl suggest adding tucks in both skirt and underwaist and stitching at half inch intervals. As the first row is ripped out the garment lengthens by an inch and can be lengthened again.
Advertisement notes 3 color ice cream bricks available in pints or quarts from The Farms Dairy. Mentions Seephane 324 and includes price or code 43-Uf in the line.
Ten thousand people attend the dedication of a new canal in Cozad, Nebraska. The project will water about 25 000 acres in the Platte valley with costs under 25 per acre, financed by 121 farmers who own the acres and stocks inseparable from each parcel. Maintenance is expected to be under one dollar per acre annually. The canal company officers are Roy Homer president E J Spaulding secretary and directors M T Scroggin Glenn Young S B McDowell. The celebration was staged by Cozad and Gothenburg with reception committees and a program led by former State Senator Charles E Allen and others.
Sidney plant visit reveals modern exchange details and advances in local telephone service. The local manager, a popular official, styles the operation as well balanced and the public expresses satisfaction with the improved service.
A Nebraska agricultural report forecasts a wheat yield of 72 334 000 bushels up from 69 813 000 last year while barley acreage soars to 443 000 acres from 246 000. Rye drops to 3 359 999 bushels and sugar beets reach 1 080 000 tons. Potatoes rise in area to 30 000 acres with 8 789 000 bushels produced. Apple production declines to 40 000 barrels.
Postmaster I L Pindell notes two long rural routes totaling 14414 miles, Route A extended to 711% miles. Rural carriers Louis Grage Ivan Robinson city carriers David Ells Lester Perry. Since August 1 1926 C O D deliveries total 10025. Office staff includes Sadie McFadden Clara Klein Evelyn Clark Georgia Martin.
Notice from owner V. F. Kucera prohibits camping trespassing and grazing animals on property in the Chichester Addition to Sidney. A clear no-enter rule stated by the owner.
Sidney suffers a 4 to 3 defeat as Portz allows four hits over three innings while Mathews yields four over six. Sherdene drives two base hits, Sheckler Brassfield and Dodkonyas steal bases, and umpires W Brown and R Brown officiate as Lewellyn and Witters Thomas turn double plays.
A resident requests city action to remove garbage from his property in Sidney Cheyenne County Nebraska. He lists items including old car parts cans limbs stove pipes broken glass and oil stove and asks that no more refuse be dumped on the property. Signed by 87 V. F. Kucera.
The ad touts FLY TOX as a Mellon Institute insecticide by Rex Fellowship. It promises to kill all household insects with simple bottle instructions and a blue label. The copy claims the product is safe, stainless, fragrant, and guaranteed, urging continued spraying since ants remain in colonies.
Statewide convention invites truck owners to Omaha at the Rome hotel this Saturday in July. Officials urge attendance to discuss industry concerns and future regulations.
Under Nebraska Motor Transport Association auspices a convention for truckers invites attendance via postcard. It promotes protecting trucking interests including regulation operating conditions rates insurance and terminal distribution. Convention Committee 312 Aquila Court Omaha.
Mr. Frank Schwasnick of Star Market is asked to remove fences and feed corrals encroaching on the neighbor's property. The notice states boundary concerns and demands immediate compliance to stop further intrusion.
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