Fall Harvest Festival Dates Set in Sidney for Oct 9 11
The second Cheyenne County Harvest Festival will run October 9 to 11 in Sidney with three days of events led by an executive committee. Aimed at a larger, cleaner festival than last year, organizers outlined budgets, subcommittees, and plans including livestock parades, a premium list, and a Burlington Better Lives train visit on the final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Court House
Burlington
Sports and Entertainment Committee
C. W. Johnson
Glen Bales
L D. Willey
Leslie Neubauer
R. R. Swift
Cheyenne County Farmers Union
Better
Cheyenne County Association
A. K. Greenlee
J. W. Johnson
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Willey
Harvey Fisher
Fred Reetz
Nebraska Wheat Growers Sub-Local
J. Earl Thayer
E. L. Hyde
P. W. Barker
A. J. Jorgenson
M. W. Dimers
F. N. Slawson
Dr. F. A. Barger
Carl E. Ledbetter
G. P
Ratz
E. L. Uptegrove
Guy V. Doran
Perry Coler
Don de Ermand
T. H. Lalbott
Tom Lally
Herbert Stevens
Samuel Light
B. W. Bonham
Fred Siemers
W. R. Weeden
R. M. Pierce
M. W. Dimery
J. M. Nelson
Daisy B. Fletcher
G. F. Liebendorfer
Fred Reker
Joe Reel
Joe Johnson
Wm. Buancker
J. C. Dunn
Henry Schmidt
John Billeter
J. L. McIntosh
W. E. Spearow
W. J. Shoemaker
Roy Neary
Joe Walt
Union Precinct
John Davison
Davison
George Rabe
Eagle
Paul Collart
Gurley
Huntsman
Oscar Redeen
Trognitz
Henry Marx
Union Valley
Findley Thurston
Bronson
Sidney Cops Golf Trophy Third Time
Sidney wins the local golf match and secures the Nebraska Colorado Golf Association cup for the third consecutive year. Akron finishes with a 1601 total to Sidney's 1499, Blip Doran posting 75 as low score.
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Sidney
Akron
Brush
Sterling
Scottsbluff
James Case
Blip Doran
Sidney Akron
B. Doran
Howard
R. Kepler
B. Allen
J. Closman
Dalley
J. Bentley
Powelgon
F. Schroeder
Murray
Dr. Witham
Cobb
Dr. Barger
Russell
J. T. McIntosh
Cole
E. L. Hyde
Clary
E. W. Cass
Danshill
F. Haworth
Cooley
H. Banman
Lewis
G. Doran
Fassler
R. Thomas
F. Allen
D. Campbell
Barnhart
B. Grabill
Crawford
E. Thayer
Gaugh
No Band Concert Saturday In Sidney
No weekly open air concert in Sidney is planned this Saturday night as most local bands are inactive or unavailable. Director Bonham of the Juvenile band is in Rochester with his wife. Light's band performed two concerts last week. Bunker Hill Farmers Union band awaits after harvest. Shrine and Larson's Girls bands are unprepared. Bridgeport bands could not be secured. Secretary Johrttson notes Bonham is likely to return by the following Saturday, August 2. Stanley Baker and Roy Chambers depart Sunday for the Citizens Military Training camp session in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Sidney
Bonham
Rochester
Minn
Dr. Light
Bunker Hill Farmers Union
Lodge
Pole
Bridgeport
Kimball
Sid
J. W. Johrttson
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley Baker
Roy Chambers
Citizens Military Training Camp
Des Moines
Iowa
H. V. Jones Accepts Sidney School Post in Sutherland
H V Jones and family depart Monday to move to Sutherland where he has been elected city school superintendent. He has served as principal of Sidney High School and many friends regret his leaving Sidney.
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H. V. Jones
Sutherland
Jones
Sidney High School
Sidney
Buy Cheyenne county land advised by booster
Grif Johnson president of Equitable Life Insurance of Des Moines urged Cheyenne county to buy land and hold with bulldog tenacity. He forecast great changes in four to five years and said eastern farmers would move in as land is cheap. Sidney to become a major trading center. C J Stiger and others praised the county. District Judge Tewell chaired. Perry Coler to preside next week.
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Cheyenne County
Grif Johnson
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Sidney Chamber of Commercce
Union Pacific
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Cheyenne
Sidney
North Platte
C. J. Stiger
Stiger
W. R. Weeden
Lumbermen Knothole Club Holds Sidney Meeting
Last Friday night the Lumbermen Knothole club met in the Commercial hotel dining room. Lincoln educator Don Crutchfield led discussions on lumber business and Nebraska agriculture, with round table exchanges revealing new points. County Agent Willey spoke on dairy movement in Nebraska, butterfat testing, feeding methods, purebred sires, and farmer prosperity linking lumbermen and farmers. Mr Freytag toured Herndon Kansas crops. Leo Sheeran buys Commercial cafe and hotel dining room from Young. possession August 1.
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Lumbermen
Commercial Hotel
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Don Crutchfield
Lincoln
Willey
Leo Sheeran
Sidney
Young
North Platte
Graveling North Sidney Road Contract Awarded
Cheyenne county commissioners awarded a graveling contract for seven and a fraction miles between Sidney and Gurley to J G Crownover of Bridgeport after five bids. Work funded by state and federal aid, start by August 15 finish by December 31. News covers Lincoln highway changes, Lodge Pole road open, and county road improvements.
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Cheyenne
Gurley
Huntsman
A. M. Gaddis
Scottsbluff
Lincoln Highway
Sidney
U. P
Burlington
Lincoln
Lodge Pole
Lodgepole
Sunol
Sidney men in luck at big gas well near Wellington
A gas well five miles south and west of the Wellington field was completed last Saturday with an estimated flow of 125,000 cubic feet daily. It sits near the J. A. Bentley and H. O. Shunk lease, five miles south of Wellington, between the two wells. Shunk plans to organize a drilling company in Denver to develop the leased acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington, Colo
J. A. Bentley
H. O. Shunk
Wellington
Mr. Shunk
Denver
Bentley
Gasoline Prices Fall One Cent Across Sidney Stations
Gasoline at Sidney filling stations dropped one cent a gallon last Friday, to 21.34 cents, pleasing motorists. Omaha has seen prices as low as 10 cents during a regional gas war, with Sidney’s cut not tied to that battle. A station agent expects further reductions soon.
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Sidney
Omaha
Cooley Kin Honored Visit From Wyoming Relative Trio
Fred Cooley of Wyoming, formerly of Sidney, spent this week visiting with his brother Eldon and sister Mrs. R. J. Wait, sharing family greetings and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cooley
Wyoming
Sidney
Eldon
R. J. Wait
Woman attacked returns home after Denver treatment
Mrs. T. H. Wells, who was beaten two weeks earlier, came back to her Denver parents in law with her husband Sunday after medical care for stomach kicks. She remains shaken and unable to aid in identifying her assailant as investigators press slowly, hoping to avoid accusing the innocent.
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T. H. Wells
Denver
Wells
Better Dairy Sires Train Here October 11 in Sidney
Aimed at improving Cheyenne County dairy stock, a purebred dairy sires train will visit Sidney on October 11 as part of the Harvest Festival. The event features exchanges of production-record sires for local scrub cows, three dozen railroad cars, and demonstrations across thirty Nebraska counties. Notable dairy figures and a radio broadcast accompany the tour, with four breeds represented and a stock parade planned. In a separate accident two miles south of Dalton, Mrs. Sol Willis received serious injuries when a Ford touring car rolled, trapping her beneath. she remains bedfast for a month under Dr. Roche’s care.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Burlington
H. L. Ford
Colorado
Guernsey
Jersey
Ayrshire
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Omaha
Willey
Shipman
A. K. Greenlee
J. L. McIntosh
Guy
Sol Willis
Dalton
Willis
Sol, Jr
John Willis
Visit of Omaha Revenue Official and Wife
A. B. Allen internal revenue collector of Omaha and his wife are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Dimers. Mr. Allen enjoyed some fine fishing during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Allen
Internal Revenue
Omaha
M. W. Dimers
Mr. Allen
Second Sidney trade extension sale set for Aug twentieth
The Sidney merchants announce the second monthly Trade Extension and Friends Making Day for Wednesday August 20, with ads from fifty four firms and free entertainment. A new entertainment committee will arrange visitors’ amusements while ads emphasize extraordinary low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Trade Extension and Friends Making
The
Merchants Association
Commercial
W. R. Weeden
C. W. West
E. J. Leonard
M. W. Osborn
Weeden
W. M. Winders
F. O. Burgess
Sam Fine
P. W Barker
A. K. Greenlee
Treasury
Sidney
Crook
Colo
West
Sidney Post Office
Barker
A. C. Burgess
Ms. Burgess
Friends
Osborn Family Returns From Brooklyn Lake Trip
Leo Osborn and family and Fret Wath returned Sunday from a short motor trip at Brooklyn Lake fifty miles west of Laramie. They were joined by Nels Miller and his wife of Potter. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Osborn are brother and sister.
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Leo Osborn
Miss Georgia and Edith Martin Return from Scenic Drive
Misses Georgia and Edith Martin completed a weekend motor trip visiting Greeley Estes Park and Scotts Bluff. Georgia resumed duties Monday at the Sidney post office after a three week vacation.
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Georgia
Edith Martin
Greeley
Estes Park
Scottsbluff
Sidney Post Office
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R B. Hill
Pleasant View
Jean Harshman
South Sidney
T. C. Spiker
North Sidney
Sidney Cops Gol Trophy
BUY Land
Lumbermens Knothole Club
Mrs.Frestag
Herndon
Kansas
Sidney Road
Burlington Special
Scrub
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