August Business Outlook In Western Sidney
Sidney merchants enter August with cautious optimism despite a summer slowdown and street closures in the downtown area. Farmers scaled back luxury purchases though apparel and practical goods hold near normal retail volume. a smaller turnover is expected as prices fall with wholesale costs. Construction work and city payrolls support a gradual recovery and a normal trade is anticipated through August and September, with corn crop prospects shaping winter business.
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Sidney
Ltill
Poultry Raisers See Better Times, Says Statistician
A bureau of agricultural economics report released through state and federal statistician A E Anderson notes favorable poultry raising conditions nationwide. It cites reduced farm stocks, lower poultry and egg storage, steady demand, and cheap feeds relative to prices. Laying hens are about five percent fewer than a year ago and young chickens ten percent lower. commercial hatchery output from January to June dropped twenty six percent.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
A. E. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce Suspends August Meetings
The chamber of commerce suspends meetings for August due to hot weather and vacations. Officials announced Monday that the semi monthly lunch sessions will resume in September after the break.
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Chamber of Commerce
Firebug sought after string of Nebraska fires
Western Nebraska officers hunted a firebug traveling west along the Lincoln highway in a blaze lighted car after he left a trail of destruction in at least four towns. Fires struck Lexington Cozad and Gothenburg with losses totaling about 140000, plus 75000 at Fremont. Authorities traced the blazes to a red spotlighted auto seen near Gothenburg and later on the highway.
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Lincoln Highway
Nebraska
Lexington
Cozad
Gothenburg
Luehrs-Christensen
Fremont
M. D. Morris
Community Lumber & Supply Company
Morris
Municipal Band to Play Sunday in Court House Square
Sidney's municipal band under Julius W. Cochran will perform its second concert Sunday at 6 pm on the court house square. The group, built from city council funds, features professional and student musicians and seeks new clarinet and horn players as enrollment continues.
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Sidney
Court House Square
Julius W. Cochran
Sidney Public Schools
Cochran
B. C. Grabill
G. C. Grabilil
Donald Shipman
Kenneth Rose
Alie Baker
Richard Craig
Keith Mowrer
Lawrence Taylor
Wayne Gain
William Blaha
Hollis Kepler
Robert Pettett
Farrell Frankeberger
Elmer Ladine
Plans Speeded for 4-H Contest August 12
4 H club boys and girls from Garden Depel Kimball and Cheyenne counties will gather in Sidney for a judging contest training by the extension service. Home economics clubs train in the city auditorium basement starting at 10 am while livestock classes meet at Olson Sons farm. A picnic lunch will be served on the courthouse lawn. Champion judges in Cheyenne county will win a paid trip to the state fair in Lincoln this fall.
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Sidney
Garden
Depel
Kimball
Cheyenne
Extension Service
City Auditorium
Olson& Sons
Court House
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
Far Off Alaska Fails to Dodge World Slump Effects
Mrs. F H Freytag of Sidney reports from a tour through Canada to Skagway and Dawson that even far off Alaska has felt the global business decline. Canning and salmon industries suffer, tourism wanes, and Dawson once a boom town now numbers about 500. She notes improved law and orderly towns since Soapy Smith era, describes daylight difficulty, smooth voyages, and unique Dawson hotel letterhead as souvenirs.
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Alaska
Sidney
F. H. Freytag
Canada
Skagway
Dawson
Yukon River
Soapy Smith
Smith
Denver
Prince Charlotte
Columbia
Huffine Leads Program Amid Busy City Election Cycle
Huffine emerges as a key figure guiding a packed civic program during a busy city election cycle. The article outlines initiatives, timelines, and the involvement of organizations shaping local governance and public services.
Two Pioneer Residents Of County Buried This Week
This week in Cheyenne county, Mrs. C. O. Hade of Sidney and Mrs. Jacob Volkert of Dalton were laid to rest. Mrs. Hade died after a major operation, survived by husband Charles, two daughters Delma Barton and Frances Hade, two sons Charles and Dallas, and others. Mrs. Volkert, born Christina Fredh in Germany, died after long illness. she and her husband Jacob Volkert lived in Sidney before moving to Dalton, leaving behind three children Marie Schmidt Anna Sachs and Louis Volkert. Burial services were held with local churches and Rice funeral service in charge.
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C. O. Hade
Cheyenne County
Hade
Michigan
Flora Ruth
Nebraska
Osceola
Sidney
Methodist Church
Marvin Chapel
Meisch, Mich
Delma Barton
Frances Hade
Charles
Dallas
William Deady
Jacob Velkerts
Dalton
Lutheran Church
W. T. Kahse
Rice
Christiana Volkert
Fredh
Wuertenberg
Germany
Paw Paw
Til
Jacob Volkert
Cushing
Randolph
Luikart and Bliss Clash Over Transfer At Peace Meeting
A peace conference in Lincoln between EB. H. Luikart and Clarence G. Bliss failed to produce a definite plan for an orderly transfer of bank receiverships from Bliss to Luikart. Luikart cited lack of tangible progress as the meeting ended. Participants included Bliss, his legal counsel, Skiles and Skiles associates, Beynon, Mullen, and Radke, with Radke now chief counsel of the receivership division.
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EB. H. Luikart
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Clarence G. Bliss
Commerce
Luikart
Bliss
Lincoln
Skiles and
Skiles
I. D. Beynon
Arthur Mullen
Omaha
Franz C. Radke
Radke
Luike
Liss
Sidney Golfers Travel to Kimball for Interclub Match
Sidney country club golfers go to Kimball Sunday for the annual inter club match. Kimball's sporty course offers trouble for visitors. Chair C. W. Smith of the local golf committee hopes to take at least 25 men to the tournament.
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Sidney Country Club
Kimball
Chairan C.W. Smith
Golfommittee
Wheat Belt May See Switch To Livestock As Major Ag Product
Wheat belt observers foresee a shift from wheat to livestock as prices stay low and surpluses grow. Farmers in western Kansas and the Texas panhandle could turn wheat into cattle and hog feed within five years, making the region a stock feeding center.
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Wheat Belt
Kansas
Panhandle
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
Man Back To Prison Out But Three Weeks
James Lake, released from the Nebraska state prison on July 3, is back home after a three week vacation. He failed to abide by the terms of his release and attempted to forge three checks on a farmer residing nearby.
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James Lake
Nebraska
Lake
Summer Business In Temporary Decline In District Report
The tenth federal reserve district reports slow summer business with a predicted bumper wheat crop and low prices. Department store trade falls 4.8 percent from May, while wholesale trade edges up. June building activity hits a 12 year low as milling and mining slow. Banks report reduced loans and deposits, investments rise, and Fed borrowings fall 20.4 percent from a year earlier.
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Federal Reserve District
Nebraska
U. S
Federal Reserve Banks
Robbery Suspects Freed After Evidence Lacking
Enid residents Joseph P. Sterling and Mrs. Hattie D. Fager were freed at Scottsbluff after deputies found no record to support charges. Sterling, 36, escaped an assault accusation when the justice department reported no criminal history. the pair left the courthouse together and offered little comment.
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Joseph P. Sterling
Enid
Okla
Hattie D. Fager
Scottsbluff
Robert W. Patterson
Sterling
Fager
Department of Justice
Washington
Mrs. Fager
M. C. Morgan
Delegates named by American Legion to Nebraska gathering
The Sidney American Legion post named six delegates for the state convention at Fremont on August 23. Delegates are Golden P. Kratz George Mulets Paul L. Martin Funston Cook H. E. Bauman and J. W. Neilsen. The convention will feature trophies and prizes for community service and boys work. Harvest reports and heat wave conditions are also summarized.
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Sidney American Legion Post
Fremont
Golden P. Kratz
George Mulets
Paul L. Martin
Funston Cook
H. E. Bauman
J. W. Neilsen
Nebraska Legionnaires
J. R. Kinder
Potent
J. R . Kinder
Lincoln
Frazier
Pay Night at Fox Theatre Sets August First Pay Event
The Fox Theatre again hosts pay night on Saturday August 1 with envelopes of coins for each entrant and a capitol prize of a five dollar gold piece. Manager A. J. Hamilton reports strong patron response to the program last Saturday.
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Fox Theatre
A. J. Hamilton
Body of Eva Lou Galloway Recovered From Canal
The body of Eva Lou Galloway six daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Galloway of near Lingle was recovered Wednesday afternoon in the Pathfinder irrigation canal four miles from the spot where she drowned July 18 The finder was Lynn Burt a farmer who was passing over a bridge on his way to market with wheat The search involved more than four thousand people aided by every available device extending for miles on both sides of the canal waters thousands of acres in eastern Wyoming.
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Eva Lou Galloway
Claude Galloway
Lingle
Pathfinder
Lynn Burt
Wyoming
Grasshopper Plague Recalls 1872 In Nebraska
Report describes a widespread grasshopper scourge across Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota with Cheyenne County relatively spared. Farmers aided by county agents and early spraying helped limit damage while federal help is sought to halt adult hoppers and prevent next spring hatching. Local observers compare current pest levels with the infamous 60 years ago invasion.
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Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Cheyenne
Panhandle
Polson
Willey
Cheyenne County
A. J. Leach
Antelope County
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Edward E. Spafford
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