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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1928
Page
4
Dick Carlson visited Hemingford while Curtis Jolliff spent Thursday evening in Sterling. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Slack on June 4 at a local hospital. Many residents and visitors travel between Sidney, Lincoln, Omaha, Denver, and Missouri with social, business, and health interests noted.
Mr. and Mrs. George Griswold leave Friday to visit friends in Iowa. Francis Ruttner visits grandparents Karl and Mrs. Ruttner. Mrs. Martha Hill of Tucson visits her parents A. K. Greenlee for a few weeks and will spend part of the summer in Mexico City. Florence E. Sixta of Schuyler arrives in Sidney to visit sister Mrs. I. L. Pindell before touring California for a month. Mrs. O. C. Dimick and Dorothy return from Lincoln with Ruth Dimick who plans to teach for a year before resuming her degree in Lincoln.
Miss Kathryn King, a 1924 Sidney high school graduate, returned Saturday from Bernard University in New York City where she earned an A B degree in June. She majored in languages and will teach English next at St Marys Episcopal Cathedral School for Girls in Garden City, Long Island, after summer vacation.
Rube King the practical joker returned Saturday after selling a flock of imaginary cows tied to Powerine gas and Powerlub oil in a prior North Platte valley stunt. He viewed a train load of Gleaner Baldwin combines arriving by Union Pacific and forgot where he tied his cow. He remains a sharp showman with a knack for pulling off risky antics.
A J Jorgenson president of the American Bank of Sidney was chosen president of group seven Nebraska Bankers Association at Scottsbluff. Marius Christensen cashier of Liberty State Bank Sidney was named secretary and S P Dalfour became vice president. The Scottsbluff meeting was reported as highly interesting by Sidney attendees.
Sidney golfers defeated Sterling 1274 to 1408 on the home course Sunday in a 15 player match. Cold wet day limited play but Sam Daniel led with a 74 while Guinand shot 77 and Elliott 79 for Sterling. Individual scores list Sidney players Closman 80 to Thomas 93 and Sterling counterparts Greenwalt 79 to Hagadon 108 across the day.
Orlin Thomas was arrested early Friday after shooting his daughter Gladys 19 and her suitor Arthur B Kirk 28 at the Thomas home near Alliance. Both victims were hospitalized with severe wounds but expected to recover. Thomas, angry over Kirk courting his daughter, reportedly fired when Kirk visited the home just after nightfall. He was transported to Bridgeport after the shooting near the Morrill county line.
Bloomfield with about 1800 residents in Knox county switches two months ago to a cash only system across grocery merchandisers, eateries, clothing and other stores. Early sales dipped but recovered. protests faded as merchants kept cash on hand and debts paid in full. Other county towns study Bloomfield’s success and may adopt the plan this fall. Farmers initially angry at the credit loss, considered boycotts but many now support the change.
Leonard Swenson of Sidney won the blue ribbon in local pools after a long fight with a German bass weighing seven pounds and two feet long. He and companions fished the lake south of town near Fred Stuht's place, bringing the catch to The Telegraph office for inspection. It may be this season's largest locally caught fish.
Scientists warn that flies carry germs of typhoid fever infantile paralysis and other illnesses. They urge killing flies. FLY-TOX is marketed as harmless to people yet lethal to mosquitoes roaches moths bed bugs and flies. It is described as fragrant and stainless.
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