Crossing Bids Likely In '48 City Believes
The city council will begin steps Friday night to secure a full survey of the nongrade crossing across Union Pacific tracks. A resolution will show serious intent to proceed, enabling engineering approval by the Public Roads Administration.
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Union Pacific
Public Roads Administration
State Highway Department
Tom Middleschwartz
Bridgeport
Robert Fulton
Lincoln
State Department
Middleschwartz
Union Pacific Railroad
Ridney
Lincoln Inn Opens as Citys Newest Cafe
Miss Freda Hammer announces the opening of The Lincoln Inn and its cafe for parties and luncheons. The cafe operates 7 am to 10 pm weekdays and 9 am to 9 pm Sundays, in the former Osborn garage location, near the stoplight, offering breakfast, luncheon, dinner, and private event catering. A Downyflake doughnut franchise and a customer waiting doughnut machine draw crowds in the opening days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Hammer
Lincoln Inn
Telegraph
Osborn Garage
Miss Hammer
Col Rapps Sale To Be Held Next Week
Col R A Rapp continues accepting entries for his annual machinery sale to be held next Tuesday March 11. He requests machines be brought the day before to save listing time on sale pay. The Telegraph lists items already entered for the sale.
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Col. Rapp
Col
A. B. Rapp
Explosion Destroys Part Of Buckaroo Park Machine Shed
A stove explosion caused a fire that partially destroyed a machine shed at the Radcliffe property known as Buckaroo Park. No injuries were reported. Later Friday night a small blaze on the south end of 19th Avenue was extinguished with little damage.
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Radcliffe
Buckaroo Park
19Th Avenue
Armory May Be Built Here in Nebraska Hope
Lincoln reports L B 209 would fund a one mill levy for ten years to create or upgrade armories in 38 Nebraska communities including Sidney for a National Guard unit. Federal aid could bring $13 million in equipment and $60 thousand yearly drill pay, with state costs around $3 thousand per unit annually. Sidney is named for a 134th regiment unit but lacks facilities.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Lincoln
L. B
John McKnight
Auburn
Guy N. Henninger
General Henninger
National Guard
McKnight
State Board of Control
University of Nebraska
134Th Regiment
Oil Test Continues At Lovercheck Well
Drillers at the Lovercheck No. 1 test well eight miles west of Harrisburg plan to take a care of the well early this week. Jack Shaeffer, promoter, said the drill reached a depth of 3,914 feet. The well is being drilled by Banner Oil Co of Gering and Petroleum Industries Inc of Cheyenne.
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Harrisburg
Jack Shaeffer
Banner Oil Co
Gering
The
Petroleum Industries Inc
Cheyenne
Machinery Sale Set For Wednesday At Sidney Pavilion
The Sidney Livestock Commission Co. will hold its annual machinery sale on Wednesday at the pavilion on West Linden Street. A lunch will be served in the pavilion restaurant, and a strong lineup of machinery and miscellaneous articles is planned for the auction.
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Sidney Livestock Commission Co
West Linden Street
Gurley School Study Pushes District Consolidation Plans
Gurley and nearby rural districts including districts 41 71 and 80 explore merging into a single district. Discussions cover tax base bus routes lunch programs and expanded shop and music offerings while noting bond levy relief and pending federal lunch funds.
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Gurley
Little Change In Farm Index
The agriculture department reported the overall prices received by farmers for all commodities on February 15 remained nearly steady from January 15 despite a rise of about $2 per 100 pounds in hog prices. Dairy products fell eight percent and other crops and animals declined or held, while higher grain prices and veal calves rose. The February 15 index stood at 262 percent of the 1909-14 average, up slightly from January, with parity at 119 percent. Household and farm item prices rose three percent to a record high, driven by lumber and field seeds despite increases in furniture and clothing.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Farmer Acquitted Of Plane Antelope Hunt
A Kimball district court jury found Wesley Herboldsheimer not guilty after a high profile trial over a plan for hunting antelope from an airplane on or about November 10, 1946. Carl Reader testified they were chasing coyotes. The case tested whether using a plane is illegal for hunting wild game out of season.
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Kimball
Nebraska
Wesley Herboldsheimer
Kimball County
State Game Department
Carl Reader
Kearney Symphony in Appearance Tonight
The Kearney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Harold Cerny performs at the high school auditorium tonight at 8:15. Admission is free as Robert W. House, cello professor, plays Beccherini’s Cello Concerto in B flat with the orchestra. Program includes Khovantchina Introduction, Moussorgsky Kije Suite, Prokofieff Birth of Kije, Espana Rhapsodie by Chabrier.
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Kearney
Harold Cerny
Robert House
Sidney High School
Scout Finance Drive In Sidney District Successful
The Sidney Boy Scout district report a very successful fund drive says chairman Vern Livingston. He extends thanks to workers and donors and notes no definite budget was set, but results are more than satisfactory for the district's year.
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Sidney Boy
Vern Livingston
Living Ston
Sidney
March 15 Tax Deadline For 1946 Returns
March 15 is the due date for last year’s income tax returns. Anyone with 1946 income of $500 or more must file, including minors, though armed forces members below commissioned rank are largely exempt. Commissioned officers have a $1500 service pay exemption plus a $500 general exemption. Overseas service allows filing postponement. GI bill benefits and certain leave pay are exempt. Refunds require a filed return. many taxpayers over or underpaid due to withholding tables and estimated taxes.
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Congress
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Scottsbluff to vote on $175000 bond issues and tax
Scottsbluff voters will consider bond issues totaling 175000 and a tax levy for a city recreation program at the April municipal election. Proposals include 25000 for park expansion, 50000 for Highland Park water system, 100000 for other areas, and 15260 for various water mains and facilities plus a 0.25 mill property tax for 1947-48 to finance recreation.
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Scottsbluff
Highland Park
Terry Carpenter
St. Mary Hospital
Goos
Imperial Acres
First Bluff
South Broadway
Chinese Rotary Institute Speaker Gets Together in the Orient
No-Yong-Park, a Manchuria born Chinese writer and lecturer, speaks on Getting Together in the Orient at the Sidney Rotary Institute. He will present at the Methodist Church at eight o clock, third in a four speaker series for 1947. Dr Park holds MA and PhD from Harvard and will be Visiting Professor of Far Eastern Affairs at the University of Kentucky from Spring 1947. He plans summer study in the Orient and is the author of several works on Asia and American civilization.
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Rotary Institute
No-Yong-Park
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Western Reserve University
University of Kentucky
Park
China
Disposal Care Urged In Spud Dumping Warnings
Government price support rules allow dumping of low grade potatoes if not used as livestock feed. Western Nebraska officials warn disposal can create fertility hazards, encourage root growth, and foster flea beetles, psyllids, and disease. Complete freezing prevents sprouting but not nitrogen loss or toxicity to livestock.
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Potatoe Development Division
Potato Development Office
Nebraska
Appliance Store Opens in Harlan Telegraph Ad
The Harlan Appliance Co announces its opening in The Telegraph inviting the public to visit. The advert lists a portion of the stock on hand and highlights the new store as ready for customers.
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Harlan Appliance Co
Telegraph
Sewage Disposal Project Ready For City Board
A drive to ensure veterans get first chance to rent or buy dwellings built with veterans’ priorities launches March 5 by the Office of Price Administration in the Sidney Defense Rental Area. Robert W. Patterson, Area Rent Director, says placards must appear within five days after construction starts and remain on site during the period the housing is held for veterans.
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Office of Price Administration
Sidney Defense
Robert W. Patterson
Patterson
Severe Panhandle Winter Keeps Western Nebraska Cold
Western Nebraska endures a deep freeze with ten below zero and five below earlier in the week. Snow from Friday’s storm left knee deep drifts on stubble fields while moisture helps late season crops. Wheat, though damaged by wind, is expected to recover with spring weather. potato growers plan reduced acreage. farmers prepare spring work and secure certified seeds as box car shortages limit market movement.
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Nebraska
U. S. Agricultural Department
Foland Company Sponsors Color Picture for Farmers
Foland Farm Machinery Co announces a March 7 viewers’ event at City Auditorium to see Men with a Mission a full color motion picture about a farm youth couple who learn farmers today have a mission. The film showcases modern agriculture and machinery aiding world food and industry demands with color scenes filmed across the United States.
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Foland Farm Machinery Co
Minneapolis- Moline
City Auditorium
United States
Modernizing Plan Urgent Officials Told Sidney Plans new sewer plant for city approval
The Sidney Public Power Board approved plans and estimates for a new sewer disposal plant to be built east of town on Lodgepole Creek, tying into the existing system. Project cost ranges around 120 to 135 thousand dollars with completion hoped in six to seven months if the city council approves Friday night.
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Sidney
Power Board
Lodgepole Creek
Fulton
Jack Bowman
Sioux Villa
Easter Seal Drive Aims in Cheyenne County
Miss Agnes Horton will chair the 14th annual Easter Seal sale for crippled children in Cheyenne County. The Nebraska Society for Crippled Children announced the national drive runs March 6 to April 6, funding shoes braces crutches wheelchairs clinic transport and therapy for Nebraska’s handicapped children.
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Agnes Horton
Cheyenne County
W. O. Swanson
Nebraska Society For Crippled Children
Nebraska
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Open City
the Telegraph
Lovercheck
American Legion Hall
Dalton
Dalton-Gurley Post
Post
J. C. Frandsen
Legion
Legionnaires
Sunol
Kearney Symphony
Kije Suite
Prokofieff
Kije
Chabrier
Panhandle
Foland Company
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