National Editorial Association to Visit Cheyenne County Next June
Sidney plans a four hour stop for as many as five hundred editors and families from the National Editorial Association tour in June. Local organizers aim for a county wide reception with an automobile drive and county participation to showcase western Nebraska’s winter wheat, sunshine, and prosperity.
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National Editorial Association
Cheyenne County
Sidney
G. D. McClaskey
Nebraska
Great Desert
Sidney Announces Annual Declamatory Contest for Schools
Sidney schools prepare for the annual declamatory contest in the high school auditorium Friday evening March 11 at 7 30. Admission is 80 cents for adults and 25 cents for children with booster tickets 1926 27 holders admitted free. A preliminary contest selected the finalists in three categories and the trained readers include only one repeat from prior Sidney events.
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Sidney
Dirks
Cheyenne County Man Sets High Hog Raising Standard
Nebraska extension service reports 199 farmers achieved an average of nearly seven pigs per sow under sanitary hog-raising methods. Statewide average is about five per sow. P J Beyer of 17 miles northwest of Sidney raised nearly eight per sow, noting profits increase with the extra pigs.
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Agricultural Extension Service of
Nebraska
L. D. Willey
P. J. Beyer
Sidney
Mr. Beyer
Dr Taylor's Hospital Nearing Completion in Western Nebraska
Work on the three story hospital by Dr J R Taylor proceeds well with sidewalls completed and most exterior work finished. Foreman Dell Phillips notes the modern, attractive structure will be available for general public use in western Nebraska despite private ownership and Dr Taylor’s management.
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J. R. Taylor
Dell Phillips
Phillips’ Contracting Company
Taylor
Nebraska
Ministers Oppose Sunday Amusements in Platte Valley
North Platte valley Methodist ministers pass resolutions condemning Sunday motion pictures baseball games and other amusements allowed in local towns on the Sabbath. They urge public officials to remove Sunday shows and invite all denominations to join the campaign against Sunday entertainments.
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North Platte Valley
Miss Katherine King Attends New York Prom
Miss Katherine King of Barnard College Columbia University New York City writes on her English studies and short story course. She attended the annual Junior Prom, a major school year event, held at Park Lane New York City.
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Katherine King
Barnard College
Columbia University
New York City
King
Mise King
Park Lane
P T A Meeting Set For Wednesday March 16
The Parent Teachers Association holds its regular meeting on Wednesday evening March 16 at 7 30 p m The high school orchestra will be featured Officers urge full attendance for an enjoyable session with regular business and discussion also on the agenda
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Parent-Teachers Association
Public sale of livestock and goods scheduled near Sidney
A public sale of livestock machinery implements and household goods will be held on Thursday March 17 by J H Wendte on his farm six miles east and three and a half miles south of Sidney.
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J. HH. Wendte
Sidney
Wheat Contest Forms Ready for Grower Enrollment
The 1927 Winter Wheat Growing contest is in Cheyenne County. Any man over 18 with 10 acres or more may enroll. Entries require keeping field operation records and labor estimates. Yields will be weighed or measured. If enough enrollments justify, prizes like the 10 acre corn contest may be offered.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Girl Excels as Typist in California School
Frances Greer, once of Sidney, now at Colton California high school, has attracted attention as a typist. She wrote 73 words per minute with seven mistakes and has been entered by the school in the southern California typing contest.
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Frances_ Greer
Sidney
Colton
California
Saint Patrick's Day Mass at Local Church
Rev Anton Link pastor of Saint Patrick's Catholic church announces Solemn High Mass on St Patrick's Day March 17 at 9 30 am at the church.
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Anton Link
Saint Patrick's Catholic Church
Dalton Citizen Jacob Mayer Visits City
Old time subscriber Jacob Mayer, a substantial Dalton neighborhood resident, was a business visitor in the city Thursday and called on The Telegraph. Mayer has been a reader of the paper for twenty six years.
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Jacob Mayer
Dalton
Telegraph
Saint Patrick's Day Entertainment at Saint Patrick's
A planned Saint Patrick's Day program by seventh and eighth graders will be held at Saint Patrick's auditorium on March 17 starting at eight o'clock. The program features music, songs, a one act play Ireland's Sons, a two act Shamrock Hunt, and a musical fantasy Top of the Morning with students and teacher Miss Nedson among the cast.
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St. Patrick's Auditorium
Saint Patrick’s
Garden of Roses
IndRiecitation
F. Quinn
J. Foley
M. Francis
T. Quinn
Mother Machree
Ireland
Attack on School Matron Leads to Assault Charge
Mrs. F. M. Knight was arraigned in Alliance on charges of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury after an attack on police matron Mrs. L. H. Highland at a junior high school. Highland is reported in critical condition with a broken hip and bruises. Knight, who sought a meeting about disciplining her daughter, pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for March 21. Knight was released on a $300 bond.
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F. M. Knight
Alliance
L. H. Highland
Highland
Knight
Blanche Wilson
Nelson of Omaha Signs Exclusive Cheyenne County Deal
M. L. Nelson of Omaha representing the Reffechneider Paint and Glass company visited this city this week. He closed with the Cheyenne County Trading Company for exclusive handling of his firm’s products in the Trading company’s hardware department. Initial order is four tons. The line includes interior and exterior paints varnishes and related items.
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Nelson
Omaha
Jreffechneider Paint and Glass Company
Cheyenne County Trading Company
County agent demonstrates chicken culling at farm
Agent Willey conducted a Monday night demonstration at the Conselly farm showing chicken culling. He also delivered an informative talk connected to the event.
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Willey
J. A. Conselly
Sidney mechanic crafts new tilling machine for farms
Sidney inventor R. M. Adams, a well known local mechanic, reports a practical economical summer tilling implement. The device aims to curb weed growth and aid moisture conservation, boosting yields on large acreages with power farming.
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Adams
Burris Public Sale Planned on March 15
George Burris, longtime farmer on the old Bentley ranch three miles west of town, announces a public auction of his implements, machinery and livestock at that location on Tuesday March 15. The sale begins at 11 o clock with Col. C. P. Millett officiating. Lunch will be served on the grounds.
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George Burris
Bentley Ranch
Burris
Sidney Country Club Receives Valuable Gifts
The Rotary club donated one hundred Pyrex bowls Burgess Music store gave fifty score pads and Leo Bartholomew provided half a dozen ash trays The gifts are greatly appreciated by the officers and members of the Country Club.
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Country Club
Rotary Club
Burgess Music Store
Leo Bartholomew
Machinery Aids Cheyenne County Farmers In Record Wheat Yield
Cheyenne County farmers set a record with a bumper wheat crop last year using modern machinery. The Red River Special combines, notably from Nichols & Shepherd, boosted output across about two hundred thousand acres, reducing harvest costs and labor. George Young’s Dalton-area farm highlighted this peak production. the article notes gains in efficiency and per acre yield.
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Cheyenne County
George Young
Dalton
Nebr
Combine
Cheyenne
Red River
Nichols & Shepherd
Panhandle
Sidney Tractor & Machinery, Company
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DR. Taylor's Hospital
Platte Valley
New York
P.T. A
Ic Sale
Saint Patrick’s Day
Sidney Mechanic
R. M. Adams
Geo. Burris
Sidney Country Club
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