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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1927
Page
4
A long list of visits and travels outlines a busy period in Sidney with Miss Harriet Jones in Chappell, Evelyn Burns in Kimball, and many others from Kimball, Dalton, Gurley, Lodge Pole, and Sterling. Attendees include De Molays from Sidney, dances in Kimball and Sidney, and gatherings at Hardy’s hall.
Mr Finch and the boys basketball team returned Sunday from Lincoln where they attended the tournament. They lost their first game to Palmyra but saw several other games. The declamatory contest is set for Friday evening with five in the oratorical, three in the dramatic, and five in the humorous. LaVerne Ewing underwent an operation at Mayo Brothers in Rochester Saturday and is getting along nicely. Louie Amdt was appointed to the village board to serve until the next election, filling the vacancy left by Dr Hedlund’s death. Wm Schular Jr, treated in Hot Springs Arkansas after a car accident, was not seriously injured. Mrs Schular at home in Dalton has been ill with chickenpox.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during sickness and after the death of husband and father Harm Wehberts. A stray sentence about color sense in children is noted.
Phyllis Corbett reports a busy week of society events including P E O and Busy Dozen club gatherings, Kings Daughters and St Martha's Guild meetings, and a Jolly Dozen bridge night. Highlights include a St Patrick decor themed tea, a one o clock bridge luncheon at the Country club, and a Methodist church banquet for 275 guests with collegial papers and community singing.
Winnipeg Kiddies open the week along with Fox feature 3 Bad Men filmed with 25000 extras. Sidney audiences can see the film tonight and So's Your Old Man follows Wednesday and Thursday, promising another W O Fields comedy with humor and the old army game.
The Ben Hur road attraction, now in its second New York year, is hailed as more powerful than the play. Producer A L Erlanger praises Ramon Novarro as supreme in the role and notes the cast and grand spectacles. Ben Hur will screen at the U S A theatre on Friday April 1 for one night only.
The Cheyenne County Trading Company invites farmers families and friends to a Dairy Day event next Saturday March 26 at their store. De Laval representatives will conduct demonstrations showing two De Laval separators and other tasks of interest to cow and herd owners. The event promises demonstrations and features designed to appeal to dairy owners and rural families.
The Sidney News reports a seven column paper after installing a new press and adding a newspaper folder. The publisher says the upgraded equipment enables a readable paper and one more edition befitting the community’s importance.
After a fifty day county jail term an Los Angeles man was informed he had been sentenced to the city jail. The judge ordered him to complete his sentence in the proper place of confinement.
The Fez, a bulbous brimless cap worn by Turks, enables a worshiper to bow his forehead to the carpet when praying. Harry Lauder claims bare knees in Scotland aren’t born of thrift, noting a good kilt costs more than three pairs of trousers.
A brief item notes a child’s brain at two years weighing four times birth and half the adult brain. Ostia’s harbor town reveals five stories unearthed. An ad mentions color ice cream bricks in pints or quarts with a contact number 324 The Farms Dairy.
A Sterling Advocate headline reports a bank cashier, born in Colorado, was arrested. The brief item notes the individual's ties to Colorado and the legal action underway, with no further details provided in the snippet.
The fragment outlines a car dealer named For Better Used Cars and mentions Sidney and Meter Sales Company. Readable text is sparse and lacks clear events or dates. No definitive action, outcome, or additional entities are present to form a complete news item.
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