Ogallala Townsite sales and regional developments
Seventy five years ago the Ogallala Townsite Co sold sixteen town lots in one week with prices from thirty to two hundred dollars, while all Keith county land between the rivers was disposed of by the second market day. A new boxing contender Melvine Thompson challenged Sullivan with a possible $5,000 side, and Union Pacific planned to fence the North Platte to Ogden track to curb cattle delays. The Western Union telegraph poles upgrade signals renewed lines. Thieves were caught selling recovered clothing at the Bon Ton restaurant. In Sidney, 65 years back, depot stone work and streets were improved, trade grew, and a big building boom was anticipated with new depots, street paving and a possible Union Pacific engine stop in April. An array of local deaths, marriages, political candidacies, and community projects filled the week as Sidney prepared for wartime and postwar changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogallala
Keith County
Melvine Thompson
Sullivan
Thompson
Club Ranch Co
Rush Creek
Union Pacific Railroad Company
North Platte
Ogden
Western Union Company
Omaha
Star Clothing House
Bon Ton
Sidney
Cramer
McIntosh
James Dugan
Neubauer
Dawson
Charlie Roberts
Geo
H. Haxby
John and
Victor Covall
Eric Lif
Isaac Dean
D. M. James
M. B. Shear
Oliver Miller
Edgar Yelton
Willis Court
North River
McShane &, Condon
Nebraska
W. W. Schulz
Union Pacific
John Weston
Cheyenne County
Albert Kruse
McGirvin
Harry Williams
Raton
N. M
Mr. Williams
Sidney Drug Company
Charles Dalton
Taylor Hospital
Earl Young
Fred Spencer
Edwin
Cecelia Sandquist
Bridgeport
Delilah Erwin
Verne Morris
Troop 83 Green Bar Special Meeting Sets Six Month Plan
Troop 83 green bar members met Monday evening March 23 to plan the next six months. The program includes more patrol and bike hikes and troop camping trips with an award for the top performing patrol. Mike Brown named Flaming Arrow Patrol leader with Larry Gorman as assistant. Ken Bauer appointed troop quartermaster, Gary Osborn as troop scribe, and Ray Alvarez as hike master in charge of camping trip planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bar
Mike Brown
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Larry Gorman
Ken Bauer
Gary Osborn
Ray Alavarez
Ed Hike Maser
Wll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ben Rieken
D. E. Dickinson
Thornton
Preble
Rudy's
Thornton's
Sidley
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
General Mills, Inc
Securities
Tenth Avenue
Sidney, Nebr
Sidney Telegraph
Tucker
Wm. Frerichs
Winnie Folkerts
Weyerts Precinct
Clarke Fuller
St. George Ranch
Simon
Hazen Chase
Hazen Chase Jr
Ernest
E. Bolin
State of Washington
Burlington
Harper & Wright
Masonic
H. H. Miller
Alliance
Harry Desch
Bayard
John E. Davis
Cheyenne
Morris Davis
Cherokee
U. P
Opera House
Francis Herbert
Kenneth Bassett
Marious Christensen
Loretta Walker
Lelen Lancaster
Grace Foster
Miss Foster
Miss Hart
Dorothy Hart
H. T. Doran
L. Martin
Rev. Mitchell
Gus Wellner
J. J. Parks
People's Caucus
L. G. Simon
F. S. Stowe
Carnegie Library
Sidney Schroeder
Union Pacific Railroad
N. E. Witters
Turlock
Cal
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Idaho
O. R. Owen
Ft. Morgan
Colo
Owen
Ford
West Garage
Joseph Oberfelder
Hazel
Leona
Denver
L. T. Poole
W. D. Fisher
Sheridan, Wyo
Chamber of Commerce
Custer Battlefield Highway Association
American Legion
Sidney Legion
Tobin Opera House
Blaine Grabill
Diamond Dick
Fred Stephens
Mississippi Valley
Venezuela
Rome
English
Spain
Shoemaker's Tool
Surveyor's Instrument
Mathemati
John Borland
Glen McCreath
Mr. Stephens
Sidney Board of Education
Prin. C. J. Weymouth
G. F. Liebendorfer
Lincoln
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Raymond F. DeMers
Thunderbolt
Sunol
Nebr
Ada Livoni
John Livoni
Poquette
Vernell Walters
Laramie
Mr. Greenlee
Navy
B. H. Grimm
King and
Linden Streets
Tom Lenzen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fox Theatre
Nick A. Meick
Korea
War Department
Peter P. Meick
9Th Avenue
Merwin Niemeller
Great Falls
Mont
Tom Niemoller
Gordon Niemoller
William Hemmer
Telegraph
Beckmann’s
Boy Scout
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