North Platte Boy Dies After Mitchell Fair Ride
Charles Glenn Handley, 14, of North Platte, died from internal injuries after a horse bolted at Mitchell fair grounds. He was thrown against a gate post and died in Scottsbluff at West Nebraska Hospital. Two Wyoming fishermen were fined $50 each in Scottsbluff for fishing in Nebraska without a license. H. W. Majors near Bonardwater reports hogs wasting away after eating gravel, thinning until death.
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Charles Glenn Handley
North Platte
Mitchell
Mitchell Fair Grounds
West Neodraska
Scottsbluff
Wyoming
Nebraska
Bonardwater News
H. W. Majors
Farmer Neal Brandon Nabbed With Mash and Still Near Bayard
Neal Brandon, a Bayard area farmer, was found in possession of 100 gallons of mash and a still. Authorities allege he was conducting a land office business from the site.
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Neal Brandon
Bayard
Dentists Fined In Sterling County Court
I H Bancroft was fined 100 dollars and costs totaling 134 24 in Sterling county court for practicing dentistry without a license last week.
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I. H. Bancroft
Sterling
Bayard Creamery to Begin Production May First
Bayard Transcript reports a new creamery planned with building leased and machinery ordered. Neils Kannergaard of Pine Bluffs Wyoming will invest, bringing 22 years of industry experience. Also, Peets Parent-Teachers Association elected officers for the new year led by President F A Veverka and Vice President E F Kraxberger. The final meeting of the season is set for Tuesday May 13.
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Bayard
Bayard Transcript
Neils Kannergaard
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Peets Parent- Teachers Association
F. A. Veverka
E. F. Kraxberger
H. C. Reynolds
Georgia Smith
Catherine Byrne
Maginnis Couple Planned Visit to Mrs Alice Maginnis in Ireland
Mr and Mrs P Maginnis intend to visit Mrs Alice Maginnis, his mother, in Ireland. She resides in Katisbrideg County Down in a noted scenic area. Mr Maginnis came to the United States in 1880 at age thirteen and settled in Kimball County five years later, returning to Ireland eight or nine times but not in nearly a decade.
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P. Maginnis
Alice Maginnis
Ireland
Katisbrideg
County Down
Maginnis
Kimball County
Kimball Observer
Akron Farmers Move to North Platte Valley for Irrigation Work
Scores of farmers from Akron Colorado settle in the North Platte valley per the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. They hire as farm hands to learn irrigation.
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Akron
Colo
North Platte Valley
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Gebhard Buys Peetz Drug Store in Denver Purchase
Don M Gebhard a registered pharmacist of Denver has purchased the Peetz drug store and is now in possession.
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Don M. Gebhard
Denver
Peetz Drug
Fitzgerald Leases Haxtun Repair Shop to Run Future Work
J C Fitzgerald of Haxtun Colorado leased the Holtman Garage repair shop last Monday and will conduct ongoing repair work. Fitzgerald is an expert mechanic and should have ample work at his new location. Holtman continues with gas oil and accessories and the local agency for J J Case and Rumely tractors.
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J. C. Fitzgerald
Haxtun
Colo
Holtman
Fitzgerald
J. J. Case
Rumely Tractors
Todge Pole Express
Forssing Couple Resign Lincoln Posts Move to Cheyenne
Mr and Mrs C E Forssing who moved to Lincoln a year ago where he served with federal prohibition law enforcement staff and was recently made chief of his bureau have resigned and are now in Cheyenne where he will head similar work for Wyoming authorities.
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C. E. Forssing
Lincoln
Forssing
Prohibition
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lingle Test Well Reaches 1850 Feet As Drilling Resumes
Mr. Whipple reports the Lingle test well now at a depth of 1850 ft. Drilling was delayed a few days due to cementing out the water but is proceeding again. The new stratum is very favorable and strongly indicative of a typical oil formation.
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Whipple
Lingle
Lingle Review
Pioneer Civil War veteran A D Grubb dies in Kimball
A D Grubb 76 a Kimball County pioneer and Civil War veteran died at his home Monday morning after a short illness. Born in Ohio he moved to the pioneer days of 1898 and was part of the 1861 65 era. Sheriff Pat O Grady recovering from a stroke returns to Harrisburg after months at Dr Miller hospital.
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A. D. Grubb
Kimball County
Mr. Grubb
Ohio
Kimball Observer
Pat O’grady
Banner County
Harrisburg
Dr. Miller Hospital
Bert Bair
Kimbell Farmer
Legion hall meeting forms fast team under post sponsor
About twenty fans attended a Friday night meeting at the American Legion hall. The group decided to arrange fielding a fast team again this season, sponsored by the American Legion post, with Howard Fickes chosen to manage the team.
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American Legion Hall
American Legion Post
Howard Fickes
Garden County News
Janitor Fractures Leg Jumping Broomstick Error
Verne Linden janitor at Scottsbluff High School attempted a broomstick jump to demonstrate to students. He failed to clear the obstacle and sustained a compound fracture of his right leg.
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Verne Linden
Scottsbluff
Corn and cattle profits hinge on selective seed culling
An Illinois agronomy department statement suggests corn yields can gain up to five bushels per acre with careful seed culling. The same principle applies to cattle, with profit tied to producing bushels or cattle that exceed the average by five to twenty-five percent, as noted in the Short Horn World.
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Agronomy Department
University of Illinois
Peetz Town Officials Take Oath of Office
Town Clerk and Recorder M A Shipman Jr administered the oath to new Peetz officers last Monday night. Mayor C M Kutchel. Trustees one year George Creches. trustees two years Robert Wood James Mecham and Chester W Reed.
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M. A. Shipman, Jr
Peetz
C. M. Kutchel
George Creches
Robert Wood
James Mecham
Chester W. Reed
Neal Brandon Pleads Guilty in Bridgeport Case
Neal Brandon pleaded guilty last Saturday before Judge P. J. Barron to possessing a still and cash, sentenced to a $500 fine plus costs and thirty days in county jail.
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Neal Brandon
P. J. Barron
Bridgeport News-Blade
Wyoming sheep band grazed on Lewis Thompson ranch
Morrill county earns a reputation for livestock feeding as W. M. Marquis, a Wyoming sheep raiser, pastures 1600 sheep on the Lewis Thompson ranch northeast of town since April. They are fed corn twice daily and graze by day, aiming for market by June 1.
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Morrill County
Ivestock
W. M. Marquis
Wyoming
Lewis Thompson
Here
Bridgeport Herald
Dairy Ranch Sold in Pumpkin Creek Valley Deal
Last week J. J. Schafer sold his 560 acre dairy ranch located 514 miles south of Bridgeport to Dr. N. H. Lewis of Benkleman. The property, hailed as among the valley’s best farms, is ideal for a dairy operation.
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J. J. Schafer
Bridgeport
N. H. Lewis
Benkleman
Pumpkin Creek
Stockmen Set North Platte Convention for June 5 6 7
The Nebraska Stock growers association fixed its annual convention for June 5 6 and 7 1924 in North Platte Nebraska. Membership now 558 with fifty new enrollments from the North Platte area. The program features educators and demonstrators from the Agricultural Departments at Washington and University of Nebraska plus noted live stock men from Chicago and Omaha. Wyoming and South Dakota associations schedule their conventions nearby in early June, forming a regional sequence.
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North Platte
Nebraska
Stockgrowers Association
Alliance
Nebraska Stockgrowers Association
F. M. Broome
Webington
D. C
University of Nebraska
Chicago
Omaha
Wyoming Association
South Dakota Association
Sugar beet acreage contracts rise in 1924 total
The Great Western Sugar company reports contracting 64,000 acres for Nebraska beets with a 30 percent rise from last season. It already signed 260,000 acres nationwide and expects 5,000 to 7,500 more. Current breakdown: Colorado 156,000, Nebraska 60,500, Montana and Wyoming 37,500, with most additions in Colorado.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Lake of goldfish in Sand HillsNebraska attracts crowds
In western Nebraska a 200 acre lake on the Copsy & Brittan ranch south of Lakeside is filled with Chinese goldfish. The red fish swarm the waters giving a reddish tint, weigh one to two pounds, and are catchable only by net. Their origin is unknown and they are abundant.
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Nebraska
Copsey & Brittan
Lakeside
Allance
North Platte district scouts rally boosts Chappell lead
The Chappell troop carried the efficiency banner at a Sidney rally on April 22, with about forty members mostly second and first class. Sidney, lacking a steady scoutmaster for six weeks, scored 5410 to Chappell 5085. Future plans include a second Chappell troop next fall, a larger camp presence, and fundraising efforts to support district quotas.
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Chappell
Sidney
Earl M. Kendall
Sidney and
Kimball
North Platte
Commercial Hotel
Soil organic matter governs southwest wheat yields
H M Banner of the Southwestern Wheat Improvement association notes that most southwest soils lack organic matter. without replenishment yields fall as land is worked. He cites moisture retention, soil structure, and bacteria as key roles, urging crop rotations with alfalfa clover cowpeas and soybeans and plowing under residues rather than burning.
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Southwest
H. M. Banner
Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association
Five Teen Amputates Fingers in Dyna mite Cap Blast
Henry Brunts, 15, living four miles south of Gering, lost two fingers from his left hand after he examined a dynamite cap that exploded.
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Henry Brunts
Gering
Sisters, Brides in Double Wedding at Torrington
Misses Elsie and Edna Horn sisters and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Horn of Gering wed Leo Corcoran of Gering and Arthur Dierks of Dalton. The county judge performed the 5 pm ceremony at the Wyoming Gretna Green. Corcorans plan to stay in Gering while Dierks moves to a Dalton area farm.
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Torrington
Elsie
Edna Horn
G. W. Horn
Gering
Leo Corcoran
Arthur Dierks
Dalton
Wyoming Gretna Green
Great Western Sugar Company
Mrs. Dierks
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Seining Beebe Lake Yields Surplus Game Fish
Several carloads of perch sunfish and carp were harvested from Beebe Lake. Perch and sunfish will be shipped to Gretna state hatcheries for exchange for black bass to be stocked at Morrill County Fair grounds this fall. Remaining carp were ordered shipped to Omaha as bystate memo instructs.
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Beebe Lake
Gretna
Morrill County Fair Grounds
Teebe Lake
Omaha
Bridgeport Herald
Nebraskan Is Killed During Wyoming Raid
Charles West of Bridgeport Nebraska was killed last Thursday at Lavaye Salt Creek oil field town forty five miles north of Casper Wyoming during a raid on an alleged gambling game John Newell a rooming house proprietor deputized to aid in the raid is said to have admitted the shooting claiming accidental hammer slip West among four other men with hands raised he had $240 in his pocket and had recently arrived in Lavaye in search of work body held pending word from relatives
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Charles West
Bridgeport
Nebr
Lavaye
Salt Creek
Casper
Wyo
West
John Newell
Layoye
Editors Are Human In Small Town Editorial Friction
The Telegraph defends measured editorials avoiding family rows church squabbles and minor disputes while urging readers to sign for or oppose causes. It will support public interest projects but not back individual or minority chestnuts pulled from the fire.
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Telegraph
Sidney's on Southern Syncopaters at Hardy's Hall
Orpheum circuit band the Southern Syncopaters will perform at Hardy's Hall for a dance on Wednesday May 7. The event promises lively music from the Sidney ensemble as the main attraction.
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Sidney’s On
Orpheum
Hardy's Hall
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