Black Dan Went Back Into the Mountains
Black Dan, a former smith, has a painful marriage with Milly Fawcett. After Milly returns with their child, Dan offers a brutal choice: either Milly or the child must leave. Milly pleads, Dan unmoved, then departs at dawn leaving a note. In the end Dan chooses to retreat to the mountains, leaving Milly and the child alone at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lack Dan
Middlesfield
Black Dan
Milly Fawcett
Fawcetts
Milly
Dan
Dan Black
Sbe
Dawn Milly
Allence
Would-Be songwriter Seeks Publication At Publisher
A nervous youth visits a publisher with a song. After he performs, the publisher diverts the request, noting he is a publisher not a magistrate. The humorous exchange hinges on a failed demand for payment or piracy.
Poultry Business Developing Here Signals Diversified Farms
The article notes rising poultry production alongside dairy demand, with many flocks of high quality fowls and active incubator use. Day old chicks are shipped from across the country, indicating poultry will become a leading industry and modern diversified farming replacing cowboy era practices. Ads shift from cattle branding to day old chicks and pure blood eggs, illustrating a broader agricultural transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
North Platte
Panhandle Cattle For Northwest Ranges
Twelve thousand yearling and 2 year old Texas Panhandle steers will be consigned to the local feeder cattle market at about 2000 weekly. W S Blain of Blain Horse Mule & Cattle Commission arranged shipments to Nebraska to arrive for the May 8 sale and be sold by mid June. This plan aims to attract west and northwest ranchers seeking young cattle and to offer auction sales by the pound rather than head. Ranchers have long traveled to Texas to restock ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Texas Panhandle
W. S. Blain
Blain Horse, Mule & Cattle Commission Company
Panhandle
West
Northwest
Blain Horse
Hale & Cattle Commission Company
Nebraska
Texas
Better Doctors for Disabled Soldiers Proposed Reform
General Frank T. Hines, director of the U.S. Veterans Bureau, urged Congress to pass legislation to remove pay and qualification inequalities and attract top medical talent. He plans to build a permanent, high grade medical staff and has invited over 30 leading physicians as expert consultants. Two St. Louis doctors, Sidney Isaac Schwab and L. H. Burlington, are among those selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Hines
General Hines
St. Louis
Sidney Isaac Schwab
L. H. Burlington
Desert stations use thermometers up to 150 F
Recording thermometers for registering maximum temperatures up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit are in use at United States Weather Bureau stations in desert regions of southeast California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
California
Interesting totals show Nebraska and Dixon County primary votes
Dixon county delayed tallying the official primary votes but has delivered its ballots to Secretary of State Lafe Pool. Republicans totaled 134,165 and Democrats 80,708. Coolidge led with 79,676. Johnson 45,022. Norris 71,974. Sloan 30,535. Johnson 15,771. Governor races showed Mathers 36,192 to McMullen 49,958. Gustafson 18,156. Congress had Bob Simmons with 922,402. Win Evans 15,670. Davis 16,850. Nebraska Democrats backed Mayor McAdoo in delegates despite write-ins. Bryan and Brother Charley also attracted votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon County
Johnson
Mathers
McMullen
Gustafson
Bob Simmons
Congress
Win Evans
Davis
Pedrett Talks to Lions on Nebraska Seed Potatoes
Kimball Lions heard Take Pedrett and Gus Forsling discuss western Nebraska certified seed potatoes. They explained buyer behavior, certification standards, and price dynamics, noting 1.50 per bushel as a fair target while warning against undercutting to 90 cents. The talk urged unified seller action against low prices and urged adopting western Nebraska seed standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball Lions Club
Take Pedrett
Gus Forsling
Louisiana
Kimball County
Nebraska
Maine
North Dakota
Montana
Forslings
Pedrett
South
Forsling
Western
Western Nebraska
Kimball
Kimball Observer
Doan’s Pills Endorsed for Kidney Ailments in Sidney
Doan’s Pills marketed for weakened kidneys and urinary disorders with a local endorsement from Wm. Reiners of Sidney. He reports backache relief and irregular kidney conditions improved by the remedy from Western Drug Company. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. manufacturers. Plate glass for windshields and sedan doors unstudied at Habler Garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Sidney
Wm. Reiners
Western Drug Company
Mr. Reiners
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs
Buffalo, N. Y
Habler Garage
The Community Spirit of Civic Loyalty and Duty
A compact credo praising the community as home and foundation of life. It asserts the right to civic loyalty, mutual support, partnership, cooperation, and intelligent interest, while vowing to work for and believe in the community that provides law, order, trade, education, and freedoms.
Tex Valle and Castaneda Sentenced in District Court
James Tex Valle and Rafael Castaneda appeared in district court last Friday and received prison terms after confessing to local thefts. Valle was sentenced to four to five years in the state re formatory for men for the Burbach and Behn store robbery, while Castaneda drew three to five years for bicycle theft in the same institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James “Tex” Valle
Burbach and Behn
Rafael Casteneda
Barron
Tex
Castaneda
Gering
Also Mentioned on This Page
Justin Wentwood
Western Newspaper Union
Northwest Ranges
McAdoo
William J. Bryan
Brother Charley
Ford
Coolidge
Bryan
Graff
Thomas
McDonald
Osborne
Beal
Conklin
Philomena Morrow
Minnie Harrington
LIONS
C. M. Wright
First Avenue East
Sidney, Nebraska
Cheyenne County
NEW York Life Insurance CO
Sidney’s
Sidney E.b.young
Red Crown
Standard Jil Company OF
Red Crown Road
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