Rain Rains Help Wheat Prospects in Cheyenne County
Heavy rainfall over two weeks, totaling just over two inches, soaks subsoil and boosts spring crops. Farmers report improved wheat prospects despite a dry winter, with cutworm impacts limited to small areas. Mothers Day services at the Christian church drew large crowds, carnations given to all mothers, and sermons highlighted the value and influence of a mother in daily life.
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Telegraph
Old Cheyenne County
Christian Church
Bible School
L. A. Pearson
Don Hanson
Jesus
John
Mother
Fifty-One Carloads Shipped From Peetz Gazette Reports
Peetz Gazette notes Monday shipments raise 1928 livestock total to 51 carloads including hogs to Denver and Los Angeles and a mixed hogs and cattle car. The move keeps local farmers spending money.
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Denver
Los Angeles
Peetz Gazette
Building Boom Sparks Sidney Growth and Renovation
Sidney reports a spring building surge with business conditions improving and investor confidence. Local projects include F G Haworth’s 1200 chicken operation expansion, Ayle & Lawn’s work on a 20 by 60 addition, Ida Simms house in Callahan, and multiple residences. Builders include R Thingan, J D Schlesselman, George Plein, J E Seyller, C P Grant, and C E Couch. Howard Cook starts a new chicken ranch in the southwest with a large house and pens.
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Sidney
F. G. Haworth
Western Drug Company
Ayle & Lawn
A. S. Hardy
R. Thingan
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
Callahan
Ida Simms
R. C. Rector
Willnes
J. D. Schlesselman
George Plein
Burlington Tracks
Osage Street
Plein
John £. Seyller
7Th Avenue
Mr. Seyller
Joe Simodynes
J. E. Seyller
George Moore
C. E. Couch
East
Illinois Street
C. P. Grant
Howard Cook
Popular Variety Store Manager Weds Local Lady
Pearl Dearinger and Herman Brauer married in Julesburg at the German Lutheran parsonage on April 26 led by Rev. H. Neirman. News leaked after rumors spread, as friends learned of the ceremony and later feted the couple after a Walther league gathering. Dearinger is daughter of William and Mrs. Dearinger. Brauer is a popular local merchant.
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Pearl Dearinger
Herman Brauer
Julesburg
H. Neirman
Charivari
Lutheran Church
William Dearinger
Bauer
Sea Elephant Draws First Couple To Ringling Circus
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge with guests visited the Ringling Bros circus. They viewed a sea elephant weighing about four tons and other wonders advertised by the famed show.
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Coolidge
Ringling Bros. Circus
John Ringling
Mrs Jennie Riley of Dalton Dies at 57
Mrs Jennie Riley died at her home north of Dalton on May 10 at age 57. Funeral services were held Saturday at the home led by Rev J J Crawford of Sidney, with the body shipped to Brooklyn New York for interment. Survived by her husband Julius Quist and a brother plus many relatives in the Dalton area.
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Jennie Riley
Dalton
J. J. Crawford
Sidney
Brooklyn
N. Y
Machinery Display Saturday at Sidney farm show
A big machinery display and demonstration will take place next Saturday May 19 in Sidney, staged by the Sidney Tractor and Machinery Company. Power machinery will run in action with tractors pulling separators and combines, tests of farm implements shown, featuring Red River line, Lawson tractors, Oliver line, and the Superior deep furrow drill with factory representatives present.
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Sidney
Sidney Tractor & Machinery Company
Red River
Lawson
Oliver
Negro political movement reports ahead of national convention
A Washington movement seeks a national convention with a white black ticket for president and vice president. Ohio delegates include E. W. B. Curry fifth in a seven person slate. Chicago mayor Thompson backs Oscar De Priest to replace the late M. Madden in Congress, while William L. Dawson contests the appointment. If seated it would be the first negro in Congress in 27 years. No lynchings reported nationwide for four months, ending a 39 year pattern.
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Washington
Ohio
E. W. B. Curry
Chicago
William Hale
Big Bill) Thompson
Oscar de Priest
M. B. Madden
United States
Campfire Girls Entertain Mothers At Tea Saturday
Campfire Girls entertained their mothers with a Mothers Day tea Saturday afternoon at guardian Miss Bernadette Frey tag’s home. A short program and a one course luncheon followed. Each mother received a pink carnation. The program included performances by Mary and Marie-Catherine Jones Ruth Gates Lillian Martin and Catherine Jones among others and a piano solo by Lillian Martin.
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Wokiye
Bernadette Freytag
Mary and
Marie
Catherine Jones
Ruth Gates
Marion Daggett
Lillian Martin
Marie Mick
Doris Hietz
Ruth Curless
Margaret Schamp
Sam and
Tilda
Vocational Books Donated to Sidney Public Library
A set of vocation guidance books arrived at the Sidney Public Library last week for young readers. The volumes include The Teacher The Engineer The Newspaperman The Ministry The Physician and The Advertising Man. They are deemed valuable reading for youths exploring future careers.
Cooking Demonstration at Jordan Electric Shop
The Jordan Electric shop announces a cooking school and demonstration featuring an electric range on Wednesday and Thursday May 16 and 17. It should be an interesting event for the ladies with refreshments served free each afternoon.
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Jordan Electric Shop
Mrs Rogers And Mrs Shipman Attend PEO Convention
Mrs R H Rogers and Mrs M A Shipman left for Beatrice last evening to attend the P E O convention in the city.
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R. H. Rogers
Sidney High School Picnic at Krueger's Lake
The Sidney high school held its annual picnic at Krueger's Lake on Friday. Students met at 9:30 AM, traveled to the lake, and spent the day playing various competitive games. The seniors reportedly won many events.
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Sidney High School
Krueger's Lake
Sidney Bottling Co Moves To New Home
The Sidney Bottling Company moves stock and equipment to a new one story building at 809 15th Ave, near completion this week, with plans to open Thursday. Built by Bridgeport Bottling Works, the new facility includes a second floor apartment for the manager’s family, reflecting Sidney’s spring progress.
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15Th Ave
Sidney Bottling Company
Paul C. Leonard
Bridgeport Bottling Works
M. A. Banta
Bridgeport
Alliance
Sidney
Erickson & Daniel
Bridgeport Bottling
North Side Wallops West Siders In Junior Baseball Opener
In the kids baseball series the North Side, backed by Union Pacific safety club, defeated West Sidney 21 to 5 in a hit and run game. Over 40 players and spectators attended. The schedule is unsettled and to be finalized at a meeting this week. The Legion team from Sidney is expected to represent the town in the state tournament.
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North Side
Union Pacific Safety First Club
West Sidney
American Legion
Legion
Sidney
Great Moffat Tunnel Relegated to Second Place
The Moffat tunnel near Denver, once hailed as the western longest, is set to lose its title to the Great Northern’s new Cascade Mountains tunnel. President Coolidge hurried to approve the timed dynamite blast, completing the final obstruction and extending the West’s tunnel length to 7.79 miles, surpassing the Moffat by 1.66 miles.
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Moffat
Rockies
Denver
Coolidge
Washington
Ringling Bros. Circus
Great Northern
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Wash
When Preachers Gamble in Stanton Virginia
In Stanton Virginia six cops and six ministers wagered on a volleyball match with jail or church attendance as the stakes. The ministers won and the police stood in the front pew for the next service where the minister declared God favors the side that plays hardest.
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Stanton
Episcopal Church
County Seventh and Eighth Grade Examinations Held
Friday and Saturday the county seventh and eighth grade examinations were held in 14 common branches of learning at the court house. Subjects included English composition civics physiology farm accounting bookkeeping and drawing. A number of children took part. Dr. E S Sherrerd was in Kimball Monday attending to business matters.
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Court House
Dr. E. S. Sherrerd
Kimball
Mothers and Daughters Banquet at Christian Church
The annual Mothers and Daughters banquet was held at the Christian church last Friday with about 170 attending. The basement was near full, pink carnation centerpieces graced tables, and church members served. The program featured Las flight themed performances, soloists, pledges to mothers and daughters, and tributes reflecting looking back and forward.
Educational hall favored for Cheyenne county fairgrounds
The Potter Review argues for an educational hall at Sidney fairgrounds to showcase school exhibits. It notes current space is insufficient compared with the agricultural hall and urges county districts to vote on funding, predicting a small per district cost to provide shared display space that would raise school standards.
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Cheyenne County
Potter Review
Potter Review To Debut New Intertype Face
Editor Stephens says the Potter Review will feature Intertype Ideal News bold face in the next issue. The new type, shipped from New York, is designed for easy reading with balanced black and white spaces and is endorsed by eye specialists and educators.
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Stephens
Potter Review
New York
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Lincoln Star
Sidney Telegraph
Rubber From Shrubs Cut Joys Of Flivvering Costs
The U S bureau of standards reported guayule rubber proves superior to tree rubber for many uses but did not specify applications. It notes 5000 tons produced last year and that the shrub thrives in dry regions, can be machine harvested, with experiments underway in Mexico Florida California South Carolina Georgia and Mississippi.
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U. S. Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Mexico
Florida
California
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Nationalist government asks US stance on Sino-Japanese clash
The nationalist council in China formally informs Washington that Japanese troops invaded Shantung and waged war on China. It requests the United States’ attitude toward the grave crisis, noting prior protests to the League of Nations and urging a neutral or protective posture.
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United States
Washington
Council of
China
Nationalist Council
Coolidge
Tsiwan
Japan
League of Nations
Council
Shantung
Kuomin
Chang Tso-Lin
Chan Tso-Lin
Sidney Golfers Beat North Platte On Local Course
About 20 North Platte players met Sidney golfers at the Sidney Country Club on a windy cold day. Sidney won by 43 strokes, 997 to 1040, with Sam Daniel carding 73 as medalist and Glen Otten 75 second. Afterward, ladies hosted a dinner and bridge at the club.
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North Platte
Sidney Country Club
Sidney
Sam Daniel
Sam
Glen Otten
Daniel
Bridge
Sidney Glen Otten
Fred Seaman
Closman
P. A. Carson
Limodynes
R. Warren
Bentley
T. H. Bible
Bobineau
Wm. Tilley
Smith
Ed Dickey
Kepler
G. L. Langford
Bauman
A. Rush
B. Doran
Barnum
Ladegard
G. A. Wilcox
Perry
Roddy
Martin
New Church to Be Built by Feet United Brethren
Plans for a Peetz United Brethren church are completed by a Denver architect. The frame building, 44 by 77 feet, includes a full basement and brick veneer option. Basement features a dining room and kitchen. Auditorium with balcony seats about 300. A $9,000 mausoleum is planned at Stella cemetery.
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Peetz
United Brethren
Denver
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Sidney Public Library
Krueger’s
Sidney Bottling CO
North Side Wallops
West Siders
Great Moffat
U. S
Far East
Blanche Slawson
M. W. Dimery
J. W. Johnson
F. O. Burgess
Beaucon Lights
C. H. Gardner
Virginia Daniel
Frances Doran
County Fair Grounds
Potter
Feetz United Brethren
Reavis
Stella
Palls Ciggeehs
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