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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1927
Page
2
April proved the best month in Nash production and shipments. The Racine plant operated at high speed with Kenosha and Milwaukee plants active. Canadian sales rose sharply for Advanced Six and Light Six models, with 103 percent increase over April 1926, continuing a multi year growth trend from 1923 onward.
Nebraska experiment station findings show seed corn treating products provide no value on ordinary seed corn. No significant effects on germination field stand growth vigor yield or grain quality. bulletin detailing Field Experiments With Seed Corn Treatments and Crop Stim ulants No 2 is available free from extension agents or the agricultural college at Lincoln.
A man who calls advertising rising bunk develops a fever when he reads competitors ads. Plate glass for windshields and sedan doors are installed at Hahler Garage.
Sterling Advocate notes five feet of new hole and twenty nine feet more casing in the Willard oil test bringing depth to 3195 feet. Overcame salt formations for now, expected firmer strata ahead, and frozen casing freed. Fossils found while cleaning the hole. boilers had trouble overnight, but steam returned at sunrise and drillers resumed work.
A Garber Buick sale is reported as the first international telephone car purchase. A. F. Penoyer sold a Buick Country Club coupe to R. C. Morley of Morley Brothers while Morley was in London on business. Morley authorized the car before sailing home, after a brief chat with Buick’s Saginaw distributor. The piece also notes Tristan de Cunha residents sampled ice cream as American tourists visited briefly.
Dispatches report liberal forces surrendering arms under 1,600 strong nonpartisan constabulary oversight led by Lieut Col Richard Rher. Marines supervise removal of weapons and distribute supplies as Diaz seeks political restoration with conservative cooperation.
A Nebraska Republican editorial argues the poor farmer stays poor due to failure to unite for mutual interests. It cites a Hastings Wheat Growers meeting dispute, noting farmers’ distrust delays collective action and contrasts with big business built on organization.
A European specialist estimates fourteen million bobhbeg heads in America, from which about 3500 tons of hair have been sheared or shingled. The figure highlights the scale of extractive work and its economic implications.
A brief item notes a used car dealer named For Better Used Cars at Sidmey Motor Sales Company.
The Gurley area endured a severe blizzard with livestock and poultry losses. Residents and visitors shared meals and travel woes as many stayed with friends, including the Gathman family and others in Peetz and Lodge Pole. Measles spread among several families, with Clifford Jensen among the ill, while a travelling Trooster train brought many residents from Gurley and nearby areas. The Junior Senior banquet occurred at the M T church basement, and the high school baseball team played Potter with Potter prevailing.
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