7 Years Ago Union Patch Ride Brakemen Strike Over Pay Change
A week long dispute disrupted freight on two divisions from Sidney to Cheyenne and Cheyenne to Laramie as crews resisted the move to per mile pay. Chicago and St Louis deputies arrived at Rawlins and Cheyenne to guard property while passenger trains ran with few brakemen. Sidney reported no strike or disturbances.
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Union
Sidney
Cheyenne
Laramie
Railway Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Rawlins
W. A. Paxton
Cheyenne County
Fort Sidney
Twenty-first Infantry
Birthday surprises and a senior banquet in Sidney
Mrs Worden’s birthday caused neighbors to gather at her home after slipping in via a key. She forgave them with a brooch and lunch. The Junior-Senior banquet at the Pacific House drew forty guests with pink and white decorations, six courses, and toasts from Helen Burke, Ruth Hart, and others.
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Sidney
James Worden
Pacific House
Elmer Wright
Melvin Simpson
Clayton Parks
Helen Burke
Happinness
Vera Foster
Miss Webb
Dramiattiza
Pig with two snouts and eight legs shocks Sidney crowd
A poland china pig born dead with two snouts eight legs two spines two tails and two ears was sent to Thayers Rexall by Glen Bales. Music Week in Sidney drew large crowds and high praise at Tobin opera house with the 1926 event deemed unusually successful. Medals awarded in the high school music memory contest went to Virginia Johnson first Mona Livoni second and Beulah Brewer third as part of an annual schools program led by Prof.
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Thayers Rexall
Glen Bales
Poland
China
Tobin Opera House
Sidney
Virginia Johnson
Mona Livoni
Beulah Brewer
Sidney News Highlights Local Events and Personnel Shifts
A wide range of Sidney area items cover student achievements and faculty moves. The senior class at Sidney High School reaches a record size with valedictorian Eugene Reker and salutatorian Evelyn Lessmian. Prof. Hobart S. Davis will teach in Denver, while Prof. Liebendorfer teaches in Chadron. Local businesses host bands and plan future events, and a religious- civic gathering addresses world peace. A heat wave followed by cold snaps affects crops, while a hog shipment sets new price records in Denver.
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Sidney High School
Eugene Reker
Evelyn Lessmian
Hampshire
Denver
Albin Olson
Sidney Farmer
Omaha
Beating Fire Burns Farm Worker Near Sidney
A farm resident suffered severe burns while burning weeds on his farm home south of Sidney. The report notes a caution about using half an averse seed im the otter. Also mentions Franz Karl Achard building the first sugar beet factory in Silesia in 1802 with Prussian aid.
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Sidney
Franz Karl Achard
Silesia
Prussia
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Murless
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Lena L. Rilen
Dora
M. Davis
Robi
C. Chambers
Paul L. Martin
Harriman
North Platte
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Japan
Sioux
Thompson
the Photo Center
John Deere
Liebendorfer
Teachers College
Chadron
Hobart S. Davis
Kansas City
Masonic Lodge
Atttorney
Earl R. Kratz
Kratz
Frank Wait
Sidney Shoe Hospital
Bernie Cummins
New Yorkers
Mitchell
American Legion
Nebraska
Cumming
Edgewater Beach
Eliitch
Wyoming
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
ODT
Barbara Banta
Robert Harrington
Jean Groppe
Charles Peterson
Bob Duis
Rotary Club
Curtis
Cornhusker
Panhandle
Potter Miracle-Fifer Drilling Co
Anderson No. 1
Ittner
Joan Hart
Cheyenne County Welfare Ofice
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Sidney Lions Club
Lodgepole Creek
Union Pacific Railroad
Christian Church
Edson E Walker
Memorial Hospital
Jantzen Sport Brief
Jantzen
Catalina
Elwell
DODGE
McCoy's
Loafer
Grace Walker
John C. Roberts
Red Goose
Vanigans
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