Humorous column notes and Oddities from Sidney
A humorous column by Scoop Th Cub Reporter in Sidney riffs on local characters and pop culture with playful digs at fashion, radios, chautauqua, and bake-sale gags. It lampoons radio fanfare, a missing tradition, a few town quirks, headlines, and a tip on cleaning eyeglass chains, mixing local flavor with light satire.
Cheyenne County Sheriff Sale of W 1/2 Section 28 Nebraska
Alias order of sale directs sheriff to auction the west half of section 28 township 15 range 50 Cheyenne County Nebraska to satisfy court judgment in favor of Frank W Portrey and United States National Bank of Omaha against W E Swatzlander. Sale at public cash auction 1 PM December 4 1923 at the East Front Door Courthouse Sidney Nebraska. sale open one hour. Dated October 30 1923. J W McDaniee Sheriff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isola B. Wasson
District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Frank W. Portrey
United States National Bank of
Omaha
W. E. Swatzlander
Said County
Sidney
J. W. McDaniee
Notice of Public Sale of NW Quarter in Cheyenne County
Pursuant to an allan order of sale directed to me I will sell the NW Quarter of Section 33 Township 15 Range 50 Cheyenne County Nebraska at public sale for cash at 2 o clock P M Tuesday December 4 1923 at the East Front Door of the Court House Sidney Nebraska. J W McDANIEL
Two Farm Boys Build Prize Winning Pigs Herd
Webster and Dana Cartledge of Muscogee county Georgia built a prize winning pig herd under county agent guidance since 1919. They purchased a moderate priced automobile with earnings from their stock club and used it to attend high school, a distance from home, after developing feeding and care skills and expanding a purebred boar and gilt program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscogee County
Webster
Dana Cartledge
Hog Farmers Build Noted Herd and Wins at Fairs
The couple built a strong hog herd by careful purchases and replacements for their aging stock. They showed sons and litters at community, county, and district fairs, selling many young pigs. In 1922, reports to the USDA show a scholarship to the junior short course and cash returns over $250 with hogs valued at more than $9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Indian Summer Not a Season But a Weather Type
The Weather Bureau explains that Indian summer is not a fixed period but a phase of mild fall weather after squaw winter. It can recur within autumn, varying in date and duration, and has European equivalents named for saints such as St Martin, St Luke, and St Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Mass
Europe
America
Development of faculties and fortune in Franklin quote
A fragmentary notice mentions Franklin's idea of development and energy, then promotes E. J. Marcette Sidney's Jeweler with a new line of leather goods and an optometrist W H. Wiker. The items appear as brief local notices or advertisements without cohesive article context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
E. J. Marcette
Sidney's Jeweler
W H. Wiker
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Chas
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Millenium
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Red Cross
Kimball
Legion
Ledbetter
Richardson
Kimball Post
Sheriff's Sale
Allan
United States National Bank of Omaha
Tuesaday
J. W. McDaniel
Jonathan Apples
Idaho
Grand Junction
Wooldridge’s Cash
Cary Grocery
Hansen
Cheyenne County Trading Company
Kuppenheimer