People You Know celebrates 70th Crosbie anniversary
The Ogden Standard Examiner notes Sidney residents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crosbie marked their 70th wedding anniversary with a family dinner in Evanston Wyoming hosted by their daughters Mrs. Walter M. Harris of Salt Lake City and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell of Evanston. The couple, longtime Evanston residents, also observed their 90th birthdays.
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Ogden, Utah
Standard Examiner
Sidney
Thomas Crosbie
Evanston
Wyo
Walter M. Harris
Salt Lake City
J. E. Mitchell
The
Crosbie
Front wheel drive tractors find market boost in Sidney
Doyle Foland of Sidney unveils a front wheel drive attachment for tractors inspired by Jeep power. The unit, developed with Lloyd Erickson in Chicago, expands traction and reduces soil compaction. It is now marketed nationwide with dealers from Canada and many states.
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Doyle Foland
Minneapolis
Moline
Canada
Foland
Lloyd Erickson
Chicago
Erickson
Red River Valley
Grand Forks
Florida
Illinois
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Foland Farm Machinery Co
Conrad, Mont
Leonard Urevig
Twin Service Co
Urevig
Omaha
Minot, N Dak
Foland Farm Machinery
Boy scores bull's eye in tragic balcony fall
St Petersburg Florida AP Michael Richardson aged 2 wandered onto a balcony, fell three stories into a two foot wide sand strip by the building edge. City Patrolman A J Reiner said the boy appeared uninjured with no sign of injuries when examined at Mercy Hospital.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Michael Richardson
City
A. J. Reiner
Mike
Mercy Hospital
Yankees Stars Hit Over 300 Batting Average
Three Yankees posted averages above .300 last season with Ellie Howard at .348 Mickey Mantle at .317 and John Blanchard at .306 indicating strong hitting from key players in the lineup.
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Yankees
Ellie Howard
Mickey Mantle
John Blanchard
Fort Atkinson’s 1820s Library and School Shaped Nebraska
Old Fort Atkinson near present Fort Calhoun housed a school for post children. Sergeant Mumford taught from 1822 at 15 to 50 cents per day per pupil. A three officer council ran the library, spending up to $500 yearly, with titles like Scott’s Poems and Gibbon’s Rome noted. Books offered frontier readers a relief from harsh life and a path to learning in early Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Territory
Old Fort Atkinson
United States
Missouri River
Fort Calhoun
Washington County
Cantonment
Missouri
Fort Atkinson
Louisiana Territory
Mumford
Board of Education
Colonel Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Inspecting Council
Morgan
Ribonson
Scotland
Dougherty
Reinvest Proceeds Of Savings Bonds In Series E Or H
Cheyenne County savings bond owners with maturing Series F and G bonds may reinvest proceeds without the $10,000 annual limit. They should verify maturity dates, then present matured bonds to a Federal Reserve Bank or Office of the Treasurer, with banks aiding submission for new bonds dated the month of submission. Eligible individuals and personal trusts can reinvest for a 3.34 percent yield at maturity.
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United States Savings
H. Glenn Spearow
County Savings Bond
Treasury Department
Cheyenne County
Spearow
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Washington 25
D. C
Winter Grain Looking Good In Nebraska Harvest
Nebraska crop observers report corn about 35 percent complete by last weekend, about a week behind last year. Winter grain is in good condition though moisture is still needed in some areas. Prices for farm commodities sagged slightly in mid October with calves at 27.10 per hundredweight and cattle at 22.60, while hogs and lambs fell and soybeans and potatoes showed declines from a year ago.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Woman double amputee finds courage and aid abroad
Elizabeth Mukko of Happy Valley Labrador endured a life of tragedy and hardship from childhood frostbite amputation to losing husband and six children in the 1918 flu. Despite poverty and disability she learned nursing, aided by Dr. Grenfell, and now travels to Goose Bay where airmen helped fund new artificial legs. She remains active, helping neighbors and performing chores for others.
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California
Sidney
Fthn M. Doran
Wallace Doran
Dorans
Toppenish
Wash
Doran
ST. John's
Elizabeth Mukko
Happy Valley
Labrador
Goose Bay
Elizabeth
Winfred Grenfell
Grenfell Hospital
Newfoundland
Grenfell
Mission Hospital
New York
Grenfell Mission
St. Anthony
New Look in Potatoes Shown by Union Pacific Film
Union Pacific Railroad releases a 26 minute color sound film titled New Look in Potatoes. Produced by the Department of Livestock and Agriculture, it covers production sorting packing processing and packaging. The film highlights freezing dehydration and sanitary plants plus refrigerated rail transport to market. Joe W. Jarvis notes it is the first film to illustrate new potato marketing forms.
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Department of Livestock and Agriculture
Joe W. Jarvis
Proclamation Urges Support for Buddy Poppies in Sidney
Mayor Kermit Moore urges Sidney citizens to buy Buddy Poppies during Veterans Day Weekend. Proceeds aid disabled and needy veterans and widow and orphan families, honoring fallen service members by aiding the living.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States
Congress
Veterans Administration
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kermit Moore
Sidney
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Rod Mac Adam
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Mac Adam
Yampa Valley Electric Assny
Mountain States Telephone Co
Electric Association
Denver
Rod MacAdam
Bradi Barth
Peetz
Frank J Oechlischlaeger
Hew
Lemon Saks
David Maloney
Santa Claus
Harold Keith
Gerry Wolf
Keith
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
KSID
Santa
Jolly Old
Mr. Santa Claus
Rex Doggett
Curly Doggett
Lincoln
Ivan Pierce
Ogallala
Denver Children’s Hospital
Rex
Muriel Crosby
Ivan
American Bankers Assn
Philip J.mullin
Friend
University of Nebraska
Colorado-Nebraska
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assa
Fred A Seaton
Defense
Interior
Mulln
John B. Cortney
William Cortney
D.S.M
TWA Airlines
Ireland
Africa
Australia
Los Angeles
Che Sidney
Nebr
P.O
Sidney Man
Maine
Thompson
Old
Library Service
Telegraph
U.P
Union Pacific Railroad
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