Western Nebraska Surpasses Five Year Crop Averages
Western Nebraska and neighboring states report record crops and large surpluses while much of the nation suffers drought. The west supplies hay and grain to eastern and southern states, attracting buyers and investors as farmers profit from strong prices. Building and credit recovery advance across cities, banks remain sound, and development moves forward. Continued on page 8.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Kansas
Utah
Idaho
Dakotas
Red Cross Drive Opens Across Nation This Week
Cheyenne county Red Cross chapter begins its annual roll call starting November 11. Volunteers will visit homes and businesses to invite participation for the coming year. The drive runs between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving, with support seen as essential to local and national service. Membership includes a vote in chapter affairs and signifies active public service. Annual dues are $1.00, with higher contributions listed.
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Cheyenne County
Red Cross
American business outlook amid post quake gloom
A Casson led Forbes Magazine piece urges American businessmen to ignore Wall Street fears and embrace the vast home market. It argues optimism fuels action, decries gloom as mental, and claims fortunes arise from buying from pessimists while urging readers to shed hesitation and seize opportunity.
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San Francisco
America
Evrs
Wall Street
Imtoo Balks
Mrs R J Porter Dies in Denver Armistice Day
Mrs R J Porter wife of prominent Sidney oil man died in a Denver hospital after weeks of illness. Physicians had despaired of recovery. Mr Porter stayed at her bedside. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church conducted by Rev F C Mills.
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R. J. Porter
Sidney Oil
Denver
Community Playground Sponsored by Lions Club This Summer
A scene from the county playground sponsored by the Sidney Lions Club featured around a hundred children enjoying activities and swimming under supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Huntsinger. A short play was directed by Mrs. Huntsinger. City support and Lions Club donations funded the effort, which eyes becoming an annual event.
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Lions Club
Sidney Lions Club
And
Harold Huntsinger
Huntsinger
Sidney Maroons Cruise Past Kimball on Armistice Day
Sidney Maroons powered to a 31 6 victory over Kimball despite captain Griswold sidelined. Keith Adams led the backfield with Frahm scoring and a strong defensive performance fueled by line play and timely interceptions in a dominant second half rally.
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Kenneth Griswold
Sidney
Longhorn
Keith Adams
Maroons
Kimball
Atwood
Frahm
Black
Montgomery
Adams
Masse
Chesebro
Peace pageant to be sponsored by Womans Club
The Womans Club will sponsor a peace pageant at the new city auditorium on Tuesday night November 18. Mrs. W. K. Hodgkin chairs the organizing committee as clubs and organizations are urged to participate and help stage the finest pageant yet in this city.
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Cive
Womans Club
New City Auditorium
W. K. Hodgkin
Aldies
Morrill County Sheriff Race Tied After Mail Votes
The Morrill county sheriff contest is deadlocked after mail ballots. Democrat A. M. Webb and Republican E. L. Davis have identical vote counts, with Webb briefly leading before mail ballots. Mail ballots: Webb six, Davis fourteen. Nebraska law handles ties for the office.
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Morrill County
Webb
Davis
Bridgeport
Morrill
A. M. Webb
Nebraska
War Picture Sponsored by Legion at Fox Theater
The Sidney American Legion post will sponsor the film The Man From Wyoming at the Fox theater next Thursday night, November 20. Gary Cooper stars as a soldier of the 20th Engineers in France, with a love plot involving an ambulance nurse amid the war setting.
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Sidney American Legion Post
Gary Cooper
Wyoming
Fox Theater
France
Cooper
Swift Station Lands Largest Turkey Shipment in Sidney
The local Swift and Company station bought 500 turkeys from Earl Panabaker, a Dalton neighborhood farmer. The purchase is believed to be the largest single shipment ever loaded in Sidney and stands as the biggest on record for the station in ten years of business.
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Sidney
Swift and Company
Earl Panabaker
Dalton
Swift
Question Box to Feature at Bkt Livestock Session
Western Nebraska farmers will learn about feeders at Sidney with four speakers on feed lot and disease topics, followed by a question box. Marshall Ross and Paul McDill head a program that uses Nebraska experiment results, plus economics from Harold Hedges. A corn crop of 236,493,008 bushels statewide is reported, near the 1929 total, with high sugar beets and beans producing new records.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Marshall .Ross
Gibbon
Paul McDill
Exxension Service
Nebraska Experiment Station
Alfred
University of Nebraska
Harold Hedges
Department of Rural Economics
The
Agricultural College
Western Nebraska
State
Federal Agricultural Department
Brouth
Leading Musical Hit For Week End Show Fox Theatre
The Fox theatre hosts a leading musical hit for the weekend, Good News, produced by MGM under Edgar MacGregor and Nick Grinde with Bessie Love in the lead. The Broadway success by Lawrence Schwab and B G DeSiva is presented with original cast in supporting roles.
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Fox Theatre
Edgar MacGregor
Nick Grinde
Bessie Love
Lawrence Schwab
B. G. DeSiva
New York
Nick Grindelast
Gus Shy
Bessle
Dorothy McNulty
Mary Lawlor
Billy Taft
Legion commander urges preparedness for war and peace
Marcus L. Poteet, commander of the Nebraska department of the American Legion, spoke at Armistice Day events in Clay Center, Dorchester, and York. He underscored national preparedness for war if needed, care of disabled veterans, and a public campaign to prevent accidents. The speech emphasized preparedness not for Legion members alone.
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Clay Center
Marcus L. Poteet
Nebraska
Formula for Chicken Mash Uses Wheat Recommended
Prof F E Mussehi of the University of Nebraska urged feeding wheat because of its low price. He recommended a half ton mash formula using 400 pounds yellow corn meal 200 pounds ground wheat 100 pounds bran and 100 pounds pulverized oats.
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F. E. Mussehi
University of Nebraska
P T A Open House Postponed to November 21
An open house sponsored by the P T A at the new north side school house has been postponed from this week to Friday night November 21. All residents are invited to attend and inspection of the new building will be part of the program.
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P.T. A
New North Side School
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Efficiency Magazine
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Legion
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