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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1931

Page

7

Sidney Ladies Rally to Sell Tickets for Benefit Show

Sidney citizens planned a charity film series to aid local relief agencies with proceeds donated locally. Volunteers set a motion picture day, with unions and exhibitors contributing labor and materials for unemployment relief, aiming for a midnight Saturday Fox Theatre performance.

Sidney Ladies Rally Owen D. Young Hays United States New York Fox Theatre Sidney

Annual Potato Show Promises Western Nebraska Participation

The Alliance potato show, scheduled for next month, urges western Nebraska growers to exhibit. Officials call certified seed growers to enter the two bushel commercial graded seed class and to attend meetings to boost the event’s value.

Alliance Nebraska

Sidney Taps North Platte For Big Football Clash

Sidney fans pack the field as North Platte arrives with a 25 man squad and 40 piece band. Line power features Chambers Busacker and Masse while Goodale directs signals and passing. Referee Lon Miller is out. Merle Green officiates with Prince Bayard Caldwell. Bake sale note: St Patrick’s sophomore class sets bake sale on November 1 at Zwicki’s.

Chambers Busacker Montgomery Maley Black Alvin Goodale Goodale Don Brewer Bob Bartlett Earl Masse Platte North Paltte Wilson Neville Platte Huskies Union Pacific Sidney Mars Lon Miller Merle Green Nebraska Prince

Sidney Keeps Union Pacific Division Point Status

A meeting with Union Pacific officials and Sidney business leaders resulted in Sidney remaining a division point for now. The company pledged to maintain the rip track and keep three switching crews while reassessing staffing and future work, avoiding immediate layoffs but signaling possible reductions if demand falls.

North Platte Cheyenne C. C. Cole Union Pacific Sidney Roche Williams Mr. Williams Newton Williams J. E. Malick Nebraska Division S. C. Paulson Nebraska E. J. Cole C. E. McIntosh Ernest Worden Elwood Singer J. W. Haskell

Curtain Falls on Duck Hunting Season

Report notes the duck hunting season ended yesterday with fewer kills than last year. Officials warn that without further measures a closed season for several years may be required to protect the duck population.

State Statistician Reports Mixed Northern Colorado Sheep Feeding Trend

A state statistician notes northern Colorado sheep feeding roughly on par with 1930 levels while the Arkansas Valley shows a drop of 25 percent or more and the rest of the state experiences declines between 20 and 50 percent.

Colorado Arkansasa Valley

Bedication of Can Grounds Scheduled for Sunday Afternoon

Grounds have been fenced off for a Sunday event. Reel Contractors donated a dredging machine last summer to deepen the swimming pool. Next summer the pool will host Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls for outdoor recreation as the Scout and Camp Fire movement grows in Sidney and hopes rise with the camp site's completion.

Reel Contractors Boy Scouts Campfire Girls Sidney

Fight Over Receiver of Panhandle Banks Draws Attention

The dispute centers on receivership of Panhandle banks with seven receiverships placed with Torgeson and potential mandamus action against Carter to require transfers to Luikart. Radke counters by invoking state banking law mandating appointment of the secretary of trade and commerce as receiver.

Torgeson Carter Luikart Carters Radke Secretary of Trade and Commerce

Alliance to Sterling Lullington Division Offices Consolidated

The Alliance to Sterling Lullington division offices have been consolidated due to improved rail transport increasing operating efficiency. The Alliance division will include 1680 miles of track and restore families displaced when the Gurley office moved to Lincoln. December 1 will bring several families to Alliance with more to follow.

Alliance TO Sterling Lullington Murphy Alliance F. G. Gurley LincelIn Ravenna Edgemont S. D Black Hills Northport

Lincoln division expands line mileage west of Missouri river

The consolidation links Guernsey Wyoming Holdrege Cheyenne Alliance and Brush on the south line. The Lincoln division becomes the largest on lines west of the Missouri river with 1137 total track miles split 725 in the former Lincoln division and 412 in the former Omaha division.

Guernsey Wyo Holdrege Cheyene Alliance Brush Lincoln Missouri River Omaha

Telegraph Begins Bridge Playing Series Today

Telegraph starts a new series on bridge play with Mr. Ferguson’s guidance. Readers are invited to study the hand in advance, test their bidding and play, and compare with the expert opinion in upcoming installments.

Telegraph Mr. Ferguson

Homecoming at Sidney Highlights Alumni Football Game

Sidney high school welcomes graduates back for the day with a Sidney North Platte football showdown this afternoon. Buildings open for inspection of the new system. A dance caps the evening gathering as ex students plan to meet.

Sidney High School Sidney-North Platte

Sunol Boy Is Honored by Fraternity at Lincoln

Bill Allington of Sunol, a junior in the agricultural college of Nebraska University, has been elected to membership in Alpha Zeta, a national honorary agricultural fraternity. Membership is limited to students finishing in the upper two fifths of the class based on scholarship, character, and prospects of success. Alpha Zeta is not a social fraternity.

Bill Allington Sunol Agricultural College of Nebraska University Alpha Zeta Bert Allington Alphaeata

Maximum Tax Levies for Nebraska Report

State tax commissioner W. H. Smith releases a summary outlining the maximum levies permissible for cities counties state and schools in Nebraska. The notice excludes references to special levies such as irrigation bonds and other payments.

Nebraska Commissioners W. H Smith Smith

Tax levy limits and beet sugar district harvest notes

The article outlines state and local tax levy limits across counties cities and school districts with millage caps and voter authorization. It also reports beets harvest progress in the Nebraska district with about 60,000 acres harvested and sugar content around 15.75 percent, plus remaining deliveries and earnings outlook.

Nebraska

Beet Growers Paid Over Three Million In Nebraska District

The Great Western Sugar company mailed checks totaling 3,355,212 for sugar beet raisers in the Nebraska district. Payments cover deliveries from October first to October thirty one across factories Scottsbluff Gering Bayard Minatare Mitchell Lyman and others, with about 250,000 deducted for seed fertilizer and similar costs.

Great Western Sugar Company Nebraska Scottsbluff Gering Bayard Minatare Mitchell Lyman

East Huntsman Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mr and Mrs Ed Wolverton and son Lewell along with Mr and Mrs Henry Yowell and daughters and Mr and Mrs O L Miller and family spent Sunday at E V Hughes home. Ray Cruise Walter Engelland and Conrad Glanz joined them there. L J Hughes traveled to Kimball Tuesday. Mrs L J Hughes visited B V Hughes Monday. Delores and Betty Lea Yowell stayed with Margaret Miller Saturday night. Mr Bredehoff went to Potter Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs George Nieman and twins went to Potter Monday. Irene Domier of Sidney spent the weekend with Irma Engelland. Helen Nieman stayed Monday night with Hazel Gade. Bennetta Kilgore stayed Thursday night with Inez Nieman. Mr and Mrs Frank Schwasnick

Nyda George Nieman Walter Engelland O. L. Miller Elmer Hughes Sidney Claus Engelland Rev. W. F. Feters Fred Kettler O. L. Miler Louis Denver Fred Flicker Eugene Erma Ed Wolverton Lewell Henry Yowell E. V. Hughes Ray Cruise Conrad Glanz Hughes L. J. Hughes Kimball B. V. Hughes Delores Betty Lea Yowell Margaret Miller

Voting Begins Saturday in John Son’s Doll Contest

Voters will cast ballots Saturday in John Son’s Doll Contest with local residents invited to judge entries. The event showcases creative dolls and draws community attention to the annual pageant.

Johnson

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Bake Sale St. Patrick’s Academy Zwicki's Sunol Boy Fraternity State Board of Equalization and Assesssment State General Fund East Huntsman Elsie Niemann Crosley Lee Hepner Penney’s Penney Penney Co Swift Creamery Murphy’s Earl E. Russell Givig Turkey Now Krumm’s Market Claus Toytown Basement Santa Claus 10Th Ave Sidney, Nebraska
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