Dear Folks: Winter sets in as author Hartzell Spence visits
Frances Craig shares a warm column recalling a cold week in the Banana Belt with freezing rain, city open house, and county government events. She details Clair West’s crew clearing underpasses, plans to visit the new city building, and a Legion sponsored auction to fund repairs. The highlight is meeting Hartzell Spence at The Telegraph office and his thoughts on writing and training.
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Banana Belt
Clair West
Clair
New City Building
Firehouse
Toby
Seventh Heaven
The
American Legion
Kermit Brumbaugh
Don Wise
Lorenzo High
Lodgepole
Legion
Legion Hall
Germany
Deustchland
Hartzell Spence
Bev
Jane
Betty
Mr. Spence
Sidney
New York City
Heaven
Frederic March
Rev
Spence
Hartzell
William S. Hart
Mr Spence
Let Us Give Thanks On Thanksgiving Day
Frieda M. Widstrand reflects on a harvest blessed by God. She urges gratitude for rain and sun, crops and food, and for blessings from pastors doctors and family. She calls readers to humble kindness and prayerful remembrance.
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Christ
Frieda M. Widstrand
Thanksgiving Fowl Day Fun And Cranberry Contest
Players, including youngsters and a family referee, join in historic flavored Thanksgiving games. Cranberry threading tests speed around a bowl, then five ears of corn hidden around the house become finalists by stripping kernels fastest. Non winners cheer.
Sidney remembers Judge Heist on return from trip
In Sidney friends plan an informal reception for Judge Heist upon his return from a bridal trip. No formal invitations. word will spread. Also noted are plans for a post office at Vendome with O. W. Gardner as postmaster and updates on local social events, weather, and community notes.
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Sidney
Vendome
O. W. Gardner
Seven Thirty
C. W. Cantrell
65 Years Ago Union Pacific Fast Mail Wreck Near Ogallala
A summary of a 65 year old Sidney Nebraska column notes the Union Pacific Fast Mail struck a broken rail six miles east of Ogallala at 1 am, derailing seven of thirteen cars and shaking fifteen passengers, with no fatalities. It also mentions photographers Rankin, J W Harper’s patent neck yoke trip, a broken window from a stone, social visits, a snowed horse race, irrigation convention in Lexington, and various local notes including fishing catches and a tale about an unadvertising merchant in Boomtown.
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Union Pacific
Sidney
Ogallala
Rankin
J. W. Harper
Omaha
J Scanlon
al Gorham
Boone
Ed Doran
Black Jack
Asa Remsburg
State Irrigation Association
Lexington
Will Grannaman
Sidney Yards
Dick Krueger
Bay Petroleum to Relocate Headquarters from Sidney to Cheyenne
Bay Petroleum moves its general offices this weekend shifting headquarters of the marketing company and refinery from Sidney to Cheyenne. President M H Robineau says future plans may move headquarters to Denver. The firm has been based in Sidney since 1933, first as Western Nebraska Oil Company and then Bay Petroleum, and once employed about 40 people locally.
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Bay Petroleum Corporation
Sidney
Cheyenne
M H Robineau
Robineau
Denver
Western Nebraska Oil Company
Prefix to Sidney phone numbers eyed by city managers
Five years ago officials predicted a future prefix for Sidney residents' telephone numbers as Bell executives warned the change was certain. Nearby, Butterfield retired after 28 years with Union Pacific. city crews traced radio interference to a faulty photo electric cell. The Jaycees plan a pie face payoff for the losing campaign captain in a "Bring A Buddy" event. A fire at a natural gas plant west of Peetz caused 400 to 500 dollars in damage from a broken heating coil. Chamber of Commerce leaders announce a blitz recruitment drive slated for later this month aimed at wrapping up in one day.
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Sidney
R. Miller
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Millard E. Butterfield
Newton St
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney Electrical Department
Murrey Fuller
Burlington
Union Pacific
Jaycees
Jack Glenn
Dan Duncan
Peetz
Ginther, Warren & Ginther
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Thompson
Chamber
Thompson
Growing Like a Weed Shenandoah Seed Store Ad
Local seed shop in Shenandoah Iowa features a playful W sign inviting gardeners. The ad urges customers to step back quickly after planting seeds as a quirky promotional tagline.
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Shenandoah, Iowa
Tiny fly species rides night bee for long flights
A single small fly species is recorded to hitch long-distance migrations on the back of a night-flying bee, illustrating unusual interspecies transport and potential implications for distribution ranges. The observation highlights unexpected ecological interactions and aids in understanding pollinator networks.
Basin application puzzlingly signed by Shirley Basin hunt request
Cheyenne Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish Department workers found a puzzling antelope hunting license application for the Shirley Basin area. The form was signed by a 22 year old man from Golden Colorado named Shirley Basin.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Shirley Basin
Wyoming
Golden, Colo
Trimmer Loses Bid for Wyoming Barbers Association President
O J Trimmer of Lander failed to win the presidency of the Wyoming Barbers Association. He ran in Casper but did not secure the top post, despite his name recognition.
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Casper, Wyo
O. J. Trimmer
Lander
Wyoming Barbers Assn
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Believe-It-Or-Not
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