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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1936
Page
8
Farmers planning fall public sales were urged by the Telegraph to fix dates. Six dates are set with others expected as planning continues. Auctioneers urged wide advertising to attract bidders and raise prices. Two sales are advertised this issue with more to come next week.
Duckett was sentenced to three years and the loot was recovered. He has been returned to E. S. Sherrerd, owner of the looted jewelry store. Obscene matter was taken from Willis and is expected to be confiscated. Williamson also surrendered his loot.
Catholic women from ten diocesan districts gather in the city for a convention. Bishop Bona will deliver the principal address at the evening banquet served by the Altar Society. Leaders include Mrs. Bartholomew of Sidney as president and Rev. Anton Link of Sidney as moderator.
A visitor from the gulf of Mexico to Canada says oil pools lie beneath the county with the east closure holding the oil and the Rock Mountains as the west closure. Seismographic tests support the claim and a well drilled years ago in Banner county near Redington was capped with casings not pulled. Prospectors contend oil or indications of oil were found and drilling near the capped well is expected once explorations for new fields resume.
Tests are being conducted in three Wyoming sites and eastern Colorado. If any prove worthless, rigs will be moved to western Nebraska. Drilling is now underway in Sioux and Grant counties Nebraska with good indications of success.
The Sidney club plans its annual rifle contest this Sunday expanding from a small start four years ago. Local marksmen bring keen rivalry and strong records as competition grows each year.
The Arkansas speaker plans to head a western Nebraska rally to support Congressman Coffee’s bid for re election. Coffee is a member of the agricultural committee and highly regarded by peers. The event will invite Democrats from Denel Kimball and Cheyenne counties, with Fuller and Roosevelt Jr. also slated to speak in Sidney this month.
Teddy Roosevelt Jr plans a major appearance at an auditorium in Sidney crowded with Catholics and others. the 2,409 seat venue may be unable to hold the crowd for his only public Sidney talk. He tours the west coast before arriving here with a Cheyenne stop on October 5 as part of a vigorous national campaign.
Roosevelt has rallied support as the campaign heats up toward November 3. Both parties prepare their top speakers to energize voters, with heated rhetoric signaling sharpened electoral battles ahead.
Peddler ordinance aimed to curb nuisance solicitors in private residences and businesses. It outlines penalties from five to one hundred dollars and directs police to enforce abatement while carving out exemptions for established merchants, farmers, and local voters.
A lively Nebraska senatorial race unfolds as Senator Norris leaves the Republican fold to back Roosevelt’s bid for re election. Democratic junior senator Edward R. Burke resigns as national committeeman amid the shifting New Deal landscape.
Nebraska politics swirl as Burke backs Norris while Ritchie breaks with Roosevelt and London supports. Mullen returns to back Roosevelt and Norris, a rivalry that endangers Norris’s seat. Carpenter’s bid splits the Roosevelt vote, helping Simmons and threatening Norris’s re election prospects.
Sunol and surrounding area residents, including Mrs. Bert Allington and son Tom, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oliverius, and Joe Gibson, hosted callers and traveled to towns like Alliance and Denver. The week featured car purchases, visits, a fresh softball game 17 to 5 for Sunol, school initiations, and family gatherings across Sunol Wahoo Lodge Pole Gurley and Shickley.
The town of Peetz stages a two day baseball tournament on Saturday and Sunday October 3 and 4. Teams from nearby leagues compete for local bragging rights and a coveted trophy.
Market quotations list price figures for wheat corn oats barley and eggs plus categories for hens leghorns springs roosters and butterfat. Prices shown include wheat 1.03 corn 1.00 oats 0.40 barley 0.10 and butterfat 0.28 with egg grades No 1 0.23 and No 2 0.15.
A rare antiques collection sponsored by St Marys guild of the Episcopal church is on display this week at the home of Mrs J J Parks 1104 13th Ave. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm with 25 cent admission. Public invited.
Sore gums pyorrhea and foul breath are described as disgusting. Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy is highly recommended by leading druggists and never disappoints. Druggists offer money back if it fails, per Sidney Drug Co.
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