Live Stock Prices at South Omaha 1923 market report
Report from Union Stock Yards South Omaha dated September 26 1923 shows steady prices for corn fed beeves with weakness to 15c lower on other cattle with best beeves at 11.00 to 11.25, various ranges for yearlings cows and calves. hogs 25c lower with bids around 7.35 to 8.00. sheep and lambs 25c lower with fat lambs at 13.00 to 13.26 and feeding lambs 12.00 to 13.25 amid 24 000 sheep and lamb receipts.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Y.bat
Wyoming steers to Iowa feeder at $9.25
Top of the range steer market Monday paid $9.25 for three loads of the well known R. B. Van Tassel cattle from Islay Wyoming. The steer averaged 1,200 pounds per head and sold as feeders to an Underwood Iowa stockman.
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Islay
Wyo
Underwood
Stockman
Novel English Cotton Cleaning Machine Opens Bales
A new device in England opens and cleans cotton by rapid vibration within a perforated drum. A rotating rotor with spiral blades draws in cotton, loosens fiber, and dust is removed as air currents carry debris to a condenser.
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England
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Electric railroading marvel of welded wheel and wire
A New York Sun informant recalls rare cases where a trolley wheel fuses to the overhead wire during ascent. Train crews report, amid extreme heat and friction, that the wheel and wire can become one piece. Such welds are unlikely on lightly loaded trains or steep grades, but danger grows as cars move.
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New York Sun
Mantor Brothers Return to Sidney Practice in Family Office
Dr. Hugh E. Mantor returns to Sidney to re enter local practice with brother Dr Harry L Mantor who moved from Lodge Pole. They will share a seven room office with plans for modern operating room and hospital. The Mantors bring X ray and electrical equipment and intend gradual expansion in Sidney Cheyenne county residents welcome them back.
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Hugh E. Mantor
Sidney
Denver
Harry L. Mantor
Lodge Pole
H. E. Mantor
J. J. Park
H. T
N. E. Mantor
Cheyenne County
Dr. Mantor
Sidney High School Student Officers 1923
Sidney High School presents 1923 senior class officers with President Stanley Baker and a full council, along with class officers for junior sophomore and freshman grades. School sponsors, dramatic club leaders, yearbook staff, and cheerleader Dwight Frankeberger are listed with names. Football captain Laurence Davis highlighted.
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Sidney High School
Stanley Baker
Margaret Beard
Franklin Hornaday
Kathryn King
Gerald Thomas
Katherine Brown
Mae Breternitz
Anna Fay Willman
Gladys Zimmer
Nellie Davis
Donald Costello
Jack Lowe
Percy Chnick
Kathryn Livoni
Eugenia Marcotte
Donald Livoni
Mr. Jones
Miss Grabill
Mr. Green
Mrs. Green
Mr. Smith
Miss Johnson
Randol
Miss Cultra
Dwight Frankeberger
Ruth Baker
Inez Moore
the Trail
Laurence Davis
Flywheel Breaks Shuts Bayard Sugar Plant
A catastrophic flywheel failure at the Bayard sugar factory last Friday morning disrupted the slicing campaign. Two workers were injured Dan Kinsey with a broken leg and Leon Hagen with bruises. A massive section of the wheel damaged pipes and machinery, flew through the roof and into the lawn. Estimates put downtime at about thirty days for repairs and resumption of operations.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Bayard
Dan Kinsey
Leon Hagen
Simmons Leaves Nebraska in Blazing Trail
The Omaha Bee features Congressman Robert Simmons and his family as they depart Omaha toward Washington. The article notes the district tour and Simmons plans to use the gathered facts, while predicting jockeying for committee placements. Simmons, Nebraska’s youngest congressman, aims for a seat on the agricultural committee and anticipates others being disappointed.
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Omaha
Robert Simmons
Simmons
Washington
Bob
Nebraska
Local and Personal News From Sidney and Nearby
Grant Shumway and wife visited Sidney Thursday morning greeting old friends on route to Lincoln. Ada Nelson underwent appendix removal in Omaha after an operation Tuesday and is reported recovering well. Del Pranso Bridge club hosted by Miss Evelyn Doran featured a seven o’clock dinner at U P hotel and a bridge session at Doran’s home. Dorothy Hart won the prize. Eric Elrick, 47, of Bridgeport, died in a field near Bridgeport. funeral at Campbell's chapel in Bridgeport and burial in Lincoln. No Sidney band concert this Saturday due to chilly weather. last week’s concert at the municipal open air platform likely the season’s final. Mrs Zane Gray spent the night in Sidney en route from New York to Pasadena. she toured France and visited Noah Brewer’s family. Sidney Camp No 1091, Modern Woodmen, held a session with head camp deputy and several speakers. next meeting October 19 will feature a Lincoln visitor and refreshments with Royal Neighbors invited. camp currently has 108 members.
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del Pranso Bridge Club
Evelyn Doran
U. P
Miss Doran
Dorothy Hart
Sidney
Sidney Community Band
Samuel Light
Sidney Municipal
Zane Gray
America
New York
Pasedena
France
Modern Woodmen of America
C. P. Chambers
Schuyler Bixby
Oscar Harris
Frank Wooldridge
Robert Barlow
C. M. Wright
Judge Oberfelder
Lincoln
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Wyoming
Iowa
Bob Simmons
Grant Shumway
Scottsbluff
Ada
J. M. Nelson
Eric Elrick
Bridgeport
Campbell’s Chapel
Delbert Hawkins
Peetz, Colo
Saeco Eae
Bonn
Giese Sieeaae Co
Coon
Mrs. Fox
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