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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
7
Busy readers follow standings of ball teams and local happenings across Nebraska. Notable items include a 10 year old Fremont girl dying after tonsil surgery, a Princeton State bank robbery of 1500 in bonds and cash, and Ak Sar Ben opening a fall race meet on September 9.
President Coolidge hosted Henry Ford Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone on a camping trip through New England after a two week stay at his Vermont farm. They toured the countryside and discussed agriculture as key to national prosperity, stating the farmer’s prosperity drives overall growth. Ford, Edison, and Firestone praised farming and the farmer as keystone to America’s prosperity while sharing a touring itinerary and hosting events at Wayside Inn and farm grounds in Ohio and Massachusetts.
The editor of a Connecticut paper admits errors from a previous issue. A reader reports a misaddressed letter, incorrect postage, wrong thread size, and a late train. Miscitations include a milk bill error, dietary remarks, a jitney timer issue, and a spark plug fix.
North Carolina passed a law requiring all autoists to stop before crossing tracks and the state hired watchmen at crossings to enforce it. Arrests have funded the crossing program, and the piece notes the oddity of needing laws for people who won’t take care of themselves.
Pink eye is contagious and the child should have separate basin and towel and sleep alone. Keep eyes clean by washing with boric acid solution to prevent chronic infection that may take months or years to cure.
The agricultural college at Lincoln urges providing one hot dish daily to supplement cold lunches, arguing children need nourishment for growth beyond basic calories. If farmers heat water for cattle and hogs, schools should heat meals for students to support daily growth and health.
Court order in 1923 judgment directs sale of the south half of section 24 13N 47W Cheyenne County Nebraska. Sheriff J W McDaniel will auction at the County Court House East Front Sidney on September 7 1924 at 11 am to satisfy the judgment with interest and costs. Kepler Kratz Sidney Nebraska attorneys represent the matter.
The City of Sidney Nebraska calls for payment at the County Treasurer's office in Sidney for 67000 water bonds bearing date December 1 1918 issued under Nebraska statutes. Interest ceases September 1 1924. F G Schroeder City Treasurer countersigned Fred Be Stephens City Clerk.
Notice to heirs and interested parties that a petition has been filed in Cheyenne County Court Nebraska for the appointment of George W Eddy as administrator of the John Henry Eddy estate. hearing set September 22, 1924 at 10 a.m. in the county court room Sidney Nebraska. Co P Chambers County Judge. Radcliffe Hodgkin and Hyde Attorneys.
The American Bank of Sidney Nebraska files a petition in the District Court of Cheyenne County seeking a judgment of 3332.58 with ten percent interest from October 27, 1923. An attachment and garnishment order has been issued against the defendant. The respondent must answer by September 22, 1924 or the petition will be granted.
An order from the Cheyenne County Nebraska district court dated November 1, 1923, in a case where Connecticut General Life Insurance is plaintiff and Frank Roy Ellis Susie Ellis Nebraska State Bank Theodore Gentrup among defendants directs sale of the east half of section 2 township 15 north range 49 west to satisfy a judgment of $14,999.44 with costs. The sale to be at the east front door of the County Court House Sidney on September 5 1924 at 10:00 A M. Proceeds to satisfy the judgment. Dated August 2 1924.
Christian Vollmer files a foreclosure suit in Cheyenne County Nebraska to recover six thousand dollars on a promissory note dated March 14 1919 and to foreclose the mortgage covering all of the West Half of Section 13 Township 15 North Range 49 West. Defendants include nonresidents J J Weverts Carl Drefke Harriett Drefke and others. address unknown. Answer required by September 15 1924.
American Legion officers listed include Commander Carl Ledbetter Vice Commanders B W Bonham and Carl Hutchison Adjutant Roy Walker Finance Officer Frank Schroeder Publicity Officer Ralph Pierce and Sergeant at Arms Charles March. Regular meetings held Sid Tuesday nights at Odd Fellow Hall.
The Chamber of Commerce announces its board members including E. L. Hyde Paul L. Martin B. W. Bonham Wm. Winders W. R. Weeden and Marius Christensen, forming the current leadership of the organization.
EAST NORTH bound No 302 leaves at 8 a.m. No 804 leaves at 2 a.m. WEST SOUTH bound No 301 leaves at 3 06 p.m. No 308 leaves at 4 12 p.m. No 302 stops at Bridgeport and Alliance only.
Country Club announces officers including J. T. McIntosh as president Dr. M. E. Pettibone as vice president Earl J Krats as secretary and members A J Jorgenson Paul L Martin L McIntosh R Oberfelder A B Phelps Dr R E Roche among the roster.
The piece argues for three reforms to public education: extend industrial education half time to trades and citizenship, create a public school savings system to teach children thrift, and sell school bonds directly to taxpayers in small amounts keeping interest local. Implementing these would prevent a drift toward a soft handed non producer nation.
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