12 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1924
Page
1
The fall hunting season opens September 16 in western Nebraska. Hunters anticipate a busy opening, with high shell demand and plentiful ducks and geese. The article outlines open and closed seasons, license rules, bag limits, and transport guidelines for game birds and migratory species.
Meyer Norman and Albert Didier, non residents of Cheyenne county, pleaded guilty and were sent to the state reformatory at Lincoln after confinement in the county jail. Norman forged a J C Dunn $10 check at Greenlees and drew two to five years. Didier stole a Ford touring car from P F Panabaker east of Dalton, was caught near Sunol, and drew one to three years.
Plans for Defense Day in Sidney promise a major patriotic celebration with a large parade at 7 p.m. and a court lawn program. many civic groups and bands participate, led by Harry Wingerson. The event aims to gauge potential manpower and resources for national emergencies, not military mobilization.
Sidney merchants announce the third monthly Trade Extension and Friends Making Day set for next Wednesday September 17 within a 50 mile radius. The event features over fifty local firms with nearly 100 bargains, a western movie show with Jack Hoxie, free lemonade, a rest room for shoppers, meals for visitors, and two band concerts, all designed to draw customers and boost Sidney as a trading center in western Nebraska.
Mrs W F Bassett departed Wednesday for an extended stay with her sisters in Denver and Idaho Springs spanning several weeks. Her children hosted a dinner in her honor Tuesday evening to bid her farewell and wish well on the trip.
Grasshoppers lay eggs from late August until frost. Eggs are laid in fields and wheat stubble, then disked to expose and destroy them. A single female can lay hundreds of eggs. Disking or harrowing reduces hatching, especially on stubble land. A Chinese pheasant introduction in Hall County cut grasshoppers, suggesting a long term biological approach for Cheyenne County.
Maynard Osborn photographed a large misleading Lincoln Highway sign at Big Springs. Erected by Colorado interests, it suggests a route into Colorado for westbound tourists. B W Bonham reports seeing many such signs on a Denver trip.
The Kidney Country club directors voted last Friday to erect a new club house. Construction starts immediately with a six week target for the structure’s main frame and initial interiors. A pledge drive of over fifty members at 30 each funds materials, with volunteers to aid labor. The plan calls for a twelve foot wide porch, a basement main floor and upper level to house ball, lounging and banquet rooms, plus a furnace and showers. Completion may extend beyond fall, but the aim is a modern facility of six to seven thousand dollar value upon final finish. A windmill provides foundation water as excavation proceeds.
District Judge J L Tewell authorized Harry G Wilson receiver of the First National bank of Sidney to sell the remaining assets to C B Radcliffe for 24000 cash. The bank insolvent since May 1921 paid a 13 percent dividend in March 1922 and a second final dividend is expected within two months. Remaining assets total 250926.72 mainly receivables valued 29007.73 as good. much is doubtful or worthless. Receiver notes real estate two parcels in Cheyenne and Arapahoe counties and bank building and adjacent properties bought by Radcliffe for 23000. Wilson continues as receiver until final dividend. He maintains an office in the bank building now occupied by Liberty State bank.
Manager Fred Mauser announced the Sidney base ball club season is likely closed after eight wins and nine losses. The eight victories came against Sterling Potter Bridgeport Chappell Kimball Haxtun and the losses to Bayard Oshkosh Sterling and Kimball. Players included Daugherty Null Closman Cook, Boyd, Null, Slack, Zimmer, Bushong, Willis Jr., Pearson, Swenson, Chloupek.
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