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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
9
Local residents from Gurley and surrounding towns visited Sidney for business and social matters on Tuesday and Wednesday. Notables include Rev T E Smith, CG W Smith, Robert Terrell, and Mrs E S Kennedy, with several others traveling to Denver Lincoln and Hastings for fairs or family visits.
Nebraska Land Co and manager W Le Roy Larsen offer a purchase of an unimproved quarter with a three year lease on a fine improved quarter for about 3000 dollars. The ad notes the cash price and directs inquiries to the firm at 104-1.
Fundingslind and Weisdorff, Star car dealers, received two car loads of models this week from Durant factories. Most of the shipment has been sold and will be delivered to new owners immediately. Additional shipments are expected in a few days. Sunday School members enjoyed a picnic at St George Ranch on Saturday afternoon with games and ice cream.
Mrs W I entertained six ladies at a bridge party on Tuesday afternoon in honor of her sister Mrs George Hill. Guests included Mesdames A B Persinger J S Winston B J Bates L R Barlow D Moorhead and Oscar Meyer. A delicious luncheon was served by the hostess Lodge Tole express.
The United States civil service commission announces open competitive exams for several posts. Junior calculating machine operator in Washington with 1.82% salary, assistant fingerprint classifier at 1500 a year in the Department of Justice, and shop apprentice in the Bureau of Standards at 180 a year. Also junior messenger at 50 a year departmental service in Washington DC. Entrance salaries. higher grades by promotion. Full information from the secretary of the civil service board of examiners at the post office in this city.
McDowell returns from Omaha where he signed a contract with an eastern firm to deliver 200000 pounds of dressed poultry before year end He will begin buying next week He has long managed Sidney Ice and Storage Company poultry operations in the city
The duck hunting season opens this morning with hundreds of hunters from town and country out early. Ducks around the lakes are reported to be numerous this year.
President Coolidge plans no special session this fall unless further investigation mandates one. After a cabinet meeting since returning from the Black Hills, he weighs opposition from Republican leaders Senator Curtis and Representative Tilson and will consult more senators and representatives before deciding.
Daggett, Frigidaire representative for the territory, relocates his family to Sidney from Julesburg. He rents a West Sixth Street residence and plans a display room in Sidney as soon as a suitable location is found, citing local shipping facilities as the reason for the move.
Irl W Wright is licensed as a mortician and operates a used car sales business in Sidney Missouri. The notice references the Sidney Motor Sales Company and a phone number 55.
Gus Tiel lbush moved his U S S battery and service station from Christensen Motor to the old creamery building on West Second Street, one block north of the Standard Oil station. He remains dealer for U S S batteries and B batteries and now offers more space to serve both old and new patrons, with R M Adams Metalworks also occupying the location.
Mrs Anna Hart, a well known Sidney resident, has been ill for weeks and was taken to Denver on Wednesday for treatment. Her daughters Mrs Robert Barlow and Mrs Fred Krause accompanied her. Her condition is not serious but special city care was sought.
A playful column mocks old folk beliefs about luck from a graveyard rabbit and the superstition around whiskey curing snake bites. It praises science for revealing more facts, noting Hughes Hurlers as a formula developed by a practical chemist and sold with a money back guarantee.
In the Gift Shop window at Bassett's Pharmacy Sidney shoppers are urged to view attractive Jap vases. The feature includes items priced at $1.19, marked down from $6. The display highlights value offers and decorative pieces for sale.
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