Dalton News Roundup Highlights Local Events And Changes
Last week Dalton saw a girl break a limb while playing near threshing, a quarantine ending for Jesse Ewing's family with a meningitis recovery, and a new J A Walford store site excavated. Local activity includes school reopens with new teachers Leona Hume and Bernice Hughes, church services, and progress on a German Lutheran Church. Property sales to J B Halston and a land sale to a Sidney buyer mark real estate shifts, while Potters’ hotel and Pottery Hall preparations unfold. Community notices cover dances, visitors, a funeral in Sidney, a Denver marriage, and praise for Kimball County crops.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Ed Tarre
Tarre
Dalton Schools
Leona Hume
Thurman
Bernice Hughes
Albion
McFadden
Sidney
Presbyterian Church
Edwing
Exeter
Nebraska
John Willis
Cheney
H. Anderson
J. B. Halston
Joe Mock
Bloomfield
Armuth Hall
Emil Andreen
Local Movements and Social Visits Reported in Town
Mrs Wandrey left Monday evening for a short visit with relatives in North Platte. Mrs C F Metty traded in Sidney on Monday. Olive Kilgore and wife, after visiting relatives here, returned home Wednesday evening. Mesdames Alexander and Bates were Lodgepole visitors to Sidney on Wednesday. Mrs Porterfield arrived Monday morning and drove to Lisco to visit daughter Mrs Will Bullock. Mr and Mrs Mapes moved onto Frank Bates farm near Lodgepole. Large turnout at the Kellum Withers sale held Thursday. Messrs Cage, Griffith, Ares and Graham transacted business in Sidney on Wednesday. Mr Rogers shipped a carload of cattle from Kansas City this week. John Englert shipped a carload of hogs from Kearney to be sold here. Mrs H T Libby spending a few days this week at Persinger ranch. Dr Searcy arrived from Tuscular Alabama on Wednesday. The Schroll family arrived from Stockton California Thursday morning.
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Wandrey
North Platte
C. F. Metty
Sidney
Olive Kilgore
Mesdames Alexander and
Bates
Porterfield
Auto
Lisco
Will Bullock
Mapes
Frank Bates
Lodgepole
Messrs
Cage
Griffith
Ares and
Graham
Mr. Rogers
Kansas City
John Englert
Kearney
H. TY. Libby
Persinger Ranch
Dr. Searcy
Tuscular
Alabama
Schroll
Stockton
California
Scott's Emulsion Helps Women Reclaim Strength
A woman's toil in housework wears her down and limits rest. Scott's Emulsion provides predigested body-food to strengthen organs and tissues, rebuild blood, and ease fatigue without alcohol or drugs. It claims to renew energy and reduce nervousness through daily use.
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Scott
Peaches and flax work and local happenings in Grand Prairie
In Grand Prairie Ed Brown of Lodgepole has been cutting flax for several farmers. Simon Fishman’s big crop is included. Florence Johnson visited with her sister Mrs Hoagland. Emory Planck finished threshing Tuesday. John Livingston set the contract for a new house. Will Sharman has been on the sick list but is much better. Andrew Johnson bought a fine new buggy.
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Ed Brown
Lodgepole
Simon Fishman
Florence Johnson
Hoagland
Emory Planck
John Livingston
Will Sharman
Andrew Johnson
Sidney Draw News Briefs Include Departures and Threshing
Guy Chambers left Monday for the State University while Ernest Kurz went home to Snyder Nebraska after visiting his son Hugo. Mr Dimmick arrived in the Draw with his threshing machinery and finished Beyer Bros threshing on the North divide shortly after midnight last Saturday. Ed Selover's buggy horse ran away but all occupants escaped unharmed.
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Guy Chambers
State University
Ernest Kurz
Snyder
Neb
Hugo
Mr. Dimmick
Beyer Bros
North Divide
Ed Selover
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Stockyards
Large cattle run with total 23,125 head over three days and 8,670 today. Beef steers and cows up about 15 to 30 cents, stockers and feeders strong, hogs steady to up a notch with 7.90 to 7.95 bid and shipping hogs to 8.35. Sheep and lambs 46,000 head today with fat lambs and feeders steady to slightly higher, mutton prices firm.
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Infon
South Omaha
Distribute Cost Of Roads State Plan Favored
Editorial argues road funding should come from state assessed valuation rather than local burden. It cites automobiles shifting traffic and recommends equitable state county and town sharing, praising New York style three level cost division. It notes Illinois property split and favors bonds or appropriations to balance burdens.
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Ilinois
New York
Chicago Markets and Livestock Prices Sept 18
Closing prices for wheat corn oats and meats in Chicago on Sept 18 with futures for Sept and Dec, cash wheat and oats, and live stock markets. Cattle, hogs and sheep receipts listed with price ranges and percent changes across beeves western steers feeders cows calves hogs and lambs.
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Chicago
Court rules Sulzer impeached and pardons invalid
Justice Hasbrouck held Governor Sulzer regularly impeached and divested of executive powers awaiting trial. In habeas corpus, Robin’s pardon was ruled invalid and he returned to Blackwell's Island prison. Also reports: Gus Heuer found dead in a Gothenburg barn hay mow likely heart failure from asthma. A Hurdl killed by a vicious bull near Friend.
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Justice Hasbrouck
New York Supreme Court
Sulzer
Hasbrouck
Robin
Blackwell's Island
Barf
Gothenburg
Neb
Gus Heuer
Tax to Tobacco for Roads Proposal
Rep Warburton of Washington introduces a bill to levy a tobacco tax so light users do not notice it. Every puff funds a national highway system linking state capitals to Washington and to parks. Construction would be paid from a tobacco tax like the 1879 levy, estimated to raise 80 million dollars annually.
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Warburton
Washington
United States Good Roads Boost Potential Savings
The piece estimates the 3 year gain in road improvements surpasses 9 to 10 percent. It argues a 20 percent upgrade of public highways would raise highway efficiency, saving millions yearly in crop transport, horse and vehicle wear, and waste in truck farming. Bad roads hinder farmers from shipping perishables, raising living costs.
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United States
Eradication of Dandelion Pests Sparks Novel Use Idea
A draft idea suggests transforming dandelion pests into a valued resource. The writer notes that once their value is recognized, considerable effort will be needed to cultivate and harvest them.
Crossing Is Harmful to Sheep Breeding Practices
The text argues that stock owners cannot achieve success in breeding sheep for market or breeding goals if they continually cross two different breeds. It cautions against constant crossbreeding as a method to improve the flock.
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Potter
Neva Thornburg
H. W. Struble
Pine Bluffs
Stevens
Gunderson Bros
Cheyenne County
Thornburg Hall
John Walsh
Gabe Brown
Kimball Observer
Brown
Hans Christensen
Denver
Housekeeping
H. W Struble
Wyoming
Bluffs
Little Horse Creek
Canon
Struble
Kimball
Kimball County
B. F. Thornburg
Thornburg & Mahler
Grand Prairie
Trafic
Friend
C A. Hudrall
C. H Murry
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
Bell Telephone Lines
Nebraska Telephone Company
Oregon
British Columbia
One
Scenic Colorado
Western Pacific
Feather River Canyon
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Spokane
Seattle
Great Northern
MMA
HUN
A. Shipman
Sidney, Neb
L. W. Wakeley
Omaha
North Side
Blacksmith
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