Terrific hurricane devastates East Florida coast
A West Indian hurricane raged along Florida east coast causing about 1000 deaths and damage estimated up to 125 million dollars. More than 38,660 people were left homeless as Miami and nearby areas suffered severe destruction. Supplies, water, and power were scarce while officials prepared for possible further hurricanes.
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West Palm Beach
Fis
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Louisiana
Pensacola
Fla
Couity
United States Army
Fin
Miami
Bahamas
Miami Beach
Hollywood
Darrow to Fight Diet in the Higher Courts
Chicago lawyer Clarence J. Darrow plans to press the Roy Carron case from Burt county Nebraska to the U S Supreme Court by October 1 He will base his appeal on the Fourteenth Amendment asserting citizen rights and due process to challenge a bread and water diet in jail and seek constitutional protection for privileges and immunities against state restrictions
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Clarence J. Darrow
Chicago
Loeb-Leopold
Tennessee
Omaha
United States Supreme Court
United States
Carrow
Roy Carron
Burt County
TeRamah
Dalton Harvest Festival Plans In Dalton
The Dalton community has completed plans for the sixth annual harvest festival to be held Wednesday in Dalton. A strong program is arranged and the committee expects a large crowd for both daytime and evening events.
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Dalton
Death linked to formaldehyde fumes in seed treatment
Gerald Roberts, three, died after inhaling fumes from formaldehyde used to treat wheat seed on the family farm southeast of Sidney. The Peetz Gazette reports the bottle containing the chemical was left in a wagon box where the boy accessed it while helping mix seed treatment. Officials say fumes, not ingestion, caused the death.
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David Roberts
Peetz Gazette
Roberts
Sidney
Mr. Roberts
Gerald
Sidney Football Squad Chosen for Sterling Opener
Sidney’s 35 players vie for berths under Coach Oren Weymouth with seven lettermen likely to start. Captain Williams at fullback, Weldon Thomas at quarterback and Grant Poole at halfback headline the backfield. Ends Hollis Kepler and Henry Siedow, tackle Adrian Brockelsby, and center Eugene Davis are among likely starters. Guard spots remain open, with Jorgenson Kahl Livoni and Call leading the race. Moore Witters and Qaborn expected for backfield roles.
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Oren
Captain Williams
Wweldon Thomas
Grant Poole
Hollis Kepler
Henry Siedow
Adrian Brockelsby
Eugene Davis
Jorgenson
Kahl
Livoni
Call
Forrest Plantk
Sidney High
Clark
Nebraska
Moore
Witters
Qaborn
Ketz Swinehead Dominates Wyoming State Fair Exhibits
At the Wyoming state fair in Douglas Deibert Hawkins of Peetz Colorado led a Duroc Jersey swine herd to top awards. The Hawkins display won grand champion junior champion and multiple firsts including litter and fat hogs honors plus futurity boards and gilt recognitions.
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Hell
Douglas
Wyo
Deibert Hawkins
Peetz
Colo
Roy Greenlee III Falls Ill at Greenlees Depart Store
Roy Greenlee of Greenlees department store became ill in the shop Thursday and was absent from his clothing department post over the weekend.
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Roy Greenlee
Greenlees
Matrimonial Trail Leads to Colorado for Love Lorn Couples
Saturday Wilbert Christensen of Lodge Pole and Miss Freda A. Sirk of Chappell were married at the Sterling Methodist Episcopal church at 2 30 in the afternoon with Rev. G M Heinderson officiating. The couple plans a wedding trip to Denver and the mountains before returning to farm near Lodge Pole. The ceremony followed a private service at the M B parsonage conducted by Rev. Henderson with Mark D. Henderson and Miss Evelyn A. Johnson of Sidney as principals. The groom is a Nebraska highway supervisor and the bride is a popular young woman in the Chappell area. They will reside in the couple’s home community.
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Nebraska
Sterling
God's Country
Cupdd
Gome
Colorado
Wilbert Christensen
Lodge Pole
Freda
A. Sirk
Chappell
Methodist Episcopal Church
G. M. Heinderson
Howard Christensen
Christensen
Denver
Mark D. Henderson
Evelyn A. Johnson
Sidney
M. B. Parsonage
Henderson
State to spend half a million on road building plan
Secretary Cochran of the state department of public works calls for bids on October 14 to construct 14 miles of grading 73.3 miles of gravel surfacing 12 bridges and 3.3 miles of pavement largely in the Sidney district. The 500000 project list includes roads between Gering and Scottsbluff Wahoo Kimball Todse Tole Creek Virginia Rockford Elwood Stockville Hayes Center Elsie Pleasanton Hasard Roscoe Paxton Lemoyne Arthur Hastings Cambridge Arapaho Palmyre Unadilla Maywood Sidney to Colorado line Geneva Fairmont Oakland Lyons Cody Nangel south Sioux City Jackson Broadwater and other corridors with grading culverts gravel surfacing and bridges.
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Cochran
State Department of Public Works
Sidney
Gering
Scottsbluff
Wahoo
Kimball
Todse Tole Creek
Virginia
Rockford
Elwood
Stockville
Hayes Center
Elsie
Pleasanton
Hasard
Hastings
Grand’ Island
Cambridge
Arapahoe
Palmyre
Unadilla
Maywood
Piatte Road
Colorado Line
Geneva
Fairmont
Oakland
Lyons
Walthill
Cody
Nangel
Sioux City
Jackson
McCook
Broadwater
Beaver City Merchant Convicted at McCook of Murder
Bert M. Davis, former Beaver City grocer and stock raiser, was found guilty of murdering his first wife Blanche by a McCook district court jury. Life imprisonment was imposed after his second trial. His wife Mrs. Resler Davis, acquitted as an accessory, faced emotional reactions as the case drew intense Southern Nebraska attention over the past year.
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Bert M. Davis
Beaver City
Blanche
McCook
Davis
Ats
State Supreme Court
Kate Bester Davis
Resler Davis
Nebraska
Blanche Davis
Stevens
Realer Davis
Manhattan
Kan
Lincoln
Petz Colo Woman Heir to Fortune in Vast Estate Settlement
A New York City settlement of a vast estate names Petz of Colorado as the heir. The article notes a hardening of postal security after a Chicago robbery, with a post office department war council authorizing armed protection for mail clerks and valuables. A potential mobilization of U S Marines for mail security is mentioned.
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Petz
Colo
New York City
Post Office Department
United States Marines
New
Chicago
Western Union Hires Its Rates in New Order
The Nebraska railroad commission issued an order Saturday raising telegraph rates by zone rather than flat. The new scheme, effective October 10, replaces the 5 cent per ten words and 2.5 cents each additional word day rate, with zone based charges rising to 36, 48, and related night rates. Nebraska is divided into zones of fifty miles. a 150 mile distance can fall into the first zone in some cases.
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State Railway Commission Satuday
Nebraska
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sidney Seeks National Editors Visit For Wheat Belt Tour
A Sidney chamber of commerce meeting at Union Pacific hotel discussed inviting National Editorial association members to tour the Lodge Pole valley on their way to the Black Hills next year in Omaha. Committees will push to secure a multi hour stay in Sidney so editors may inspect the wheat Belt and harvest. Local leaders aim to broaden chamber activity and push road improvements from Nidney to the Colorado border and through the south table country.
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Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Sidney
National Editorial Association
Omaha
Black Hills
Lodge Pole Valley
Panhandle
Rev Louis Kaub Returns to Sidney Pastorate
The friends of Rev Louis H Kaub, former pastor of the Sidney Methodist Episcopal church, learn he has been returned to Sidney by the Methodist Episcopal conference meeting last week at Hastings. He served two years here and was highly popular. He plans greater progress in his church on renewal of his appointment.
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Louis H. Kaub
Sidney Methodist Episcopal Church
Hastings
Raub
Finger Severed by North Potter Combine Injury
George Pils of north of Potter was taken to Miller hospital in Kimball Friday after a combine severed his index finger of the right hand and broke his thumb. He received surgical attention and was returned home.
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George Pils
North of
Potter
Miller Hospital
Kimball
Lost Heirs in New York Estate Spark Peetz Hope
A Peetz woman, Jease Mechem, learns she may be among 500 heirs to a New York estate worth about 100 million dollars. The ancestor, Robert H Edwards, leased 75 acres of property long thought to include Wall Street assets. Heirs were notified as heirs claims opened after a 140 year gap, with settlement expected soon and about a century of property history detailed.
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Peetz
Cole
Jease Mechem
New York City
Grooms
Wall Street
Str Meéchém
Edwards
Anl
New York
Man With Bad Checks Vanishes After Fraud Trail
J R Chambers a Peets man who left a trail of bad checks disappeared weeks ago. He wrote and cashed checks on Sidney merchants with no funds found. He also sold a bank mule for 215 dollars, prompting a bank mortgage settlement. Sheriff McDaniel offers a 25 dollar reward for his arrest.
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J. R. Chambers
Peetsman
Chambers
Peets
Sidney
Sidney Bank
F. C. Nagel
Peers
Nagel
McDaniel
Old Bob Returns in Kimball Stake Race
Old Bob, once owned by Clayton Radcliffe and now Barber Johnsons, staged a notable comeback at Kimball County fair. The aging horse, once famed for his sprinting prowess, drew five entries in a 25 yard stake and moved to scratch early, surprising track followers with a bold performance.
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Old Bob
Clayton Radcliffe
Barber Johnson
Kimball County
Radcliffe
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Weymouth
Ketz Swinehead
Wyoming State Fair
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U. S
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State Railway
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Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Rev. Kaub
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