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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1937
Page
2
A continued report notes extensive winter work on highway No 19 in Nebraska to relieve unemployment. The item cites the bid call as a step toward hard surfacing and mentions Coloaco seeking bids for highway No 1338 from Peetz south. The Denver Black Hill highway is described as likely in good condition for next year’s tourism.
The FSA district head outlined visits to every county and a range of loan programs including standard and supplemental loans with security requirements. Officials stressed building a sound agricultural base and moving away from direct relief, while continuing emergency grants for farmers in distress. The Bankhead-Jones act sections cover standard rehabilitation loans and tenant-to-owner programs, limited in 1938 by funds and plans.
The Lodge Pole traffic drive against speeders was halted after residents complained of tourists being detained and fined. A letter to Heaton noted protests about tourist arrests, while the governor asked for an investigation and correction if needed. Lodge Pole recently drew nationwide attention when a New York state tourist refused to pay a fine and threatened jail, though the town has no jail.
President Roosevelt's travel plan includes a 7 o'clock departure today with planned stops at Cheyenne and Bonneville Dam near Portland. The outbound leg covers northern New York and Ohio, with Seattle hosting a stop for Boettiger family connections. The trip to Victoria will be by navy destroyers, and the entourage includes Mrs Roosevelt, Miss Cook, and other White House aides.
A fragment from a community page describes a request by Trailer Widow seeking lift, alongside a dense social ledger of visits and gatherings. Entries note Co F C Harrington of the Works Progress Administration, and numerous local families sharing meals, hosting guests, and traveling to Scottsbluff, Sidney, Bridgeport, and Ledge Pole.
Local merchants report slower September business due to late fall and holiday shopping impact. Despite a poor crop year, most storekeepers expect sales to match or near last year as shoppers adapt to conditions.
Pioneer cattleman, a longtime mov er of Texas Trail herd drives, died in Bridgeport. The obituary notes early career across Nebraska Colorado including a homestead in 1888 near Bridgeport. Pallbearers from McGrew Redington Broadwater attended with honorary pallbearers connected to his early days in the region. Names listed include DeBelly Saurwein Hanwail Ruger Lease Coulter Lindberg and others from Bridgeport Redington Sidney Alliance and nearby towns.
Grand Prairie social column lists visits and gatherings across the week. Anna Jorgensen and Clinton Gade return from Bert Allington farm tenure. Ralph Welton and Mrs San Irwin host and visit. Albert Frerichs family attend Alva Hart home. W B club meet at Pau Spear’s. Charles and Evelyn Smith visit Ro bert and Mrs Irwin. Alfred Jorgensen and Anna Jorgensen guests. Eleutherin Stevens from Gothenburg visits Reinhart Frangen o and Albert. Elna Johnson hosts FNI club meeting with Dorothy Irwin and others. Rudolph Busacker and family drop in.
Doris Rupert and multiple area families attended church and mission events at city auditorium and Sidney. Residents: Mr and Mrs Welton, Gade, Planck, Flessner with Lavern and Evelyn, Smith with Evelyn, Lillian Johnson and daughters Hazel Linde, Olson, Beatrice Nelson, Leroy Stride, and Jorgensen families. Sun gatherings included dinners, picnics at Scotts Bluff, and host dinners at Frerichs and Cruise homes.
Miss Maxine Olson left Tuesday to enter nurse training in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell and family visited the Minnie Hokom home. Mrs. Charlie Wise hosted the Helping Hand Club. Volney Wise joined Thursday supper with V. W. Wise. Lowell Hokum spent Thursday at Frank Halsey’s. Mr. and Mrs. A. Brandl and Alvin Brandl spent the evening at the Les Omel home. E. C. Johnson was a Cheyenne caller. Walter Wassum visited Sidney.
A long list of weekend visits and gatherings spans several households. Mrs Ralph Talich, Mr and Mrs H Krieder, Mr and Mrs Charles Wise, and others spent time at various homes. A Farmers Union chapter meets Friday evening and a silver wedding anniversary for Nick Brachtenbach draws relatives. The high school hosted freshmen for an initiation party and trips to Omaha are noted.
Mrs. Frank Meier presents Lorenzo and related notes about visits from Mrs. White Horn and Miss Osborn of Emmerich Nebraska who spent Sunday night at the C A Foster home while en route to Phoenix Artz. Mr and Mrs Charles Walker were Sterling visitors Thursday with Virginia Read visiting Margalaine Meier. Norma Kloepper stayed with Floye Fleming over the weekend. J D Bolton and Donald Meier left for Sioux City with relatives, Donald accompanying to Fremont Nebraska.
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