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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1937

Page

3

Irrigation debate stirs Chamber of Commerce meeting

The Chamber of Commerce held a lively session with 30 to 35 business men discussing irrigation for Lodge Pole Valley. They linked recent crop failures to water supply and emphasized pump irrigation as a path to agricultural revival, citing editor Guy Doran and Cheyenne County Development Co. as influential factors.

Chamber of Commerce Lodge Pole Valley Elieve Telegraph Guy Doran Cheyenne County Development Co Roche Cheyenne Nature

Safe Driving and Manners in School Curriculum

The Telegraph editorial urges safe driving and courtesy on the road as essential to reducing accidents. It argues character, manners, and gentleness are key, proposing school programs in manners and safe driving to reinforce safer behavior alongside parental and church influence.

Telegraph Altho

Harvests Ahead in Nebraska Irrigation Hope

Editorial writer admits ignorance on some ag topics yet notes irrigation potential in western Nebraska. He urges unity and optimism to overcome past disappointments, expecting improved normalcy, prosperity, and happiness as irrigation transforms the region.

Nebraska

The Love-Down on Henry Wallace and a Divorce Suit

A political swirl surrounds Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace as he pushes to repeal the law of supply and demand. A divorce suit reveals an unusual plea from a husband who laments years of nagging yet notes a sudden quiet.

Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace

Fragmented overheard musings mix satire and scorn

A jumbled column surveys divorce wishes, sports fickleness, political jabs, and social quips. It mocks vacuity in public life, notes looming unemployment amid Thanksgiving football, and lampoons figures from Roosevelt to Goldwyn with brisk gags and brisk observations.

Weyerts Family Social Notes Roundup

A busy period of callers and visits in the Weyerts area includes Mrs. O. Rahe Weyerts and Bill Bartling Jr among those hosting or visiting neighbors. Locals such as George Buss Delmar Rehe and John Jurgens were seen in various homes and at a dance near Sun dl.

Bill Bartling. Jr Jurgens George H Buss John Tieran Cornelius Weyerts Dalton Elbert Kinder Otto Rahe Orval Kranter Bill Bartling Jr George B. Buss John Tieman Sr Harry Tompson Lodge Pole Morris Jessen Mitchell Nebra John F. Folkerts Fred Bauer Ruth Buss Jean Jurgens Jim Payne Bill Windshiemer James Hume Louis Haack Sundl

East Dalton Social Notes Reflect Local Visits

Mrs. Paul Vick and son spent Wednesday with Mrs. Emil Marx. The Christensens and Vick family visited the Emil Marx and Carl Christensen households. Carl Christensen hosted several Sunday gatherings while Scottsbluff shopping and Lincoln visitor Thomas Carrel were noted. Families including Mellbergs Armuth Myers Devier Baker and Weikhorst appear in multiple Sunday meetups.

Paul Vick and Son Emil Marx Carl Christensen James Devier Alfred Christensen Albert Christensen Clarence Mellberg Scottsbluff Thomas Carrel Lincoln C A. Baker Paul Vick Lloyd Yowell Christensen

Evening Social Roundup in Sidney and Vicinity

Supper guests and visits fill a Sidney area weekend. Notable attendees include Mr and Mrs Ray Knapp in Sidney Tuesday, Earl Sharman John Witters and Louis Wynne with Stanley Elsen Saturday, and Mrs Harvey George with Marehita Benedict shopping in Sidney Saturday. George Deaver transacted business Tuesday morning while Mr and Mrs Ralph Davidson and Virginia visited the H J Elsen home Saturday morning.

Joe Frerichs Louis Borges Windshiemer Lodge Pole George B Buss Elbert Kindred Delmar Rehe

Fast Gurney By Mrs. Warold Gibbins

Mr and Mrs Hans Rushman and Norma were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Schumaker Sunday. Mrs Herman Jurgens spent Thursday at the Wm Eigenberg home.

Fast Gurney Mrs. Warold Gibbins Hans Rushman Norma Fred Schumaker Herman Jurgens Wm. Eigenberg

South Colton Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits

Earl Sharman and Stanley Elsen returned home Friday from a trip to Silverton Oregon. At the Winkelman sale on Tuesday attendees included Art Brauer Fred Wittig Wittig children Gus Narjes Eric Brauer and son Henry Shiverly and H J Elsen and daughter Madelyn. Joe Deaver and family also attended.

Earl Sharman Stanley Elsen Silverton Oregon Art Brauer Fred Wittig Frank Wittig Gus Narjes Eric Brauer Henry Shiverly H. J. Elsen Madelyn Joe Deaver

Local residents and visitors noted on Monday and Tuesday

George Williams spent Monday at the Nick Burr farm while Marion Aurich assisted Burton Cunningham. Henry and Jurgen Bolz visited Sidney Monday evening to see their father at Roche hospital. Mrs Arthur Rowan hosted a birthday party for Dan on Tuesday after Mrs Everet Burr returned home from Denver where she had been for several weeks.

George Williams Nick Burr Marion Aurich Burton Cunningham Henry Jurgen Bolz Sidney Roche Hospital Everet Burr Denver

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