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Newspaper
The Telegraph News
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1932
Page
3
People from Peetz Lincoln County and nearby towns visited Sidney for days of social gatherings fishing picnics at Lawrence Forks and family stays. Local trips covered Denver Estes Park Boulder and Federal Wyoming with weddings, rodeos, and hotel visits noted alongside staff changes and business trips.
Binders and headers are readied for the 1932 Nebraska wheat harvest but labor shortages are minimal, storage space tight, and overall output is forecast to be the smallest on record. State and federal estimates place the crop under 18 million bushels, compared with 64 million last year. Some farmers report yields of 12 to 15 bushels per acre in Gage County, with others nearing season’s end in Richardson County. Wage costs drop to 1 to 1.5 dollars daily as prices fall to about 31 cents per bushel, and equipment sales and repairs lag. Harvest is expected to begin in full next week and finish quickly with limited activity and expenses.
Sunday gatherings mark family dinners and bridge nights. Franklin Hormaday visits en route to Los Angeles from New York as relatives and friends share meals and conversation at multiple homes. Bridges, picnics, and birthday celebrations highlight community social life with neighbors including Ells Dresser and Nieman families across Lawrence Forks and North Sidney.
An old advertisement touts dental care noting most microbes enter via the mouth. It warns decayed teeth and diseased gums as infection centers and claims painless tooth extraction for 1.00 dollars, a best rubber set at 15.00, and silver fillings from 1.50.
Eastern Star Kensington plans a picnic at Legion Park on Tuesday afternoon replacing the regular meeting. St Martha's guild meets Thursday afternoon at the A K Greenlee home with Mrs Banta hosting. Last meeting before fall. Home musicary society of M E church meets Thursday at Mrs Ed Ahrens home with Mrs John Pflug assisting. Safety First auxiliary gathers Friday at Mrs Robert Dyke residence. Frances Willard union meets Friday at Mrs Hans Christiansen home. Dercas society holds a business meeting Wednesday at the church.
Otis M. Smith, Omaha branch manager, said after returning from Chicago that Farmers National Grain Corp will not quit the grain futures business. George W. Updike had announced the Omaha office would close June 30, but Smith explained the futures office would be moved from its previous location.
The Farmers National plans a broad consolidation across its cash and futures desks. Omaha will see the cash branch manager also oversee futures, with personnel shifts including Updike Grain managers moving to Omaha and Chicago crews dispersed. The firm defends its futures role amid a flagging Chicago clearing house dispute and contemplates federal action if needed. Community notes report local social visits and funeral attendance in Sidney and nearby areas.
Mr and Mrs Claus Eneelland hosted Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs Jacobs and family. George Nieman and family visited, with Rev W F Peters and family, Fred Flicker, William Schaffert of Dalton, and Carl Flicker of Scottsbluff among callers. Dorier of Sidney spends week with Irma Engell and others. E V Hughes visited the Nieman home Friday evening. Florine and Fay Hughes visit Potter. George Nieman and family dined with Art Groppe, who accompanied them to the Farm.
Western Securities Co offers farm loans and insurance at favorable terms with current interest rates. Five and six percent money are available for choice loans, plus reasonable commission. Phone 5C0. W SMITH, resident manager, Office in Zéoche Building, Fremont, Neb.
Pleasant View residents share visits and outings through the week. Mrs J E Morrow and family joined neighbors in several calls and fishing trips while others attended a Bayard pageant and Lavoune’s birthday celebration. A large group gathered for Sunday dinners and motor trips to Potter and surrounding towns.
Johnsen's grave Tuesday. The Seemans Schubarth and Hilpert families spent Sunday at the Ari Schubarth home. Walther league members held a picnic in the Colorado breaks. Vern Rearson and J E Morrow hosts’ supper guests. Mrs Wittrock returned from Westcliffe after two months visiting parents. Mrs Ateu Pusher called at the J E Morrow home. Telegraph Wantads Get Results.
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