Good Old Days 07-10-15

Compiled By Delaney Uhrig

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

50 Years Ago

'Panhandle Farmers Eager To Get At Wheat Harvest Chore'

July 12, 1965

With temperatures ranging into the 90s in the western one-third of Nebraska, "Mother Nature" is doing her best to speed the start of the wheat harvest in the Panhandle region.

Sidney's official high Sunday was 86, but there were higher readings in the area west of North Platte. However, rain fell over the weekend in west-central Nebr...