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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
13
The Brooklyn Eagle essay argues a single woman may remain unwed by choice, guided by an inner impulse toward a destined partner. It describes why some women reject suitors, trusting that the right man will arrive, while friends urge marriage and logic yields to emotion.
A distressed farmer seeks help from a street worker offering 3 cents a bushel and board. The worker refuses, bragging of 35 cents an hour as a carpenter's helper and questioning why he should help the farmer with corn still in the field. The farmer leaves to ponder the problem.
An Emporia mother returns from a bridge party to find water on the kitchen floor and broken glassware. Her 12 year old son explains he was attempting a stunt from the Lauler show, pulling a cloth from under tumblers, but there are no more glasses left.
A Chicago Journal excerpt recalls a childhood romance where a boy recalls confessing amorous feelings at age nine. The narrator plans to return a kitten and is surprised when the boy accuses her of theft as he flees with the pet.
In Asaigun Shiga prefecture near Lake Biwa the long drought left 2,000 of 6,000 holdings without a mature grain of rice. Many tenants are moving to cities as crops fail across the district.
In Nelson county Kentucky during 1787 a woman defender held off seven warriors attacking Mr Merrill's cabin. Despite severe injuries she fought with an ax, killing or wounding four, fending off the rest through fire and smoke to save herself and family.
The Greeley estate barn, once a concrete structure, was remodeled into a comfortable dwelling after a fire destroyed the frame buildings. Horace Greeley wished his barn would serve a useful purpose after death, and now his daughter and her husband live in the transformed house featured with brick chimneys and newer masonry. The renovation was highlighted in Popular Mechanics.
The forest service reports elk once widespread in 14 states now mostly in national forests and parks, with about 52 000 of 72 000 elk remaining. Antelope have nearly vanished, leaving 2 400 on national forests in 10 states. Mountain sheep reach 13 000 in 11 states and mountain goats 10 000 in four states, with fur bearing animals rising under protection.
Farmers adopt a self firing gun described in Popular Mechanics to kill gophers. Aiming into burrows, the device uses a 410 shotgun shell and a trigger wire to discharge, delivering a fatal blast as the animal bites its own demise.
Malaria to be fought by motor plows using a blade that makes ten inch furrows to reclaim swamp lands. Tests on marshy bank soils over soft mud show wheels sink easily yet allow effective cultivation, turning previously unproductive grounds into arable land.
A quart of Iberian vintage wine, buried in the ruins of St. Joseph Florida for about a century, is evaporating in the Patton collection at Port St. Joe. Once viewed by thousands, the amber liquor may date to before 1841 when St. Joseph was abandoned.
The Journal des Debats claims the Turkish national assembly will enforce matrimony as a duty for all men at twenty five. No conscientious objectors. If unwed, a man will be deprived of civil rights. private income may be taxed to aid the poor. Prolonged absence risks remarriage and return with a second wife.
A long ago tenderfoot misreads a saloon sign and orders a billiard, prompting the bartender to mix various liquids, even polish, into a glass. The man drinks it and can only say that if he were not an old billiard drinker he would call it concentrated lye. The anecdote circulates as a migratory joke.
An eyewitness recounts Malaysian fire walking ceremonies during planting season. Men pass through a bed of coals drenched in milk and water, with gods carried aloft. Participants endure burns, pin throats and flesh, and some faint or fall, while police manage the crowd and the spectacle remains a fervent ritual.
The Kensington Methodist church will hold an apron sale and food gate with a noon luncheon at their parlors on April 28.
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