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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
3
Born August 11, twins a boy and a girl to Mr and Mrs Otis Niswander. Mrs J W McDaniel and children spent Friday in Lodgepole with friends. Mr F EB Watton and small son of Shubert are guests of J C Shulenberg and wife.
Mr and Mrs W McCann came back Sunday morning after several weeks spent in Wyoming, returning refreshed from their trip and noting the pleasant trip home.
S. P. Witters and wife came back Saturday from Cheyenne greatly improved in health from the treatment and climate. Witters had been in poor health for a long time but now feels much encouraged.
Charles Roder and his wife and two children traveled by car from Trumbull Nebraska and visited Sunday with the lady's brother W J Perry and his family.
L F Cunningham and wife from the north divide visited Sidney on Saturday. He remarked the week’s rain is welcome and noted the wheat is filling out well, calling the moisture estimable for crop prospects.
Fred Seeger and his wife traveled to Dalton on Friday to be with Ben Strottman, the 75 year old father of Mrs. Seeger, who was injured when the team he was driving to a binder ran away. They returned Sunday with him resting but condition still doubtful.
A humorous exchange questions why a well outfitted angler with a $200 outfit and advanced flies failed to catch fish. The jest suggests the culprit might be wearing the wrong kind of bat, implying a witty misdirection about gear versus luck in fishing.
A historical reflection on farm progress driven by brains and Yankee ingenuity. It notes dramatic shifts from drudgery to wealth and comfort through iron and steel, urges rapid adoption of new machinery to intensify and expand production, and highlights the Nebraska State Fair as a key showcase promoting conservation and higher yields for national food needs.
The article outlines a state plan to require farmers to reserve at least fifty bushels of spring wheat seed. If winter wheat fails, seed integrity remains. If winter wheat succeeds, seed reserves should hold value. Acreage for spring wheat fell due to seed shortages and late plantings. Banks will provide funds to buy seed as part of preparedness efforts.
The popularity of the Boys Camp is growing as sixty eight boys from thirty four counties have already arranged to attend. The camp is doing a big work and boys from counties not yet represented should contact their county superintendents to arrange their participation.
The Horticultural Department adds a popular exhibit of yard garden and orchard pictures. The display aims to stimulate home landscaping pride as more people become expert gardeners and landscape enthusiasts at the fair.
The exhibit divides into three classes pictures of a well kept yard best vegetable gardens and best orchard arrangement. Prizes of five three and two dollars. Rules require five pictures per yard garden or orchard from different angles and all photos must show the exhibitor's property. The event is expected to draw strong interest.
A fragment lists opinions on men and money followed by a note on making edibles from cold boiled rice and cornmeal. Instructions explain mixing salt flour eggs milk and baking powder, then frying on a greased griddle.
In Washington DC a group of coal dealers who mine and sell anthracite warn the FTC that setting coal prices above 19 cents per ton before September 1 would be treated as an explicit price policy. The agency views such statements as signaling intent to fix markets.
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