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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
3
The wheat harvest boosts western farmers by providing $2,500,000 in a single day through a Kansas City bank. High production costs last year hurt debt repayment, but this year profits are being used to pay debts or build bank balances. Readily available wheat funds and a $50,000,000 livestock pool help stock raisers weather the storm, barring unforeseen calamities.
Ralph Taylor 16 year old son of Ralph Taylor was killed when a horse killed him last Friday afternoon. The boy and horse were found in a Bushnell livery barn stall with a crushed skull suggesting kick or strike. He was known as a skilled horseman who bought and broke colts and had just traded his horse for a two year old colt. The horse is believed to have died of strangulation. Funeral held Sunday in Bushnell cemetery.
A humorous note from the Exchange describes a night cashier getting a shave in a lady barber shop at Beaver Crossing. The fair artist shares her woes and vows not to marry again, joking that her next husband should be an old man with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
A fragment recounts Uncle Bill Bottletop recalling how prohibition turned his face pale, leaving a lasting effect after the announcement. The quote contrasts a flushed face with the sober impact of the law.
Mrs Lucy Ostrom mother in law of Earl Van Noy criticizes modern village life noting autos home brew cabarets and late dances near Morrison's butcher shop. She recalls Earl as a good boy until he traveled country roads in a flivver and laments changes in the community.
The passage contrasts moonlit country drives for relief after dancing with city toil and small town leniency. It hints a father’s plan to raise a son in a city where vice costs a hundred dollars less for the same wrongdoings, compared to gasoline in small towns.
Nervous irritability and backache linked to kidney trouble. Mrs. P. D. Etherton of Military Ave. Sidney reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills for painful attacks and general misery. Price Gee at all dealers. Buy Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
President elect Franklin Pierce and his family were aboard a Boston to Concord train when an axle broke and the train plunged down a steep embankment. Pierce saved his wife and child during the crash, which occurred a few months before his inauguration. The event drew attention to the peril and the resilience of the future president and his family.
A boy seated nearby was crushed to death beneath a beam while another person, sitting with him, survived. the scene suggests a structural collapse or accidental impact leading to the fatality. Authorities investigated the seating area and secured the site for examination.
Cold in the Head and acute catarrh described as frequent colds. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is claimed to build up the system cleanse the blood and render fewer colds. Internal use said to affect mucous surfaces through the blood. All druggists. Circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Catholic Ladies host bake sale at Central Meat Market at 2 30 PM on August 20. Committee members listed include Mrs W Leroy Larson Mrs Maggie Bartholomew and Mrs Frank Vortrey.
Denver Music Company in Denver Colorado seeks a piano offered with easy payments. Immediate removal needed. Price and particulars available on inquiry.
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