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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1929
Page
2
A New York Times column riffs on vacation reading, naming hammock literature and old favorites as safe anchors. It weighs risks of overpacking, suggests carrying one familiar book or a trusted new volume, and muses on chance discoveries in bookstores and libraries.
Residents and visitors gather in Chappell with family visits to Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Haxby. Crookey spends Thursday with his sister. Buss children call on Mrs. Haxby while parents shop in Sidney. Windsheimer place new house rapidly taking shape ready for plastering. Frank Rogers, Otto Rahe and others motor to nearby towns.
The piece argues downtown parking is severe on Saturdays, harming merchants and visitors. It urges voluntary action from car owners to park off main streets and to use proper angle and spacing to free spaces for shoppers and tourists. It notes walking as a solution and calls for disciplined downtown parking.
The Forest Service notes an unusually dry year with hundreds of fires across California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Minnesota and Wisconsin. It states smoking is a leading preventable cause accounting for about 45 million dollars in property loss annually plus millions in grain fires. Public lands enforcement tightens smoking rules and manufacturers seek fireproofing ideas and educational packaging notices to reduce blazes.
A Casper Wyoming publication notes oil dominates many sectors. It highlights petroleum as a leading rail, steel buyer and exporter, employing about two million people directly and indirectly. The industry owns 150000 tank cars and runs 90000 miles of pipeline with 17 percent of merchant tonnage.
The Detroit News weighs the term American for U S citizens amid three Americas and rival suggestions Wash inglandia Yankeelaandia Cine landia fail to satisfy due to cultural and political implications A prize contest offers 25 000 dollars to name an average American to resolve a lingering identity question across North Central and South America
In a New York Evening World piece the author laments the shift from spoon to prt and finally neck in lyric poetry. The humor hinges on how rhymes with spoon vanished for themes of love and favors the moonlit mood. The writer muses on the waning charm and the coarse air tainting verses about affection.
Community updates show Weyerts Naws Mir and Mrs Garnar Thurow visiting, others traveling to Lisco, Gurley, and Sidney. Henry Florke bought 160 acres from Hermon Florke for 1500 dollars. Schneider place north of Lodge Pole sold for 5300. Events include club meetings, harvest help, and multiple visits among Haxby, Rogers, Borges, and Bruns families amid farm life chatter.
Local representative for New York Life Company Alma Batey resides at 1128 13th Ave and can be reached by telephone 566 LJ 91 TF.
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