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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
5
Six people escape a plunge after a car drives off a damaged bridge end into the North Platte River near Minatare. The Banks family, en route to visit J F Clouse Jr, suffered a broken upper jaw in Mrs Banks, while others had minor injuries and a baby was unharmed. Officials will investigate why barriers were removed.
A grocery clerk recounts a boss’s praise and his father’s hard lesson on earning money. The father refused allowances, urging the boy to find and price tasks, even two jobs, to buy a bicycle. The clerk credits that training with his work ethic and self-reliance.
The text discusses how excessive interruptions hinder thought, provoke emotional excitement, and slow ideas, leading to fatigue. It advises cooling down briefly before resuming work and training to endure interruptions calmly for sustained productivity.
Reading Addington Bruce argues that constant concentration beyond efficiency harms thinking. Intermittent interruptions refresh mental energy and prevent nervous breakdown, even if workers dread interruptions. Embrace brief diversions as beneficial rests for sustained performance.
A London Express inspired musing on manners as a social glue. It argues courteous behavior prevents thoughtless harm and preserves delicate charm, noting boorishness stems from instinctive rudeness and that good manners flow from a kind heart.
The Detroit News recalls Helen Keller as a normal child until 19 months when illness left her blind deaf and mute. Teacher Anne Sullivan began teaching fingerspelling with doll and cake leading to rapid vocabulary growth and eventual fame as writer and lecturer.
Mr. Cooper of the old Mc Hatton farm three miles west of Chapell suffered a severe injury while oiling a combine during harvest two miles north of his home. His left arm was crushed in the gears, with the hand and forearm drawn into the machine. He was taken home for treatment by Dr. A C Coleman and is progressing as well as could be expected.
Thayer's Rex All Drug Store offers Kodak printing and 24 hour service. The advertisement promotes quick photo development and round the clock access for customers seeking film processing and related goods.
Farmers in Thayer and Nuckolls counties sign contracts with WW Grain Growers totaling close to 750000 bushels annually. Eighteen co operative elevators, including Richfield and Chappell, pledge support and sign grower contracts. The movement increases outreach with four field teams after initially starting with four. A call is made for a mass meeting of stockholders and wider membership as farmers push the U S Grain Growers effort.
A famed actress with a colored maid works between roles as a dressmaker and keeps a $3700 car, explaining she bought it with her own money. She sat before the court after speeding, insisting the way to obtain wealth is to earn it.
During a spring layoff an Omaha shop owner, stuck with a ponding pig, built a tiny pen. Hearing his plight, a neighbor proposed an exchange: two dollars for a smaller pig. The buyer agreed, hoping the swap would solve the pig overgrowth.
For your Electric Supplies go to the Electric Shop one block east of the American Bank Our milk and cream will keep SCOTTSBLUFF CREAMERY CO.
Public sale offers 16 560 acres of smooth level tractor land in Greeley County Kansas described as prime wheat land. Terms require 25 percent down the sale day, 25 percent by March 1, with balance due in three to five years at 6 percent interest. Auction set for September 12 13 and 14 at Tribune Kansas. For full description contact The National Land Sales Co Burlington Colorado or Tribune Kansas.
A life story from Life narrates a woman poet arriving at heaven and pleading entrance by claiming six books of poetry and one love, only to be rejected for neglecting motherhood and marriage. The gatekeeper notes her focus on art over family and casts her out.
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