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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
7
The Ford car remains central in the modern American home with improved models and beauty. Ford’s value stems from line, reliability, and volume production enabling quality at Ford prices. See Sidney Motor Sales Co. showroom to compare refinements and features.
Ford announces 178,216 workers employed in the United States, rising about 16,000 from the previous high of 162,233 reached last May. The current total exceeds the 1924 peak by more than 26,000, reflecting a sustained hiring surge.
Present day city traffic congestion drives demand for easier operation and simpler control in motor cars. Drivers seek relief from exertion and distraction to keep hands on the wheel and watch the road while navigating crowded metropolitan streets.
Ford cars now offer automatic feel in shifting with all gears in mesh to prevent gear clash. Pedals are wider with flanges to prevent slipping and the oil lubricated clutch reduces wear. Steel on steel contact extends clutch life while rear wheel braking provides balanced, safer stopping.
A report from the Motor Vehicles Conference committee discusses 1924 legislative sessions across fifteen states where about 600 motor vehicle bills were introduced. Many sound measures were enacted, reflecting careful, principled analysis replacing prejudice in automobile policy.
The United States, embracing its status as a nation where a motor car sits as a cherished possession for about one in seven residents, has granted full recognition to one of its most essential industries.
County commissioners met in regular session at the Cheyenne County Courthouse Sidney on December 1 1925 with Chairman Bert Allington presiding. Present were Wm Goding A D Rose Jr J W Billeter R P Kepler Henry Pavlat and other officers. Minutes of previous meeting read approved and accounts audited and allowed.
Meadow Lawn items report Rose Walsh arriving from Graviton Nebr to dine with home folks and returning Sunday with Dennis and Mary Walsh. Guests at Thanksgiving include Mr. and Mrs J C Kreader and Mrs Hedlund. Visits from Loren Dugger Cedar Edge Colorado and others share details of family gatherings and Sunday calls around Potter Kimball and Laramie contacts.
Neighbors from Dalton and surrounding areas share Thanksgiving dinners and social visits. Families such as Morrow, Frandsen, Ivers on, Peterson, Mayer, and others hosted or attended gatherings. Calls came from Jake and Sam Eckert, Rex Rodgers, R. R. Bovee, and Ed Morrow clan, with several sick lists and shower events noted.
Potter Julius Schwartz and son visit Joe Schwartz Kayne families. Jr and Mrs Harold Curry move to Pine Bluffs for a new home. N S Miller and John Saxon travel by auto to Grand Island and other eastern points. Seiver brothers of Fremont visit Fred Welkhorst and Emil Tank homes. Mrs George Reetz and Jertha May depart for an unspecified destination.
Mrs Harry Wells and Maxine visit Wells parents in California while Mr and Mrs Al Wallin move into former Curry house. Editor Stevens and wife relocate near Wm Helsing as Drayman Sanders buys Hoadly property. Mrs Clarence Johnson recovering from hospital operation. A L Larson family from Wolbach Neb visiting relatives C A Larson and Mrs F C Harris. R L MacAdam drives to Greeley CO for Thanksgiving with Herman family. Unn P Craig and family relocate to Potter from Sidney. J W Henry and Julesburg residents stay in Potter as Mrs Walter Henry visits Missouri. Mrs N S Miller and daughter Marilyn travel to Sidney Sunday.
Local residents cheer as Dean Hagemeister recovers from a severe gunshot injury that penetrated his abdomen. After two weeks in Scotts Bluff Hospital he returned home to Potter last Sunday, though still weak he is convalescing and walking about town. The community wishes him a speedy, permanent recovery.
The ancient Greeks used Iberia for parts of Spain Portugal and southwestern France, later applying Iberia to the southern region of the country Georgia in Asia. The term now often refers poetically to Spain only.
An oil industry weekly vignette contrasts a patron’s rebuke with a clerk’s quip over a shoes purchase. The indignant shopper reveals the caller was his sister, exposing a humorous domestic misunderstanding in a fashion retail scene.
Dean Henry Ives returned from Hastings last Friday and preached at St. Mark's cathedral Sunday, stepping in for Bishop Beecher who could not hold services that day.
A Sidney woman credits Doan's Pills with restoring strength and relief from backache and kidney-related aches. Mrs. Ben Hauck of West B Street recalls being tired and run down before using the stimulant diuretic, which she says permanently cured her kidney weakness. Price 6 cents at dealers. Foster Milling Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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