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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
11
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Persinger of Lodgepole were in the city Monday for personal matters and arranged to depart for Tuscaloosa Alabama on Wednesday to seek respite from the northern winter and visit their children Dr. and Mrs. Searcy.
The Jolly Dancing Club held its first ball of the winter season on Tuesday evening with forty five couples renewing their allegiance and gliding over the floor to the strains of Grabill's Merrymakers. Old officers were reappointed as a token of success in managing the club's affairs. They are: Clayt Radcliffe, President, Martin Dimery, Vice-President, Ernest Worden, Secretary-Treasurer.
A daytime record lists travelers and visitors in Sidney on varied days. Names include R. M. Brown from Lodgepole, Ray Wells of Potter, Ernest Swanke from Lodgepole, Steve Babb and wife from Dalton, Joe Kuges of Potter, Emanuel Trotman from Banker Hill, Ed Deal and Donaghy from Dalton, D. J. Walsh near Dalton, Harold Spiker and Anguet Kurth from Gurley, Sanders brothers from Trogne precinct, George Gipfert and Henry Folkerts with R. M. Brown, Edgar Anderson of Potter, C. A. Glaseburn of Sidney Draw, Carlton Bentley and family from Cheyenne Wells, Frank and Forrest Knox from Kimball county, R. J. Wallick and Elmer Meyer from north Davison precinct, C. M. Hadley and Dr. Harger to Cheyenne, Sheets Walker from Scottsbluff, and F. Q. Griffiths visiting from Detroit before wintering in California.
Editor Gresham of the Express made a fraternal call last Friday during a rare city visit and announced he is releasing a Christmas edition of his paper.
Mrs Hoff and Mrs Burkhardt left Wednesday to accompany Mrs Brudeen to the Hastings sanitarium. Mrs Hoff planned to visit her children at York after the holidays.
Mr and Mrs E Uptegrove and their two daughters Mary and Margaret will depart this evening to Tincoln to visit relatives on both sides of the house. They plan to stay about three weeks.
Lewis Francis his wife and baby join Sidney community as he represents North Platte Mercantile Company. He will divide time five days weekly between Sidney and surrounding territory to build business.
A Clark took time from the express office and with his wife spent a carefree week in Omaha with their son Len and family. They did shopping, theatre-going, and an all around good time. They returned Thursday.
W. T. Weeden celebrated the formal opening of his furniture store last Saturday with carnations for visitors and a cheerful reception. Townspeople called to view the new stock and this week the main shipment arrived in time for the Christmas trade.
The Buy Potatoes Now campaign by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee reports 30 carloads of potatoes sold to Omaha consumers in ten days. Ten thousand posters with the slogan were distributed locally as wholesalers jobbers brokers and retailers cooperated in the effort.
Nebraska potato campaign exhibitors push sales with 30-cent handling, retailing at a dollar per hundred. Stores, theatres, and restaurants display Buy Potatoes Now posters and offer promotions to boost local demand. One hundred thousand potato stickers distributed. Omaha press supports with coverage and ads. Campaign seeks to prove Nebraska produces as good potatoes as other states and to encourage consumer patronage.
Moderate receipts of cattle and hogs at South Omaha report mixed gains and declines. Cattle quotations range from common to prime beeves at 6.50 to 13.00 dollars, yearlings 6.00 to 13.00, cows 4.00 to 5.00, calves 7.00 to 12.00, and feeders 6.00 to 7.78. Hogs with 11,000 head arrival sell dullly with most at 7.75 to 10.00, best weights around 8.20. Sheep and lambs steady, with wooled lambs 14.50 to 14.85 and clip lambs 12.85, fat lambs 14.00 to 14.85, ewes 4.50 to 7.50, yearlings 10.50 to 12.25.
Emerson feeder Mike Welsh, who arrived in Omaha with five loads of steers, says feeding light cattle for the summer market has paid well in recent seasons but worries the country may be overdoing it this year.
Health records mention Bubble Beols at Burgess Music Store. Fragmentary OCR notes list items or events tied to the shop, with a brief reference to health records and a product or name linked to Burgess Music Store.
An Oklahoma editor credited USDA market bulletins with helping broom corn growers avoid lower prices by reflecting actual supply and demand. The USDA now runs a market news service covering key crops and livestock, with reporters nationwide to deliver timely market conditions by mail, telegraph, press, and radio. Farmers are urged to know their market and contact the department for full benefits.
A Chicago exhibit titled Livestock Statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture at the International Livestock Exposition shows a declining per capita meat intake and fewer food animals relative to population. It features a 1850 to 1922 livestock trend chart noting swine variability and sheep declines, with the United States ranking fourth in per capita meat consumption after Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
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