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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
4
A fragmentary reflection on life, creation, and renewal from Shaw. It contends that humans are in a perpetual cycle of making and remanufacturing life, while recognizing the inevitability of obsolescence and rebirth as part of existence.
Thoughtful women prepare for and recover from maternity, recognizing strength gained before birth and sustained after. The message emphasizes resilience, planning, and support during the perinatal period.
An advertisement for Norwegian cod liver oil in Emulsion highlights purity and palatability produced in American laboratories. It claims nourishment for the nervous system, richness of blood, and alcohol-free composition, urging consumers to insist on the genuine product from Scott and Bowne of Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Sunol residents report a proposed district consolidation to form a Sunol high school for the coming year. District No 18 voted to merge with No 12 and posted notices for a December 29 meeting to vote on the high school proposition. Sunol community updates include local visits, car mishaps, new arrivals, and farm weather observations.
The druids gathered mistletoe with a golden sickle at the winter solstice, believing oaks bore the sacred plant. They revered priests for cures using this evergreen berry plant, thought to ward off evil spirits. Homes were adorned with evergreens so Sylvan spirits would visit and endure frost until spring.
The Saturnalia Roman feast marked Christmas merrymaking with a week or two of revelry beginning around December 19. No business occurred, war paused, feuds forgiven, and social roles reversed as masters treated slaves to gifts and hospitality.
A playful verse from the New York Sun imagines a centipede stocking hung by the fireplace and an octopus Santy with eight arms to fill them, blending whimsy with festive imagery.
Thomas F. Logan argues in Leslie's Magazine that about 60.7 million horsepower of U S water power is wasted. He cites legal barriers in forest reserves public domain and navigable streams and notes estimates by Secretary Houston of abundant timber waste that could supply pulp if water power manufacture could be solved.
A vintage style list of Christmas dinner items and steps for preparing cranberry dishes and a chicken casserole. Includes cranberry and orange appetizer directions, sugared water boil, citrus prep, and a Maryland inspired course with stewed chicken, vegetables, and gravy. Reads as kitchen notes with several incomplete lines.
Instructions describe boiling and sugaring mash, preparing sweet potatoes, baking half lengthwise, brushing with drippings, seasoning, and creating pear shaped Neufchatel cheese bites with cloves and paprika served on crackers.
The guide instructs on preparing a young pig by removing eyes and toes and liver and heart, scoring the rind, wiping the inside with cheesecloth, and stuffing the mouth with a corncob. Season inside with pepper and salt, roast upright on cups, baste with cold water, then finish two to three hours until seared. Cranberries in the eyes and a red apple in the mouth garnish, served on watercress or kale.
SEXTORP residents fear warm weather may leave little snow for Christmas. Various locals, including Tom Jackson who moved from Pete Nelson ranch to C. W. Johnson, share news. Miss Jessie Sanders returns to Denver for an operation. several visits and social updates occur as holiday plans begin.
The Ohio State Journal argues that denial as a universal mindset harms the perceiver. It warns that negation dulls intellect, dulls life’s essence, and turns critique into vanity and ridicule. True fault finding requires love and perspective.
Advertises None Such Mince Meat as economical for war pies and desserts. Claims condensed form and paraffin packaging reduce waste and lower cost versus bulk mince meat. Encourages baking a None Such War Pie to save flour shortening labor and expense per U S Food Administration guidance.
Mrs J Worden of E Lincoln Highway Sidney reports long use of Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and disordered kidneys. She praises the relief and notes no significant kidney trouble for nearly a year. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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