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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
6
A quack doctor, examined at an inquest on a patient he treated, testifies I gave him ipecacuanha. The coroner retorts you might as well have given him the aurora borealis. The doctor adds that he would have given that next if the patient hadn’t died.
The Helping Hand Society of the South Divide held a Wednesday meeting with Mrs. F. A. Hand. Despite the cold, many members attended and enjoyed a bible guessing game led by Mrs. Earl Hiett with Miss Jessie Fulton placing second. A framed picture was received, refreshments served, and a surprise casserole and serving set presented to secretary Mrs. Payzant, who appreciated the acknowledgment.
The S. F. Club met Wednesday night with Miss Olive Mann attending. Mrs. B. A. Jones filled in for an absent member, Mrs. Miles won both the honors and the prize of silk hose. Luncheon followed as officers were elected with Miss Grace McFadden as president and Miss Olive Mann as secretary.
Mrs Blanche Cole Ros edale urges nurturing the dramatic instinct in children through home theater Santa Claus plays and dramatized tales. Young and older children benefit as they perform simple Christmas stories and fate animated by imagination, with toys and dances ending in cheer. Onyx hosiery advertised at Hinks boot and shoe shop.
A compilation of warranty deeds and related transfers in Cheyenne County. Alma Cain transfers to Wellner's Addition in Sidney. multiple parcels exchanged among individuals and entities including Union Pacific Railroad, Simon Fishmin, James L McIntosh, and Fritz Braver. Quit claim and sheriff deeds recorded for various parcels with stated values and lot references.
The Sidney State Bank launches a Christmas Banking Club inviting families to save by planting a dime per week. Deposits grow to $127.60 in fifty weeks with incremental weekly increases, with smaller starts like a nickel yielding $63.75 and cents clubs offering even lower sums.
An Encyclopaedia Britannica summary traces Santa Claus to St Nicholas, bishop of Myra, detailing his legendary life, relics moved to Bari in 1087, rise of his cult in England and Europe, and the Dutch roots via San Nicolaas brought to America by early Dutch colonists.
Post-Christmas days glow with softer light as Sunday morning after Christmas brings calm and reflection. The piece recalls Bok ing Day and St Stephen's Day traditions, noting the shift from gifts to contemplation. It contrasts old English almsgiving with modern acts, and ends with a quiet sense of reconciliation and readjustment in the home.
Poem excerpt from Ladies Home Journal opening with lines about winter days and the Christmas return of cheer. Reflects seasonal sentiment with festive imagery and hopeful tone.
The article recounts how women in Hingham Massachusetts first revived bayberry candles from their grandmothers era to scent antique homes. Deerfield and Cape Cod housewives soon followed, using molds kept in town.
A few years ago the Los Angeles YMCA hosted a Christmas meal where roast ostrich was the prime dish. The event served more than 1,500 people from a single ostrich, highlighting the scale of the affair and the era's dining novelty.
A newspaper note describes making a work basket from brown paper rope and a serving tray with a paper bottom, glass top, and brown rope sides. It highlights weaving over wire, varnishing with shellac, and decorative touches like a spray of jonquils. The piece promotes these items as gift ideas appealing to women.
A lunch or breakfast set of doilies makes a pleasing gift for housewives. Made from heavy printed cotton with floral patterns on white grounds or from dainty cretonne, it includes one 18 inch center piece, six seven inch pieces, and six three and one half inch pieces for plates cups and saucers. Edging crocheted in colored mercerized cotton finishes the pieces.
A bath basket for the youngest family member makes an ideal baby gift. The pictured pink and white design features fabric rope, ribbon bows, and inner pockets holding a sponge, talcum, soap, comb, and brush. The basket includes space for baby clothes and toilette items.
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