Editorial Merry Christmas From The Telegraph Clippings
The Telegraph reflects on six decades of Christmas greetings to Sidney readers, praising community loyalty and urging forgiveness and charitable spirit. It links humane conduct to business success and expresses hope for renewed goodwill across Cheyenne County and Western Nebraska. It then condemns Wall Street frauds linked to Whitney and Coster, urging strict federal oversight and vigilant policing to protect the public from financial swindles.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
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Coster
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Fulton Fish Market
Watchfulness of the Citizen on Nebraska Budgets 1939
Nebraska budget documents show costs rising for taxpayers next year due to post 1930 curtailments. Calls to raise salaries fund new buildings and hires, with warnings against special taxes and sales taxes, urging tax discipline and maintaining a pay-as-you-go system drawn from the state's rich soil.
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Nebraska
Wall Street America's Shame Campaign Justified Twice in 1938
The article condemns Wall Street as corrupt and exposes the Richard Whitney scandal and the Coster-Musica swindle as acts revealing the finance center's perceived frauds. It argues the financial nerve center tolerates crooks and erodes public pride in 1938.
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Wall Street
Lambs of
Richard Whitney
Wall Streetz
Coster-Musica
America
Christmas Card Dilemma Sparks Society Class Joke
A humorous piece laments the burden of choosing who to send cards to and who to omit. It jokes about the mass mailings and proposes a fictional Society Against Sending Christmas Cards To Anyone At Any Time to simplify the season.
Poor Advertising Wedding Mockery Or Social Upset
The piece jokes that the Bob Topping and Gloria Baker wedding, though socially successful, was poor advertising for the families. It quips the couple should hire a major agency and notes lavish gold plates and imported champagne, contrasting fortunes from tin plate and patent medicine. It adds a quip about Prohibition era drinking.
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Bob Topping
Gloria Baker
Lord and Thomas
J. Walter Thompson
Florida
Topping
Gloria
The Lowe-Down It on Holiday Drinking Warnings
A playful holiday column offers tips on drinking in moderation with satirical medical advice. It cautions against excess, notes dangers of Tom and Jerry cocktails, and mocks prohibition rhetoric while urging restraint and awareness of consequences.
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Tom and Jerrys
Manufacturing Grows Faster than Farm Goods in Texas
The article notes Texas manufactured products now exceed farm products in value. It cites a U S figure of 63 million women and girls nationwide. It also mentions Basle becoming a leading Reformation center in the 1500s.
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Texas
United States
Basle
Switzerland
Public Library Christmas Closure Notice
The Public Library will not be open after 5 30 P M Saturday evening and will be closed all day Monday in observance of Christmas, Mrs Constance Corbett Librarian.
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Constance Corbett
Zwickl’s Holiday Savings On Fresh Produce And Groceries
Don’t overlook the important job of filling your grocery needs for the holidays Zwickl’s features a tempting stock of fresh fruits vegetables and staple groceries Every thing to make holiday meals successful A price comparison shows it pays to buy here where quality is not sacrificed to meet a price.
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Zwickl’s
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