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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
6
The article lists practical home remedies including methods to remove stains and preserve fabrics. It suggests wetting spots with buttermilk, rubbing salt, and sunning to dry, boiling milk for wine stains, and restoring crape with glue in skim milk and water. It also notes sachet ideas using rose-geraniums and sweet clover and describes an ornament for a room using a pine cone and seeds.
The NYA outlines a multi unit training program for Nebraskan youths featuring 17 work areas from cooking and carpentry to auto mechanics and farming. Each youth rotates through three units under skilled supervision, with placement based on personal choice, education, and aptitude testing. Where aptitude is evident, continuation in a chosen unit will be pursued.
Nebraska's unemployment program sets benefits at one half of last full-time wage with a $15 cap and a minimum of either $5 or three-fourths of the full-time weekly wage, whichever is lesser. Benefits run up to sixteen weeks per 52 weeks, with a yearly cap of $240. several employment types remain uncovered. Offices are listed in Alliance, Beatrice, Chadron, Columbus, Falls City, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, and more.
Nebraska workers facing unemployment must be totally unemployed and able to work. Claimants should file in the State Employment Service and provide Social Security numbers. Benefits begin in the fourth week, with appeals possible. Penalties include voluntary quit, misconduct, or refusing suitable work, and certain disqualifications for strikes or federal benefits. Weather and holiday notes touch New Year plans and store hours in Sidney.
Delinquent property tax law set to lapse as observers expect no renewal by Nebraska lawmakers. Taxpayers with unpaid bills are urged to settle personal taxes this week to secure savings, as rates were due almost two months ago.
Sidney DeMolay chapters from Kimball Bridgeport Alliance Chadron and Sidney attended the DeMolay Conclave in Alliance on Wednesday. Eleven Sidney members presented the DeMolay Degree. Abbott Slayter was elected District Master Councillor and Mickey Green Junior Deacon. Sidney members filled three preceptor positions. After a banquet at the Masonic Temple a Demolays sponsored dance was held at the Dutch Mill.
The Sidney Rifle Club won three matches last week defeating Oswego City and Natrona clubs with high scores led by Mathews Pierson Laaker Kahler and Breternitz, then lost to Rochester. Next week the team faces Cresco Harrisburg Nebraska and Morrisville. The Knights of Columbus basketball team won two holiday games 34 to 0 and 32 to 15 led by Zwickl Killham Loebe Hart Roth and Bob Loebe with Stewart Filbin and Sleith contributing for Sidney.
An oil burner used by city employees caught fire on Tenth Avenue Wednesday morning. The alarm sounded as the burner burst into flames. No one was injured and the fire was brought under control with little difficulty.
Miss Bernice Beyer returned home for a short vacation with her parents the Beyers and will return to Omaha Thursday night to finish her beauty course. Edna Scribner and her Bunker Hill pupils presented a Christmas program with candy and nuts for all, as the district enjoys a week’s vacation. Mr and Mrs Richard Welton hosted a Christmas dinner with Welton family and James Mitchell. Fred Beyer hosted dinner for Beyer relatives including Frank Willis Earl and others.
Families of Ray Bayne Rex Bayne Iva Beyer and James Keuhler plus Anna Smart joined Richard Welton and others as supper guests. The Weltons and Sterling families, Ray Beyer and Irene Schmidt enjoyed a two week vacation. Christmas dinners were hosted by Borchers Sterling and Beyer households with Santa gifts and a late mass in Sidney.
The Telegraph highlights its want ads as a practical channel for commerce and local business needs. Advertisers recognize the value in affordable listings that connect buyers and sellers efficiently within the community.
A crippled man in Singapore Malaya arrested for begging was found with two hundred fifty dollars in a bag tied around his neck and was fined ten dollars.
Telegraph wantads report results as chemical workers in South Africa seek government relief while references to Andy Devine and a 1939 era action hint at historical figures and events. The note links mail, labor, and media themes from early 20th century sources.
Reed states no position is assured as season begins with Sterling game. Sidney faces Kimball on Friday January 6 on the home court after St Patrick's Academy cagers rest until January 10.
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