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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1937
Page
2
The speaker questions who should perform a mercy death and what moral effects it will have on the physician. They insist the attending doctor must be convinced of moral rightness, not just legal. A divided mind risks moral injury, making it wrong for others to expect it of him. The speaker concludes with relief that they are not a Senator.
A column reflects on the late New Deal era, noting critics from 1933 warned labor power could rise and trigger strikes. It cites John L. Lewis praising Roosevelt then contends labor-capital reckonings arrive as sit down strikes appear by ground hogs and Yankee holdouts. The piece jokes about flu cases, politics, a fishing rod invention, and alimony woes as social commentary.
Marjorie Ann Barlow, a Sacred Heart convent student in Louisville Kentucky, recounts the Ohio River flood from Crescent Hill. She describes sheltering refugees, red cross aid, inoculations, water rationing, and the community effort as Louisville endured martial law and the flood’s reach.
Capital observers report a bill prepared by outside lawyers to censor religious literature in the mails. A senator is ready to introduce it in the Senate as a first step toward regulating worship or suppressing religion, sparking a wide debate among insiders.
A. L. Haecker of the department of agriculture notes losses from rains during first cutting of alfalfa, with alfalfa hardest to cure without loss and fire hazards from stored lush hay. Molasses can be used to improve curing and larger percentages may be advisable. Telegraph Wantads conclude.
Editorial discusses euthanasia as mercy or murder, noting Greek roots and public debate. It contrasts physician mercy with religious and moral concerns, recounting a Nebraska physician’s stance and a personal anecdote of aged suffering. The piece argues medicine guides life decisions but does not determine the taking of life.
The piece notes universal sympathy and rapid Red Cross support after the great flood. It highlights Cheyenne county residents who donated sixty dollars as a starter, with over seventy one dollars raised in minutes. The author praises local unity and urges perspective by imagining donors aiding distant stricken areas.
The article warns hoarseness and unusual symptoms should not be ignored and notes cancers and heart disease as major killers. It cites medical experts on early detection, nursing education policy at Columbia, tuberculosis treatment limits, and cold season advice including rest for fever and fatigue to reduce pneumonia risk.
The Himalayan bear family lives mainly in forests across parts of Afghanistan and northern India, Burma, and southern China. It is smaller and lighter in color than other Old World bears and tends to dwell in remote forested regions.
A letter discusses using molasses or sweet juice to improve legume silage. Kansas historic trials with alfalfa used 3–5 percent molasses, with later tests mixing alfalfa with cane and corn. Michigan reports alfalfa molasses silage outperforming alfalfa hay using as little as 1.5 percent molasses, diluted 3 to 1 with water, yielding silage with under 1 percent sugar. Molasses is highlighted as a cheap, easily assimilated carbohydrate source for stock feed.
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